4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat8/mail.local.0

MAIL.LOCAL(8)             BSD System Manager's Manual            MAIL.LOCAL(8)

NNAAMMEE
     mmaaiill..llooccaall - store mail in a mailbox

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     mmaaiill..llooccaall [--ff _f_r_o_m] _u_s_e_r _._._.

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     MMaaiill..llooccaall reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it
     to each _u_s_e_r _'_s _m_a_i_l file.  The _u_s_e_r must be a valid user name.

     The options are as follows:

     --ff _f_r_o_m  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 contain-
     ing 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 mes-
     sage.  A greater-than character (``>'') is prepended to any line in the
     message which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line.

     The mail files are exclusively locked with flock(2) while mail is append-
     ed.

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

     The mmaaiill..llooccaall utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

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

FFIILLEESS
     /tmp/local.XXXXXX  temporary files
     /var/mail/user     user's mailbox directory

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     mail(1),  xsend(1),  flock(2),  getservbyname(3),  comsat(8),  send-
     mail(8)

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     A superset of mmaaiill..llooccaall (handling mailbox reading as well as mail deliv-
     ery) appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.  as the program mmaaiill.

4.4BSD                           June 4, 1993                                1