This is an example of how mail is displayed.
Mail version SMI 4.0 Thu Oct 11 12:59:09 PDT 1990 Type ? for help.
"/usr/spool/mail/fred": 5 messages 2 new 1 unread
* 1 F.Bloggs@@ed Wed Jun 1 14:22 108/4120 using mail
2 Scott@@ucl.cs Wed Jun 1 20:17 37/1648 RFI
U 3 colin Fri Jun 3 11:37 43/1372 usability testing
>N 4 karen@@ed.music Fri Jun 3 11:54 16/365 meeting
N 5 jcarr@@ed.lfcs Sun Jun 5 18:29 19/391 Re:Using mail
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Each message has a number, followed by information about that message. At the beginning of each line is a status indicator:
> the current message U message has not been read N this is a new message * message has been saved (blank) message has been read but not saved