summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8105
1 files changed, 105 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8 b/usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..661615c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)mail.local.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
+.\"
+.Dd December 11, 1993
+.Dt MAIL.LOCAL 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mail.local
+.Nd store mail in a mailbox
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm mail.local
+.Op Fl f Ar from
+.Ar user ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Mail.local
+reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each
+.Ar user's
+.Pa mail
+file.
+The
+.Ar user
+must be a valid user name.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width xxxfrom
+.It Fl f Ar from
+Specify the sender's name.
+.El
+.Pp
+Individual mail messages in the mailbox are delimited by an empty
+line followed by a line beginning with the string ``From ''.
+A line containing the string ``From '', the sender's name and a time stamp
+is prepended to each delivered mail message.
+A blank line is appended to each message.
+A greater-than character (``>'') is prepended to any line in the message
+which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line.
+.Pp
+The mail files are exclusively locked with
+.Xr flock 2
+while mail is appended.
+.Pp
+If the ``biff'' service is returned by
+.Xr getservbyname 3 ,
+the biff server is notified of delivered mail.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm mail.local
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Ev TZ
+Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /tmp/local.XXXXXX -compact
+.It Pa /tmp/local.XXXXXX
+temporary files
+.It Pa /var/mail/user
+user's mailbox directory
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mail 1 ,
+.Xr xsend 1 ,
+.Xr flock 2 ,
+.Xr getservbyname 3 ,
+.Xr comsat 8 ,
+.Xr sendmail 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A superset of
+.Nm mail.local
+(handling mailbox reading as well as mail delivery)
+appeared in
+.At v7 .
+as the program
+.Nm mail .
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud