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        !             2: .TH POST 1
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: post \(mi mail and directory service by name
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B post
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I person ...
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B postext
        !            15: [
        !            16: .B -c
        !            17: .I directory
        !            18: ]
        !            19: .I extension ...
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .B postorg
        !            22: [
        !            23: .B -c
        !            24: .I directory
        !            25: ]
        !            26: .I organization
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: .B postorg
        !            29: [
        !            30: .B -h
        !            31: .I directory
        !            32: ]
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .B postsx
        !            35: [
        !            36: .B -c
        !            37: .I directory
        !            38: ]
        !            39: .I person ...
        !            40: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            41: .I Post
        !            42: mail and gives directory assistance based on
        !            43: a corporate database.
        !            44: Aside from addressing, it reads and sends mail in
        !            45: the manner of
        !            46: .IR mail (1).
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: Mail may be sent to a
        !            49: .I person
        !            50: by name:
        !            51: .IP
        !            52: .IB first . middle . lastname :\f2dir\f5:\f2org\f5:\f2loc\f5:paper
        !            53: .LP
        !            54: where partial fields are valid and every field except
        !            55: .I lastname
        !            56: may be omitted.
        !            57: .I Dir
        !            58: is a phone book, such as
        !            59: .L attbl
        !            60: or
        !            61: .LR attc ;
        !            62: .I loc
        !            63: is a location code such as
        !            64: .LR ih ,
        !            65: and
        !            66: .I org
        !            67: is an organization number such as
        !            68: .L 45
        !            69: or
        !            70: .LR 11271 ;
        !            71: .L paper
        !            72: sends paper mail.
        !            73: This happens automatically for persons with no electronic mail address.
        !            74: If a
        !            75: .I person
        !            76: argument is ambiguous,
        !            77: .I post
        !            78: gives a list of possibilities
        !            79: to choose from.
        !            80: .PP
        !            81: Mail may also be sent to a
        !            82: .I person
        !            83: specifed as
        !            84: .IB system ! userid
        !            85: for electronic mail.
        !            86: .PP
        !            87: Options are:
        !            88: .TP
        !            89: .BI -c " directory"
        !            90: Search for
        !            91: .I persons
        !            92: only in the given
        !            93: .I directory.
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .B -p
        !            96: Send paper mail.
        !            97: .TP
        !            98: .B -w
        !            99: Directory assistance.
        !           100: Give the full directory entry for each
        !           101: .I person.
        !           102: The answer comes by mail if your machine is a remote post office.
        !           103: .PP
        !           104: The following options are not to be accompanied by
        !           105: .I persons
        !           106: or
        !           107: .I addresses.
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: .BI -A " dafile"
        !           110: Send mail to all names in
        !           111: .I dafile
        !           112: where
        !           113: .I dafile
        !           114: is output from a
        !           115: .B -w
        !           116: request.
        !           117: .TP
        !           118: .BR -B " [ \fImbox\fR ]"
        !           119: Read mail from a specified
        !           120: .I mbox
        !           121: file or from the default
        !           122: .LR $HOME/mbox .
        !           123: .TP
        !           124: .BR -D " [ \fIdirectory\fR ]"
        !           125: Give modification times for the
        !           126: .I directory
        !           127: or for all
        !           128: .I post
        !           129: directories if no directory name is given.
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .B -S
        !           132: Start an interactive session to send
        !           133: change-of-address notices to
        !           134: an update site.
        !           135: .TP
        !           136: .B -v
        !           137: Give the current version of
        !           138: .I post
        !           139: and tell whether the local post office is general, 
        !           140: .LR g ,
        !           141: (has a  directory) or remote, 
        !           142: .LR r ,
        !           143: (no directory).
        !           144: .TP
        !           145: .B -X
        !           146: Start an interactive set-up session.
        !           147: Should be used by new users.
        !           148: .PP
        !           149: To maintain mailing lists or to avoid typing long addresses,
        !           150: you may keep an address book
        !           151: in
        !           152: .L $HOME/.mailrc .
        !           153: Each line in this file begins
        !           154: with the word
        !           155: .L alias
        !           156: followed  by
        !           157: the alias and the
        !           158: .I persons
        !           159: or previous aliases that it stands for.
        !           160: .PP
        !           161: If environment variable
        !           162: .BR POSTETC=ON ,
        !           163: the
        !           164: .IR passwd (5)
        !           165: file is treated as a directory so that login names may be used as
        !           166: .I persons.
        !           167: In any case a login name on the local system
        !           168: can be written
        !           169: .BI ! userid.
        !           170: .PP
        !           171: .I Post
        !           172: will ask for verification of recipient addresses
        !           173: if environment variable
        !           174: .BR CONFIRM=ON .
        !           175: .PP
        !           176: .I Post
        !           177: searches directories sequentially.
        !           178: The directory search path may be altered by setting the
        !           179: environment variable
        !           180: .B DIRPATH
        !           181: similarly to
        !           182: .B PATH
        !           183: in
        !           184: .IR sh (1).
        !           185: .PP
        !           186: .I Postext
        !           187: is like
        !           188: .LR "post -w" ,
        !           189: but retrieves by phone number instead of by name:
        !           190: .IP
        !           191: .IB number : dir : loc :\f2org\fP
        !           192: .LP
        !           193: .I Postorg
        !           194: retrieves by organization:
        !           195: .IP
        !           196: .IB org : dir : loc :\f2occlevel\fP
        !           197: .LP
        !           198: where
        !           199: .I occlevel
        !           200: is a (possibly partial) occupation level.
        !           201: Option
        !           202: .B -h
        !           203: lists occupation levels.
        !           204: .PP
        !           205: .I Postsx
        !           206: retrieves names phonetically similar to
        !           207: .I persons.
        !           208: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           209: .TP
        !           210: .B post s.j.griesmer
        !           211: Send mail.
        !           212: .TP
        !           213: .B post -c attc -w smith
        !           214: Who are all the smiths in attc?
        !           215: .TP
        !           216: .B post -w jackson:452:ih >dafile; post -A dafile
        !           217: .PD
        !           218: .SH FILES
        !           219: .TF /usr/post/postlib/postversion
        !           220: .TP
        !           221: .F /usr/mail/*
        !           222: mailboxes
        !           223: .TP
        !           224: .F dead.letter
        !           225: unmailable text
        !           226: .TP
        !           227: .F $HOME/mail
        !           228: default directory for secure saving of mail
        !           229: .TP
        !           230: .F $HOME/.mailrc
        !           231: Mail options
        !           232: .TP
        !           233: .F $HOME/mbox
        !           234: default mail repository
        !           235: .TP
        !           236: .F /usr/post/info/post/*db*
        !           237: LLA database components
        !           238: .TP
        !           239: .F /usr/post/info/post/postsys
        !           240: post administrative address
        !           241: .TP
        !           242: .F /usr/post/postlib/postoff
        !           243: local and remote directories
        !           244: .TP
        !           245: .F /usr/post/postlib/postversion
        !           246: version number
        !           247: .TP
        !           248: .F /usr/post/tmp/post/postlog
        !           249: log of command executions
        !           250: .PD
        !           251: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           252: .IR mail (1)
        !           253: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           254: Exit status is 0 on total success,
        !           255: 1 on lookup failure, 2 on partial failure (e.g. ambiguous entries).

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