# MAIL.MAILUTILS - process mail messages - man - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       mail.mailutils - process mail messages

## SYNOPSIS
       **mail.mailutils **[_OPTION_...] [_address_...]
       **mail.mailutils **[_OPTION_...] [_OPTION_...] [_file_]
       **mail.mailutils **[_OPTION_...] _--file_ [_OPTION_...] [_file_]
       **mail.mailutils **[_OPTION_...] _--file=file_ [_OPTION_...]

## DESCRIPTION
       GNU  mail  **--  **process mail messages.  If **-f **or **--file **is given, mail operates on the mailbox
       named by the first argument, or the user's mbox, if no argument given.

### -A --attach
              attach FILE

### -a --append

### --[no-]alternative
              force multipart/alternative content type

       **--attach-fd**=_FD_
              attach from file descriptor FD

       **--content-filename**=_NAME_
              set the Content-Disposition filename parameter for the next **--attach **option

       **--content-name**=_NAME_
              set the Content-Type name parameter for the next **--attach **option

       **--content-type**=_TYPE_
              set content type for subsequent **--attach **options

### -E --exec
              execute COMMAND

### -e --exist
              return true if mail exists

       **--encoding**=_NAME_
              set encoding for subsequent **--attach **options

### -F --byname
              save messages according to sender

### -H --headers
              write a header summary and exit

### -i --ignore
              ignore interrupts

### -M --[no-]mime
              compose MIME messages

### -N --nosum
              do not display initial header summary

### -n --norc
              do not read the system mailrc file

### -p --print --read
              print all mail to standard output

### -q --quit
              cause interrupts to terminate program

### -r --return-address
              use address as the return address when sending mail

### -s --subject
              send a message with the given SUBJECT

### --[no-]skip-empty-attachments
              skip attachments with empty body

### -t --to
              read recipients from the message header

### -u --user
              operate on USER's mailbox

              Global debugging settings

       **--debug-level**=_LEVEL_
              set Mailutils debugging level

       **--[no-]debug-line-info **show source info with debugging messages

              Configuration handling

       **--config-file**=_FILE_
              load this configuration file; implies **--no-config**

### --config-lint
              check configuration file syntax and exit

### --config-verbose
              verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

### --no-config
              do not load site and user configuration files

### --no-site-config
              do not load site-wide configuration file

### --no-user-config
              do not load user configuration file

       **--set**=_PARAM=VALUE_
              set configuration parameter

              Informational options

### --config-help
              show configuration file summary

### --show-config-options
              show compilation options

       -?, **--help**
              give this help list

### --usage
              give a short usage message

### -V --version
              print program version

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corre‐
       sponding short options.

## REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <<bug-mailutils@gnu.org>>.
       GNU Mailutils home page: <<http://mailutils.org>>
       General help using GNU software: <<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2007-2024 Free Software Foundation, inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL  version  3  or
       later <<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the **mailutils-**
       **doc **package is installed, the command

              **info mailutils**

       should give you access to the complete manual.
       You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html>.
       Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian  mailutils  packagers.  Do
       not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.

FSF                                          March 2024                            [_MAIL.MAILUTILS_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MAIL.MAILUTILS/1/markdown)