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.\"
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved
.\" Copyright (c) 2008, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
.\"
! .TH MAIL 1 "Jul 24, 2008"
.SH NAME
mail, rmail \- read mail or send mail to users
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SS "Sending Mail"
- .LP
.nf
\fBmail\fR [\fB-tw\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImessage_type\fR] \fIrecipient\fR...
.fi
.LP
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.\"
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved
.\" Copyright (c) 2008, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
.\"
! .TH MAIL 1 "May 17, 2020"
.SH NAME
mail, rmail \- read mail or send mail to users
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SS "Sending Mail"
.nf
\fBmail\fR [\fB-tw\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImessage_type\fR] \fIrecipient\fR...
.fi
.LP
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.nf
\fBrmail\fR [\fB-tw\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImessage_type\fR] \fIrecipient\fR...
.fi
.SS "Reading Mail"
- .LP
.nf
\fBmail\fR [\fB-ehpPqr\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIfile\fR]
.fi
.SS "Debugging"
- .LP
.nf
\fBmail\fR [\fB-x\fR \fIdebug_level\fR] [\fIother_mail_options\fR] \fIrecipient\fR...
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
- .sp
- .LP
A \fIrecipient\fR is usually a domain style address
("\fIuser\fR@\fImachine\fR") or a user name recognized by \fBlogin\fR(1). When
\fIrecipient\fRs are named, \fBmail\fR assumes a message is being sent. It
reads from the standard input up to an end-of-file (Control-d) or, if reading
from a terminal device, until it reads a line consisting of just a period. When
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application/octet-stream, and so on) is also present, unless the letter
consists of only header lines with no message content. Header lines may be
continued on the following line if that line starts with white space.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS "Sending Mail"
- .sp
- .LP
The following command-line arguments affect sending mail:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-m\fR \fImessage_type\fR\fR
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extended network (such as \fBsysa!sysb!sysc!user\fR or
\fBsysa\e!sysb\e!sysc\e!user\fR).
.RE
.SS "Reading Mail"
- .sp
- .LP
The following command-line arguments affect reading mail:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-e\fR\fR
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*** 543,554 ****
.sp
.LP
The group \fBID\fR of the mailfile must be \fBmail\fR to allow new messages to
be delivered, and the mailfile must be writable by group \fBmail\fR.
.SS "Debugging"
- .sp
- .LP
The following command-line arguments cause \fBmail\fR to provide debugging
information:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
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file is always be retained. The \fIdebug_level\fR specified via \fB-x\fR
overrides any specification of \fBDEBUG\fR in \fB/etc/mail/mailcnfg\fR. The
information provided by the \fB-x\fR option is esoteric and is probably only
useful to system administrators.
.SS "Delivery Notification"
- .sp
- .LP
Several forms of notification are available for mail by including one of the
following lines in the message header.
.sp
.LP
\fBTransport-Options:\fR [ \fB/\fR\fIoptions\fR ]
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.sp
.LP
The default is \fB/nodelivery/return\fR. If contradictory options are used, the
first is recognized and later, conflicting, terms are ignored.
.SH OPERANDS
- .sp
- .LP
The following operand is supported for sending mail:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIrecipient\fR\fR
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A domain style address ("\fIuser\fR@\fImachine\fR") or user login name
recognized by \fBlogin\fR(1).
.RE
.SH USAGE
- .sp
- .LP
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBmail\fR and
\fBrmail\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31
bytes).
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- .sp
- .LP
See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of \fBmail\fR: \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and
\fBNLSPATH\fR.
.sp
.ne 2
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.RS 6n
Determine the timezone used with date and time strings.
.RE
.SH EXIT STATUS
- .sp
- .LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
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.RS 6n
An error occurred after initialization.
.RE
.SH FILES
- .sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBdead.letter\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
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.RE
.sp
.ne 2
.na
! \fB\fBvar/tmp/ma\fR*\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
temporary file
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
- .sp
- .LP
\fBchmod\fR(1), \fBcsh\fR(1), \fBlogin\fR(1), \fBmailx\fR(1), \fBuucp\fR(1C),
\fBuuencode\fR(1C), \fBvacation\fR(1), \fBwrite\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5),
\fBenviron\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)
.sp
.LP
\fISolaris Advanced User\&'s Guide\fR
.SH NOTES
- .sp
- .LP
The interpretation and resulting action taken because of the header lines
described in the Delivery Notifications section only occur if this version of
\fBmail\fR is installed on the system where the delivery (or failure) happens.
Earlier versions of \fBmail\fR might not support any types of delivery
notification.
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.RE
.sp
.ne 2
.na
! \fB\fB/var/tmp/ma\fR*\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
temporary file
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBchmod\fR(1), \fBcsh\fR(1), \fBlogin\fR(1), \fBmailx\fR(1), \fBuucp\fR(1C),
\fBuuencode\fR(1C), \fBvacation\fR(1), \fBwrite\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5),
\fBenviron\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)
.sp
.LP
\fISolaris Advanced User\&'s Guide\fR
.SH NOTES
The interpretation and resulting action taken because of the header lines
described in the Delivery Notifications section only occur if this version of
\fBmail\fR is installed on the system where the delivery (or failure) happens.
Earlier versions of \fBmail\fR might not support any types of delivery
notification.