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answer(1) answer(1)
NAME
answer - phone message transcription system
SYNOPSIS
answer [-pu]
DESCRIPTION
The answer interactive program helps you to transcribe telephone (and other) messages into electronic
mail.
The program uses your personal elm alias database and the system
elm alias database, allowing you to
use aliases to address the messages.
Options
answer supports the following options:
-p Prompt for phone-slip-type message fields.
-u Allow addresses that are not aliases.
Operation
answer begins with the Message to: prompt. Enter a one-word alias or a two-word user name
("Words" are separated by spaces.) The user name is converted to an alias in the form f
_lastword, where f
is the first character of the first word, lastword is the second word, and all letters are shifted to lowercase.
For example,
Dave Smith is converted to the alias d_smith.
Without the -u option, the specified or converted alias must exist in the alias databases. With the
-u
option, if the processed "alias" is not in the alias databases, it is used for the address as is.
The fully expanded address is displayed.
With the -p option, you are asked for typical message slip data:
Caller:
of:
Phone:
TELEPHONED -
CALLED TO SEE YOU -
WANTS TO SEE YOU -
RETURNED YOUR CALL -
PLEASE CALL -
WILL CALL AGAIN -
*****URGENT****** -
Enter the appropriate data. You can put just an X or nothing after the pertinent dash prompts, or you can
type longer comments. Whatever you enter becomes part of the message. Lines with no added text are
omitted from the message.
Finally, you are prompted for a message. Enter a message, if any, ending with a blank line. The message
is sent and the Message to: prompt is repeated.
To end the program, enter any one of bye, done, exit,orquit, at the Message to: prompt.
EXAMPLES
User input is in normal type.
With No Options
This example shows a valid alias, an invalid user name, and a valid user name. In the invalid case, the con-
verted alias is displayed in square brackets.
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Message to:
oswald
address ’[e-mail] (Oswald Rarebit)’
Enter message for oswald ending with a blank line.
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