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MSGS(1)								       MSGS(1)

NAME
       msgs - system messages and junk mail program

SYNOPSIS
       msgs [ -fhlpq ] [ number ] [ -number ]

       msgs -s

       msgs -c [ -days ]

DESCRIPTION
       Msgs  is	 used  to  read	 system	 messages.  These messages are sent by
       mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short pieces  of  information
       which are suitable to be read once by most users of the system.

       Msgs is normally invoked each time you login, by placing it in the file
       .login (.profile if you use /bin/sh).  It will then prompt you with the
       source  and  subject of each new message.  If there is no subject line,
       the first few non-blank lines of the message  will  be  displayed.   If
       there is more to the message, you will be told how long it is and asked
       whether you wish	 to  see  the  rest  of	 the  message.	 The  possible
       responses are:

       y      type the rest of the message.

       RETURN synonym for y.

       n      skip this message and go on to the next message.

       -      redisplay the last message.

       q      drops you out of msgs; the next time you run the program it will
	      pick up where you left off.

       s      append the current message  to  the  file	 ``Messages''  in  the
	      current  directory;  `s-'	 will  save  the  previously displayed
	      message. A `s' or `s-' may be followed by a  space  and  a  file
	      name to receive the message replacing the default ``Messages''.

       m      or `m-' causes a copy of the specified message to be placed in a
	      temporary mailbox and mail(1) to be  invoked  on	that  mailbox.
	      Both `m' and `s' accept a numeric argument in place of the `-'.

       Msgs  keeps  track  of the next message you will see by a number in the
       file .msgsrc in your home directory.  In	 the  directory	 /usr/msgs  it
       keeps  a	 set  of files whose names are the (sequential) numbers of the
       messages they represent.	 The file /usr/msgs/bounds shows the  low  and
       high  number  of the messages in the directory so that msgs can quickly
       determine if there are no messages for you.  If the contents of	bounds
       is  incorrect  it  can  be  fixed  by removing it; msgs will make a new
       bounds file the next time it is run.

       The -s option is used for setting up the posting of messages.  The line

	      msgs: "| /usr/ucb/msgs -s"

       should  be  include  in	/etc/sendmail/aliases  to  enable  posting  of
       messages.

       The  -c	option	is used for performing cleanup on /usr/msgs.  An entry
       with the -c option should be placed in /usr/lib/crontab	to  run	 every
       night.	This  will  remove all messages over 21 days old.  A different
       expiration may be  specified  on	 the  command  line  to	 override  the
       default.

       Options when reading messages include:

       -f     which causes it not to say ``No new messages.''.	This is useful
	      in your .login file since this is often the case here.

       -q     Queries whether there are messages,  printing  ``There  are  new
	      messages.'' if there are.	 The command ``msgs -q'' is often used
	      in login scripts.

       -h     causes msgs to print the first part of messages only.

       -l     option causes only locally originated messages to be reported.

       num    A message number can be given on the command line, causing  msgs
	      to  start	 at  the  specified  message  rather  than at the next
	      message indicated by your .msgsrc file.  Thus

		  msgs -h 1

	      prints the first part of all messages.

       -number
	      will cause msgs to start	number	messages  back	from  the  one
	      indicated	 by  your  .msgsrc  file, useful for reviews of recent
	      messages.

       -p     causes long messages to be piped through more(1).

       Within msgs you can also go to  any  specific  message  by  typing  its
       number when msgs requests input as to what to do.

FILES
       /usr/msgs/*	   database
       ~/.msgsrc	   number of next message to be presented

AUTHORS
       William Joy
       David Wasley

SEE ALSO
       aliases(5), crontab(5), mail(1), more(1)

BUGS
4th Berkeley Distribution	  May 9, 1986			       MSGS(1)
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