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$Id: README,v 1.5 1996/02/14 04:10:46 maf Exp $
The alpha 7 release of sendpage is available on ftp.net.ohio-state.edu
/pub/pagers/sendpage7a.tar.gz
sendpage is a front end to the PET protocol used by many paging systems.
PET is also knows as IXO or TAP.
Features:
Disk based message queue
Each message is first queue'd to disk, and then picked up
for delivery. Failed deliveries are retried. A list queue
option is included.
Built in aliases support.
Aliases can be of the form
xxx yyy : simple "xxx" expands to "yyy"
xxx yyy zzz : list "xxx" exands to "yyy" "zzz"
xxx /etc/operator : file "xxx" expands to contents of /etc/operator
xxx /etc/operator:y : file with default. if can't get contents of
/etc/operator, default to y
xxx |/etc/schedule : pipe "xxx" expands to output of /etc/schedule
xxx |/etc/schedule:y : pipe with default. if can't get output of
/etc/schedule, default to y
Nesting of aliases also works.
User profiles. Each alias can have an associated profile that
controls how messages are autosplit, e-mail replies,
prepending date/time/sender, etc.
Multiple pages can be sent per phone call to paging central.
So if a page is sent to "x" and "y", and both "x" and "y" are
resolve to the same paging central, only one phone call will be
made to send the page.
Built in Modem dialer
Works with sendmail
Adding a few lines to your sendmail.cf will allow an e-mail interface
to sendpage. Instructions included to implement "alias@page.xxx.edu"
or "id.pagingcentral@page.xxx.edu" style interface.
E-mail notification
A mail message can be sent on successful pages, and/or errors.
Speaks the PET protocol
Implemented from "Programmers Guide To Paging Data Interface Modules"
by Motorola (12/88).
Written in C.
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