Problem with mail utility on linux

 
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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Problem with mail utility on linux
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Old 04-19-2012
I got this done using -I option will mail on linux.

-I option forces mail to act interactively.

Quote:
mail -I abc@xyz.com <<EOF
~s Subject of this email
~c abc@xyz.com

This is the subject
EOF
The redhat linux I use is 5.6.
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CLAWS-MAIL-EXTRA-PLUGINS(1)				      General Commands Manual				       CLAWS-MAIL-EXTRA-PLUGINS(1)

NAME
claws-mail-extra-plugins -- Claws Mail extra plugins meta package. DESCRIPTION
claws-mail-extra-plugins is a meta package for installing all extra plugins for the Claws Mail mailer. See below for the corresponding manpages of each installed plugin. SEE ALSO
claws-mail-acpi-notifier (1), claws-mail-attach-remover (1), claws-mail-cache-saver (1), claws-mail-etpan-privacy (1), claws-mail-feeds- reader (1), claws-mail-fetchinfo-plugin (1), claws-mail-html2-viewer (1), claws-mail-maildir-plugin (1), claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin (1), claws-mail-multi-notifier (1), claws-mail-newmail-plugin (1), claws-mail-perl-filter (1), claws-mail-smime-plugin (1), claws-mail-vcalen- dar-plugin (1), claws-mail-synce-plugin (1), claws-mail-attach-warner (1), claws-mail (1). http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php (link to URL http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php) AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ricardo Mones mones@debian.org for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. CLAWS-MAIL-EXTRA-PLUGINS(1)