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37 .Nd store mail in a mailbox
45 reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each
51 must be a valid user name.
53 The options are as follows:
54 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxx
56 Specify the sender's name.
60 files be used for locking.
63 Individual mail messages in the mailbox are delimited by an empty
64 line followed by a line beginning with the string ``From ''.
65 A line containing the string ``From '', the sender's name and a time stamp
66 is prepended to each delivered mail message.
67 A blank line is appended to each message.
68 A greater-than character (``\*[Gt]'') is prepended to any line in the message
69 which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line.
73 flag is specified mailbox locking is done with
76 Otherwise, the mailbox is exclusively locked with
78 while mail is appended.
80 If the ``biff'' service is returned by
82 the biff server is notified of delivered mail.
86 utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
88 .Bl -tag -width indent
90 Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
93 .Bl -tag -width /tmp/local.XXXXXX -compact
94 .It Pa /tmp/local.XXXXXX
97 user's mailbox directory
102 .Xr getservbyname 3 ,
108 (handling mailbox reading as well as mail delivery) appeared in