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 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.
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.
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
- /tmp/local.XXXXXX
- temporary files
- /var/mail/user
- user's mailbox directory
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 delivery) appeared in
Version 7 AT&T
UNIX as the program
mail(1).