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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 89669 2002-01-22 19:49:48Z charnier $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 95124 2002-04-20 12:18:28Z charnier $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd April 28, 1995 36.Dt MAIL 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm mail , 40.Nm Mail , 41.Nm mailx --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 51.Nm 52.Op Fl EiInNv 53.Fl f 54.Op Ar name 55.Nm 56.Op Fl EiInNv 57.Op Fl u Ar user 58.Sh INTRODUCTION | 34.\" 35.Dd April 28, 1995 36.Dt MAIL 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm mail , 40.Nm Mail , 41.Nm mailx --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 51.Nm 52.Op Fl EiInNv 53.Fl f 54.Op Ar name 55.Nm 56.Op Fl EiInNv 57.Op Fl u Ar user 58.Sh INTRODUCTION |
| 59.Nm Mail 60is an intelligent mail processing system, which has | 59The 60.Nm 61utility is an intelligent mail processing system, which has |
| 61a command syntax reminiscent of 62.Xr ed 1 63with lines replaced by messages. 64.Pp 65The following options are available: 66.Bl -tag -width indent 67.It Fl v 68Verbose mode. --- 70 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 139and 140.Pa /etc/mail.rc 141in order, unless explicitly told not to by the use of the 142.Fl n 143option. 144Next, the commands in the user's personal command file 145.Pa ~/.mailrc 146are executed. | 62a command syntax reminiscent of 63.Xr ed 1 64with lines replaced by messages. 65.Pp 66The following options are available: 67.Bl -tag -width indent 68.It Fl v 69Verbose mode. --- 70 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 140and 141.Pa /etc/mail.rc 142in order, unless explicitly told not to by the use of the 143.Fl n 144option. 145Next, the commands in the user's personal command file 146.Pa ~/.mailrc 147are executed. |
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| 148then examines its command line options to determine whether a | 150utility then examines its command line options to determine whether a |
| 149new message is to be sent, or whether an existing mailbox is to 150be read. 151.Ss "Sending Mail" 152To send a message to one or more people, 153.Nm 154can be invoked with arguments which are the names of people to 155whom the mail will be sent. 156You are then expected to type in --- 141 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 298but any reply returned to the machine will have the system wide 299alias expanded as all mail goes through 300.Xr sendmail 8 . 301.Ss "Network Mail (ARPA, UUCP, Berknet)" 302See 303.Xr mailaddr 7 304for a description of network addresses. 305.Pp | 151new message is to be sent, or whether an existing mailbox is to 152be read. 153.Ss "Sending Mail" 154To send a message to one or more people, 155.Nm 156can be invoked with arguments which are the names of people to 157whom the mail will be sent. 158You are then expected to type in --- 141 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 300but any reply returned to the machine will have the system wide 301alias expanded as all mail goes through 302.Xr sendmail 8 . 303.Ss "Network Mail (ARPA, UUCP, Berknet)" 304See 305.Xr mailaddr 7 306for a description of network addresses. 307.Pp |
| 306.Nm Mail 307has a number of options which can be set in the | 308The 309.Nm 310utility has a number of options which can be set in the |
| 308.Pa .mailrc 309file to alter its behavior; thus 310.Dq Li "set askcc" 311enables the 312.Va askcc 313feature. 314(These options are summarized below.) 315.Sh SUMMARY --- 393 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 709the header) is saved. 710Extremely useful for such tasks as sending and receiving source 711program text over the message system. 712.It Ic xit 713.Pq Ic x 714A synonym for 715.Ic exit . 716.It Ic z | 311.Pa .mailrc 312file to alter its behavior; thus 313.Dq Li "set askcc" 314enables the 315.Va askcc 316feature. 317(These options are summarized below.) 318.Sh SUMMARY --- 393 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 712the header) is saved. 713Extremely useful for such tasks as sending and receiving source 714program text over the message system. 715.It Ic xit 716.Pq Ic x 717A synonym for 718.Ic exit . 719.It Ic z |
| 717.Nm Mail 718presents message headers in windowfuls as described under the | 720The 721.Nm 722utility presents message headers in windowfuls as described under the |
| 719.Ic headers 720command. 721You can move 722.Nm Ns 's 723attention forward to the next window with the 724.Ic z 725command. 726Also, you can move to the previous window by using --- 376 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1103spaces or tabs. 1104.It Va toplines 1105If defined, gives the number of lines of a message to be printed out 1106with the 1107.Ic top 1108command; normally, the first five lines are printed. 1109.El 1110.Sh ENVIRONMENT | 723.Ic headers 724command. 725You can move 726.Nm Ns 's 727attention forward to the next window with the 728.Ic z 729command. 730Also, you can move to the previous window by using --- 376 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1107spaces or tabs. 1108.It Va toplines 1109If defined, gives the number of lines of a message to be printed out 1110with the 1111.Ic top 1112command; normally, the first five lines are printed. 1113.El 1114.Sh ENVIRONMENT |
| 1111.Nm Mail 1112utilizes the | 1115The 1116.Nm 1117utility utilizes the |
| 1113.Ev HOME 1114and 1115.Ev USER 1116environment variables. 1117Also, if the 1118.Ev MAIL 1119environment variable is set, it is used as the 1120location of the user's mailbox instead of the --- 65 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1118.Ev HOME 1119and 1120.Ev USER 1121environment variables. 1122Also, if the 1123.Ev MAIL 1124environment variable is set, it is used as the 1125location of the user's mailbox instead of the --- 65 unchanged lines hidden --- |