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2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
13.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
14.\" without specific prior written permission.
15.\"
16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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26.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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28.\" @(#)mail6.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
29.\"
30.bp
31.sh 1 "Command line options"
32.pp
33This section describes command line options for
34.i Mail
35and what they are used for.
36.ip \-N
37Suppress the initial printing of headers.
38.ip \-d
39Turn on debugging information. Not of general interest.
40.ip "\-f file\ \ "
41Show the messages in
42.i file
43instead of your system mailbox. If
44.i file
45is omitted,
46.i Mail
47reads
48.i mbox
49in your home directory.
50.ip \-i
51Ignore tty interrupt signals. Useful on noisy phone lines, which
52generate spurious RUBOUT or DELETE characters. It's usually
53more effective to change your interrupt character to control\-c,
54for which see the
55.i stty
56shell command.
57.ip \-n
58Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc. Not generally useful, since
59/etc/mail.rc is usually empty.
60.ip "\-s string"
61Used for sending mail.
62.i String
63is used as the subject of the message being composed. If
64.i string
65contains blanks, you must surround it with quote marks.
66.ip "\-u name"
67Read
68.i names's
69mail instead of your own. Unwitting others often neglect to protect
70their mailboxes, but discretion is advised. Essentially,
71.b "\-u user"
72is a shorthand way of doing
73.b "\-f /var/mail/user".
74.ip "\-v"
75Use the
76.b \-v
77flag when invoking sendmail. This feature may also be enabled
| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
13.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
14.\" without specific prior written permission.
15.\"
16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
26.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
27.\"
28.\" @(#)mail6.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
29.\"
30.bp
31.sh 1 "Command line options"
32.pp
33This section describes command line options for
34.i Mail
35and what they are used for.
36.ip \-N
37Suppress the initial printing of headers.
38.ip \-d
39Turn on debugging information. Not of general interest.
40.ip "\-f file\ \ "
41Show the messages in
42.i file
43instead of your system mailbox. If
44.i file
45is omitted,
46.i Mail
47reads
48.i mbox
49in your home directory.
50.ip \-i
51Ignore tty interrupt signals. Useful on noisy phone lines, which
52generate spurious RUBOUT or DELETE characters. It's usually
53more effective to change your interrupt character to control\-c,
54for which see the
55.i stty
56shell command.
57.ip \-n
58Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc. Not generally useful, since
59/etc/mail.rc is usually empty.
60.ip "\-s string"
61Used for sending mail.
62.i String
63is used as the subject of the message being composed. If
64.i string
65contains blanks, you must surround it with quote marks.
66.ip "\-u name"
67Read
68.i names's
69mail instead of your own. Unwitting others often neglect to protect
70their mailboxes, but discretion is advised. Essentially,
71.b "\-u user"
72is a shorthand way of doing
73.b "\-f /var/mail/user".
74.ip "\-v"
75Use the
76.b \-v
77flag when invoking sendmail. This feature may also be enabled
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79.pp
80The following command line flags are also recognized, but are
81intended for use by programs invoking
82.i Mail
83and not for people.
84.ip "\-T file"
85Arrange to print on
86.i file
87the contents of the
88.i article-id
89fields of all messages that were either read or deleted.
90.b \-T
91is for the
92.i readnews
93program and should NOT be used for reading your mail.
94.ip "\-h number"
95Pass on hop count information.
96.i Mail
97will take the number, increment it, and pass it with
98.b \-h
99to the mail delivery system.
100.b \-h
101only has effect when sending mail and is used for network mail
102forwarding.
103.ip "\-r name"
104Used for network mail forwarding: interpret
105.i name
106as the sender of the message. The
107.i name
108and
109.b \-r
110are simply sent along to the mail delivery system. Also,
111.i Mail
112will wait for the message to be sent and return the exit status.
113Also restricts formatting of message.
114.pp
115Note that
116.b \-h
117and
118.b \-r ,
119which are for network mail forwarding, are not used in practice
120since mail forwarding is now handled separately. They may
121disappear soon.
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80The following command line flags are also recognized, but are
81intended for use by programs invoking
82.i Mail
83and not for people.
84.ip "\-T file"
85Arrange to print on
86.i file
87the contents of the
88.i article-id
89fields of all messages that were either read or deleted.
90.b \-T
91is for the
92.i readnews
93program and should NOT be used for reading your mail.
94.ip "\-h number"
95Pass on hop count information.
96.i Mail
97will take the number, increment it, and pass it with
98.b \-h
99to the mail delivery system.
100.b \-h
101only has effect when sending mail and is used for network mail
102forwarding.
103.ip "\-r name"
104Used for network mail forwarding: interpret
105.i name
106as the sender of the message. The
107.i name
108and
109.b \-r
110are simply sent along to the mail delivery system. Also,
111.i Mail
112will wait for the message to be sent and return the exit status.
113Also restricts formatting of message.
114.pp
115Note that
116.b \-h
117and
118.b \-r ,
119which are for network mail forwarding, are not used in practice
120since mail forwarding is now handled separately. They may
121disappear soon.
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