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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)netmail.1   6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH NETMAIL 1 "4/29/85"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .ds s 1
                     10: .ds o 1
                     11: .SH NAME
                     12: netmail \- read mail on a remote machine over the network
                     13: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     14: .B netmail
                     15: [
                     16: .B \-l
                     17: username ] [
                     18: .B \-p
                     19: password ] [
                     20: .B \-c
                     21: ] [
                     22: .B \-q
                     23: ] [
                     24: .B \-n
                     25: ] [
                     26: .B \-f
                     27: ] [ machine:username ]
                     28: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     29: Mail is checked and/or read on the specified
                     30: .I machine.
                     31: If the machine specification is omitted, the default machine is used.
                     32: The command has two distinct modes depending on whether the 
                     33: .B \-c
                     34: option is specified.
                     35: .PP
                     36: If 
                     37: .B \-c
                     38: is specified, the presence of mail is checked on the remote machine.
                     39: No password is required so it can be put in C shell `.netrc' file.
                     40: A message is written or mailed back (see 
                     41: .IR net (\*s))
                     42: if there is or is not any unread mail.
                     43: .PP
                     44: If the 
                     45: .B \-c
                     46: option is not specified, mail is read and mailed back to the user.
                     47: A password is required.
                     48: Mail is also appended to the remote file
                     49: .I `mbox'
                     50: as a precaution.
                     51: .PP
                     52: The 
                     53: .B \-q 
                     54: option suppresses the message sent back if there is no mail.
                     55: The options
                     56: .B \-l,
                     57: .B \-p,
                     58: .B \-f,
                     59: and
                     60: .B \-n
                     61: behave exactly as in
                     62: .IR net (\*s).
                     63: (The login name can be specified either with the
                     64: .B \-l
                     65: option or by `machine:username'.)
                     66: .PP
                     67: .I Netmail
                     68: executes the
                     69: .IR net (\*s)
                     70: command.
                     71: .PP
                     72: Examples:
                     73: .IP "    netmail\ \-c\ X:uname" 30
                     74: checks if there is mail for `uname' on the X machine, no password required.
                     75: .IP "    netmail\ X:uname" 30
                     76: reads mail for `uname' on the X machine, mails it back, password is required.
                     77: .SH AUTHOR
                     78: Eric Schmidt
                     79: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     80: net(\*s), netrm(\*s), netq(\*s), netlog(\*s), netcp(\*s),
                     81: netlpr(\*s), netlogin(\*s), mail(\*o)
                     82: .SH BUGS

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