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- .th MAIL I 2/21/75
- .sh NAME
- mail \*- send mail to designated users
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd mail
- [
- .bd \-yn
- ]
- [ person ... ]
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Mail
- with no argument
- searches for a file
- called
- .it .mail,
- prints it if it is nonempty,
- then asks if it should be saved.
- If the answer
- is
- .bd y,
- the mail is added to
- .it mbox.
- Finally
- .it .mail
- is truncated to zero length.
- To leave the mailbox untouched,
- hit `delete.'
- The question can be answered on the command line
- with the argument `\-y' or `\-n'.
- .s3
- When
- .it persons
- are named,
- .it mail
- takes the standard input up to an end of file
- and adds it to each
- .it person's
- .it .mail
- file.
- The message is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
- .s3
- A
- .it person
- is either
- a user name recognized by
- .it login
- (I),
- in which case the mail
- is sent to the default working directory of that user;
- or the path name of a directory,
- in which case
- .it .mail
- in that directory is used.
- .s3
- When a user logs in he is informed of the presence
- of mail.
- No mail will be received from a sender to whom
- .it .mail
- is inaccessible or unwritable.
- .sh FILES
- /etc/passwd to identify sender and locate persons
- .br
- /etc/utmp to identify sender
- .br
- .li
- .mail input mail
- .br
- mbox saved mail
- .br
- /tmp/m# temp file
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- write (I)
- .sh BUGS
-