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MAIL(1)			    General Commands Manual		       MAIL(1)

NAME
       mail, Mail, mailx -- send and receive mail

SYNOPSIS
       mail [-dEiInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr]	[-b bcc-addr] [-F] to-addr ...
	    [-sendmail-option ...]
       mail [-dEHiInNv]	[-F] -f	[name]
       mail [-dEHiInNv]	[-F] [-u user]
       mail [-d] -e [-f	name]

INTRODUCTION
       The  mail utility is an intelligent mail	processing system, which has a
       command syntax reminiscent of ed(1) with	lines replaced by messages.

       The following options are available:

       -v      Verbose mode.  The details of delivery  are  displayed  on  the
	       user's terminal.

       -d      Debugging mode.	See the	debug mail option for details.

       -e      Test for	the presence of	mail in	the (by	default, system) mail-
	       box.   An  exit	status of 0 is returned	if it has mail;	other-
	       wise, an	exit status of 1 is returned.

       -H      Write a header summary only, then exit.

       -E      Do not send messages with an empty body.	 This  is  useful  for
	       piping errors from cron(8) scripts.

       -i      Ignore tty interrupt signals.  This is particularly useful when
	       using mail on noisy phone lines.

       -I      Force  mail to run in interactive mode even when	input is not a
	       terminal.  In particular, the `~' special character when	 send-
	       ing mail	is only	active in interactive mode.

       -n      Inhibit reading the system-wide mail.rc files upon startup.

       -N      Inhibit	the  initial  display  of message headers when reading
	       mail or editing a mail folder.

       -s subject
	       Specify subject on command line.	 (Only the first argument  af-
	       ter  the	-s flag	is used	as a subject; be careful to quote sub-
	       jects containing	spaces.)

       -c cc-addr
	       Send carbon copies to cc-addr list of users.  The cc-addr argu-
	       ment should be a	comma-separated	list of	names.

       -b bcc-addr
	       Send blind carbon  copies  to  bcc-addr	list  of  users.   The
	       bcc-addr	argument should	be a comma-separated list of names.

       -f [mbox]
	       Read  in	 the contents of your mbox (or the specified file) for
	       processing; when	you quit, mail writes undeleted	messages  back
	       to this file.

       -F      Record  the  message in a file named after the first recipient.
	       The name	is the login-name portion of the address  found	 first
	       on  the	"To:"  line  in	the mail header.  Overrides the	record
	       variable, if set.

       -u user
	       Is equivalent to:

		     mail -f /var/mail/user

   Startup Actions
       At startup time mail will execute commands in the system	command	 files
       /usr/share/misc/mail.rc,	/usr/local/etc/mail.rc and /etc/mail.rc	in or-
       der,  unless explicitly told not	to by the use of the -n	option.	 Next,
       the commands in the user's personal command  file  ~/.mailrc  are  exe-
       cuted.	The mail utility then examines its command line	options	to de-
       termine whether a new message is	to be sent,  or	 whether  an  existing
       mailbox is to be	read.

   Sending Mail
       To send a message to one	or more	people,	mail can be invoked with argu-
       ments which are the names of people to whom the mail will be sent.  You
       are then	expected to type in your message, followed by a	<control-D> at
       the beginning of	a line.	 The section below "Replying To	or Originating
       Mail",  describes  some	features of mail available to help you compose
       your letter.

   Reading Mail
       In normal usage mail is given no	arguments and checks your mail out  of
       the  post  office,  then	 prints	 out a one line	header of each message
       found.  The current message is initially	the first message (numbered 1)
       and can be printed using	the print command (which  can  be  abbreviated
       p).   You can move among	the messages much as you move between lines in
       ed(1), with the commands	+ and -	moving	backwards  and	forwards,  and
       simple numbers.

   Disposing of	Mail
       After  examining	 a message you can delete (d) the message or reply (r)
       to it.  Deletion	causes the mail	program	to forget about	 the  message.
       This  is	 not  irreversible; the	message	can be undeleted (u) by	giving
       its number, or the mail session can be aborted by giving	the  exit  (x)
       command.	 Deleted messages will,	however, usually disappear never to be
       seen again.

   Specifying Messages
       Commands	 such  as print	and delete can be given	a list of message num-
       bers as arguments to apply to a	number	of  messages  at  once.	  Thus
       "delete	1 2" deletes messages 1	and 2, while "delete 1-5" deletes mes-
       sages 1 through 5.  The special name `*'	addresses  all	messages,  and
       `$'  addresses  the last	message; thus the command top which prints the
       first few lines of a message could be used in  "top  *"	to  print  the
       first few lines of all messages.

