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mesgd(8)               DragonFly System Manager's Manual              mesgd(8)

NAME
       mesgd - message send protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS
       mesgd [-d] [-i] [-t] [-p port]

DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
       -d     Enables debugging.

       -t     Option to enable tcp connection via inetd.

       -i     Option to enable udp processing via inetd.

       -p port
              Sets the internet port number to use. Normally the default port
              1/8 will be used.

Files
       ~/.message               store of old or unread messages
       /var/message/$USER       alternative location for messages
       ~/.msgsig                signature to add to messages

SEE ALSO
       msend(1)

Authors
       Geoff Arnold <geoff@tyger.East.Sun.COM> wrote the core.
       Andrew Herbert <andrew@werple.apana.org.au> cleaned it up a bit.
       Zik Saleeba <zik@zikzak.apana.org.au> did many extensions and rewrites.
       Michael Strates <mstrates@minkirri.apana.org.au> has taken over the
       project to hopefully keep continuing it.

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