    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 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 is truncat-
         ed 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 file.  The mes-
         sage 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
         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 is inaccessi-
         ble 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)

    BUGS

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