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Date:      31 Aug 2005 17:09:23 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        John Larson <johnwlarson3rd@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd Mailing <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: mail
Message-ID:  <44slwp6cfw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050831204633.68350.qmail@web34214.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050831204633.68350.qmail@web34214.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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John Larson <johnwlarson3rd@yahoo.com> writes:

> how do I make mail read the mail. I can read mail
> using mail -f mail. mail being a file that is created
> when mail is sent to a specific user. I have set the
> folder in the home directory .mailrc. what other
> changes do I need to make.

According to "man mail", it should respect the MAIL environment
variable.  [The default, /var/mail, is where sendmail leaves messages
unless you specifically configure mail to be put elsewhere.]



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