1 02/13/85  last_message_sender, lms
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 3 Syntax as a command:  lms {mbx_specification}
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 6 Syntax as an active function:  [lms {mbx_specification}]
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 9 Function: returns the sender of the last message received (from
10 send_message) in the form "Person_id.Project_id" (e.g., GBShaw.Demo).
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13 Arguments:
14 mbx_specification
15    specifies the mailbox on which messages are to be accepted.  If not
16    given, the user's default mailbox (>udd>Project>Person>Person.mbx)
17    is used.
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20 List of mbx specifications:
21 -log
22    specifies the user's logbox and is equivalent to
23       -mailbox >udd>Project_id>Person_id>Person_id.sv.mbx
24 -mailbox path, -mbx path
25    specifies the pathname of a mailbox.  The suffix .mbx is added if
26    necessary.
27 -save path, -sv path
28    specifies the pathname of a savebox.  The suffix .sv.mbx is added if
29    necessary.
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32 -user STR
33    specifies either a user's default mailbox or an entry in the system
34    mail table.
35 STR
36    is any noncontrol argument and is first interpreted as -mailbox STR;
37    if no mailbox is found, STR is then interpreted as -save STR; if no
38    savebox is found, it is interpreted as -user STR.
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41 Notes: You are cautioned against using the active function when in
42 polite mode.  In this mode the system holds all messages until you
43 finish typing a line (i.e., until the carriage is at the left margin);
44 therefore it is possible that while you are sending a message, your
45 process receive another message from another user--a message not yet
46 seen.  By using the active function in this situation, you can
47 inadvertently attribute a message to the wrong person.
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49 See accept_messages, last_message, last_message_time, and send_message.