NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mail.local	- store	mail in	a mailbox

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     mail.local	[-f from] user ...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Mail.local	reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it
     to	each user's mail file.	The user must be a valid user name.

     The options are as	follows:

     -f	from  Specify the sender's name.

     Individual	mail messages in the mailbox are delimited by an empty line
     followed by a line	beginning with the string ``From ''.  A	line containing
 the string ``From '', the sender's name and a time stamp is prepended
     to	each delivered mail message.  A	blank line is appended to each message.
  A greater-than character (``>'') is	prepended to any line in the
     message which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line (that is,
     a line beginning with the five characters ``From '' following a blank
     line).

     The mail files are	exclusively locked with	flock(2) while mail is appended,
 and a user.lock file also is created while the	mailbox	is locked for
     compatibility with	older MUAs.

     If	the ``biff'' service is	returned by getservbyname(3),  the biff	server
     is	notified of delivered mail.

     The mail.local utility exits 0 on success,	and >0 if an error occurs.

ENVIRONMENT    [Toc]    [Back]

     TZ	     Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /tmp/local.XXXXXX	temporary files
     /var/mail/user	user's mailbox directory
     /var/mail/user.lock
			lock file for a	user's mailbox

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     mail(1),  xsend(1),  flock(2),  getservbyname(3),	comsat(8),  sendmail(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     A superset	of mail.local (handling	mailbox	reading	as well	as mail	delivery)
 appeared in Version 7	AT&T UNIX.  as the program mail.

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