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45 is the server process which receives reports of incoming mail
46 and notifies users if they have requested this service.
48 receives messages on a datagram port associated with the
55 The one line messages are of the form:
57 .Dl user@mailbox-offset[:mailbox-name]
61 specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has
62 the owner execute bit turned on (by a
66 is used as a seek offset into the appropriate mailbox file and
67 the first 7 lines or 560 characters of the message are printed
68 on the user's terminal. Lines which appear to be part of
69 the message header other than the
75 lines are not included in the displayed message.
79 specified is logged in to the system and the associated terminal has
80 the group execute bit turned on (by a
82 two bell characters (ASCII \\007) are printed on the user's terminal.
84 If mailbox-name omitted, standard mailbox assumed.
86 .Bl -tag -width /var/mail/user -compact
88 to find out who's logged on and on what terminals
96 The message header filtering is prone to error.
97 The density of the information presented is near the theoretical minimum.
99 Users should be notified of mail which arrives on other
100 machines than the one to which they are currently logged in.
102 The notification should appear in a separate window so it
103 does not mess up the screen.