Filegrams

Receiving Filegrams with MailMan

Filegram messages do not appear as NEW mail at the receiving site. After the mail message is received, the filegram recipient must read the mail message. Then, it should be forwarded to S.DIFG-SRV-HISTORY on the target system (i.e., the system on which the filegram will be installed). This is a special server used to load the message into the recipient's FILEGRAM HISTORY file (#1.12) and to set up the interface between VA FileMan and MailMan at the target system.

Here is an example of what the recipient would see when reading and forwarding a filegram:

Subj:  FILEGRAM for entry #334 in CHANGE FILE (1001).  [#186309]
25 Aug 89  10:00  20 lines
From:  SITE,MANAGER  in 'IN' basket  Page 1  
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$DAT^CHANGE^1001^N^	
CHANGE^1001^L=334		
  BEGIN:CHANGE^1001@1	
    SPECIFIER:VERSION^1=17.4    
  END:CHANGE^1001
  VERSION^1=17.4
  ROUTINE^3=DICATT5
  CHANGE^4=Changed DIED to DIE0
  DATE CHANGED^6=APR 13, 1987
  PROGRAMMER^7=PICARD
  DESCRIPTION^11=wp
"This change enables incredibly wonderful things"
"to occur."
.
  REPORTER^5^L=SMITH,JOHN
    BEGIN:REPORTER^1001.05@2
    END:REPORTER^1001.05
    REPORTER^.01=SMITH,JOHN
  ^
$END DAT
 
Enter message action (in IN basket): IGNORE// F
Forward mail to: S.DIFG-SRV-HISTORY

  SENDING A MESSAGE

Reviewed/Updated: March 4, 2007