MAIL.LOCAL(8) System Manager's Manual MAIL.LOCAL(8) mail.local - (SYNOPSIS) mail.local [-Ll] [-f from] user ... (DESCRIPTION) mail.local (EOF) mail user . user . : -f from . -L spool username.lock . -l username.lock . ( .) "From " . "From " . . (`>') "From " . mail.local spool 1777 755 . 755 username.lock . 1777 spool NFS . spool . spool (quota) . 1777 755 spool . flock(2) . -L username.lock . biff(1) getservbyname(3) biff . (ENVIRONMENT) TZ . (FILES) /tmp/local.XXXXXXXXXX /var/mail/user (EXIT STATUS) The mail.local utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. (SEE ALSO) biff(1), mail(1), flock(2), getservbyname(3), comsat(8), smtpd(8) (HISTORY) (superset) mail.local ( ) Version 7 AT&T UNIX mail(1) . (BUGS) /var/mail sendmail(8) MTA mail.local . . mail.local sendmail(8) . sendmail(8) . smtpd(8) . sendmail(8) /var/mail (mailer flag) "m" `local' (unset) . "Mlocal" /etc/mail/sendmail.cf "m" "F=" . mailer (override) : define(`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS', `rn9S')dnl ".mc" ( /etc/mail/sendmail.cf) . Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 September 16, 2014 Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64