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Mail
is an enhanced version of standard /bin/mail
program.
As well as its predecessor, it can be used either in sending mode or
in reading mode. Mail
enters sending mode when one or more
email addresses were specified in this command line. In this mode the
program waits until user finishes composing the message, then attempts
to send it to the specified addresses and exits.
See Composing Mail, for a detailed description of this behavior.
If the command line contained no email addresses, mail
switches
to reading mode. In this mode it allows to read and manipulate the
contents of a mailbox. The URL of the mailbox to operate upon is
taken from the argument of --file
command line option. If it
is not specified, the user's system mailbox is assumed. For more
detail, see Reading Mail.