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.TH BINMAIL 1 11/16/79
.SH NAME
mail \- 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
.I Mail
with no argument
prints
a user's mail,
message-by-message,
in last-in, first-out order;
the optional argument
.B +
causes 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
.PP
An interrupt normally causes termination of the command;
the mail file is unchanged.
The optional argument
.B \(mii
causes
.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 (1)).
.PP
The
.B \-f
option causes the named file, e.g. `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"
write(1), uucp(1), uux(1)
.SH BUGS
Race conditions sometimes result
in a failure to remove a lock file.
.PP
Normally anybody can read your mail.
An installation can overcome this by making
.I mail
a set-user-id command that owns the mail directory.
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33608fe8 BJ	1	.TH BINMAIL 1 11/16/79
	2	.SH NAME
	3	mail \- 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	.I Mail
	22	with no argument
	23	prints
	24	a user's mail,
	25	message-by-message,
	26	in last-in, first-out order;
	27	the optional argument
	28	.B +
	29	causes first-in, first-out order.
	30	For each message,
	31	it reads a line from the standard input
	32	to direct disposition of the message.
	33	.TP
	34	newline
	35	Go on to next message.
	36	.TP
	37	d
	38	Delete message and go on to the next.
	39	.TP
	40	p
	41	Print message again.
	42	.TP
	43	\-
	44	Go back to previous message.
	45	.TP
	46	.RI "s [" " file " "] ..."
	47	Save the message in the named
	48	.I files
	49	(`mbox' default).
	50	.TP
	51	.RI "w [" " file " "] ..."
	52	Save the message, without a header, in the named
	53	.I files
	54	(`mbox' default).
	55	.TP
	56	.RI "m [" " person " "] ..."
	57	Mail the message to the named
	58	.I persons
	59	(yourself is default).
	60	.TP
	61	EOT (control-D)
	62	Put unexamined mail back in the mailbox and stop.
	63	.TP
	64	q
65	Same as EOT.
66	.TP
67	.RI ! command
68	Escape to the Shell to do
69	.IR command .
70	.TP
71	*
72	Print a command summary.
73	.PP
74	.PP
75	An interrupt normally causes termination of the command;
76	the mail file is unchanged.
77	The optional argument
78	.B \(mii
79	causes
80	.I mail
81	to continue after interrupts.
82	.PP
83	When
84	.I persons
85	are named,
86	.I mail
87	takes the standard input up to an end-of-file
88	(or a line with just `.')
89	and adds it to each
90	.I person's
91	`mail' file.
92	The message is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
93	Lines that look like postmarks are
94	prepended with `>'.
95	A
96	.I person
97	is usually a user name recognized by
98	.IR login (1).
99	To denote a recipient on a remote system, prefix
100	.I person
101	by the system name and exclamation mark (see
102	.IR uucp (1)).
103	.PP
104	The
105	.B \-f
106	option causes the named file, e.g. `mbox',
107	to be printed as if it were the mail file.
108	.PP
109	When a user logs in he is informed of the presence
110	of mail.
111	.SH FILES
112	.ta \w'/usr/spool/mail/*.lock 'u
113	/etc/passwd to identify sender and locate persons
114	.br
115	.li
116	/usr/spool/mail/* incoming mail for user *
117	.br
118	mbox saved mail
119	.br
120	/tmp/ma* temp file
121	.br
122	/usr/spool/mail/*.lock lock for mail directory
123	.br
124	dead.letter unmailable text
125	.br
126	.SH "SEE ALSO"
127	write(1), uucp(1), uux(1)
128	.SH BUGS
129	Race conditions sometimes result
130	in a failure to remove a lock file.
131	.PP
132	Normally anybody can read your mail.
133	An installation can overcome this by making
134	.I mail
135	a set-user-id command that owns the mail directory.