mhmail(1mh) mhmail(1mh)
Name
mhmail - send or read mail
Syntax
mhmail [ addrs ... ] [ options ]
Description
The program is intended as a replacement for the standard mail programs, and See and for more details of these mail programs. When invoked
without arguments, it simply invokes 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. then invokes with the name of the temporary file as its argument to
deliver the message to the specified user.
Normally, people will use and to send messages.
Options
-body text
Specifies the text of the message. If it is specified, then the standard input is not read.
-cc addrs Specifies addresses to be placed in the cc: field of the message.
-from addr
Specifies the content of the From: header of the draft. The address given is placed in the From: field of the message. The
Sender: field is filled in correctly by
-help Prints a list of the valid options for this command.
-mts smtp Specifies the mail system over which mail is sent. The only value allowed is smtp, which is the standard ULTRIX mail system.
Additional values are supported only for use with other mail systems.
-subject text
Provides the text of the Subject: field of the message.
Restrictions
Messages with a null body part will not be sent by You must include some body text in all messages to be sent by
For this version, the -mts option only supports the value smtp. Additional values are supported for use only with other mail systems.
Files
Program to incorporate a maildrop into a folder.
Program to deliver a message.
Temporary copy of message.
See Also
inc(1mh), post(8mh)
mhmail(1mh)