   Replying To or Originating Mail
       You  can	use the	reply command to set up	a response to a	message, send-
       ing it back to the person who it	was from.  Text	you then type  in,  up
       to  an end-of-file, defines the contents	of the message.	 While you are
       composing a message, mail treats	lines beginning	with the character `~'
       specially.  For instance, typing	~m (alone on a line) will place	a copy
       of the current message into the response	right shifting it by a tabstop
       (see indentprefix variable, below).  Other escapes will set up  subject
       fields,	add  and delete	recipients to the message and allow you	to es-
       cape to an editor to revise the message or to a shell to	run some  com-
       mands.  (These options are given	in the summary below.)

   Ending a Mail Processing Session
       You  can	 end a mail session with the quit (q) command.	Messages which
       have been examined go to	your mbox file unless they have	 been  deleted
       in  which  case they are	discarded.  Unexamined messages	go back	to the
       post office.  (See the -f option	above).

   Personal and	System Wide Distribution Lists
       It is also possible to create a personal	distribution  lists  so	 that,
       for  instance, you can send mail	to "cohorts" and have it go to a group
       of people.  Such	lists can be defined by	placing	a line like

	     alias cohorts bill	ozalp jkf mark kridle@ucbcory

       in the file .mailrc in your home	directory.  The	current	list  of  such
       aliases	can  be	displayed with the alias command in mail.  System wide
       distribution lists can be created  by  editing  /etc/mail/aliases,  see
       aliases(5)  and	sendmail(8); these are kept in a different syntax.  In
       mail you	send, personal aliases will be expanded	in mail	sent to	others
       so that they will be able to reply  to  the  recipients.	  System  wide
       aliases	are not	expanded when the mail is sent,	but any	reply returned
       to the machine will have	the system wide	alias  expanded	 as  all  mail
       goes through sendmail(8).

   Network Mail	(ARPA, UUCP, Berknet)
       The  mail  utility  has	a  number  of  options which can be set	in the
       .mailrc file to alter its behavior; thus	"set askcc" enables the	 askcc
       feature.	 (These	options	are summarized below.)

SUMMARY
       (Adapted	from the Mail Reference	Manual.)

       Each  command is	typed on a line	by itself, and may take	arguments fol-
       lowing the command word.	 The command need not be typed in its entirety
       -- the first command which matches the typed prefix is used.  For  com-
       mands  which  take  message  lists  as arguments, if no message list is
       given, then the next message forward which satisfies the	command's  re-
       quirements  is  used.   If there	are no messages	forward	of the current
       message,	the search proceeds backwards, and if there are	no  good  mes-
       sages  at  all, mail types "No applicable messages" and aborts the com-
       mand.

       -       Print out the preceding message.	 If given a  numeric  argument
	       n, goes to the n'th previous message and	prints it.

       #       ignore the remainder of the line	as a comment.

       ?       Prints a	brief summary of commands.

       !       Executes	 the  shell  (see sh(1)	and csh(1)) command which fol-
	       lows.

       Print   (P) Like	print but also prints out ignored header fields.   See
	       also print, ignore and retain.

       Reply   (R) Reply to originator.	 Does not reply	to other recipients of
	       the original message.

       Type    (T) Identical to	the Print command.

       alias   (a)   With  no  arguments,  prints  out	all  currently-defined
	       aliases.	 With one argument, prints out that alias.  With  more
	       than one	argument, creates a new	alias or changes an old	one.

       alternates
	       (alt)  The alternates command is	useful if you have accounts on
	       several machines.  It can be  used  to  inform  mail  that  the
	       listed  addresses  are really you.  When	you reply to messages,
	       mail will not send a copy of the	message	 to  any  of  the  ad-
	       dresses	listed on the alternates list.	If the alternates com-
	       mand is given with no argument, the current set of  alternative
	       names is	displayed.

       chdir   (c)  Changes the	user's working directory to that specified, if
	       given.  If no directory is given, then changes  to  the	user's
	       login directory.

       copy    (co)  The  copy command does the	same thing that	save does, ex-
	       cept that it does not mark the messages it is used on for dele-
	       tion when you quit.

       delete  (d) Takes a list	of messages as argument	and marks them all  as
	       deleted.	  Deleted messages will	not be saved in	mbox, nor will
	       they be available for most other	commands.

