SLOCAL(1m,C) AIX Commands Reference SLOCAL(1m,C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- slocal PURPOSE Processes incoming mail. SYNTAX +----------------+ +----------+ slocal ---| one of |---| |---| | | +------------+ | +- -debug -+ | | +-| -verbose |-+ | | | -noverbose | | | +------------+ | +-------------- -help --------------+ DESCRIPTION The slocal command is used to perform a set of actions each time a message is sent to the user. slocal is not designed to be run directly by the user; it is designed to be called by the sendmail command. The slocal command is part of the Message Handling (MH) package and can be used with other MH and AIX commands. The sendmail command invokes the slocal command when it encounters the following line in $HOME/.forward: | /usr/lib/mh/slocal For each new incoming message, slocal performs the actions specified in the .mail delivery file. If slocal cannot find the file $HOME/.maildelivery, slocal uses the default file /usr/lib/mh/maildelivery. If the delivery request fails, slocal delivers the message to $HOME/$USER. The actions that can be specified in .mail delivery are described in AIX Operating System Technical Reference under mhooks. FLAGS -debug Provides information for debugging. -help Displays help information for the command. -noverbose Does not display information as the system executes commands in the maildelivery file. This flag is the default. Processed November 8, 1990 SLOCAL(1m,C) 1 SLOCAL(1m,C) AIX Commands Reference SLOCAL(1m,C) -verbose Displays information as the system executes commands in the maildelivery file. FILES /usr/lib/mh/mtstailor The MH tailor file. /usr/lib/mh/maildelivery The default message handlinglocal delivery instructions file. $HOME/.maildelivery The user's local delivery instructions file. $HOME/.forward The user's default message filter file. RELATED INFORMATION See the following commands: "rcvdist," "rcvpack," "rcvstore," "rcvtty," "sendmail, mailq, newaliases." See the mh-format, mhook, mh-mail and mh-profile file formats in AIX Operating System Technical Reference. Processed November 8, 1990 SLOCAL(1m,C) 2