Subject: Schedule for E-mail

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 08:31:34 -0600

Hi there,
Can we create schedule's for outgoing E-mail ???
Example :
Suppose at 10.10 a.m. E-mail to "A" will go.
Again at      11.00 a.m. E-mail to "B" will go.
Remembering that we are not logged, when the E-mail goes from our server.
Am i asking too much  ? Any help will be highly appreciated.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 02:32:29 +0100 (CET)

On Setting Orange, the 55th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3163
[email-masked] wrote:

  >Can we create schedules for outgoing E-mail ???
  >
  >Example :

I've included a small script by Leif Erlingsson
<[email-masked]> that will 
"Queue Remote Mail + Deliver Local Mail".

You'll still need to set up a cron-job on the server. Still, the script is
IMVHO *really* neat, so I dare put it on the list. 
Flame me at random if you like ;-)

BTW, I still haven't received an answer for a problem I've been whining
about before: When there are more than two potential recipients in a reply,
how can I tell pine that I might want only a few of them, but not "all
recipients"? *nag*

Cheers,
Robin

  Robin S. Socha	  | Bonner Talweg 56  | Tel:   +49 228 22217-8
  Political Science Dept. | 53113 Bonn        | Fax:   +49 228 22217-9
  Bonn University  	  | Germany           | email: [email-masked]

       On the package it said: "Requires MS Windows 3.11 or better"  
	       			      ...  so I got myself Linux. 
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Queue-R-Mail-HOWTO	Queue Remote Mail + Deliver Local Mail (V8)
			Designed for sendmail 8.6.12

	Author:		Leif Erlingsson <[email-masked]>
	First written:	19 Sep 1995	Version:	1.0
	Last updated:	19 Sep 1995	Version:	1.01

Update History:

	1.01	/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/obj/elijah.smtp.cf section
		lacked the following items:

		< OcTrue
		> OcFalse

		Consequences:	None, if You updated the .mc and .m4 files
		as instructed, and performed 'make' on them. Big if You
		edited /etc/sendmail.cf directly --- omitting this change
		would make the patch NOT WORK. Remote mail would be
		delivered same as local, immediately.

		Updated By:	[email-masked]

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If all the below instructions is followed, it even works during boot!
REMOTE MAIL will not be delivered from the mail queue unless a user
executes sendmail -q.

At the end of the document is some suggested edits to
/var/X11R6/lib/fvwm/system.fvwmrc to give some menu support for this
for the benifit of Linux hackers and others! Some of those edits assume
that other homemade programs are available, so study and implement YOUR way!

Designed for sendmail 8.6.12

/Leif Erlingsson, home:  			work:
Tel:    +46 8 604 0995  			Tel:	+46 8 764 8495
Fax:    +46 8 604 0995 (ask 1'st)		Fax:	+46 8  29 4975
E-mail:	[email-masked]	E-mail: [email-masked]

[No, I'm not a sendmail expert. Yes, I'm reading the "sendmail" book from
cover to cover.]

============================================================================
| The Configuration Changes Neccessary to Make Sendmail Deliver Local Mail |
| ***Now*** While Stashing Remote Mail in The Queue Until "I Say So":      |
============================================================================

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Create system mail queue and hideaway for system mail queue files
to be used while starting the sendmail daemon during system boot:

mkdir -p /var/spool/mqueue /var/spool/mqueue.hide
chmod 0700 /var/spool/mqueue /var/spool/mqueue.hide

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Start the sendmail daemon section of /etc/rc.d/rc.M heavily re-programmed:

The below section starts the sendmail daemon so that it won't process
"expensive" mail the first time around. And so "delivery runs" are NOT
performed every 15 minutes. The -os flag makes ALL mail queued (that
doesn't mean it can't be delivered immediately all the same).

Delivery happens when any user runs "sendmail -q".

