mhmail - send or read mail
SYNOPSIS
mhmail [ addrs ... [-body text] [-cc addrs ...]
[-from addr] [-subject subject]]
[-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
mhmail is intended as a replacement for the standard
Berkeley mail program (mail(1) or mailx(1)), which is com
patible with nmh. This program is intended for the use of
programs such as cron(1), which expect to send mail auto
matically to various users. It is also used by various
nmh commands to mail various error notifications.
Although mhmail can be used interactively, it is recom
mended that comp(1) and send(1) be used instead to send
messages.
When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes inc(1)
to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
When one or more users is specified, a message is read
from the standard input and spooled to a temporary file.
mhmail then invokes post(8) with the name of the temporary
file as its argument to deliver the message to the speci
fied user.
The `-subject subject' switch can be used to specify the
"Subject:" field of the message.
By default, mhmail will read the message to be sent from
the standard input. You can specify the text of the mes
sage at the command line with the `-body text' switch. If
the standard input has zero length, mhmail will not send
the message. You can use the switch `-body ""' to force
an empty message.
Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the
"To:" field. If the `-cc' switch is used, all addresses
following it are placed in the "cc:" field.
By using `-from addr', you can specify the "From:" header
of the draft. Naturally, post will fill-in the "Sender:"
header correctly.
FILES
/usr/bin/inc Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
/usr/lib/nmh/post Program to deliver a message
/tmp/mhmail* Temporary copy of message
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
inc(1), post(8)
DEFAULTS
None
CONTEXT
If inc is invoked, then inc's context changes occur.
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