mail \- send or receive mail among users
in last-in, first-out order;
causes first-in, first-out order.
flag is given, the mail is printed with no questions asked;
reads a line from the standard input
to direct disposition of the message.
Delete message and go on to the next.
Go back to previous message.
.RI "s [" " file " "] ..."
Save the message in the named
.RI "w [" " file " "] ..."
Save the message, without a header, in the named
.RI "m [" " person " "] ..."
Mail the message to the named
Put unexamined mail back in the mailbox and stop.
Exit, without changing the mailbox file.
Escape to the Shell to do command.
An interrupt stops the printing of the current letter.
without changing the mailbox.
takes the standard input up to an end-of-file
(or a line with just `.')
The message is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
Lines that look like postmarks are
is usually a user name recognized by
To denote a recipient on a remote system, prefix
by the system name and exclamation mark (see
option causes the named file, e.g. `mbox',
to be printed as if it were the mail file.
Each user owns his own mailbox, which is by default generally
readable but not writable.
The command does not delete an empty mailbox nor change its mode,
so a user may make it unreadable if desired.
When a user logs in he is informed of the presence
/usr/spool/mail/* mailboxes
/etc/passwd to identify sender and locate persons
dead.letter unmailable text
xsend(1), write(1), uucp(1)
There is a locking mechanism intended to prevent
two senders from accessing the same mailbox, but it