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.Dd April 28, 1995

.Dt MAIL 1

.Os BSD 4

.Os

.Sh NAME

.Nm mail ,

.Nm mailx ,

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.El

.Ss Startup actions

At startup time,

.Nm mail

will execute commands in the system command files

.Pa /usr/share/misc/mail.rc ,

.Pa /usr/local/etc/mail.rc

and

.Pa /etc/mail.rc

in order unless explicitly told not to by using the

.Fl n

option. Next, the commands in the user's personal command file

.Pa ~/.mailrc

are executed.

.Nm mail

then examines its command line options to determine whether the user

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(These options are summarized below.)

.Sh SUMMARY

(Adapted from the

.Dq Mail Reference Manual . )

.Pp

Each command is typed on a line by itself, and may take arguments

following the command word.

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mail.

If not defined, then outgoing mail is not so saved.

.It Ar indentprefix

String used by the

.Ic \&~m

tilde escape for indenting messages, in place of the normal tab character

.Pq Sq ^I