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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting mailx requirement - email body header in bold and data content in normal text Post 302411295 by bakunin on Thursday 8th of April 2010 07:07:48 AM
Old 04-08-2010
Just in case:

mail is (per some RFCs) intended to be plain-text. The fact that Outlook or similar crap-programs ignore this and send mail in HTML, .doc or whatever fancy format there is (and usually a f*cked-up version of that fancy format, not even a clear version of it), is just that: the violation of a set standard.

There is the MIME standard for such cases, when a mail has several parts attached to it in different formats, but the mail body itself - as per RFC 822 - is intentionally plain-text.

Instead of seeking ways to use tools outside their specification and bend standardized protocols to work in a non-standardized way better find ways to educate your users. If you want headers to display in bold find a way to make your mail program display this way instead of inserting obtrusive code-parts into a meant-to-be plain text document. Change your applications instead of tinkering with the interfaces and protocols in between.

bakunin
 

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mhmail

MHMAIL(1)							     [nmh-1.5]								 MHMAIL(1)

NAME

       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 or mailx), which is compatible with nmh.  This program is
       intended for the use of programs such as cron, which expect to send mail automatically to various users.  It is also used  by  various  nmh
       commands  to  mail  various  error  notifications.  Although mhmail can be used interactively, it is recommended that comp and send be used
       instead to send messages.

       When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes inc 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 with the name of the tempo-
       rary file as its argument to deliver the message to the specified 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 message 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/mh/inc		  Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
       /usr/lib/mh/post 	  Program to deliver a message
       /tmp/mhmail*		  Temporary copy of message

SEE ALSO

       inc(1), post(8)

DEFAULTS

       None

CONTEXT

       If inc is invoked, then inc's context changes occur.

MH.6.8								   11 June 2012 							 MHMAIL(1)
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