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--- a/contrib/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8
+++ b/contrib/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@
.\" the sendmail distribution.
.\"
.\"
-.\" $Id: mail.local.8,v 8.14.14.5 2000/12/29 18:12:16 gshapiro Exp $
+.\" $Id: mail.local.8,v 8.23 2001/04/05 23:27:35 gshapiro Exp $
.\"
-.TH MAIL.LOCAL 8 "$Date: 2000/12/29 18:12:16 $"
+.TH MAIL.LOCAL 8 "$Date: 2001/04/05 23:27:35 $"
.SH NAME
mail.local
\- store mail in a mailbox
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mail.local
-.RB [ \-7 "] [" \-b "] [" \-d "] [" \-l "] [" \-f
-.IR from "] "
-.RB [ \-r
-.IR from "] " "user ..."
+.RB [ \-7 "] [" \-b "] [" \-d "] [" \-D
+.IR mbdb ]
+.RB [ \-l "] [" \-f
+\fIfrom\fR|\fB\-r\fR
+.IR from ]
+.RB [ \-h
+\fIfilename\fR ]
+.I "user ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Mail.local
reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each
@@ -40,6 +44,12 @@ if a mailbox exceeds quota.
.TP
.B \-d
Specify this is a delivery (for backward compatibility).
+This option has no effect.
+.TP
+.BI \-D " mbdb"
+Specify the name of the mailbox database
+which is used to look up local recipient names.
+This option defaults to "pw", which means use getpwnam().
.TP
.BI \-f " from"
Specify the sender's name.
@@ -49,6 +59,11 @@ Turn on LMTP mode.
.TP
.BI \-r " from"
Specify the sender's name (for backward compatibility).
+Same as \-f.
+.TP
+.BI \-h " filename"
+Store incoming mail in \fIfilename\fR in the user's home directory instead
+of a system mail spool directory.
.PP
Individual mail messages in the mailbox are delimited by an empty
line followed by a line beginning with the string ``From ''.
@@ -86,10 +101,10 @@ Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
temporary files
.TP
/var/mail/user
-user's mailbox directory
+user's default mailbox directory
.TP
/var/mail/user.lock
-lock file for a user's mailbox
+lock file for a user's default mailbox
.PD
.SH SEE ALSO
mail(1),
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