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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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