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Document startup behaviour of mail(1).

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PR:		docs/1577
Submitted by:	Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>
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Joseph Koshy 1999-11-08 03:54:37 +00:00
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@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ Is equivalent to:
.Pp
.Dl mail -f /var/mail/user
.El
.Ss Startup actions
At startup time
.Nm
will execute commands in the system command files
.Pa /usr/share/misc/mail.rc ,
.Pa /usr/local/etc/mail.rc
and
.Pa /etc/mail.rc
in order, unless explicitly told not to by the use of the
.Fl n
option.
Next, the commands in the user's personal command file
.Pa ~/.mailrc
are executed.
.Nm
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
To send a message to one or more people,
.Nm mail