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.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
mhmail \- send mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B mhmail
.IR addrs ...
.RB [ \-body
.IR text ]
.RB [ \-cc
.IR addrs ...]
.RB [ \-from
.IR addr ]
.RB [ \-subject
.IR subject ]
.RB [ \-Version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mhmail
is intended as an
.BR mmh -compatible
replacement for the standard Berkeley
mail program
.RB ( mail
or
.BR mailx ).
This program is intended for the use of programs such as
.BR cron ,
which expect to send mail automatically to various
addresses.  It is also used by various
.B nmh
commands to mail various
error notifications.
Although
.B mhmail
can be used interactively,
it is recommended that
.B comp
and
.B send
be used instead to send messages.
.PP
When one or more addresses
are specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to
a temporary file.
.B mhmail
then invokes
.B spost
to deliver the message.
.PP
.B mhmail
can not be used for mal reading. Use
.BR inc ,
.BR scan ,
.B show
instead.
.PP
The
.B \-subject
.I subject
switch can be used to specify the
\*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
.PP
By default,
.B mhmail
will read the message to be sent from the
standard input.  You can specify the text of the message at the command
line with the
.B \-body
.I text
switch.  If the standard input has zero
length,
.B mhmail
will not send the message.  You can use the switch
.B \-body
\*(lq\*(rq to force an empty message.
.PP
Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq
field.  If the
.B \-cc
switch is used, all addresses following it are
placed in the \*(lqCc:\*(rq field.
.PP
By using
.B \-from
.IR addr ,
you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of
the draft.  Naturally,
.B post
will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
header correctly.

.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/BigFileName  'u
^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
.fi

.SH "SEE ALSO"
inc(1), scan(1), show(1), post(8)

.SH DEFAULTS
None

.SH CONTEXT
None