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.\" @(#)netmail.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
netmail \- read mail on a remote machine over the network
Mail is checked and/or read on the specified
If the machine specification is omitted, the default machine is used.
The command has two distinct modes depending on whether the
is specified, the presence of mail is checked on the remote machine.
No password is required so it can be put in C shell `.netrc' file.
A message is written or mailed back (see
if there is or is not any unread mail.
option is not specified, mail is read and mailed back to the user.
Mail is also appended to the remote file
option suppresses the message sent back if there is no mail.
(The login name can be specified either with the
option or by `machine:username'.)
.IP " netmail\ \-c\ X:uname" 30
checks if there is mail for `uname' on the X machine, no password required.
.IP " netmail\ X:uname" 30
reads mail for `uname' on the X machine, mails it back, password is required.
net(\*s), netrm(\*s), netq(\*s), netlog(\*s), netcp(\*s),
netlpr(\*s), netlogin(\*s), mail(\*o)