Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hou3c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!dpk@brl-vgr.arpa From: dpk@brl-vgr.arpa (Doug Kingston) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: User selectable mailboxes Message-ID: <343@hou3c.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 23:30:00 EST Article-I.D.: hou3c.343 Posted: Tue Feb 28 23:30:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 07:25:40 EST Sender: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Reply-To: DPK@BRL-VGR.APRA, Reilly@UDEL-RELAY.ARPA, Steve@UCL-CS.ARPA Lines: 28 To: Header-People@MIT-MC We have decided that we would like to add a facility to the MMDF local channel, to allow users to have mail delivered to a file other than there regular mailbox simply by having the mail addressed with a slightly different "mailid". We already have the facility for have mail delivered to arbitrary files and processes, but due to the security implications, this kind of delivery is under the control of the system management. This new facility should be one that can be invoked by the user without bothering the management. It must also be sufficiently restricted that outside users cannot create random files or destroy same. Our strawman proposal for implementing this facility calls for they following syntax to be recognized: "user" deliver to user's regular mailbox (/disk/user/mailbox) "user=h-p" deliver to alternate mailbox hp (/disk/user/mailbox=h-p) We chose "=" as the magic character to trigger this, since it did not appear to have any magic properties anywhere else we could think of. Can anyone think of any problems this would cause, and if so, what suggestions do you have for altering the syntax to be more useable? We are not wedded to = or even the precise syntax used here. We would be interested in hearing what other systems may have implemented such a facility and what syntax they have used. Fighting the 150 message a day habit, -Doug-