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Quick links About mail and rmail
Syntax
User commands
Examples
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About mail and rmail
One of the ways that allows you
to read/send E-Mail.
Syntax
Sending
mail [-t] [-w] [ -m message_type ] recipient ...
rmail [-t] [-w] [ -m message_type ] recipient ...
Reading
mail [-e] [-h] [-p] [-P] [-q] [-r] [ -f file ]
Debugging
mail [ -x debug_level ] [ other_mail_options ] recipient
...
| -t |
A To: line is added to the message header for each of the intended recipients. |
| -w |
A letter is sent to a remote recipient without waiting for the completion of the remote transfer program. |
| -m message_type |
A Message-Type: line is added to the message header with the value of
message_type. |
| -e |
Mail is not printed. An exit status of 0 is returned if the user has mail; otherwise, an exit status of 1 is returned. |
| -h |
A window of headers are initially displayed rather than the latest message. The display is followed by the ? prompt. |
| -p |
All messages are printed without prompting for disposition. |
| -P |
All messages are printed with all header lines displayed, rather than the default selective header line display. |
| -q |
mail terminates after interrupts. Normally an
interrupt causes only the termination of the message being printed. |
| -r |
Messages are printed in first-in, first-out order. |
| -f file |
mail uses file (such as mbox) instead of the default
mailfile. |
| -x debug_level |
mail creates a trace file containing debugging information. |
User command
| # |
Display message number |
| - |
Print previous |
| + |
Next (no delete) |
| !command |
Escape to the shell to execut command. |
| <CR> |
Next (no delete) |
| a |
Print message that arrived during the mail
session. |
| d or dp |
Delete the current message and print the next
message. |
| d n |
Delete message number n. Do not go on to next
message. |
| dq |
Delete message and quit mail. |
| h |
Display a window of headers around current
message. |
| h n |
Display a window of headers around message number
n. |
| h a |
Display headers of all messages in the user's
mailfile. |
| h d |
Display headers of messages scheduled for
deletion. |
| m [persons] |
Mail (and delete) the current message to the named persons. |
| n |
Print message number n. |
| p |
Print current message again, overriding any
indications of binary (that is, unprintable) content. |
| P |
Override default brief mode and print current
message again, displaying all header lines. |
| q, or CTRL-D |
Put undeleted mail back in the mailfile and quit
mail . |
| r [users] |
Reply to the sender, and other users, then delete the message. |
| s [files] |
Save message in the named file s (mbox is default) and delete the message. |
| u [n] |
Undelete message number n (default is last read). |
| w [files] |
Save message contents, without any header lines, in the named files (mbox is default) and delete the message. |
| x |
Put all mail back in the mailfile unchanged and
exit mail . |
| y [files] |
Same as -w option. |
| ? |
Print a command summary. |
Examples
mail - Opens the mail program with the first
message in the mail (if applicable).
mail support@computerhope.com - Starts a new
e-mail, sending the e-mail to the support at Computer Hope. When
composing a message to terminate the message type a period ( . ) and
press enter.
Additional information about sending and reading
e-mail in a telnet session, SSH session, and/or at the command line
can be found on document CH000817.
Related commands
chmod
csh
elm
login
mailx
pine
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