.TH mesgd 8
.SH NAME
mesgd \- message send protocol daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mesgd
[\fB\-d\fR] [\fB\-i\fR] [\fB\-t\fR] [\fB\-p\fI port\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-d
Enables debugging.
.TP
.BI \-t
Option to enable tcp connection via inetd.
.TP
.BI \-i
Option to enable udp processing via inetd.
.TP
.BI \-p " port"
Sets the internet port number to use. Normally the default port \(18\)
will be used.
.SH Files
.if n .ta 2.5i
.if t .ta 1.8i
~/.message	store of old or unread messages
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/var/message/$USER	alternative location for messages
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~/.msgsig	signature to add to messages
.SH SEE ALSO
msend(1)
.SH Authors
Geoff Arnold <geoff@tyger.East.Sun.COM> wrote the core.
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Andrew Herbert <andrew@werple.apana.org.au> cleaned it up a bit.
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Zik Saleeba <zik@zikzak.apana.org.au> did many extensions and rewrites.
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Michael Strates <mstrates@minkirri.apana.org.au> has taken over the
project to hopefully keep continuing it.