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- Mail is an RFC-822 compliant mailer subset. This program is as close to
- UNIX(tm) mail as possible. For help in receive mode, type "?"; for help in
- composition mode (sending mail), type "~?" on a new line.
-
- For sending mail, simply type mail, followed by a single or list of
- valid addresses.
-
- Example: mail bill@excellent.com
- mail ted@excellent.com fsuucp@zeus.calpoly.edu
-
- Mail will accept a subject on the command line with the -s option.
-
- Example: mail -s Greetings bill@excellent.com
-
- For receiving mail, simply type mail. To specify a specific mailbox, use
- the -f option. The "-f" option starts mail using the filename that is
- specified instead of the default mail spool. There is no account security
- provided for access to mailboxes. If you require user account security, it
- is suggested that you use FSBBS and require all users to access the system
- via modem. FSBBS provides complete account security.
-
- Mail -a will dump a list of mailrc and aliases information.
-
- Mail aliasing is handled through 3 files:
-
- [libdir]\mail.rc is the main system alias file. All mail generated locally is
- passed through aliases contained herein.
-
- [home]\[user]\mailrc is the individual user mailrc. It is checked before the
- system mail.rc is.
-
- [libdir]\aliases contains systemwide aliases. It is checked after the mail has
- been composed and set to RMAIL.EXE. No address rewriting takes place on
- aliases placed herein. All mail coming in from off-site is passed through this
- file for aliasing by RMAIL.EXE.
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