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By default, Sendmail delivers to local mailboxes by appending new messages to the file /usr/mail/USER.ACCOUNT. Mailbox files will automatically be created if they do not already exist. Each user has direct filesystem read/write access to their own mailbox file. MPE usernames *must* be specified in uppercase when addressing e-mail.

When the mailx program is run without any parameters, it checks to see if there is any new mail in your local mailbox file. A summary of the mailbox contents will be presented, and then you can interact with your messages using a simplistic user interface:
  1. :HELLO USER.ACCOUNT

  2. :XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS -L

  3. shell/iX> mailx
    mailx version MPE/iX Shell and Utilities (A.01.01) May 9 1997 05:04:05 Type ? for help.
    "/usr/mail/USER.ACCOUNT": 1 message 1 new
    >N 1 sender@some.host Mon Oct 29 16:48 22/908 test message

  4. ? help

    
                     mailx commands
      type [msglist]               print messages
      next                         goto and type next message
      edit [message]               edit message
      from [msglist]               print header summary of messages
      delete [msglist]             delete messages
      save [msglist] file          save messages by appending to "file"
      undelete [msglist]           remove deletion mark from messages
      reply [msglist]              reply to messages
      preserve [msglist]           prevent messages from going into MBOX
      unread [msglist]             mark messages as unread
      mail [user ...]              mail to specified users
      quit                         quit, updating MAILBOX and MBOX
      xit                          quit, no updates
      headers                      print page of headers summary
      !command                     escape to shell with "command"
      cd [directory]               change current directory
      list                         complete set of command names
    
    
    The shortest non-ambiguous abbreviation is allowed for commands [msglist] or [message] are optional specifiers for message by subject, author, number, or type. When unspecified, the current message is assumed.

  5. ? type 1

    
      Message  1:
      From sender@some.host Mon Oct 29 16:48:18 2001
      Received: from some.host (IDENT:root@some.host [12.34.56.78])
            by my.host (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id f9U0mGPr46792874
            for <USER.ACCOUNT@my.host>; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:48:17 -0800
      Received: from some.host (some.host [12.34.56.78])
            by some.host (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9U0m8O06413
            for <USER.ACCOUNT@my.host>;
            Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:48:08 -0800
      Message-ID: <3BDDF8C8.15625C@some.host>
      Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:48:08 -0800
      From: John Doe <sender@some.host>
      X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U)
      X-Accept-Language: en,pdf
      MIME-Version: 1.0
      To: Jane Doe <USER.ACCOUNT@my.host>
      Subject: test message
      Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
      Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi there!
      
    

  6. ? delete 1

  7. ? quit




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