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        !             3: mail                         Command                         mail
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        !             8: Computer mail
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        !            10: mmaaiill [-mmppqqrrvv] [-ff _f_i_l_e] [_u_s_e_r ...]
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        !            12: mmaaiill allows  you to exchange electronic  mail with other COHERENT
        !            13: system users,  either on your own system or  on other systems via
        !            14: UUCP.  Depending  upon its form, this command  can be used either
        !            15: to send mail to other users  or to read the mail that other users
        !            16: have sent to you.
        !            17: 
        !            18: ***** Sending Mail *****
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        !            20: If you name one or more _u_s_e_rs, mmaaiill assumes that you wish to send
        !            21: a mail message to each _u_s_e_r. mmaaiill first prints the prompt
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        !            24:         Subject:
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        !            27: on the screen, requesting that you give the message a title.
        !            28: 
        !            29: mmaaiill then  reads what you type on the  standard input.  A message
        !            30: is  terminated by  <ccttrrll-DD>,  by a  line that  contains only  the
        !            31: character `.', or by a line that contains only the character `?'.
        !            32: Ending with a question mark prompts mmaaiill to feed the message into
        !            33: an editor for further editing.   The editor used is the one named
        !            34: in  the environmental  variable EEDDIITTOORR. If  this variable  is not
        !            35: defined, mmaaiill uses eedd.
        !            36: 
        !            37: If  you have  defined environmental variable  AASSKKCCCC to  YYEESS, mmaaiill
        !            38: asks you, after  a message is ended, for a  list of users to whom
        !            39: you wish to send a copy of the message.
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        !            41: Finally, mmaaiill prepends the  date and the sender's name, and sends
        !            42: the result  to each _u_s_e_r named  either on the command  line or on
        !            43: the carbon-copy list with the rrmmaaiill command.
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        !            45: Each _u_s_e_r  who has received mail is greeted  by the message ``You
        !            46: have  mail.''  when  she  logs  in.   mmaaiill normally  changes  the
        !            47: contents of  the mailbox  as the  user works with  them; however,
        !            48: mmaaiill has options that allow the contents of the mailbox to remain
        !            49: unchanged if the user desires.
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        !            51: ***** Reading Mail *****
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        !            53: If no _u_s_e_r is named on  its command line, mmaaiill reads and displays
        !            54: the user's  mail, message by message.   If environmental variable
        !            55: PPAAGGEERR  is defined,  mmaaiill will ``pipe''  each message  through the
        !            56: command it names.  For example, the .pprrooffiillee command line:
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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        !            69: mail                         Command                         mail
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        !            73:         export PAGER="exec /bin/scat -1"
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        !            76: invokes  /bbiinn/ssccaatt for  each mail  message with  the command-line
        !            77: argument -11 (the digit one).
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        !            79: While  reading  mail,  the user  can  use  any  of the  following
        !            80: commands to  save, delete, or  send each message  to another user
        !            81: interactively.
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        !            83: dd    Delete the current message and print the next message.
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        !            85: mm [_u_s_e_r ...]
        !            86:      Mail  the  current  message  to  each _u_s_e_r  given  (default:
        !            87:      yourself).
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        !            89: pp    Print the current message again.
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        !            91: qq    Quit, and update mailbox file to reflect changes.
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        !            93: rr    Reverse the direction in which the mailbox is being scanned.
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        !            95: ss [_f_i_l_e ...]
        !            96:      Save the current mail  message with the usual header in each
        !            97:      _f_i_l_e (default: $HHOOMMEE/mmbbooxx).
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        !            99: tt [_u_s_e_r ...]
        !           100:      Send a  message read from the  standard input, terminated by
        !           101:      an end-of-file character or by a line containing only `.' or
        !           102:      `?', to each _u_s_e_r (default: yourself).
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        !           104: ww [_f_i_l_e ...]
        !           105:      Write the  current message without the  usual header in each
        !           106:      _f_i_l_e (default: $HHOOMMEE/mmbbooxx).
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        !           108: xx    Exit without updating the mailbox file.
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        !           110: <nneewwlliinnee>
        !           111:      Print the next message.
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        !           113: -    Print the previous message.
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        !           115: EEOOFF  Quit, updating mailbox; same as qq.
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        !           117: ?    Print a summary of available commands.
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        !           119: !_c_o_m_m_a_n_d
        !           120:      Pass _c_o_m_m_a_n_d to the shell for execution.
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        !           122: The  following  command  line  options  control the  sending  and
        !           123: reading of mail.
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        !           125: -ff _f_i_l_e
        !           126:      Read   mail  from   _f_i_l_e  instead   of  from   the  default,
        !           127:      /uussrr/ssppooooll/mmaaiill/_u_s_e_r.
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        !           130: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 2
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        !           135: mail                         Command                         mail
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        !           140: -mm   Send a message to the terminal  of _u_s_e_r if he is logged into
        !           141:      the system when mail is sent.
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        !           143: -pp   Print all mail without interaction.
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        !           145: -qq   Quit without changing  the mailbox if an interrupt character
        !           146:      is typed.   Normally, an interrupt  character stops printing
        !           147:      of the current message.
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        !           149: -rr   Reverse  the  order of  printing  messages.  Normally,  mmaaiill
        !           150:      prints messages in the order in which they were received.
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        !           152: -vv   Verbose mode.  Show  the version number of the mmaaiill program,
        !           153:      and display expanded aliases.
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        !           155: If you wish, you can  create a signature file, .ssiigg.mmaaiill, in your
        !           156: home directory.  mmaaiill  appends the contents of the signature file
        !           157: to the  end of every  mail message you  send, as a  signature.  A
        !           158: signature  can be  your system's path  name (for  uuuuccpp messages),
        !           159: your telephone number, an amusing _b_o_n _m_o_t, or what you will.
        !           160: 
        !           161: ***** Files *****
        !           162: 
        !           163: $HHOOMMEE/ddeeaadd.lleetttteerr -- Message that mmaaiill could not send
        !           164: $HHOOMMEE/mmbbooxx -- Default saved mail
        !           165: $HHOOMMEE/.ssiigg.mmaaiill -- Signature file
        !           166: /ttmmpp/mmaaiill* -- Temporary and lock files
        !           167: /uussrr/ssppooooll/mmaaiill -- Mailbox directory, filed by user name
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        !           169: ***** See Also *****
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        !           171: aalliiaasseess,  AASSKKCCCC, ccoommmmaannddss,  EEDDIITTOORR, mmkkffnnaammeess,  mmssgg,  nnppttxx, PPAAGGEERR,
        !           172: ppaatthhss, uuuuxx
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