usage: sendmsg [-v] user[@host]
   or: sendmsg [-mM]
options: -v  verbose mode
	 -m  receive messages only on this tty (default)
	 -M  receive messages on other ttys, too
example: sendmsg orakel@main01.bb.bawue.de


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SENDMSG(1)		  User Commands		       SENDMSG(1)

NAME
     sendmsg - send a message via Internet


SYNOPSIS
     sendmsg [ -vmM ] user[@host]


DESCRIPTION
     sendmsg sends a one line text message to the terminal of the
     specified recipient.

     On	the receiving site there must be  a  SAFT-server  (Simple
     Asynchronous  File	 Transfer)  installed, like the	sendfiled
     and the recipients	terminal must be writeable.

     user can be an sendfile or	elm alias.


OPTIONS
     sendmsg neg@linux.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
     message:  how about lunch?


FILES
     /usr/local/etc/nosendfile
	   Users which are not allowed to receive files	 or  mes-
	   sages (set by root).

     /var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/restrictions
	   List	of addresses from where	you don't  want	 messages
	   or files. The format	is:

	      user@host	[mfb]

	   m stands for	messages, f for	files  and  b  for  both.
	   Wildcards * and ? are allowed. Examples:

	      gates@microsoft.com b
	      *aol.com m


     /var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/aliases
	   The sendfile	alias file. Format:

	      alias address

	   Example:

	      chief grmblfz@bigvax.somewhere.net


SEE ALSO
     sendfile(1)


AUTHOR
     Ulli Horlacher  -	framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de