The details of delivery are displayed on the user's terminal.Įnable tilde escapes even if not in interactive mode. u user Reads the mailbox of the given user name.
The message to be sent is expected to contain a message header with 'To:', 'Cc:', or 'Bcc:' fields giving its recipients. T name Writes the 'Message-Id:' and 'Article-Id:' header fields of each message read in the file name. Sets the internal option variable and, in case of a string option, assigns value to it. s subject Specify subject on command line (only the first argument after the -s flag is used as a subject be careful to quote subjects containing This option exists for compatibility only it is recommended to set the The -rĪddress options are passed to the mail transfer agent unless SMTP is used. Overrides any from variable specified in environment or startup files. q file Start the message with the contents of the specified file. Inhibits the initial display of message headers when reading mail or editing a mail folder. This option should be activated for mailx scripts that are invoked on more than one machine, because theĬontents of that file may differ between them. Inhibits reading /etc/mail.rc upon startup. Shows the 'Newsgroup:' or 'Article-Id:' fields in the header summary. This is particularly useful when using mailx on noisy phone lines. This option has no effect when SMTP is used for sending mail. h hops Invoke sendmail with the specified hop count. Print header summaries for all messages and exit. Save the message to send in a file named after the local part of the first recipient's address. The string file is handled as described for the folder command below. Read in the contents of the user's mbox (or the specified file) for processing when mailx is quit, it writes undeleted messages back to this file. This is useful for sending messages from scripts started by cron(8). Skipemptybody variable at program startup. If an outgoing message does not contain any text in its first or only message part, do not send it but discard it silently, effectively setting the If yes, return an exit status of zero, else, a non-zero value. Just check if mail is present in the system mailbox. Unlike -v, this option is intended for mailx development only. Start in disconnected mode see the description for the disconnected variable option.Įnables debugging messages and disables the actual delivery of messages. c address Send carbon copies to list of users. List should be a comma-separated list of names. b address Send blind carbon copies to list. Make standard input and standard output line-buffered. a file Attach the given file to the message. A name Executes an account command (see below) for name after the startup files have been read. Is also usable as a mail batch language, both for sending and receiving mail. Mailx provides enhanced features for interactive use, such as caching and disconnected operation for IMAP, message threading, scoring, and filtering. On Berkeley Mail 8.1, is intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX mailx command, and offers extensions for MIME, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and S/MIME. Mailx is an intelligent mail processing system, which has a command syntax reminiscent of ed(1) with lines replaced by messages. * Please note that there are many flavors of UNIX, so if in doubt, consult your man pages.Mailx If message has not been sent after n network connections, do not send message.Īddress is the return address for mail messages. Save message in a file called the name of the first recipient. Send mail to users without waiting for a remote transfer program to finish. Exit status is 0 if mail exists and 1 if mail does not exist.Ĭonvert uucp-type addresses to Internet format.ĭisplay a "Message-type:" line at the heading of the message, followed by type.ĭisplay a "To:" line at the heading of the message with the names of the recipients.
The syntax for the mail command is: mail Options for reading mail OptionĬheck if mail exists.
If users has a value, then it allows you send mail to those users. If users is left blank, it allows you to read mail. The mail command allows you to read or send mail.
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