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diff --git a/mail_cmds/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr b/mail_cmds/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..50e7883 --- /dev/null +++ b/mail_cmds/mail/USD.doc/mail1.nr @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mail1.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93 +.\" +.sh 1 Introduction +.pp +.i Mail +provides a simple and friendly environment for sending and receiving mail. +It divides incoming mail into +its constituent messages and allows the user to deal with them +in any order. In addition, it provides a set of +.i ed -\c +like commands for manipulating messages and sending mail. +.i Mail +offers the user simple editing capabilities to ease the composition +of outgoing messages, as well as providing the ability to define and send +to names which address groups of users. Finally, +.i Mail +is able to send and receive messages across such networks as the +ARPANET, UUCP, and Berkeley network. +.pp +This document describes how to use the +.i Mail +program to send and receive messages. The reader is not assumed to +be familiar with other message handling systems, but should be +familiar with the \s-2UNIX\s0\** +.(f +\** \s-1UNIX\s0 is a trademark of Bell Laboratories. +.)f +shell, the text editor, and some of the common \s-2UNIX\s0 commands. +.q "The \s-2UNIX\s0 Programmer's Manual," +.q "An Introduction to Csh," +and +.q "Text Editing with Ex and Vi" +can be consulted for more information on these topics. +.pp +Here is how messages are handled: +the mail system accepts incoming +.i messages +for you from other people +and collects them in a file, called your +.i "system mailbox" . +When you login, the system notifies you if there are any messages +waiting in your system mailbox. If you are a +.i csh +user, you will be notified when new mail arrives if you inform +the shell of the location of your mailbox. On version 7 systems, +your system mailbox is located in the directory /var/mail +in a file with your login name. If your login name is +.q sam, +then you can make +.i csh +notify you of new mail by including the following line in your .cshrc +file: +.(l +set mail=/var/mail/sam +.)l +When you read your mail using +.i Mail , +it reads your system mailbox and separates that file into the +individual messages that have been sent to you. You can then +read, reply to, delete, or save these messages. +Each message is marked with its author and the date they sent it. |