# Start the sendmail daemon:
if [ -x /usr/sbin/sendmail ]; then
  # If the queue isn't empty, stash away the queued items in mqueue.hide...
  mqquery=`/usr/sbin/sendmail -bp`	# mqquery=`/usr/bin/mailq`
  if [ ! "${mqquery}" = "Mail queue is empty" ]; then
    mv /var/spool/mqueue/* /var/spool/mqueue.hide
  fi
  echo "Starting sendmail daemon (/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -os -q)..."
  echo "[Special note: As configured on this system, REMOTE MAIL is queued only!!!]..."
  /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -os -q		# "15m" removed from off the "-q" flag!
  if [ ! "${mqquery}" = "Mail queue is empty" ]; then
    echo "[/var/spool/mqueue wasn't empty, now being copied back from mqueue.hide!!!]..."
    sleep 2; mv /var/spool/mqueue.hide/* /var/spool/mqueue
  fi
fi
#
# There is an alternative solution, but this approach queues *only* ALL MAIL,
# LOCAL TOO. It goes like this, and doesn't need any /var/spool/mqueue.hide,
# nor all the reconfiguration of sendmail.cf that will follow further below:
#
# # Start the sendmail daemon:
# if [ -x /usr/sbin/sendmail ]; then
#   echo "Starting sendmail daemon (/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -osdq) [queue only mode]..."
#   /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -osdq	# NOT EQ "-bd -q 15m", the "standard" flags! )
# fi

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/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/obj/elijah.smtp.cf = /etc/sendmail.cf
changes. This is for information only, the real editing should be done
in the files:
			sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/yourhostname.smtp.mc
			sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/local.m4
			sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/smtp.m4
			sendmail.8.6.12/cf/ostype/linux.m4    (Use Your OS!)
< # After the edits:
> # Before the edits:

< OcTrue
> OcFalse

< Msmtp,                P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXe, S=11/31, R=21, E=\r\n,
> Msmtp,                P=[IPC], F=mDFMuX, S=11/31, R=21, E=\r\n,

< Mesmtp,               P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXae, S=11/31, R=21, E=\r\n,
> Mesmtp,               P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXa, S=11/31, R=21, E=\r\n,

< Mrelay,               P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXae, S=11/31, R=61, E=\r\n,
> Mrelay,               P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXa, S=11/31, R=61, E=\r\n,

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Very simple makescript		sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/make_yourhostname:

	#!/bin/sh

	# ALT 1:	m4 yourhostname.smtp.mc > obj/yourhostname.smtp.cf 
	# ALT 2:	pmake yourhostname.smtp.cf

	m4 yourhostname.smtp.mc > obj/yourhostname.smtp.cf

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The above /etc/sendmail.cf changes can be entered like described in the
following passages in the here listed .mc and .m4 files:

		/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/yourhostname.smtp.mc
		/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/local.m4
		/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/smtp.m4
		/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/ostype/linux.m4   (Use Your OS!)

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/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/yourhostname.smtp.mc

dnl # Defer Delivery to "expensive" mailers until next time the queue is
dnl # processed using "OcTrue" and make sure smtp mailers are "expensive".
dnl # (The "sendmail" book, Chapter 30: Options, "Oc - Don't connect to expensive
dnl # mailers".)			/ [email-masked]
define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE', `True')
define(SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS, e)
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl

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/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/local.m4

[SECURITY PATCH		THIS PATCH DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE FOR OUR     ]
[			PRESENT PURPOUSES, BUT IT HIGHTENS SECURITY!       ]

# MODIFICATION BY [email-masked]:
# According to the "sendmail" book, chapter 19, "The Queue", page 249,
# "Overview of the Queue" and chapter 26, "Delivery Agents", page 385,
# "Paths of Working Directories (V8 only): D=" and for tigthest possible
# queue security, queue (/var/spool/mqueue) permissions is set to 0700
# and in the below Mprog line Paths of working directories is set to
# D=$z:/tmp:/
#					/ [email-masked]
#
Mlocal,		P=LOCAL_MAILER_PATH, F=CONCAT(`lsDFM', LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS), S=10, R=20/40,
		A=LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS
Mprog,		P=LOCAL_SHELL_PATH, F=CONCAT(`lsDFM', LOCAL_SHELL_FLAGS), S=10, R=20/40, D=$z:/tmp:/,
		A=LOCAL_SHELL_ARGS

