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1 | .TH NETMAIL 1 2/24/79 |
| 2 | .UC | |
| 3 | .ds s 1 | |
| 4 | .ds o 1 | |
| 5 | .SH NAME | |
| 6 | netmail \- read mail on a remote machine over the network | |
| 7 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 8 | .B netmail | |
| 9 | [ | |
| 10 | .B \-l | |
| 11 | login ] [ | |
| 12 | .B \-p | |
| 13 | password ] | |
| 14 | [ | |
| 15 | .B \-n | |
| 16 | ] [ | |
| 17 | .B \-f | |
| 18 | ] [ machine ] | |
| 19 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 20 | The mail for the specified user is read on the specified | |
| 21 | .I machine. | |
| 22 | If the machine specification is omitted, the default machine is used. | |
| 23 | The remote login name is indicated by the | |
| 24 | .B \-l | |
| 25 | and | |
| 26 | .B \-p | |
| 27 | options (or will be prompted for on the terminal). | |
| 28 | A password is required. | |
| 29 | .B \-f | |
| 30 | and | |
| 31 | .B \-n | |
| 32 | behave exactly as in | |
| 33 | .IR net (\*s). | |
| 34 | .PP | |
| 35 | The mail will be delivered in the file ``mbox.\fImachine\fP'' | |
| 36 | in the user's login directory. | |
| 37 | .PP | |
| 38 | .I Netmail | |
| 39 | executes the | |
| 40 | .IR net (\*s) | |
| 41 | command. | |
| 42 | .SH AUTHOR | |
| 43 | Eric Schmidt | |
| 44 | .SH FILES | |
| 45 | .DT | |
| 46 | ~/mbox.\(** mail delivery point | |
| 47 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 48 | net(\*s), netrm(\*s), netq(\*s), netlog(\*s), netcp(\*s), | |
| 49 | netlpr(\*s), mail(\*o) | |
| 50 | .SH BUGS | |
| 51 | Received mail is not concatenated with existing mbox.\fImachine\fP. |