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    BINMAIL(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       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.

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         1

    BINMAIL(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       BINMAIL(1)

         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 post-
         marks 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 exclama-
         tion 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.

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         2

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