BSD-SCCS END release

[unix-history] / usr / src / usr.bin / mail / mail.1

diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index e5e10bf..03e4218 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)mail.1      8.4 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)mail.1      8.8 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .Dd 
 .Dt MAIL 1
 .\"
 .Dd 
 .Dt MAIL 1


@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ writes undeleted messages back to this file.
 .It Fl u
 Is equivalent to:
 .Pp
 .It Fl u
 Is equivalent to:
 .Pp

-.Dl mail -f /var/spool/mail/user
+.Dl mail -f /var/mail/user

 .El
 .Ss Sending mail
 To send a message to one or more people,
 .El
 .Ss Sending mail
 To send a message to one or more people,


@@ -450,6 +450,13 @@ If
 .Ic ignore
 is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of
 ignored fields.
 .Ic ignore
 is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of
 ignored fields.

+.It Ic inc
+Incorporate any new messages that have arrived while mail
+is being read.
+The new messages are added to the end of the message list,
+and the current message is reset to be the first new mail message.
+This does not renumber the existing message list, nor does
+does it cause any changes made so far to be saved.

 .It Ic mail
 .Pq Ic m
 Takes as argument login names and distribution group names and sends
 .It Ic mail
 .Pq Ic m
 Takes as argument login names and distribution group names and sends


@@ -785,6 +792,12 @@ Causes you to be prompted for additional carbon copy recipients at the
 end of each message.
 Responding with a newline indicates your
 satisfaction with the current list.
 end of each message.
 Responding with a newline indicates your
 satisfaction with the current list.

+.It Ar autoinc
+Causes new mail to be automatically incorporated when it arrives.
+Setting this is similar to issuing the
+.Ic inc
+command at each prompt, except that the current message is not
+reset when new mail arrives.

 .It Ar autoprint
 Causes the
 .Ic delete
 .It Ar autoprint
 Causes the
 .Ic delete


@@ -860,6 +873,13 @@ Suppresses the printing of the version when first invoked.
 If this option is set, then a message-list specifier in the form ``/x:y''
 will expand to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the header
 field ``x''.  The string search is case insensitive.
 If this option is set, then a message-list specifier in the form ``/x:y''
 will expand to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the header
 field ``x''.  The string search is case insensitive.

+If ``x'' is ommitted, it will default to the ``Subject'' header field.
+The form ``/to:y'' is a special case, and will expand
+to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the ``To'', ``Cc''
+or ``Bcc'' header fields.
+The check for "to" is case sensitive, so that
+``/To:y'' can be used to limit the search for ``y'' to just
+the ``To:'' field.

 .It Ar verbose
 Setting the option
 .Ar verbose
 .It Ar verbose
 Setting the option
 .Ar verbose


@@ -964,12 +984,15 @@ and
 environment variables.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/Mail.help* -compact
 environment variables.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/Mail.help* -compact

-.It Pa /var/spool/mail/*
+.It Pa /var/mail/*

 Post office.
 .It ~/mbox
 User's old mail.
 .It ~/.mailrc
 File giving initial mail commands.
 Post office.
 .It ~/mbox
 User's old mail.
 .It ~/.mailrc
 File giving initial mail commands.

+This can be overridden by setting the
+.Ev MAILRC
+environment variable.

 .It Pa /tmp/R*
 Temporary files.
 .It Pa /usr/share/misc/Mail.help*
 .It Pa /tmp/R*
 Temporary files.
 .It Pa /usr/share/misc/Mail.help*