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NAME

from - Shows whom mail messages are from  

SYNOPSIS

from [-s sender] [user]

The from command prints out the mail header lines in your mailbox file.
 

OPTIONS

Prints headers for mail sent by sender. Specifies a mail spool directory.

Use this flag if you want to examine a mailbox in a directory other than /usr/spool/mail, which is the system default.
 

DESCRIPTION

If user is specified, then user's mailbox is examined instead of your own.
 

EXAMPLES

To display the message headings in your mailbox, enter: from

The names of the senders and the message dates are displayed. To display the message headings for mail sent by a specific user, enter: from -s dale
Displays only the message headings of the messages sent from user dale. To display the message headings in a specific user's mailbox, enter: from dawn
The message headings from user dawn's mailbox are displayed, provided you have read permission for dawn's mailbox.
 

FILES

User mailbox files.
 

SEE ALSO

Commands:  biff(1), mail(1), mailx(1)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
FILES
SEE ALSO

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