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.bp .sh 1 "Command line options" .pp This section describes command line options for .i Mail and what they are used for. .ip -N Suppress the initial printing of headers. .ip -d Turn on debugging information. Not of general interest. .ip "-f file " Show the messages in .i file instead of your system mailbox. If .i file is omitted, .i Mail reads .i mbox in your home directory. .ip -i Ignore tty interrupt signals. Useful on noisy phone lines, which generate spurious RUBOUT or DELETE characters. It's usually more effective to change your interrupt character to control-c, for which see the .i stty shell command. .ip -n Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc. Not generally useful, since /etc/mail.rc is usually empty. .ip "-s string" Used for sending mail. .i String is used as the subject of the message being composed. If .i string contains blanks, you must surround it with quote marks. .ip "-u name" Read .i names's mail instead of your own. Unwitting others often neglect to protect their mailboxes, but discretion is advised. Essentially, .b "-u user" is a shorthand way of doing .b "-f /var/mail/user". .ip "-v" Use the .b -v flag when invoking sendmail. This feature may also be enabled by setting the option "verbose". .pp The following command line flags are also recognized, but are intended for use by programs invoking .i Mail and not for people. .ip "-T file" Arrange to print on .i file the contents of the .i article-id fields of all messages that were either read or deleted. .b -T is for the .i readnews program and should NOT be used for reading your mail. .ip "-h number" Pass on hop count information. .i Mail will take the number, increment it, and pass it with .b -h to the mail delivery system. .b -h only has effect when sending mail and is used for network mail forwarding. .ip "-r name" Used for network mail forwarding: interpret .i name as the sender of the message. The .i name and .b -r are simply sent along to the mail delivery system. Also, .i Mail will wait for the message to be sent and return the exit status. Also restricts formatting of message. .pp Note that .b -h and .b -r , which are for network mail forwarding, are not used in practice since mail forwarding is now handled separately. They may disappear soon.
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
.bp .sh 1 "Command line options" .pp This section describes command line options for .i Mail and what they are used for. .ip -N Suppress the initial printing of headers. .ip -d Turn on debugging information. Not of general interest. .ip "-f file " Show the messages in .i file instead of your system mailbox. If .i file is omitted, .i Mail reads .i mbox in your home directory. .ip -i Ignore tty interrupt signals. Useful on noisy phone lines, which generate spurious RUBOUT or DELETE characters. It's usually more effective to change your interrupt character to control-c, for which see the .i stty shell command. .ip -n Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc. Not generally useful, since /etc/mail.rc is usually empty. .ip "-s string" Used for sending mail. .i String is used as the subject of the message being composed. If .i string contains blanks, you must surround it with quote marks. .ip "-u name" Read .i names's mail instead of your own. Unwitting others often neglect to protect their mailboxes, but discretion is advised. Essentially, .b "-u user" is a shorthand way of doing .b "-f /var/mail/user". .ip "-v" Use the .b -v flag when invoking sendmail. This feature may also be enabled by setting the option "verbose". .pp The following command line flags are also recognized, but are intended for use by programs invoking .i Mail and not for people. .ip "-T file" Arrange to print on .i file the contents of the .i article-id fields of all messages that were either read or deleted. .b -T is for the .i readnews program and should NOT be used for reading your mail. .ip "-h number" Pass on hop count information. .i Mail will take the number, increment it, and pass it with .b -h to the mail delivery system. .b -h only has effect when sending mail and is used for network mail forwarding. .ip "-r name" Used for network mail forwarding: interpret .i name as the sender of the message. The .i name and .b -r are simply sent along to the mail delivery system. Also, .i Mail will wait for the message to be sent and return the exit status. Also restricts formatting of message. .pp Note that .b -h and .b -r , which are for network mail forwarding, are not used in practice since mail forwarding is now handled separately. They may disappear soon.