from - Shows whom mail messages are from
from [-s sender] [user]
The from command prints out the mail header lines in your
mailbox file.
Prints headers for mail sent by sender. Specifies a mail
spool directory.
Use this flag if you want to examine a mailbox in a
directory other than /usr/spool/mail, which is the
system default.
If user is specified, then user's mailbox is examined
instead of your own.
To display the message headings in your mailbox, enter:
from
The names of the senders and the message dates are
displayed. To display the message headings for
mail sent by a specific user, enter: from -s dale
Displays only the message headings of the messages
sent from user dale. To display the message headings
in a specific user's mailbox, enter: from dawn
The message headings from user dawn's mailbox are
displayed, provided you have read permission for
dawn's mailbox.
User mailbox files.
Commands: biff(1), mail(1), mailx(1)
from(1)
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