| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)netmail.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH NETMAIL 1 "%G%" |
| 8 | .UC 4 |
| 9 | .ds s 1 |
| 10 | .ds o 1 |
| 11 | .SH NAME |
| 12 | netmail \- read mail on a remote machine over the network |
| 13 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 14 | .B netmail |
| 15 | [ |
| 16 | .B \-l |
| 17 | username ] [ |
| 18 | .B \-p |
| 19 | password ] [ |
| 20 | .B \-c |
| 21 | ] [ |
| 22 | .B \-q |
| 23 | ] [ |
| 24 | .B \-n |
| 25 | ] [ |
| 26 | .B \-f |
| 27 | ] [ machine:username ] |
| 28 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 29 | Mail is checked and/or read on the specified |
| 30 | .I machine. |
| 31 | If the machine specification is omitted, the default machine is used. |
| 32 | The command has two distinct modes depending on whether the |
| 33 | .B \-c |
| 34 | option is specified. |
| 35 | .PP |
| 36 | If |
| 37 | .B \-c |
| 38 | is specified, the presence of mail is checked on the remote machine. |
| 39 | No password is required so it can be put in C shell `.netrc' file. |
| 40 | A message is written or mailed back (see |
| 41 | .IR net (\*s)) |
| 42 | if there is or is not any unread mail. |
| 43 | .PP |
| 44 | If the |
| 45 | .B \-c |
| 46 | option is not specified, mail is read and mailed back to the user. |
| 47 | A password is required. |
| 48 | Mail is also appended to the remote file |
| 49 | .I `mbox' |
| 50 | as a precaution. |
| 51 | .PP |
| 52 | The |
| 53 | .B \-q |
| 54 | option suppresses the message sent back if there is no mail. |
| 55 | The options |
| 56 | .B \-l, |
| 57 | .B \-p, |
| 58 | .B \-f, |
| 59 | and |
| 60 | .B \-n |
| 61 | behave exactly as in |
| 62 | .IR net (\*s). |
| 63 | (The login name can be specified either with the |
| 64 | .B \-l |
| 65 | option or by `machine:username'.) |
| 66 | .PP |
| 67 | .I Netmail |
| 68 | executes the |
| 69 | .IR net (\*s) |
| 70 | command. |
| 71 | .PP |
| 72 | Examples: |
| 73 | .IP " netmail\ \-c\ X:uname" 30 |
| 74 | checks if there is mail for `uname' on the X machine, no password required. |
| 75 | .IP " netmail\ X:uname" 30 |
| 76 | reads mail for `uname' on the X machine, mails it back, password is required. |
| 77 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 78 | Eric Schmidt |
| 79 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 80 | net(\*s), netrm(\*s), netq(\*s), netlog(\*s), netcp(\*s), |
| 81 | netlpr(\*s), netlogin(\*s), mail(\*o) |
| 82 | .SH BUGS |