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- This is the mail user agent (MUA)
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- Usage:
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- mail [-s subject] recipient ... [-c recipient ...] [-b receipient ...]
- mail [-f mailbox] [-u user] [-p] [-x debug]
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- s Subject line (if not specified, mail prompts you for the subject)
- c Carbon copies to ... (Cc: line, see askcc option in user RC file)
- b Blind carbon copies to ...
- f Mailbox file to use. Default is <Username> in MailDir (see SystemRC file)
- u Specify User. Default is <UALink$User>
- x Debugging level. Default is <UALink$Debuglevel>
- p Use autoprint option
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- Examples:
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- mail -uroot use mailbox "root" in MailDir (new mail)
- mail -f=mbox use mailbox "mbox" in user home directory of <UALink$User>
- (the = means "user home dir")
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