NAME

netmail − read mail on a remote machine over the network

SYNOPSIS

netmail [ −l username ] [ −p password ] [ −c ] [ −q ] [ −n ] [ −f ] [ machine:username ]

DESCRIPTION

Mail is checked and/or read on the specified machine.  If the machine specification is omitted, the default machine is used.  The command has two distinct modes depending on whether the −c option is specified. 

If −c is specified, the presence of mail is checked on the remote machine.  No password is required so it can be put in C shell ‘.netrc’ file.  A message is written or mailed back (see net(1)) if there is or is not any unread mail.

If the −c option is not specified, mail is read and mailed back to the user.  A password is required.  Mail is also appended to the remote file ‘mbox’ as a precaution. 

The −q option suppresses the message sent back if there is no mail.  The options −l, −p, −f, and −n behave exactly as in net(1). (The login name can be specified either with the −l option or by ‘machine:username’.) 

Netmail executes the net(1) command.

Examples:

    netmail −c X:unamechecks if there is mail for ‘uname’ on the X machine, no password required. 

    netmail X:unamereads mail for ‘uname’ on the X machine, mails it back, password is required. 

AUTHOR

Eric Schmidt

SEE ALSO

net(1), netrm(1), netq(1), netlog(1), netcp(1), netlpr(1), netlogin(1), mail(1)

BUGS

th Berkeley Distribution  —  2/6/80