Process mail messages
mail.mailutils [\,OPTION\/...] [\,address\/...]
mail.mailutils [\,OPTION\/...] \,-f \/[\,OPTION\/...] [\,file\/]
mail.mailutils [\,OPTION\/...] \,--file \/[\,OPTION\/...] [\,file\/]
mail.mailutils [\,OPTION\/...] \,--file=file \/[\,OPTION\/...]
GNU mail -- process mail messages. If -f or --file is given, mail operates on the mailbox named by the first argument, or the user's mbox, if no argument given. -a, --append=\,HEADER\/: VALUE append given header to the message being sent
-A, --attach=\,FILE\/
attach FILE
--content-type=\,TYPE\/
set content type for subsequent --attach options
-e, --exist
return true if mail exists
--encoding=\,NAME\/
set encoding for subsequent --attach options
-E, --exec=\,COMMAND\/
execute COMMAND
-F, --byname
save messages according to sender
-H, --headers
write a header summary and exit
-i, --ignore
ignore interrupts
-n, --norc
do not read the system mailrc file
-N, --nosum
do not display initial header summary
-p, --print, --read
print all mail to standard output
-q, --quit
cause interrupts to terminate program
-r, --return-address=\,ADDRESS\/
use address as the return address when sending mail
-s, --subject=\,SUBJ\/
send a message with the given SUBJECT
-t, --to
precede message by a list of addresses
-u, --user=\,USER\/
operate on USER's mailbox
Common options
--config-file=\,FILE\/, --rcfile=\,FILE\/
load this configuration file
--config-help
show configuration file summary
--config-lint, --rcfile-lint
check configuration file syntax and exit
--config-verbose, --rcfile-verbose
verbosely log parsing of the configuration files
--no-site-config, --no-site-rcfile
do not load site configuration file
--no-user-config, --no-user-rcfile
do not load user configuration file
--set=\,PARAM=VALUE\/
set configuration parameter
--show-config-options
show compilation options
Global debugging settings
--debug-level=\,LEVEL\/
set Mailutils debugging level
--debug-line-info
show source info with debugging messages
-?, --help
give this help list
--usage
give a short usage message
-V, --version
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-doc package is installed, the command
info mailutils
should give you access to the complete manual.
You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.
Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.