MAIL(I) 5/15/74 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 prepended 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
/tmp/mtm? temp file
SEE ALSO
login (I)
BUGS