Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:37 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mexas@bristol.ac.uk Subject: Re: mail(1) save command does not work as in the man page Message-ID: <201207260642.q6Q6gb3G035119@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <201207260037.q6Q0bl9b086604@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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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 <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> 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
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