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1.1     ! root        1: .sh 1 Introduction
        !             2: .pp
        !             3: .i Mail
        !             4: provides a simple and friendly environment for sending and receiving mail.
        !             5: It divides incoming mail into
        !             6: its constituent messages and allows the user to deal with them
        !             7: in any order.  In addition, it provides a set of
        !             8: .i ed -\c
        !             9: like commands for manipulating messages and sending mail.
        !            10: .i Mail
        !            11: offers the user simple editing capabilities to ease the composition
        !            12: of outgoing messages, as well as providing the ability to define and send
        !            13: to names which address groups of users.  Finally,
        !            14: .i Mail
        !            15: is able to send and receive messages across such networks as the
        !            16: ARPANET, UUCP, and Berkeley network.
        !            17: .pp
        !            18: This document describes how to use the
        !            19: .i Mail
        !            20: program to send and receive messages.  The reader is not assumed to
        !            21: be familiar with other message handling systems, but should be
        !            22: familiar with the \s-2UNIX\s0\**
        !            23: .(f
        !            24: \** \s-1UNIX\s0 is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.
        !            25: .)f
        !            26: shell, the text editor, and some of the common \s-2UNIX\s0 commands.
        !            27: .q "The \s-2UNIX\s0 Programmer's Manual,"
        !            28: .q "An Introduction to Csh,"
        !            29: and
        !            30: .q "Text Editing with Ex and Vi"
        !            31: can be consulted for more information on these topics.
        !            32: .pp
        !            33: Here is how messages are handled:
        !            34: the mail system accepts incoming
        !            35: .i messages
        !            36: for you from other people
        !            37: and collects them in a file, called your
        !            38: .i "system mailbox" .
        !            39: When you login, the system notifies you if there are any messages
        !            40: waiting in your system mailbox.  If you are a
        !            41: .i csh
        !            42: user, you will be notified when new mail arrives if you inform
        !            43: the shell of the location of your mailbox.  On version 7 systems,
        !            44: your system mailbox is located in the directory /usr/spool/mail
        !            45: in a file with your login name.  If your login name is
        !            46: .q sam,
        !            47: then you can make
        !            48: .i csh
        !            49: notify you of new mail by including the following line in your .cshrc
        !            50: file:
        !            51: .(l
        !            52: set mail=/usr/spool/mail/sam
        !            53: .)l
        !            54: When you read your mail using
        !            55: .i Mail ,
        !            56: it reads your system mailbox and separates that file into the
        !            57: individual messages that have been sent to you.  You can then
        !            58: read, reply to, delete, or save these messages.
        !            59: Each message is marked with its author and the date they sent it.

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