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MAIL.MAILUTILS

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

mail.mailutils - process mail messages

SYNOPSIS

mail.mailutils [ OPTION ...] [ address ...]
mail.mailutils [ OPTION ...] [ OPTION ...] [ file ]
mail.mailutils [ OPTION ...] --file [ OPTION ...] [ file ]
mail.mailutils [ OPTION ...] --file=file [ OPTION ...]

DESCRIPTION

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 , --attach = FILE

attach FILE

-a , --append = HEADER : VALUE append given header to the message being sent

--[no-]alternative

force multipart/alternative content type

--attach-fd = FD

attach from file descriptor FD

--content-filename = NAME

set the Content-Disposition filename parameter for the next --attach option

--content-name = NAME

set the Content-Type name parameter for the next --attach option

--content-type = TYPE

set content type for subsequent --attach options

-E , --exec = COMMAND

execute COMMAND

-e , --exist

return true if mail exists

--encoding = NAME

set encoding for subsequent --attach options

-F , --byname

save messages according to sender

-H , --headers

write a header summary and exit

-i , --ignore

ignore interrupts

-M , --[no-]mime

compose MIME messages

-N , --nosum

do not display initial header summary

-n , --norc

do not read the system mailrc file

-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

--[no-]skip-empty-attachments

skip attachments with empty body

-t , --to

read recipients from the message header

-u , --user = USER

operate on USER’s mailbox

Global debugging settings

--debug-level = LEVEL

set Mailutils debugging level

--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages

-M , --mailer = MAILER

use specified URL as the default mailer

Configuration handling

--config-file = FILE

load this configuration file; implies --no-config

--config-lint

check configuration file syntax and exit

--config-verbose

verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

--no-config

do not load site and user configuration files

--no-site-config

do not load site-wide configuration file

--no-user-config

do not load user configuration file

--set = PARAM=VALUE

set configuration parameter

Informational options

--config-help

show configuration file summary

--show-config-options

show compilation options

-?, --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.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.
GNU Mailutils home page: <http://mailutils.org>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2024 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.