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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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161: ***** Files *****
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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,
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