       dp      (also dt) Deletes the current message and prints	the next  mes-
	       sage.  If there is no next message, mail	says "at EOF".

       edit    (e) Takes a list	of messages and	points the text	editor at each
	       one  in	turn.	On return from the editor, the message is read
	       back in.

       exit    (ex or x) Effects an immediate return to	the shell without mod-
	       ifying the user's system	mailbox, his mbox file,	 or  his  edit
	       file in -f.

       file    (fi) The	same as	folder.

       folders
	       List the	names of the folders in	your folder directory.

       folder  (fo)  The folder	command	switches to a new mail file or folder.
	       With no arguments, it tells you which file  you	are  currently
	       reading.	 If you	give it	an argument, it	will write out changes
	       (such  as deletions) you	have made in the current file and read
	       in the new file.	 Some special conventions are  recognized  for
	       the  name.   `#'	means the previous file, `%' means your	system
	       mailbox,	"%user"	means user's system mailbox,  `&'  means  your
	       mbox file, and "+folder"	means a	file in	your folder directory.

       from    (f) Takes a list	of messages and	prints their message headers.

       headers
	       (h)  Lists the current range of headers,	which is an 18-message
	       group.  If a `+'	argument is given, then	 the  next  18-message
	       group  is printed, and if a `-' argument	is given, the previous
	       18-message group	is printed.

       help    A synonym for ?.

       hold    (ho, also preserve) Takes a message list	and marks each message
	       therein to be saved in the user's system	mailbox	instead	of  in
	       mbox.  Does not override	the delete command.

       ignore  Add  the	 list  of  header  fields  named  to the ignored list.
	       Header fields in	the ignore list	are not	printed	on your	termi-
	       nal when	you print a message.  This command is very  handy  for
	       suppression  of	certain	 machine-generated header fields.  The
	       Type and	Print commands can be used to print a message  in  its
	       entirety, including ignored fields.  If ignore is executed with
	       no arguments, it	lists the current set of ignored fields.

       inc     Incorporate  any	 new  messages that have arrived while mail is
	       being read.  The	new messages are added to the end of the  mes-
	       sage list, and the current message is reset to be the first new
	       mail  message.	This  does  not	 renumber the existing message
	       list, nor does it cause any changes made	so far to be saved.

       mail    (m) Takes as argument login names and distribution group	 names
	       and sends mail to those people.

       mbox    Indicate	 that  a list of messages be sent to mbox in your home
	       directory when you quit.	 This is the default action  for  mes-
	       sages if	you do not have	the hold option	set.

       more    (mo)  Takes  a  list  of	messages and invokes the pager on that
	       list.

       next    (n, like	+ or CR) Goes to the  next  message  in	 sequence  and
	       types  it.  With	an argument list, types	the next matching mes-
	       sage.

       preserve
	       (pre) A synonym for hold.

       print   (p) Takes a message list	and types  out	each  message  on  the
	       user's terminal.

       quit    (q)  Terminates the session, saving all undeleted, unsaved mes-
	       sages in	the user's mbox	file in	his login directory,  preserv-
	       ing  all	 messages marked with hold or preserve or never	refer-
	       enced in	his system mailbox, and	removing  all  other  messages
	       from  his  system  mailbox.  If new mail	has arrived during the
	       session,	the message "You have new mail"	is  given.   If	 given
	       while  editing  a  mailbox file with the	-f flag, then the edit
	       file is rewritten.  A return to the shell is  effected,	unless
	       the  rewrite of edit file fails,	in which case the user can es-
	       cape with the exit command.

       reply   (r) Takes a message list	and sends mail to the sender  and  all
	       recipients  of the specified message.  The default message must
	       not be deleted.

       respond
	       A synonym for reply.

       retain  Add the list of header fields named to the retained list.  Only
	       the header fields in the	retained list are shown	on your	termi-
	       nal when	you print a message.  All other	header fields are sup-
	       pressed.	 The type and print commands can be used  to  print  a
	       message	in  its	entirety.  If retain is	executed with no argu-
	       ments, it lists the current set of retained fields.

       save    (s) Takes a message list	and a filename and appends  each  mes-
	       sage  in	 turn to the end of the	file.  The filename in quotes,
	       followed	by the line count and character	count is echoed	on the
	       user's terminal.

