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NAME

mail - the standard /usr/bin/mail interface

SYNOPSIS

mail [OPTION...] [address...]

DESCRIPTION

GNU mail -- the standard /usr/bin/mail interface

-a, --append=HEADER: VALUE Append given header to the message being sent

-e, --exist

Return true if mail exists

-E, --exec=COMMAND

Execute COMMAND

-f, --file[=URL]

Operate on given mailbox URL (default ~/mbox)

-F, --byname

Save messages according to sender

-H, --headers

Write a header summary and exit

-i, --ignore

Ignore interrupts

-n, --norc

Do not read the system mailrc file

-N, --nosum

Do not display initial header summary

-p, --print

Print all mail to standard output

-q, --quit

Cause interrupts to terminate program

-r, --read

Same as -p

-s, --subject=SUBJ

Send a message with a Subject of SUBJ

-t, --to

Precede message by a list of addresses

-u, --user=USER

Operate on USER's mailbox

Common options

--license

Print license and exit

--external-locker=PATH Set full path to the external locker program

--lock-expire-timeout=SECONDS

Number of seconds after which the lock expires

--lock-flags=FLAGS

Default locker flags (E=external, R=retry, T=time, P=pid)

--lock-retry-count=NUMBER

Set the maximum number of times to retry acquiring the lockfile

--lock-retry-timeout=SECONDS

Set timeout for acquiring the lockfile

-m, --mail-spool=URL

Use specified URL as a mailspool directory

--mailbox-type=PROTO

Default mailbox type to use

--tls[=BOOL]

Enable TLS support

-?, --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.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

The complete GNU mailutils manual is not available in Debian systems due to licensing reasons. You can find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.