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   2 .TH MAIL 1 RAND
   3 .SH NAME
   4 mail \- send or read mail
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .B mail
   7 [[\fB\-subject\fR\ subject] [\fB\-cc\ \fRname ...] [\fB\-help\fR] user ...]
   8 .SH DESCRIPTION
   9 .I Mail
  10 is intended as a replacement for the standard Bell mail program
  11 (\fIbellmail(1)\fR), compatible with the Rand message-handling
  12 system, mh.  When invoked without arguments, it simply
  13 execs
  14 .I inc(1)
  15 to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
  16 When one or more users is specified, a message is read from
  17 the standard input and spooled to a temporary file.
  18 .I Mail
  19 then invokes
  20 .I deliver(8)
  21 with the name of the temporary file as
  22 its argument to deliver the message to the specified user.
  23 .PP
  24 The
  25 .B subject
  26 and
  27 .B cc
  28 switches can be used to insert the corresponding header components into
  29 the message to be delivered.
  30 .PP
  31 This program is intended for the use of programs
  32 such as
  33 .I at(1),
  34 which expect
  35 to automatically send mail to various users.
  36 Normally, real people will prefer to use
  37 .I comp(1)
  38 and
  39 .I send(1)
  40 to send messages.
  41 .SH FILES
  42 /etc/mh/deliver
  43 .br
  44 /tmp/mail*.tmp
  45 .br
  46 /usr/tmp/mh/lst*.tmp
  47 .SH SEE ALSO
  48 bellmail(1), rmail(1), send(1), inc(1), deliver(8)