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From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste)
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Subject: Re: "Return-Receipt-To:" and Mail/mailx
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Date: 26 Sep 88 17:22:02 GMT
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In-reply-to: ehrlich@blitz's message of 26 Sep 88 13:55:19 GMT

ehrlich@blitz writes:
   For anybody who uses /use/ucb/mail (I am not sure about SV) one can
   create a file named .mailcf in one's home directory...
   ...
   This bit of magic was shown to me by one of the other systems
   programmers here. I have not delved into the source for /usr/ucb/mail
   to figure out what else can go in to this file or what other magic can
   be done.

The use of the ~/.mailcf file is not a function of /usr/ucb/[Mm]ail;
rather, it's a function of sendmail.  [Mm]ail's (mailx') configuration
is based entirely in ~/.mailrc.  ~/.mailcf is in the same format
(including your header example) as /usr/lib/sendmail.cf.

--Karl