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/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/smtp.m4

[The code isn't really changed in                                          ]
[/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/mailer/smtp.m4, it's just the below comments  ]
[that is added, so they appear in the resulting sendmail.cf file above the ]
[following lines, that are not modified:                                   ]

# If any F= below contains the e flag, this is an 'expensive mailer'.
# (The "sendmail" book, Chapter 30: Options, "Oc - Don't connect to expensive
# mailers".)				/ [email-masked]

[Unchanged lines...                                                        ]

Msmtp,          P=[IPC], F=CONCAT(mDFMuX, SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS), S=11/31, R=ifdef(`_ALL_MASQUERADE_', `11/31', `21'), E=\r\n,
                ifdef(`_OLD_SENDMAIL_',, `L=990, ')ifdef(`SMTP_MAILER_MAX', `M=SMTP_MAILER_MAX, ')A=IPC $h
Mesmtp,         P=[IPC], F=CONCAT(mDFMuXa, SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS), S=11/31, R=ifdef(`_ALL_MASQUERADE_', `11/31', `21'), E=\r\n,
                ifdef(`_OLD_SENDMAIL_',, `L=990, ')ifdef(`SMTP_MAILER_MAX', `M=SMTP_MAILER_MAX, ')A=IPC $h
Mrelay,         P=[IPC], F=CONCAT(mDFMuXa, SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS), S=11/31, R=61, E=\r\n,
                ifdef(`_OLD_SENDMAIL_',, `L=2040, ')A=IPC $h

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/usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/ostype/linux.m4    (or whatever ostype You have)

define(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl
dnl		`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS',`ShP' results in F=lsDFMShP, but I don't
dnl		want the "S" flag, it's a security risc, see "sendmail",
dnl		chapter 18, "The A= of Deliver Agents", page 234, so....
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS',`hP')dnl
dnl		`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS',`hP' results in F=lsDFMhP.
dnl		For this to work, /usr/bin/procmail must be SUID root!
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS',`procmail -d $u')dnl
define(`QUEUE_DIR', /var/spool/mqueue)dnl

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#### sendmail.cf Done. ####

THAT'S THE sendmail.cf MODIFICATIONS. BUT I THINK I'D BETTER INCLUDE MY
COMPLETE  /usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/yourhostname.smtp.mc  IN CASE
YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THIS SETUP:

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MY COMPLETE /usr/src/sendmail.8.6.12/cf/cf/yourhostname.smtp.mc:

include(`../m4/cf.m4')
VERSIONID(`@(#)cf/cf/yourhostname.smtp.mc	1.1 (Swipnet) 18/9/95')dnl

# MODIFICATION:
# Defer Delivery to "expensive" mailers until next time the queue is
# processed using "OcTrue" and make sure smtp mailers are "expensive".
# (The "sendmail" book, Chapter 30: Options, "Oc - Don't connect to expensive
# mailers".)				/ [email-masked]
dnl # done further down:	define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE', `True')
dnl # done further down:	define(SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS, e)
define(PSEUDONYMS, `localhost yourhostname yourhostname.swipnet.se')
define(ALIAS_FILE, /etc/aliases)
define(GENERICFROM, /etc/xaliases)
dnl # default: # define(confTEMP_FILE_MODE, 0600)
dnl # See "sendmail", chapter 19, "The Queue", page 251, "The Data (Message Body)
dnl # File: df". For tigthest possible security, the F option should specify 0600.
OSTYPE(linux)
DOMAIN(mailbox.hidden)
EXPOSED_USER(Mailer-Daemon)
EXPOSED_USER(postmaster)
EXPOSED_USER(operator)
EXPOSED_USER(oracle)
EXPOSED_USER(rsv)
EXPOSED_USER(demo)
EXPOSED_USER(leierl)
EXPOSED_USER(ftp)
EXPOSED_USER(ulf)
dnl # Defer Delivery to "expensive" mailers until next time the queue is
dnl # processed using "OcTrue" and make sure smtp mailers are "expensive".
dnl # (The "sendmail" book, Chapter 30: Options, "Oc - Don't connect to expensive
dnl # mailers".)			/ [email-masked]
define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE', `True')
define(SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS, e)
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl
dnl MAILER(pop)dnl
dnl # continues in ../domain/Yourhostname.m4

