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- answer - phone message transcription system
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- aaaannnnsssswwwweeeerrrr [ ----ppppuuuu ]
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- _A_n_s_w_e_r is a part of the EEEEllllmmmm mail system and is designed for
- secretaries and the like to allow them to answer phones
- and|or listen to phone message machines and quickly and
- easily transcribe the messages into electronic mail.
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- The program will use standard mail addresses or aliases
- included in the standard .elm directory alias files. It can
- also use its own alias set (usually a subset of the system
- aliases, with more fields per user (i.e. unique first names,
- unique last names, first-initial last name, and so on)).
- Note that if you want to use this capability, it means that
- you must create this alias set and then install it, using
- _n_e_w_a_l_i_a_s, as a separate alias table for the account this
- program is to be run from.
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- Options are:
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- ----pppp Prompt for phone slip type message fields.
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- ----uuuu Allow names that are not in the alias table.
- Without this option all names must be resolvable
- as aliases and answer will reprompt for a new name
- if the alias cannot be resolved.
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- Interface-wise, the program is a breeze to use - type
- 'answer' to start it up and then merely type a user name at
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- prompt, fill in the requested information (simply type an
- "x" next to the pertinent information - "TELEPHONED",
- "PLEASE CALL", "URGENT", etc. if the -p option was given),
- and then enter a message, if any, ending with a blank line.
- If you elect to use the special alias file, names can be
- entered as 'Firstname Lastname' and the system will try to
- find a mail alias based on the first letter of the first
- name plus the last name. For example, 'Dave Taylor' will
- cause the program to search for an alias 'd_taylor' in the
- file (note the transliteration into lower case). The
- program will loop until killed or quit.
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- _A_n_s_w_e_r can be easily exited by typing any of 'quit', 'exit'
- 'done', or 'bye' at the 'Message to:' prompt.
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- Elm Development Group
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- SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
- _T_h_e _E_l_m _A_l_i_a_s _S_y_s_t_e_m _U_s_e_r_s _G_u_i_d_e
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- newalias(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), from(1L),
- printmail(1L)
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- FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS
- $HOME/.elm/aliases.text individual alias source
- $HOME/.elm/aliases.dir individual alias dbz directory
- table
- $HOME/.elm/aliases.pag individual alias dbz hash
- table
- $HOME/.elm/aliases individual alias data table
- /tmp/snd.$$ edit buffer for outgoing mail
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- BBBBUUUUGGGG RRRREEEEPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSS TTTTOOOO
- Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
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- Copyright 1988-1992 by The USENET Community Trust
- Derived from Elm 2.0, Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
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