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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/mail/mail.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 index a9d50159403..2bae2ad8d46 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.11 1998/06/25 07:29:05 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.12 1998/07/16 06:05:18 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -1040,10 +1040,17 @@ utilizes the and .Ev USER environment variables. +.Pp +If the +.Ev MAIL +environment variable is set, its value is used as the path to the +user's mail spool. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/mail.*help -compact .It Pa /var/mail/* -Post office. +Post office (unless overridden by the +.Ev MAIL +environment variable). .It ~/mbox User's old mail. .It ~/.mailrc @@ -1064,6 +1071,7 @@ System initialization file. .Xr vacation 1 , .Xr aliases 5 , .Xr mailaddr 7 , +.Xr mail.local 8 , .Xr sendmail 8 and .Rs |