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== NAME == | == NAME == | ||
| − | + | mail - send or receive mail among users | |
== SYNOPSIS == | == SYNOPSIS == | ||
| − | + | mail [ + ] [ -i ] [ person ] ... | |
| − | + | mail [ + ] [ -i ] -f file | |
== DESCRIPTION == | == DESCRIPTION == | ||
| − | + | '''Mail''' with no argument prints a user's mail, message-by-message, in last-in, first-out order; the optional argument | |
| − | + | + causes 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). | |
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| − | + | 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 causes termination of the command; the | |
| − | + | mail file is unchanged. The optional argument -i causes | |
| − | + | '''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'''(1)). | |
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| − | + | The -f option causes the named file, e.g. `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 == | == 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 == | == SEE ALSO == | ||
| − | + | [[32v 1m write|write(1)]], [[32v 1m uucp|uucp(1)]], [[32v 1m uux|uux(1)]] | |
== BUGS == | == BUGS == | ||
| − | + | Race conditions sometimes result in a failure to remove a lock file. | |
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| − | + | Normally anybody can read your mail. An installation can | |
| − | + | overcome this by making '''mail''' a set-user-id command that owns | |
| − | + | the mail directory. | |
[[Category:32v man section 1]] | [[Category:32v man section 1]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:34, 27 October 2009
MAIL(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MAIL(1)
Contents
NAME
mail - send or receive mail among users
SYNOPSIS
mail [ + ] [ -i ] [ person ] ... mail [ + ] [ -i ] -f file
DESCRIPTION
Mail with no argument prints a user's mail, message-by-message, in last-in, first-out order; the optional argument + causes 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 causes termination of the command; the mail file is unchanged. The optional argument -i causes 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(1)).
The -f option causes the named file, e.g. `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
BUGS
Race conditions sometimes result in a failure to remove a lock file.
Normally anybody can read your mail. An installation can overcome this by making mail a set-user-id command that owns the mail directory.
