topic Re: Display new Mail message using SSH in Operating System - OpenVMS

Display new Mail message using SSH

Tom Hartsook — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:11:23 GMT

When I login to my username using SSH, the "new Mail" message fails to appear. Using TELNET, the message appears as normal. The CheckMail parameter is set to yes. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Tom

Re: Display new Mail message using SSH

Hein van den Heuvel — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:56:30 GMT

SSH also does SY$ANNOUNCEMENT differently.
Too bad.

If you like a workaround, then you could use the following trivial code...

#include
#include
#include
typedef struct { short len, cod; void *address; int *retlen; } item;
main()
{
int status, user_context = 0;
int SYS$GETJPIW(), MAIL$USER_BEGIN(), MAIL$USER_GET_INFO(), MAIL$USER_END();
char username[14];
short mess;
item null[] = {0,0,0,0};
item user[] = {12, JPI$_USERNAME, username, (int *)user, 0,0,0,0};
item news[] = {sizeof(mess), MAIL$_USER_NEW_MESSAGES, &mess, 0, 0,0,0,0};

status = MAIL$USER_BEGIN(&user_context, null, null);
if (status & 1) status = SYS$GETJPIW(0,0,0,user,0,0,0);
user[0].cod = MAIL$_USER_USERNAME; /* watch out! Double usage user itemlist */
if (status & 1) status = MAIL$USER_GET_INFO(&user_context, user, news);
MAIL$USER_END(&user_context, null, null);
username[user[0].len] = '\0';
printf ("%d new message%s for %s\n", mess, (mess==1)? "": "s", username);
return status;
}

hth,
Hein.

Re: Display new Mail message using SSH

Jon Pinkley — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:51:25 GMT

As Hein said, SSH doesn't behave like telnet.

Another thing that does not work with SSH is disconnectable terminals. I.e. process using VTAxx like the following:

$ sho term
Terminal: _VTA888: Device_Type: VT400_Series Owner: JON
Physical terminal: _TNA889:

Jon

Re: Display new Mail message using SSH

Tom Hartsook — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:13:50 GMT

Thanks for the program. Works great.
Tom