.TH MAIL 1 RAND
.SH NAME
mail \- send or read mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mail
[[\fB\-subject\fR\ subject] [\fB\-cc\ \fRname ...] [\fB\-help\fR] user ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mail
is intended as a replacement for the standard Bell mail program
(\fIbellmail(1)\fR), compatible with the Rand message-handling
system, mh.  When invoked without arguments, it simply 
execs 
.I inc(1) 
to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
When one or more users is specified, a message is read from
the standard input and spooled to a temporary file.
.I Mail
then invokes
.I deliver(8) 
with the name of the temporary file as
its argument to deliver the message to the specified user.
.PP
The
.B subject
and
.B cc
switches can be used to insert the corresponding header components into
the message to be delivered.
.PP
This program is intended for the use of programs 
such as
.I at(1),
which expect
to automatically send mail to various users.
Normally, real people will prefer to use 
.I comp(1) 
and
.I send(1) 
to send messages.
.SH FILES
/etc/mh/deliver
.br
/tmp/mail*.tmp
.br
/usr/tmp/mh/lst*.tmp
.SH SEE ALSO
bellmail(1), rmail(1), send(1), inc(1), deliver(8)