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


NAME
mail.local -- store mail in a mailbox
SYNOPSIS
mail.local [-l] [-f from] user ...
DESCRIPTION
mail.local reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each user's mail file. The user must be a valid user name. The options are as follows: -f from Specify the sender's name. -l Request that username.lock files be used for locking. 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. If the [-l] flag is specified mailbox locking is done with username.lock files. Otherwise, the mailbox is exclusively locked with flock(2) while mail is appended. If the ``biff'' service is returned by getservbyname(3), the biff server is notified of delivered mail.
ENVIRONMENT
TZ Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
FILES
/tmp/local.XXXXXX temporary files /var/mail/user user's mailbox directory
EXIT STATUS
The mail.local utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
mail(1), sendmail(1), flock(2), getservbyname(3), comsat(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(1). NetBSD 9.3 December 11, 1993 NetBSD 9.3
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