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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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