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NAME
     mail - read or send MH mail

SYNOPSIS
     mail [ username...  ] [ -cc username...  ] [ -body text ] [
     -subject text ]

DESCRIPTION
     If mail is called with no arguments, it calls inc to
     incorporate mail from the user's incoming mail drop
     /usr/spool/mail/$USER) into the user's inbox folder.  The
     new messages being incorporated are assigned numbers
     starting with the next highest number in the folder.  If the
     inbox folder doesn't exist, the user will be queried prior
     to its creation.  As the messages are processed, a scan
     listing of the new mail is produced. See inc(1mh) for
     further details.

     If any arguments are passed to mail, it attempts to send
     mail to the userids listed.  Names listed after the -cc
     switch will be entered in the 'Cc:' component of the
     message.  Names listed before the -cc switch (or if the
     switch is omitted) are added to the 'To:' component of the
     message.

     The string following the -subject switch forms the
     'Subject:' component of the message.  If the switch is
     omitted, there will be no 'Subject:' component in the
     message.

     If the -body switch is present, the string that follows it
     will form the body of the message being constructed.  If the
     switch is omitted, the body will be taken from standard
     input.

     The primary purpose of the mail program is to provide an
     interface that is compatible with the old mail system so
     that programs that wish to send mail may still do so.

     Your .mh_profile can contain the following entries:

          Path      To determine the user's MH directory
          Folder-Protect For protection on new folders
          Msg-Protect    For protection on new messages

OPTIONS
     -body text
        The text following the -body switch will form the body of
        the message being constructed.

     -cc name
        Names listed after the -cc switch will be entered in the



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        "Cc:" of the message.

     -subject text
        The text following the -subject switch will be entered in
        the "Subject:" component of the message.

FILES
     $HOME/.mh_profile
                      The user profile

     /usr/spool/mail/$USER
                      The user's mail drop

CAVEATS
     The mail program refuses to send mail messages of length
     zero.

SEE ALSO
     comp(1mh), dist(1mh), fmt(1mh), folder(1mh), forw(1mh),
     inc(1mh), mail(1mh), mh(1mh), mhl(1mh), mhpath(1mh),
     next(1mh), pick(1mh), prev(1mh), prompter(1mh), refile(1mh),
     repl(1mh), rmf(1mh), rmail(1), rmm(1mh), scan(1mh),
     send(1mh), show(1mh), mh(5mh), and mh_profile(5mh).
































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