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.TH MAILCOMPAT 1 "April 9, 2016"
.SH NAME
mailcompat \- provide SunOS compatibility for Solaris mailbox format
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
\fBmailcompat\fR is a program to provide SunOS 4.\fIx\fR compatibility for the
Solaris mailbox format. You would typically run  \fBmailcompat\fR to be able to
read mail on a workstation running SunOS 4.\fIx\fR when your mail server is
running Solaris.
.sp
.LP
Enabling \fBmailcompat\fR creates an entry in your  \fB\&.forward\fR file, if
it exists.  If this file does not exist, \fBmailcompat\fR will create it.
Disabling \fBmailcompat\fR will remove the entry from the \fB\&.forward\fR
file, and if this was the only entry, will remove the entire file.
.sp
.LP
To execute \fBmailcompat\fR, log onto the Solaris mail server and enter
\fBmailcompat\fR on the command line. Answer the queries provided by the
program.
.SH USAGE
.LP
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBmailcompat\fR
when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRExamples of the \fBmailcompat\fR feature.
.sp
.LP
The following example enables the \fBmailcompat\fR feature for the user "john".

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example% mailcompat
This program can be used to store your mail in a format
that you can read with SunOS 4.X based mail readers
To enable the mailcompat feature a ".forward" file is created.
Would you like to enable the mailcompat feature? Y
Mailcompat feature ENABLED.Run mailcompat with no arguments to remove it
example%
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.sp
.LP
The following example disables the \fBmailcompat\fR feature for the user
"john".

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example% mailcompat
This program can be used to store your mail in a format
that you can read with SunOS 4.X based mail readers
You have a .forward file in your home directory  containing:
    "|/usr/bin/mailcompat johns"
Would you like to remove it and disable the mailcompat feature? y
Back to normal reception of mail.
example%
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH FILES
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB~/.forward\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
list of recipients for forwarding messages
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
\fBmailx\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)