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! .\"	$OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.9 1998/04/25 00:19:55 deraadt Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
  .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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! .\"	$OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.10 1998/04/25 00:41:54 deraadt Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
  .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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  .Pp
  .Dl mail -f /var/mail/user
  .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 users personal command file 
+ .Pa ~/.mailrc 
+ are executed.
+ .Nm mail
+ then examines its command line options to determine whether the user
+ requested a new message to be sent or existing messages in a mailbox
+ to be examined.
  .Ss Sending mail
  To send a message to one or more people,
  .Nm mail