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.TH Mail 1
.SH NAME
Mail \- send and receive mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B Mail
[ option ] ...
[ person ] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mail 
with 
.I persons
named reads a letter from the standard input and sends it to them.
.PP
.I Mail
otherwise presents your mail.
It responds to commands, each typed on a line by itself,
possibly with arguments.
A command need not be typed in its
entirety \- the first command that matches the typed prefix is used.
A missing message list is interpreted as a singleton:
whichever of the current message,
the nearest message ahead, or the nearest message back
satisfies the command's requirements.
.PP
The following table describes the commands:
.ta \w'alternates 'u 
.PP
.ta \w'\fBalternates \fR'u +\w'\fBArguments \fR'u
.B
Command	Description
.nf
\fB!\fR	Single command escape to shell
\fB\-\fR	Back up to previous message
\fBReply\fR	Reply to author of message only
\fBalias\fR	Define an alias as a set of user names
\fBalternates\fR	List other names you are known by
\fBchdir\fR	Change working directory, home by default
\fBcopy\fR	Copy a message to a file or folder
\fBdelete\fR	Delete a list of messages
\fBdt\fR	Delete current message, type next message
\fBendif\fR	End of conditional statement; see \fBif\fP
\fBedit\fR	Edit a list of messages
\fBelse\fR	Start of else part of conditional; see \fBif\fP
\fBexit\fR	Leave mail without changing anything
\fBfile\fR	Interrogate/change current mail file
\fBfolder\fR	Same as \fBfile\fP
\fBfolders\fR	List the folders in your folder directory
\fBfrom\fR	List headers of a list of messages
\fBheaders\fR	List current window of messages
\fBhelp\fR	Print brief summary of \fIMail\fP commands
\fBhold\fR	Same as \fBpreserve\fP
\fBif\fR	Conditional execution of \fIMail\fP commands
\fBignore\fR	Do not print listed headers
\fBmail\fR	Send mail to specified names
\fBmbox\fR	Arrange to save a list of messages in \fImbox\fP
\fBnext\fR	Go to next message and type it
\fBpreserve\fR	Arrange to leave list of messages in \fImbox\fR
\fBquit\fR	Leave \fIMail\fP; update \fImbox\fP as appropriate
\fBreply\fR	Compose a reply to a message
\fBsave\fR	Append messages, headers included, on a file
\fBset\fR	Set binary or valued options
\fBshell\fR	Invoke an interactive shell
\fBtop\fR	Print first so many (5 by default) lines of list of messages
\fBtype\fR	Print messages
\fBundelete\fR	Undelete list of messages
\fBunset\fR	Undo the operation of a \fBset\fP
\fBvisual\fR	Invoke visual editor on a list of messages
\fBwrite\fR	Append messages to a file, don't include headers
\fBz\fR	Scroll to next/previous screenful of headers
.fi
.PP
The following table describes the options for \fBset\fR.
Each option is
shown as being either a binary or valued option.
.PP
.B
Option	Type	Description
.nf
EDITOR	valued	Pathname of editor for ~e and \fBedit\fP
SHELL	valued	Pathname of shell for \fBshell\fP, ~! and \fB!\fP
VISUAL	valued	Pathname of screen editor for ~v, \fBvisual\fP
append	binary	Always append messages to end of \fImbox\fP
ask	binary	Prompt user for Subject: field when sending
askcc	binary	Prompt user for additional Cc's at end of message
autoprint	binary	Print next message after \fBdelete\fP
crt	valued	Minimum number of lines before using \fImore\fP
dot	binary	Accept . alone on line to terminate message input
escape	valued	Escape character to be used instead of ~
folder	valued	Directory to store folders in
hold	binary	Hold messages in \fImbox\fP by default
ignore	binary	Ignore \s-2RUBOUT\s0 while sending mail
ignoreeof	binary	Don't terminate letters/command input with ^D
keep	binary	Don't unlink \fImbox\fP when empty
keepsave	binary	Don't delete \fBsave\fPd messages by default
metoo	binary	Include sending user in aliases
nosave	binary	Don't save partial letter in \fIdead.letter\fP
quiet	binary	Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version
record	valued	File to save all outgoing mail in
screen	valued	Size of window of message headers for \fBz\fP, etc.
sendmail	valued	Choose alternate mail delivery system
toplines	valued	Number of lines to print in \fBtop\fP
.fi
.PP
The following table summarizes tilde escapes available
while entering a letter.
.PP
.B
Escape	Arguments	Description
.nf
~!	command	Execute shell command
~c	name ...	Add names to Cc: field
~d		Read \fIdead.letter\fP into message
~e		Invoke text editor on partial message
~f	messages	Read named messages
~h		Edit the header fields
~m	messages	Read named messages, right shift by tab
~p		Print message entered so far
~q		Abort entry of letter; like \s-2RUBOUT\s0
~r	filename	Read file into message
~s	string	Set Subject: field to \fIstring\fP
~t	name ...	Add names to To: field
~v		Invoke screen editor on message
~w	filename	Write message on file
~\^|	command	Pipe message through \fIcommand\fP
~~	string	Quote a ~ in front of \fIstring\fP
.fi
.PP
The following table shows the command line flags.
.PP
.ta \w'\-h number 'u
.B
Flag	Description
.PP
.nf
\-N	Suppress the initial printing of headers
\-T \fIfile\fP	Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
\-d	Turn on debugging
\-f \fIfile\fP	Show messages in \fIfile\fP or \fI$HOME/mbox\fP
\-h \fInumber\fP	Pass on hop count for mail forwarding
\-i	Ignore tty interrupt signals
\-n	Inhibit reading of /usr/lib/Mail.rc
\-r \fIname\fP	Pass on \fIname\fP for mail forwarding
\-s \fIstring\fP	Use \fIstring\fP as subject in outgoing mail
\-u \fIname\fP	Read \fIname's\fP mail instead of your own
.fi
.PP
Notes:
.B \-T ,
.B \-d ,
.B \-h ,
and
.B \-r
are not fit for human consumption.
.SH FILES
.ta \w'/usr/lib/Mail.help* 'u
.nf
/usr/spool/mail/*	post office
$HOME/mbox	your old mail
$HOME/.mailrc	file giving initial mail commands
/tmp/R#	temporary for editor escape
/usr/lib/Mail.help*	help files
/usr/lib/Mail.rc	system initialization file
/bin/mail	to do actual mailing
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mail(1)
.br
`The Mail Reference Manual,'
.I Berkeley BSD 4.1 UNIX User's Manual