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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
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Use `The .Nm utility'
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=95124
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@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
.Op Fl EiInNv
.Op Fl u Ar user
.Sh INTRODUCTION
-.Nm Mail
-is an intelligent mail processing system, which has
+The
+.Nm
+utility is an intelligent mail processing system, which has
a command syntax reminiscent of
.Xr ed 1
with lines replaced by messages.
@@ -144,8 +145,9 @@ option.
Next, the commands in the user's personal command file
.Pa ~/.mailrc
are executed.
+The
.Nm
-then examines its command line options to determine whether a
+utility then examines its command line options to determine whether a
new message is to be sent, or whether an existing mailbox is to
be read.
.Ss "Sending Mail"
@@ -303,8 +305,9 @@ See
.Xr mailaddr 7
for a description of network addresses.
.Pp
-.Nm Mail
-has a number of options which can be set in the
+The
+.Nm
+utility has a number of options which can be set in the
.Pa .mailrc
file to alter its behavior; thus
.Dq Li "set askcc"
@@ -714,8 +717,9 @@ program text over the message system.
A synonym for
.Ic exit .
.It Ic z
-.Nm Mail
-presents message headers in windowfuls as described under the
+The
+.Nm
+utility presents message headers in windowfuls as described under the
.Ic headers
command.
You can move
@@ -1108,8 +1112,9 @@ with the
command; normally, the first five lines are printed.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
-.Nm Mail
-utilizes the
+The
+.Nm
+utility utilizes the
.Ev HOME
and
.Ev USER