mail.mailutils - process mail messages
mail.mailutils
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mail.mailutils [OPTION...] [OPTION...]
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mail.mailutils [OPTION...] --file
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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 |
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.
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
© 2007-2019 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:
https://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.