From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 06:42:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD6D1065672 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:42:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497828FC12 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:42:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SuHmR-00070s-Ca; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:39 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SuHmR-0003fL-2C; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:39 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q6Q6gceP035120; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q6Q6gb3G035119; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:37 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201207260642.q6Q6gb3G035119@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mexas@bristol.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <201207260037.q6Q0bl9b086604@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: Subject: Re: mail(1) save command does not work as in the man page X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:42:40 -0000 From bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com Thu Jul 26 02:58:29 2012 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:37:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mexas@bristol.ac.uk Subject: Re: mail(1) save command does not work as in the man page > > Any comments? This is the 'standard'/*EXPECTED* behavior of 'mail', and has been, since the early 1980s. (I still use 'mail' as my standard mail client'.) If invoked _without_ specifying a maibox, 1) mail that is written to another mailbox is deleted from the inbox on exit. 2) mail that was read, but _not_ written/deleted is saved to 'mbox'. If invoked *WITH* '-f', messages are not deleted/moved on exit. you must _explicitly_ perform any desired actions. You've found a bug in the _documentation_, not the progam. :) ok, I might make a patch for mail.1 when I have the time. Thanks