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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
        !             2: .he 'MAIL (I)'10/25/72'MAIL (I)'
        !             3: .ti 0
        !             4: NAME           mail  --  send mail to another user
        !             5: .sp
        !             6: .ti 0
        !             7: SYNOPSIS       mail____ [ -yn___ ]
        !             8: .br
        !             9: .ul
        !            10: mail
        !            11: letter person ...
        !            12: .br
        !            13: mail____ person
        !            14: .sp
        !            15: .ti 0
        !            16: DESCRIPTION    mail____
        !            17: without an argument searches for a file called mailbox_______, prints
        !            18: it if present, and asks if it should be saved.  If the answer
        !            19: is "y", the mail is renamed mbox____, otherwise it is deleted.
        !            20: Mail____ with a -yn___ argument works the same way, except
        !            21: that the answer to the question is supplied by the argument.
        !            22: .sp
        !            23: When followed by the names of a letter
        !            24: and one or more people,
        !            25: the letter is appended to
        !            26: each person's mailbox_______.
        !            27: When a person______ is specified without a letter______,
        !            28: the letter is taken from the sender's standard input up to an EOT.
        !            29: Each letter is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
        !            30: 
        !            31: A person______ is either
        !            32: a user name recognized by login_____, in which case the mail
        !            33: is sent to the default working directory of that user,
        !            34: or the path name of a directory,
        !            35: in which case mailbox_______ in that directory is used.
        !            36: .sp
        !            37: When a user logs in he is informed of the presence
        !            38: of mail.
        !            39: .sp
        !            40: .ti 0
        !            41: FILES          /etc/passwd     to identify sender
        !            42: .br
        !            43:                to locate persons
        !            44: .br
        !            45: mailbox                input mail
        !            46: .br
        !            47: mbox           saved mail
        !            48: .sp
        !            49: .ti 0
        !            50: SEE ALSO       login(I)
        !            51: .sp
        !            52: .ti 0
        !            53: DIAGNOSTICS    "Who are you?"
        !            54: if the user cannot be identified for some reason (a bug).
        !            55: "Cannot send to user" if mailbox_______ cannot be opened.
        !            56: .sp
        !            57: .ti 0
        !            58: BUGS           --

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