mail.mailutils - process mail messages
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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.
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.
Name
mail.mailutils - process mail messages
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/>
See Also
The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-doc package
is installed, the command
infomailutils
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.
FSF March 2025 MAIL.MAILUTILS(1)
Synopsis
mail.mailutils [OPTION...] [address...]
mail.mailutils [OPTION...] [OPTION...] [file]
mail.mailutils [OPTION...] --file [OPTION...] [file]
mail.mailutils [OPTION...] --file=file [OPTION...]
