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Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide
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Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide

by Daniel J. Barrett
June 2012
Beginner
227 pages
5h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Email Commands

mail

Minimal text-based mail client and command-line mailer.

mailq

View the outgoing mail queue on your system.

If you read email on your Mac, you’re probably using a graphical mail application, such as Mail, or a web-based mail reader. In the Terminal, you can also run some simple, entirely text-based programs for handling email.

Before you can use these programs, your Mac’s mail server software, known as postfix, will need to be configured. This is an advanced task: mail server setup is too complex for this book. If you want to attempt it, the necessary files are located in /etc/postfix. This configuration can vary greatly depending on your mail provider and your network setup. Search the web for “postfix” and the name of your mail provider to locate setup instructions.

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