slocal

PURPOSE

     Processes incoming mail.

SYNOPSIS
     slocal [-noverbose][-verbose][-debug][-help]


DESCRIPTION

     The slocal  command is used  to perform a set  of actions
     each time a  message is sent to the user.   slocal is not
     designed to be  run directly by the user;  it is designed
     to be called by the sendmail command.  The slocal command
     is part of  the MH (Message Handling) package  and can be
     used with other MH and AIX commands.

     The sendmail  command invokes the slocal  command when it
     encounters the following line in $HOME/.forward:

       | /usr/lib/mh/slocal

     For  each  new  incoming  message,  slocal  performs  the
     actions specified  in the .maildelivery file.   If slocal
     cannot find the file $HOME/.maildelivery, slocal uses the
     default file  /usr/lib/mh/maildelivery.  If  the delivery
     request   fails,   slocal   delivers   the   message   to
     /usr/mail/$USER.

     The actions  that can  be specified in  .maildelivery are
     described  in AIX  Operating  System Technical  Reference
     under mhooks.

FLAGS

     -debug              Provides information for debugging.
     -help               Displays  help  information  for  the
                         command.
     -noverbose          Does not  display information  as the
                         system   executes  commands   in  the
                         maildelivery file.  This  flag is the
                         default.
     -verbose            Displays  information  as the  system
                         executes commands in the maildelivery
                         file.

FILES

     /usr/lib/mh/mtstailor       The MH tailor file.
     /usr/lib/mh/maildelivery    The default MH local delivery
                                 instructions file.
     $HOME/.maildelivery         The  user's   local  delivery
                                 instructions file.
     $HOME/.forward              The  user's  default  message
                                 filter file.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The    following   commands:     "rcvdist,"   "rcvpack,"
     "rcvstore," "rcvtty,"  "sendmail."

     The  mh-format,  mhook,   mh-mail,  and  mh-profile  file
     formats in AIX Operating System Technical Reference.

     The "Overview  of the  Message Handling Package"  in Man-
     aging the AIX Operating System.