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header entry
An entry in the header portion of a message, sometimes called a header ®eld.
incoming mailbox
The mailbox where you receive your mail, usually /var/mail/loginname.
mail directory
The directory, de®ned by the maildir string variable, where a user normally stores mail messages in folders.
mail transport agent (MTA)
The program that sends and receives mail messages to and from other systems. On
mailcap
A ®le that contains information on how to compose and display mail messages that are not just seven- and
metamail
A system program that processes nontext mail messages.
message
In a folder, a sequence of text lines comprised of a message delimiter, a header, and a body. The message delimiter is a line in the form:
From sender date
The header starts after the message delimiter and ends with the ®rst null line. The body begins at the null line and ends at the next message delimiter. A body can have subsections, called attachments or body parts, which have are comprised of a boundary delimiter, a header, and a body. This process can be recursive. See the METAMAIL CONFIGURATION section for more details.
numeric variable
See con®guration variable. sendmail alias database
The alias database, /etc/mail/aliases, that is used by the sendmail MTA to direct local mail.
signature file
A ®le that is appended to your outbound messages, usually containing information about your- self. You can have two signature ®les, one for messages to your local machine and one for other messages. See the localsignature and remotesignature string variables.
string variable
See con®guration variable.
user name
Usually the login or mailbox name of someone you send mail to.
variable
See con®guration variable and environment variable.
FILE MODE
If standard input is connected to a pipe or to a ®le, and an
The output of the previous command in the pipe, or the content of the ®le, is mailed to the members of the
If
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