11/3/71 MAIL (I)
NAME mail -- send mail to another user
SYNOPSIS mail [ letter person ... ]
DESCRIPTION mail without an argument searches for a file
called mailbox, prints it if present, and asks if
it should be saved. If the answer is "y", the
mail is renamed mail, otherwise it is deleted.
The answer to the above question may be supplied
by the letter argument.
When followed by the names of a letter and one or
more people, the letter is appended to each
person's mailbox. Each letter is preceded by the
sender's name and a postmark.
A person is either the name of an entry in the
directory /usr, in which case the mail is sent to
/usr/person/mailbox, or the path name of a direc-
tory, in which case mailbox in that directory is
used.
When a user logs in he is informed of the pres-
ence of mail.
FILES /etc/uids to map the sender's numerical ID to
name; mail and mailbox in various directories.
SEE ALSO init
DIAGNOSTICS "Who are you?" if the user cannot be identified
for some reason (a bug). "Cannot send to user"
if mailbox cannot be opened.
BUGS --
OWNER ken