       set     (se) With no arguments, prints all variable values.  Otherwise,
	       sets option.  Arguments are of the form option=value (no	 space
	       before  or after	`=') or	option.	 Quotation marks may be	placed
	       around any part of the assignment statement to quote blanks  or
	       tabs, i.e. "set indentprefix="->""

       saveignore
	       Saveignore is to	save what ignore is to print and type.	Header
	       fields  thus  marked  are filtered out when saving a message by
	       save or when automatically saving to mbox.

       saveretain
	       Saveretain is to	save what retain is to print and type.	Header
	       fields thus marked are the only ones saved with a message  when
	       saving	by   save   or	when  automatically  saving  to	 mbox.
	       Saveretain overrides saveignore.

       shell   (sh) Invokes an interactive version of the shell.

       size    Takes a message list and	prints out the size in	characters  of
	       each message.

       source  The source command reads	commands from a	file.

       top     Takes a message list and	prints the top few lines of each.  The
	       number  of lines	printed	is controlled by the variable toplines
	       and defaults to 5.

       type    (t) A synonym for print.

       unalias
	       Takes a list of names defined by	alias  commands	 and  discards
	       the remembered groups of	users.	The group names	no longer have
	       any significance.

       undelete
	       (u)  Takes  a  message list and marks each message as not being
	       deleted.

       unread  (U) Takes a message list	and marks each message as  not	having
	       been read.

       unset   Takes a list of option names and	discards their remembered val-
	       ues; the	inverse	of set.

       visual  (v) Takes a message list	and invokes the	display	editor on each
	       message.

       write   (w) Similar to save, except that	only the message body (without
	       the header) is saved.  Extremely	useful for such	tasks as send-
	       ing and receiving source	program	text over the message system.

       xit     (x) A synonym for exit.

       z       The  mail utility presents message headers in windowfuls	as de-
	       scribed under the headers command.  You can move	mail's	atten-
	       tion  forward to	the next window	with the z command.  Also, you
	       can move	to the previous	window by using	z-.

   Tilde/Escapes
       Here is a summary of the	tilde escapes, which are used  when  composing
       messages	 to  perform special functions.	 Tilde escapes are only	recog-
       nized at	the beginning of lines.	 The name "tilde escape"  is  somewhat
       of  a  misnomer since the actual	escape character can be	set by the op-
       tion escape.

       ~a      Inserts the autograph string from the  sign=  option  into  the
	       message.

       ~A      Inserts	the  autograph	string	from the Sign= option into the
	       message.

       ~b name ...
	       Add the given names to the list of carbon copy  recipients  but
	       do  not	make the names visible in the Cc: line ("blind"	carbon
	       copy).

       ~c name ...
	       Add the given names to the list of carbon copy recipients.

       ~d      Read the	file dead.letter from your  home  directory  into  the
	       message.

       ~e      Invoke  the text	editor on the message collected	so far.	 After
	       the editing session is finished,	 you  may  continue  appending
	       text to the message.

       ~f messages
	       Read  the  named	 messages  into	the message being sent.	 If no
	       messages	are specified, read in the current  message.   Message
	       headers	currently  being ignored (by the ignore	or retain com-
	       mand) are not included.

       ~F messages
	       Identical to ~f,	except all message headers are included.

       ~h      Edit the	message	header fields by typing	each one in  turn  and
	       allowing	the user to append text	to the end or modify the field
	       by using	the current terminal erase and kill characters.

       ~i string
	       Inserts the value of the	named option into the text of the mes-
	       sage.

       ~m messages
	       Read  the  named	messages into the message being	sent, indented
	       by a tab	or by the value	of indentprefix.  If no	 messages  are
	       specified, read the current message.  Message headers currently
	       being  ignored  (by  the	 ignore	or retain command) are not in-
	       cluded.

       ~M messages
	       Identical to ~m,	except all message headers are included.

       ~p      Print out the message collected so far, prefaced	by the message
	       header fields.

       ~q      Abort  the  message  being  sent,  copying   the	  message   to
	       dead.letter in your home	directory if save is set.

       ~r filename, ~r !command

       ~< filename, ~< !command
	       Read  the  named	file into the message.	If the argument	begins
	       with a `!', the rest of the string is  taken  as	 an  arbitrary
	       system  command	and  is	executed, with the standard output in-
	       serted into the message.

       ~R string
	       Use string as the Reply-To field.

       ~s string
	       Cause the named string to become	the current subject field.

       ~t name ...
	       Add the given names to the direct recipient list.

