5 .TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
7 mhmail \- send or read mail
28 is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
33 which is compatible with
35 This program is intended for the use of programs such as
37 which expect to send mail automatically to various
38 users. It is also used by various
40 commands to mail various
41 error notifications. Although
43 can be used interactively,
44 it is recommended that
48 be used instead to send messages.
50 When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes
52 to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop. When one or more users
53 is specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to
59 name of the temporary file as its argument to deliver the message to
65 switch can be used to specify the
66 \*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
70 will read the message to be sent from the
71 standard input. You can specify the text of the message at the command
75 switch. If the standard input has zero
78 will not send the message. You can use the switch
80 \*(lq\*(rq to force an empty message.
82 Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq
85 switch is used, all addresses following it are
86 placed in the \*(lqcc:\*(rq field.
91 you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of
94 will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
100 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
101 ^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
102 ^%libdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message
103 ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
117 context changes occur.