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26 .TH MAIL.LOCAL 1M "Apr 11, 1997"
28 mail.local \- store mail in a mailbox
32 \fB/usr/lib/mail.local\fR [\fB-f\fR \fIsender\fR] [\fB-d\fR] \fIrecipient\fR
38 \fBmail.local\fR reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it
39 to each user's mail file (mailbox). This program is intended to be used by
40 \fBsendmail\fR(1M) as a mail delivery agent for local mail. It is not a user
44 Messages are appended to the user's mail file in the \fB/var/mail\fR directory.
45 The user must be a valid user name.
48 Each delivered mail message in the mailbox is preceded by a "Unix From line"
49 with the following format:
52 \fBFrom\fR \fIsender_address\fR \fItime_stamp\fR
55 The \fIsender_address\fR is extracted from the \fBSMTP\fR envelope address (the
56 envelope address is specified with the \fB-f\fR option).
59 A trailing blank line is also added to the end of each message.
62 The mail files are locked with a \fB\&.lock\fR file while mail is appended.
65 The mail files are created with mode \fB660\fR, owner is set to
66 \fIrecipient\fR, and group is set to \fBmail\fR. If the ``biff'' service is
67 returned by \fBgetservbyname\fR(3SOCKET), the biff server is notified of
68 delivered mail. This program also computes the \fBContent-Length:\fR header
69 which will be used by the mailbox reader to mark the message boundary.
73 The following options are supported:
77 \fB\fB-f\fR \fIsender\fR\fR
80 Specifies the "envelope from address" of the message. This flag is technically
81 optional, but should be used.
90 Specifies the recipient of the message. This flag is also optional and is
91 supported here for backward compatibility. That is, \fBmail.local\fR\fI
92 recipient\fR is the same as \fBmail.local\fR \fB-d\fR \fIrecipient\fR.
101 Turn on \fBLMTP\fR mode.
107 \fB\fB-r\fR \fIfrom\fR\fR
110 Specify the sender's name (for backward compatibility).
119 Do not advertise 8BITMIME support in \fBLMTP\fR mode.
128 Return a permanent error instead of a temporary error if a mailbox exceeds
135 The following operand is supported:
139 \fB\fIrecipient\fR\fR
142 The recipient of the mail message.
145 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
152 Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
158 The following exit values are returned:
165 Successful operation.
181 \fB\fB/tmp/local.\fR\fIXXXXXX\fR\fR
190 \fB\fB/tmp/lochd.\fR\fIXXXXXX\fR\fR
199 \fB\fB/var/mail/\fR\fIuser_name\fR\fR
208 \fBmail\fR(1), \fBcomsat\fR(1M), \fBsendmail\fR(1M),
209 \fBgetservbyname\fR(3SOCKET), \fBattributes\fR(5)