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NAME

       mail - process mail messages

SYNOPSIS

       mail.mailutils [OPTION...] [address...]
       mail.mailutils [OPTION...] -f [OPTION...] [file]
       mail.mailutils [OPTION...] --file [OPTION...] [file]
       mail.mailutils [OPTION...] --file=file [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       GNU mail -- process mail messages.  If -f or --file is given, mail operates on the mailbox named by the first argument, or the user's mbox,
       if no argument given.

       -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, --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, -r, --print, --read
	      print all mail to standard output

       -q, --quit
	      cause interrupts to terminate program

       -s, --subject=SUBJ
	      send a message with the given SUBJECT

       -t, --to
	      precede message by a list of addresses

       -u, --user=USER
	      operate on USER's mailbox

       --tls[=BOOL]
	      enable TLS support

	      Common options

       --config-file=FILE, --rcfile=FILE
	      load this configuration file

       --config-help
	      show configuration file summary

       --config-lint, --rcfile-lint
	      check configuration file syntax and exit

       --config-verbose, --rcfile-verbose
	      verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

       --no-site-config, --no-site-rcfile
	      do not load site configuration file

       --no-user-config, --no-user-rcfile
	      do not load user configuration file

       --set=PARAM=VALUE
	      set configuration parameter

       --show-config-options
	      show compilation options

	      Global debugging settings

       --debug-level=LEVEL
	      set Mailutils debugging level

       --debug-line-info
	      show source info with debugging messages

       --license
	      print license and exit

       -?, --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.
       Please  note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailu-
       tils upstream authors.

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								     May 2011								   MAIL(1)