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author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
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committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
commit | e8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec (patch) | |
tree | 9eb4b7d718b67229ee4b8e61e9cad466a5a36945 /usr.bin/mail/mail.1 | |
parent | 1c2451c24d59abde50b89c0d506523298e1ae1e1 (diff) | |
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Use `The .Nm utility'
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 index 037206c008fe..4582bf55c68a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 @@ -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 |