       ~v      Invoke an alternative editor (defined by	the VISUAL environment
	       variable) on the	message	collected so far.  Usually, the	alter-
	       native editor will be a screen editor.  After you quit the edi-
	       tor, you	may resume appending text to the end of	your message.

       ~w filename
	       Write the message onto the named	file.

       ~x      Exits  as  with	~q,  except  the  message  is  not  saved   in
	       dead.letter.

       ~! command
	       Execute	the  indicated	shell command, then return to the mes-
	       sage.

       ~| command, ~^ command
	       Pipe the	message	through	the command as a filter.  If the  com-
	       mand gives no output or terminates abnormally, retain the orig-
	       inal  text of the message.  The command fmt(1) is often used as
	       command to rejustify the	message.

       ~: mail-command,	~_ mail-command
	       Execute the given mail command.	Not all	commands, however, are
	       allowed.

       ~.      Simulate	end-of-file on input.

       ~?      Print a summary of the available	command	escapes.

       ~~ string
	       Insert the string of text in the	message	prefaced by  a	single
	       `~'.  If	you have changed the escape character, then you	should
	       double that character in	order to send it.

   Mail	Options
       Options	can  be	 set with the set command and can be disabled with the
       unset or	set noname commands.  Options may be either binary,  in	 which
       case  it	 is  only  significant	to see whether they are	set or not; or
       string, in which	case the actual	value is of interest.  If an option is
       not set,	mail will look for an environment variable of the  same	 name.
       The available options include the following:

       append  Causes  messages	saved in mbox to be appended to	the end	rather
	       than prepended.	This should always be set (preferably  in  one
	       of the system-wide mail.rc files).  Default is noappend.

       ask, asksub
	       Causes  mail  to	prompt you for the subject of each message you
	       send.  If you respond with simply a newline, no	subject	 field
	       will be sent.  Default is asksub.

       askbcc  Causes  you to be prompted for additional blind carbon copy re-
	       cipients	at the end of each message.  Responding	with a newline
	       indicates your satisfaction with	the current list.  Default  is
	       noaskbcc.

       askcc   Causes you to be	prompted for additional	carbon copy recipients
	       at  the	end  of	each message.  Responding with a newline indi-
	       cates your satisfaction with  the  current  list.   Default  is
	       noaskcc.

       autoinc
	       Causes  new  mail  to be	automatically incorporated when	it ar-
	       rives.  Setting this is similar to issuing the inc  command  at
	       each  prompt, except that the current message is	not reset when
	       new mail	arrives.  Default is noautoinc.

       autoprint
	       Causes the delete command to behave like	dp; thus, after	delet-
	       ing a message, the next one will	be typed  automatically.   De-
	       fault is	noautoprint.

       crt     The  valued  option crt is used as a threshold to determine how
	       long a message must be before PAGER is used to read it.	If crt
	       is set without a	value, then the	height of the terminal	screen
	       stored  in  the	system	is  used to compute the	threshold (see
	       stty(1)).  Default is nocrt.

       debug   Setting the binary option debug is the same as specifying -d on
	       the command line	and causes mail	to output all sorts of	infor-
	       mation  useful  for debugging mail.  In case mail is invoked in
	       this mode to send mail, all preparations	will be	performed  and
	       reported	 about,	 but  the mail will not	be actually sent.  De-
	       fault is	nodebug.

       dot     The binary option dot causes mail to interpret a	 period	 alone
	       on  a line as the terminator of a message you are sending.  De-
	       fault is	nodot.

       escape  If defined, the first character of this option gives the	 char-
	       acter to	use in place of	`~' to denote escapes.

       flipr   Reverses	 the  sense  of	 reply and Reply commands.  Default is
	       noflipr.

       folder  The name	of the directory to use	for storing  folders  of  mes-
	       sages.  If this name begins with	a `/', mail considers it to be
	       an  absolute pathname; otherwise, the folder directory is found
	       relative	to your	home directory.

       header  If defined, initially display message headers when reading mail
	       or editing a mail folder.  Default is header.  This option  can
	       be disabled by giving the -N flag on the	command	line.

       hold    This  option  is	used to	hold messages in the system mailbox by
	       default.	 Default is nohold.

       ignore  Causes interrupt	signals	from your terminal to be  ignored  and
	       echoed as @'s. Default is noignore.

       ignoreeof
	       An  option  related to dot is ignoreeof which makes mail	refuse
	       to accept a <control-D> as the end  of  a  message.   Ignoreeof
	       also applies to mail command mode.  Default is noignoreeof.

