Baskaraganesan Natarajan writes: > rt: "|/etc/smrsh/rt-mailgate --queue 'general' --action correspond --url > http://<rt3-host>/" > > Can you please explain what this line mean. I understand that “rt” is a > mailer alias and any mail sent to rt in this server will be sent to user > in the second column.
The pipe in a UNIX shell takes the output from a program or process and sends it to be the input of another. When the second half of an alias begins with a pipe, it takes the output from sendmail (the email message) and pipes it to the command listed in the alias to be used as that program's input - in this case, the rt-mailgate program. -- Joe Hartley | Sr. Linux SysAdmin Retail Solutions, Inc. 40 Sharpe Drive Cranston, RI 02920 joe.hart...@retailsolutions.com +1 401.824.5040 (o) | +1 401.824.5002 (f) _______________________________________________ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
