MAIL(I) 2/21/75 MAIL(I)
NAME
mail - send mail to designated users
SYNOPSIS
mail [ -yn ] [ person ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Mail with no argument searches for a file called .mail,
prints it if it is nonempty, then asks if it should be
saved. If the answer is y, the mail is added to mbox.
Finally .mail is truncated to zero length. To leave the
mailbox untouched, hit `delete.' The question can be
answered on the command line with the argument `-y' or `-n'.
When persons are named, mail takes the standard input up to
an end of file and adds it to each person's .mail file. The
message is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
A person is either a user name recognized by login (I), 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
.mail in that directory is used.
When a user logs in he is informed of the presence of mail.
No mail will be received from a sender to whom .mail is
inaccessible or unwritable.
FILES
/etc/passwd to identify sender and locate persons
/etc/utmp to identify sender
.mail input mail
mbox saved mail
/tmp/m# temp file
SEE ALSO
write (I)
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