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.TH MAIL.LOCAL 8 "Apr 11, 1997"
.SH NAME
mail.local \- store mail in a mailbox
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/lib/mail.local\fR [\fB-f\fR \fIsender\fR] [\fB-d\fR] \fIrecipient\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBmail.local\fR reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it
to each user's mail file (mailbox). This program is intended to be used by
\fBsendmail\fR(8) as a mail delivery agent for local mail. It is not a user
interface agent.
.sp
.LP
Messages are appended to the user's mail file in the \fB/var/mail\fR directory.
The user must be a valid user name.
.sp
.LP
Each delivered mail message in the mailbox is preceded by a "Unix From line"
with the following format:
.sp
.LP
\fBFrom\fR \fIsender_address\fR \fItime_stamp\fR
.sp
.LP
The \fIsender_address\fR is extracted from the \fBSMTP\fR envelope address (the
envelope address is specified with the \fB-f\fR option).
.sp
.LP
A trailing blank line is also added to the end of each message.
.sp
.LP
The mail files are locked with a \fB\&.lock\fR file while mail is appended.
.sp
.LP
The mail files are created with mode \fB660\fR, owner is set to
\fIrecipient\fR, and group is set to \fBmail\fR. If the ``biff'' service is
returned by \fBgetservbyname\fR(3SOCKET), the biff server is notified of
delivered mail. This program also computes the \fBContent-Length:\fR header
which will be used by the mailbox reader to mark the message boundary.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR \fIsender\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Specifies the "envelope from address" of the message. This flag is technically
optional,  but should be used.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Specifies the recipient of the message. This flag is also optional and is
supported here for backward compatibility. That is, \fBmail.local\fR\fI
recipient\fR is the same as \fBmail.local\fR \fB-d\fR \fIrecipient\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Turn on \fBLMTP\fR mode.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-r\fR \fIfrom\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Specify the sender's name (for backward compatibility).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-7\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Do not advertise 8BITMIME support in \fBLMTP\fR mode.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-b\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Return a permanent error instead of a temporary error if a mailbox exceeds
quota.
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The following operand is supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIrecipient\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
The recipient of the mail message.
.RE

.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBTZ\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
.RE

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Successful operation.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB>0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
An error occurred.
.RE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/tmp/local.\fR\fIXXXXXX\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
temporary files
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/tmp/lochd.\fR\fIXXXXXX\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
temporary files
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/var/mail/\fR\fIuser_name\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 23n
user's mail file
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR mail (1),
.BR getservbyname (3SOCKET),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR comsat (8),
.BR sendmail (8)