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

NAME
     mail.local - store mail in a mailbox

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

DESCRIPTION
     The mail.local utility reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and
     appends it to each user's mail file.  The user argument 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.

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

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

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

SEE ALSO
     mail(1),  xsend(1),  flock(2),  getservbyname(3),	comsat(8),  send-
     mail(8)

HISTORY
     A superset of mail.local (handling mailbox reading as well as mail deliv-
     ery) appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.  as the program mail. The
     mail.local utility was created to minimize the security issues associated
     with mail delivery.

BSDI BSD/OS		       December 11, 1993			     1

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