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-'\"macro stdmacro
-.if n .pH g1.notify %W% of %G%
-.nr X
-.if \nX=0 .ds x} notify 1 "Essential Utilities" "\&"
-.if \nX=1 .ds x} notify 1 "Essential Utilities"
-.if \nX=2 .ds x} notify 1 "" "\&"
-.if \nX=3 .ds x} notify "" "" "\&"
-.TH \*(x}
-.SH NAME
-\f4notify\f1 \- notify user of the arrival of new mail
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-\f4notify\fP \f4\-y\fP [ \f4\-m\fP \f2mailfile\fP ]
-.br
-\f4notify\fP [ \f4\-n\fP ]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-When a new mail message arrives,
-the \f4mail\fP command first checks if the recipient's mailbox indicates
-that the message is to be forwarded elsewhere (to some other recipient or
-as the input to some command).
-\f4notify\fP is used to set up forwarding on the user's mailbox so that the new
-message is saved into an alternative mailbox and,
-if the user is currently logged in,
-he or she is notified immediately of the arrival of new mail.
-.PP
-Command-line options are:
-.sp .5
-.PD 0
-.TP 12
-\f4\-m\f2\0mailfile\f1
-File to save mail messages into while automatic notification is activated.
-If not specified, it defaults to \f2$HOME/.mailfile\fP.
-.TP
-\f4\-n\f1
-Remove mail notification facility
-.TP
-\f4\-y\f1
-Install mail notification facility
-.PD
-.PP
-If invoked with no arguments,
-\f4notify\fP reports whether automatic mail notification is activated or not.
-.PP
-The notification is done by looking in \f4/etc/utmp\f1 to
-determine if the recipient is currently logged in,
-and if so, on which terminal device.
-Then the terminal device is opened for writing and the user is notified about
-the new message.
-The notification will indicate who the message is from.
-If the message contains a \f4Subject:\fP header line it will be included.
-(For security, all unprintable characters within the header will be converted
-to an exclamation point.)
-.PP
-If the user is logged in multiple times he or she will get multiple
-notifications, one per terminal.
-To disable notifications to a particular login session,
-the \f4mesg\fP(1) command can be used to disable writing
-to that terminal.
-.PP
-If there are multiple machines connected together via RFS or NFS,
-\f4notify\f1 will look up the \f4/etc/utmp\fP files on the other systems as
-well.
-To do this, the file \f4/etc/mail/notify.sys\f1 will be
-consulted, which will contain two columns, the first being the name of a
-system and the second being a path to find the root filesystem for that
-machine.
-.PP
-If \f4notify\fP has troubles delivering the mail to the specified mailfile,
-\f4notify\fP
-will look up the directory of the mailfile in \f4/etc/mail/notify.fsys\fP.
-If the file's directory is found in the first column of the file, the mail will be
-forwarded to the system listed in the second column instead of being returned
-to the sender.
-.SH FILES
-.PD 0
-.TP 18
-\f4/tmp/notif\f1\(**
-temporary file
-.TP 18
-\f4/var/mail/\f1\(**
-users' standard mailboxes
-.TP 18
-\f4/usr/lib/mail/notify2\f1
-program that performs the notification
-.TP 18
-\f4/etc/mail/notify.fsys\f1
-list of file systems and home systems
-.TP 18
-\f4/etc/mail/notify.sys\f1
-list of machines and paths to their root filesystems
-.TP 18
-\f4/etc/utmp\f1
-list of users who are logged in
-.PD
-.SH SEE ALSO
-\f4mail\fP(1), \f4mesg\fP(1).
-.br
-.IR "User\'s Guide" .
-.br
-.ne 8
-.SH NOTES
-Because \f4notify\fP uses the ``\f4Forward to \(bv\f2command\f1'' facility of
-\f4mail\fP to implement notifications,
-\f4/var/mail/\f2username\f1 should not be specified as the place
-to put newly arrived messages via the \f4\-m\fP invocation option.
-The \f4mail\fP command uses
-\f4/var/mail/\f2username\f1 to hold either mail messages,
-\f4or\fP indications of mail forwarding,
-but not both simultaneously.
-.PP
-If the user is using \f4layers\fP(1),
-the notification will \f4only\fP appear in the \f4login\fP window.
-.\"@(#)notify.1 1.2
-.Ee