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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
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- SYNOPSIS
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- OPTIONS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- EXAMPLES
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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