mailx, mail, Mail — Interactive Message Processing System

Synopsis

mailx [-BdeHiInNUvV~][-f [file|+folder]][-T file][-u user] 
mailx [-BdFintUv~][-b bcc][-c cc][-h number][-r address][-s subject] 
  recipient... 
/usr/ucb/mail... 
/usr/ucb/Mail...

Description

The mail commands listed above provide a comfortable, flexible environment for sending and receiving mail messages electronically.

When mail is being read, the mail commands facilitate saving, deleting, and responding to messages. When mail is being sent, the mail commands enable editing, reviewing, and other modification of the message as you enter it.

Incoming mail for each user is stored in a standard file, called the mailbox. When the mail commands are called to read messages, the mailbox ...

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