by : Hi,
: Could anyone help me on out to find what are all the standard headers for a
: mail to be sent and under which topic are they documented. Some of those seem
: to be hidden as
: Return-receipt-to: (Sends you a mail confirming receipt at destination)
: Errors-to: (Maybe routing errors ???)
: Posted-Date: ( ??? )
:
: etc. There is one whole lot out there which doesn't seem to be documented. I
: looked out in the man pages of sendmail, mailx, readmail, elm but could find
: no references to any of the above headers. I also browsed through the files
: sendmail.cf and sendmail.hf in the /usr/lib directory.
: I see that the file $HOME/.elm/elmheaders allows you to specify additional
: headers for a mail to be sent. But for user defined headers, it has not said
: anything about hidden standard headers.
: Any pointers would be appreciated. I am using elm on HP-UX.
: RamNarayan S.
Here's some pointers to some 'elm' information from Sven Guckes' old
signature.
There is a newsgroup for 'elm': comp.mail.elm
--Jerry,
Dynamic Matrix Control Corporation (my opinions are my own)
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ELM pointer by Sven Guckes [last update: 950112]
ELM - an interactive mail system | Latest Version: ELM 2.4 PatchLevel 24
ELM command line options: See "elm -h".
Important files for ELM you should know:
"elmdir" - ELM directory = $HOME/.elm
"elmaliases" - ELM alias database = $HOME/.elm/aliases.text
"elmheader" - ELM headers = $HOME/.elm/elmheaders
"elmrc" - ELM read commands = $HOME/.elm/elmrc
"filter rules" - ELM filter rules = $HOME/.elm/filter-rules
"global elmrc" - ELM global elmrc = /usr/local/lib/elm.rc (usually)
Words you should know:
"pager" - a program to view (text) files
Additional programs shipping with ELM:
checkalias(1L), filter (1L), frm(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), newalias(1L),
printmail (1L), readmsg(1L)
Where to look for the ELM FAQ:
Usenet: Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: Elm Mail User Agent FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FTP: ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/elm/FAQ
or ftp://ftp.myxa.com/pub/elm/Elm-FAQ.Z
WWW: http://www.myxa.com/elm/elm.faq.html
http://www.myxa.com/elm.html
Documents (further reading):
ELM online help: Press '?' and '?' again to see a summary on commands.
ELM Guides: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/dattier/elmguides/2.4pl24/*.plain.gz
Filename [file size in bytes]
Alias.plain.gz [ 4251] Config.plain.gz [ 6135] Cover.plain.gz [ 544]
Filter.plain.gz [ 6892] Forms.plain.gz [ 3759]
Ref.plain.gz [29396] Users.plain.gz [12208]
Filter FAQ by Nancy McGough:
ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/ii/internet/filtering_mail_faq
Note: "Filters" are programs which process incoming mail.
ELM Alias FAQ (what are aliases and a description on their creation):
http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/elm/elm.alias.faq.html
ELM for Windows "Readme":
ftp://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/winelm/readme.win
Binaries:
Solaris2.3: ccnews.ke.sanet.sk:/pus/solaris/elm2.4.pl24-src+bin.tar.gz
Patches:
"Attribution patch" available on request from the FAQ maintainer.
ELM offline reader for DOS: ftp.winternet.com:/pub/ReadMail/rm50b73.zip
Suggestions for "pagers" apart from the "builtin" pager:
"less", "more"
The following addreses might be helpful for asking questions. Add them to
your "ELM alias database" and update the database table with "newalias":
Questions:
Please include the following info with your questions on "comp.mail.elm":
Version of operating system: UNIX: "uname -a" | DOS: "ver"
Version of ELM: "elm -v"
Version of your shell:
zsh: "echo $VERSION" | tcsh: "echo $version" | sh: ? | csh: ?
Variables from the global elmrc and your personal elmrc.
END of pointer.