mail.local(1M)                                               mail.local(1M)

NAME
     mail.local - store mail in a mailbox

SYNOPSIS
     mail.local [-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.

OPTIONS
     -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 while mail is appended.

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

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

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

FILES
     /tmp/local.XXXXXX
          temporary files

     /var/mail/user
          user's mailbox directory

SEE ALSO
     mail(1-ucb), comsat(1M), sendmail(1M), getservbyname(3N).














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