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- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS <maillog> cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- maillog \- repository for sprite-related mail, indexed by subject
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- This document describes the Sprite log, a repository for
- sprite-related mail. Mail sent to \fBsprite-log\fP will be stored in
- a directory in the sprite account, ~sprite/Log. Each message is
- stored in its own
- file.
- .PP
- The \fBlog\fP subdirectory of the Sprite log contains the messages
- themselves, which are numbered sequentially. The \fBindex\fP
- subdirectory contains information to help users find messages in the
- log. Each time a message is added to the log, its
- log entry number, originator, date sent, size, and subject line are
- recorded in a number of files. Each message is
- entered in \fBchron\fP, which is a chronlogically-ordered listing of
- all messages in the log. In addition, the message is entered in
- \fBfrom\fP-\fIuser\fP, where \fIuser\fP is the account that sent the
- message.
- .PP
- Finally, the message is entered in files with names
- corresponding to the keywords associated with the message.
- If the message contains a
- \fBKeywords:\fP line, the words on that line are taken to be keywords;
- otherwise, the non-trivial words in the subject line are used.
- Punctuation and case are ignored. Typical keywords include ``bug'',
- ``fix'', and
- the names of kernel modules, libraries, and programs.
- .PP
- As an example, consider a message sent from douglis to the Sprite log with the
- subject ``bug: fs recovery''. If the next message in the log were
- 00143, then the message itself would be stored in
- ~sprite/Log/log/00143, and a line like
- .sp
- .ce
- 00143 douglis Mon Sep 14 12:01:14 1987 13 bug: fs recovery
- .sp
- would be written to the files \fBchron\fP, \fBfrom-douglis\fP,
- \fBbug\fP, \fBfs\fP, and \fBrecovery\fP in ~sprite/Log/index.
- .PP
- Note: the Sprite log is currently stored under Unix.
- .SH FILES
- .DS
- .ta 1c 2c 3c 4c 5c 6c 7c 8c 9c
- ~sprite/Log/log messages in the Sprite log.
- ~sprite/Log/index lists of messages by keyword.
- .DE
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- Mail, sendmail, MH
- .SH KEYWORDS
- Sprite, log, index, keyword, bug, mail
-