       indentprefix
	       String  used  by	the ~m tilde escape for	indenting messages, in
	       place of	the normal tab character (^I).	Be sure	to  quote  the
	       value if	it contains spaces or tabs.

       metoo   Usually,	when a group is	expanded that contains the sender, the
	       sender  is  removed  from  the  expansion.  Setting this	option
	       causes the sender to be included	 in  the  group.   Default  is
	       nometoo.

       quiet   Suppresses the printing of the version when first invoked.  De-
	       fault is	noquiet.

       record  If  defined,  gives the pathname	of the file used to record all
	       outgoing	mail.  If not defined, outgoing	 mail  is  not	saved.
	       Default is norecord.

       Replyall
	       Reverses	 the  sense  of	 reply and Reply commands.  Default is
	       noReplyall.

       save    If this option is set, and you abort a message with two	RUBOUT
	       (erase  or  delete),  mail  will	copy the partial letter	to the
	       file dead.letter	in your	home directory.	 Default is save.

       searchheaders
	       If this option is set, then a  message-list  specifier  in  the
	       form  "/x:y"  will  expand  to all messages containing the sub-
	       string y	in the header field x.	The string search is case  in-
	       sensitive.   If	x is omitted, it will default to the "Subject"
	       header field.  The form "/to:y" is a special case, and will ex-
	       pand to all messages containing the substring y	in  the	 "To",
	       "Cc" or "Bcc" header fields.  The check for "to"	is case	sensi-
	       tive,  so that "/To:y" can be used to limit the search for y to
	       just the	"To:" field.  Default is nosearchheaders.

       toplines
	       If defined, gives the number  of	 lines	of  a  message	to  be
	       printed	out  with  the	top  command; normally,	the first five
	       lines are printed.

       verbose
	       Setting the option verbose is the same as using the -v flag  on
	       the  command  line.  When mail runs in verbose mode, the	actual
	       delivery	of messages is displayed on the	user's terminal.   De-
	       fault is	noverbose.

ENVIRONMENT
       DEAD	Pathname  of  the  file	to save	partial	messages to in case of
		interrupts or delivery errors.	Default	is ~/dead.letter.

       EDITOR	Pathname of the	text editor to use in the edit command and  ~e
		escape.	 If not	defined, then a	default	editor is used.

       HOME	Pathname of the	user's home directory.

       LISTER	Pathname  of  the  directory lister to use in the folders com-
		mand.  Default is /bin/ls.

       MAIL	Location of the	user's mailbox.	 Default is /var/mail.

       MAILRC	Pathname of file containing initial mail commands.  Default is
		~/.mailrc.

       MBOX	The name of the	mailbox	file.  It can be the name of a folder.
		The default is mbox in the user's home directory.

       PAGER	Pathname of the	program	to use in the more command or when crt
		variable is set.  The default paginator	 less(1)  is  used  if
		this option is not defined.

       REPLYTO	If set,	will be	used to	initialize the Reply-To	field for out-
		going messages.

       SHELL	Pathname  of  the shell	to use in the !	command	and the	~! es-
		cape.  A default shell is used if this option is not defined.

       TMPDIR	Pathname of the	directory used for creating temporary files.

       VISUAL	Pathname of the	text editor to use in the visual  command  and
		~v escape.

       USER	Login name of the user executing mail.

FILES
       /var/mail/*		   Post	office.
       ~/mbox			   User's old mail.
       ~/.mailrc		   File	 giving	 initial  mail commands.  This
				   can be overridden by	setting	the MAILRC en-
				   vironment variable.
       /tmp/R*			   Temporary files.
       /usr/share/misc/mail.*help  Help	files.

       /usr/share/misc/mail.rc
       /usr/local/etc/mail.rc
       /etc/mail.rc		   System-wide	initialization	files.	  Each
				   file	 will  be sourced, in order, if	it ex-
				   ists.

SEE ALSO
       fmt(1), newaliases(1), vacation(1), aliases(5), sendmail(8)

HISTORY
       A mail command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.	This man page  is  de-
       rived from The Mail Reference Manual originally written by Kurt Shoens.

BUGS
       There are some flags that are not documented here.  Most	are not	useful
       to the general user.

       Usually,	mail is	just a link to Mail and	mailx, which can be confusing.

       The  name  of  the  alternates  list is incorrect English (it should be
       "alternatives"),	but is retained	for compatibility.

FreeBSD	13.2			August 8, 2018			       MAIL(1)

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