MAIL(I) 10/25/72 MAIL(I)
NAME
mail - send mail to another user
SYNOPSIS
mail [ -yn ]
mail letter person ...
mail 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 mbox, otherwise it is
deleted. Mail with a -y or -n argument works the same way,
except that the answer to the question is supplied by the
argument.
When followed by the names of a letter and one or more
people, the letter is appended to each person's mailbox.
When a person is specified without a letter, the letter is
taken from the sender's standard input up to an EOT. Each
letter is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
A person is either a user name recognized by login, in which
case the mail is sent to the default working directory of
that user, or the path name of a directory, in which case
mailbox in that directory is used.
When a user logs in he is informed of the presence of mail.
FILES
/etc/passwd to identify sender and locate persons
mailbox input mail
mbox saved mail
SEE ALSO
login(I)
BUGS
The mail should be prepended rather than appended to the
mailbox. The old mbox should not be destroyed when new mail
is saved.