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BINMAIL(1)							    BINMAIL(1)

NAME
       binmail - send or receive mail among users

SYNOPSIS
       /bin/mail [ + ] [ -i ] [ person ] ...
       /bin/mail [ + ] [ -i ] -f file

DESCRIPTION
       Note:  This is the old version 7 UNIX system mail program.  The default
       mail command is	described  in  mail(1),	 and  its  binary  is  in  the
       directory /usr/ucb.

       mail  with  no  argument	 prints	 a user's mail, message-by-message, in
       last-in, first-out order; the optional argument	+  displays  the  mail
       messages	 in  first-in,	first-out order.  For each message, it reads a
       line from the standard input to direct disposition of the message.

       newline
	      Go on to next message.

       d      Delete message and go on to the next.

       p      Print message again.

       -      Go back to previous message.

       s [ file ] ...
	      Save the message in the named files (`mbox' default).

       w [ file ] ...
	      Save the message, without a header, in the named	files  (`mbox'
	      default).

       m [ person ] ...
	      Mail the message to the named persons (yourself is default).

       EOT (control-D)
	      Put unexamined mail back in the mailbox and stop.

       q      Same as EOT.

       !command
	      Escape to the Shell to do command.

       *      Print a command summary.

       An  interrupt  normally	terminates  the mail command; the mail file is
       unchanged.  The optional argument  −i  tells  mail  to  continue	 after
       interrupts.

       When  persons are named, mail takes the standard input up to an end-of-
       file (or a line with just `.')  and adds it  to	each  person's	`mail'
       file.   The  message  is	 preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
       Lines that look like postmarks are prepended with  `>'.	 A  person  is
       usually a user name recognized by login(1).  To denote a recipient on a
       remote system, prefix person by the system name	and  exclamation  mark
       (see uucp(1C)).

       The -f option causes the named file, for example, `mbox', to be printed
       as if it were the mail file.

       When a user logs in he is informed of the presence of mail.

FILES
       /etc/passwd	      to identify sender and locate persons
       /usr/spool/mail/*      incoming mail for user *
       mbox		      saved mail
       /tmp/ma*		      temp file
       /usr/spool/mail/*.lock lock for mail directory
       dead.letter	      unmailable text

SEE ALSO
       mail(1), write(1), uucp(1C), uux(1C), xsend(1), sendmail(8)

BUGS
       Race conditions sometimes result in a failure to remove a lock file.

       Normally anybody can read your mail, unless it is sent by xsend(1).  An
       installation  can  overcome  this  by making mail a set-user-id command
       that owns the mail directory.

7th Edition			April 29, 1985			    BINMAIL(1)
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