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NAME
from - list senders and subjects from a user's mailbox
SYNOPSIS
from
[ -s
sender
]
[ -f
file
]
[
user
]
DESCRIPTION
from
prints `header lines' (sender and subject) from a user's mailbox.
The default user is the one executing the program. Another user may
be specified, or a mailbox-file may be given directly.
The messages displayed can be limited to those from a certain sender.
OPTIONS
- -s
-
Limit what is displayed to those messages containing the given
string in the `From:' -field.
- -f
-
Use the given file as input instead of the default mailbox. Can
not be used when a user is specified.
SEE ALSO
biff(1), mail(1)
HISTORY
This program first appeared in 3 BSD.
AUTHOR
This perl-program was written from scratch in 1994 by Sverre H. Huseby,
Norway (sverrehu@ifi.uio.no)
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