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.TH BINMAIL 1 "16 November 1979"
.SH NAME
binmail \- send or receive mail among users
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /bin/mail
[
.B +
] [
.B \-i
] [ person ] ...
.br
.B /bin/mail
.B "[ + ]"
[
.B \-i
]
.B \-f
file
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
Note: This is the old version 7 UNIX system mail program.  The default
.I mail
command is described in
.IR Mail (1),
and its binary is in the directory
.IR /usr/ucb .
.PP
.I mail
with no argument prints a user's mail, message-by-message,
in last-in, first-out order; the optional argument
.B +
displays the mail messages in first-in, first-out order.
For each message, it reads a line from the standard input
to direct disposition of the message.
.TP
newline
Go on to next message.
.TP
d
Delete message and go on to the next.
.TP
p
Print message again.
.TP
\-
Go back to previous message.
.TP
.RI "s [" " file " "] ..."
Save the message in the named
.I files
(`mbox' default).
.TP
.RI "w [" " file " "] ..."
Save the message, without a header, in the named
.I files
(`mbox' default).
.TP
.RI "m [" " person " "] ..."
Mail the message to the named
.I persons
(yourself is default).
.TP
EOT (control-D)
Put unexamined mail back in the mailbox and stop.
.TP
q
Same as EOT.
.TP
.RI ! command
Escape to the Shell to do
.IR command .
.TP
*
Print a command summary.
.PP
An interrupt normally terminates the 
.I mail
command; the mail file is unchanged.  The optional argument
.B \(mii
tells
.I mail
to continue after interrupts.
.PP
When
.I persons
are named,
.I mail
takes the standard input up to an end-of-file (or a line with just `.')
and adds it to each
.I person's
`mail' file.  The message is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
Lines that look like postmarks are prepended with `>'.  A
.I person
is usually a user name recognized by
.IR  login (1).
To denote a recipient on a remote system, prefix 
.I person
by the system name and exclamation mark (see
.IR uucp (1C)).
.PP
The
.B \-f
option causes the named file, for example, `mbox',
to be printed as if it were the mail file.
.PP
When a user logs in he is informed of the presence of mail.
.SH FILES
.ta \w'/usr/spool/mail/*.lock 'u
/etc/passwd	to identify sender and locate persons
.br
.li
/usr/spool/mail/*	incoming mail for user *
.br
mbox		saved mail
.br
/tmp/ma*	temp file
.br
/usr/spool/mail/*.lock	lock for mail directory
.br
dead.letter	unmailable text
.br
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Mail(1), write(1), uucp(1C), uux(1C), xsend(1), sendmail(8)
.SH BUGS
Race conditions sometimes result in a failure to remove a lock file.
.PP
Normally anybody can read your mail, unless it is sent by
.IR xsend (1).
An installation can overcome this by making
.I mail
a set-user-id command that owns the mail directory.
Commit	Line	Data
ae852c96 C	1	.TH BINMAIL 1 "16 November 1979"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	binmail \- send or receive mail among users
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B /bin/mail
	6	[
	7	.B +
	8	] [
	9	.B \-i
	10	] [ person ] ...
	11	.br
	12	.B /bin/mail
	13	.B "[ + ]"
	14	[
	15	.B \-i
	16	]
	17	.B \-f
	18	file
	19	.LP
	20	.SH DESCRIPTION
	21	Note: This is the old version 7 UNIX system mail program. The default
	22	.I mail
	23	command is described in
	24	.IR Mail (1),
	25	and its binary is in the directory
	26	.IR /usr/ucb .
	27	.PP
	28	.I mail
	29	with no argument prints a user's mail, message-by-message,
	30	in last-in, first-out order; the optional argument
	31	.B +
	32	displays the mail messages in first-in, first-out order.
	33	For each message, it reads a line from the standard input
	34	to direct disposition of the message.
	35	.TP
	36	newline
	37	Go on to next message.
	38	.TP
	39	d
	40	Delete message and go on to the next.
	41	.TP
	42	p
	43	Print message again.
	44	.TP
	45	\-
	46	Go back to previous message.
	47	.TP
	48	.RI "s [" " file " "] ..."
	49	Save the message in the named
	50	.I files
	51	(`mbox' default).
	52	.TP
	53	.RI "w [" " file " "] ..."
	54	Save the message, without a header, in the named
	55	.I files
	56	(`mbox' default).
	57	.TP
	58	.RI "m [" " person " "] ..."
	59	Mail the message to the named
	60	.I persons
	61	(yourself is default).
	62	.TP
	63	EOT (control-D)
	64	Put unexamined mail back in the mailbox and stop.
65	.TP
66	q
67	Same as EOT.
68	.TP
69	.RI ! command
70	Escape to the Shell to do
71	.IR command .
72	.TP
73	*
74	Print a command summary.
75	.PP
76	An interrupt normally terminates the
77	.I mail
78	command; the mail file is unchanged. The optional argument
79	.B \(mii
80	tells
81	.I mail
82	to continue after interrupts.
83	.PP
84	When
85	.I persons
86	are named,
87	.I mail
88	takes the standard input up to an end-of-file (or a line with just `.')
89	and adds it to each
90	.I person's
91	`mail' file. The message is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
92	Lines that look like postmarks are prepended with `>'. A
93	.I person
94	is usually a user name recognized by
95	.IR login (1).
96	To denote a recipient on a remote system, prefix
97	.I person
98	by the system name and exclamation mark (see
99	.IR uucp (1C)).
100	.PP
101	The
102	.B \-f
103	option causes the named file, for example, `mbox',
104	to be printed as if it were the mail file.
105	.PP
106	When a user logs in he is informed of the presence of mail.
107	.SH FILES
108	.ta \w'/usr/spool/mail/*.lock 'u
109	/etc/passwd to identify sender and locate persons
110	.br
111	.li
112	/usr/spool/mail/* incoming mail for user *
113	.br
114	mbox saved mail
115	.br
116	/tmp/ma* temp file
117	.br
118	/usr/spool/mail/*.lock lock for mail directory
119	.br
120	dead.letter unmailable text
121	.br
122	.SH "SEE ALSO"
123	Mail(1), write(1), uucp(1C), uux(1C), xsend(1), sendmail(8)
124	.SH BUGS
125	Race conditions sometimes result in a failure to remove a lock file.
126	.PP
127	Normally anybody can read your mail, unless it is sent by
128	.IR xsend (1).
129	An installation can overcome this by making
130	.I mail
131	a set-user-id command that owns the mail directory.