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1.1     ! root        1: .th MAIL I 10/25/72
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: mail  \*-  send mail to another user
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd mail
        !             6: [
        !             7: .bd \*-yn
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .br
        !            10: .bd mail
        !            11: letter person ...
        !            12: .br
        !            13: .bd mail
        !            14: person
        !            15: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .it Mail
        !            17: without an argument searches for a file called
        !            18: .it mailbox,
        !            19: prints
        !            20: it if present, and asks if it should be saved.  If the answer
        !            21: is
        !            22: .bd y,
        !            23: the mail is renamed
        !            24: .it mbox,
        !            25: otherwise it is deleted.
        !            26: .it Mail
        !            27: with a
        !            28: .bd \*-y
        !            29: or
        !            30: .bd \*-n
        !            31: argument works the same way, except
        !            32: that the answer to the question is supplied by the argument.
        !            33: .s3
        !            34: When followed by the names of a letter
        !            35: and one or more people,
        !            36: the letter is appended to
        !            37: each person's
        !            38: .it mailbox.
        !            39: When a
        !            40: .it person
        !            41: is specified without a
        !            42: .it letter,
        !            43: the letter is taken from the sender's standard input up to an EOT.
        !            44: Each letter is preceded by the sender's name and a postmark.
        !            45: .s3
        !            46: A
        !            47: .it person
        !            48: is either
        !            49: a user name recognized by
        !            50: .bd login,
        !            51: in which case the mail
        !            52: is sent to the default working directory of that user,
        !            53: or the path name of a directory,
        !            54: in which case
        !            55: .it mailbox
        !            56: in that directory is used.
        !            57: .s3
        !            58: When a user logs in he is informed of the presence
        !            59: of mail.
        !            60: .sh FILES
        !            61: /etc/passwd    to identify sender and locate persons
        !            62: .br
        !            63: mailbox                input mail
        !            64: .br
        !            65: mbox           saved mail
        !            66: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            67: login(I)
        !            68: .sh BUGS
        !            69: The mail should be prepended rather than
        !            70: appended to the mailbox.
        !            71: The old mbox should not
        !            72: be destroyed when new mail is saved.

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