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============================================================================
| Menu support suggestions:                                                |
============================================================================

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As promised, here follows some suggested edits to
/var/X11R6/lib/fvwm/system.fvwmrc to give some menu support SLIP/PPP TCP/IP
for the benifit of Linux hackers and others! Some of those edits assume
that other homemade programs are available, so study and implement YOUR way:

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/var/X11R6/lib/fvwm/system.fvwmrc:

Popup "Internet"			# Added in Utilities menu below #
	Title	"Internet"
	Exec	"Ip (dial up internet)"	xterm -geometry 66x12+586+0 -font 7x14 -T "Ip (dial up internet)" -n Ip -e perl -le 'system "echo; sleep 1; /sbin/dip /etc/swipnet.dip; sleep 65535";' &
	Nop	""
	Exec	"Netscape"	exec netscape &
	Nop	""
	Exec	"Mailq (check mail queue)"	xterm -geometry 75x12+586+0 -font 7x14 -T "Mailq (check mail queue)" -n Mailq -e perl -le 'system "echo; sleep 1; /usr/bin/mailq; sleep 10";' &
	Nop	""
	Exec	"Really send mail (smtp)"	xterm -geometry 75x12+586+0 -font 7x14 -T "Really send mail (smtp)" -n Sendmail-q -e perl -le 'system "echo; sleep 1; /usr/bin/mailq; echo sendmail -q ...; /usr/sbin/sendmail -q; /usr/bin/mailq; sleep 10";' &
	Nop	""
	Exec	"Noip (offline again)"	xterm -geometry 66x12+586+0 -font 7x14 -T "Noip (offline again)" -n Noip -e perl -le 'system "echo; sleep 1; /sbin/dip -l cua1 -k; sleep 7";' &
EndPopup
#
#	HOMEMADE STUFF REFERENCED ABOVE:	/etc/swipnet.dip

# This menu will fire up some very common utilities
Popup "Utilities"
	Title	"Utilities"
	Exec	"Top"		exec rxvt  -font 7x14 -T Top -n Top -e top &
	Exec	"Calculator"	exec xcalc &
	Exec	"Xman"		exec xman &
	Exec	"Xmag"		exec xmag &
	Exec	"Oclock"	exec oclock &
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Applications"	Applications
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Shells"	Shells
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Floppy"	Floppy
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Internet"	Internet	# Popup added HERE #
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Games"		Games
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Screensaver"	Screensaver
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Lock Screen"	Screenlock
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Modules"	Module-Popup
	Nop	""
	Popup	"Exit Fvwm"	Quit-Verify
	Nop	""
	Popup	"SHUT DOWN"	Shtdwn-Verify
	Nop	""
	Refresh "Refresh Screen"
EndPopup

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From: [email-masked] (Benjamin Gonay)
Date: 25 Feb 1997 12:50:50 GMT

[email-masked] wrote:
: Hi there,
: Can we create schedule's for outgoing E-mail ???
: Example :
: Suppose at 10.10 a.m. E-mail to "A" will go.
: Again at      11.00 a.m. E-mail to "B" will go.
: Remembering that we are not logged, when the E-mail goes from our server.
: Am i asking too much  ? Any help will be highly appreciated.

   Very easy, you can send email simply using: mail -s 'subject' user@domain
   and if you want schedule this, simply enter it into a crontab...
   ex: 10 10 * * *  mail -s 'Hello' [email-masked]
       00 11 * * *  mail -s 'Hello2' your_userB@...

  and every days, at 10.10, you'll received a mail...
   You can even send a file by mail like this: mail user@... <file_name

   Hope this help you.... :-)

Cybersalutations ;-)
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