Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Path: utzoo!telly!druid!darcy
From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Subject: Re: Writing a mail server
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.041251.8932@druid.uucp>
Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario
References: <9101181938.AA01084@cmsun.nrl.navy.mil>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 91 04:12:51 GMT

In article <9101181938.AA01084@cmsun.nrl.navy.mil> Lee Phillips writes:
>I am thinking of writing a shell script that auto-replys to incoming
>mail messages with certain subject headers by mailing a file to the
>sender -- you know, a mail server that people can use to get certain
>files.  It should also keep a log of who got what.  I'll bet there
>already is a tool like this out there, though, and I won't have to
>write my own, right?

Right.  The kiss server from bill@twwells.com is what I am using.  I
am not sure where it is archived but it does all the stuff you mention
except that the requests are in the body which makes it more flexible
than what you suggest.

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