MAIL.MAILUTILS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: January 2022
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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
: 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 © 2007-2022 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.