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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)mail6.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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.\"
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.bp
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.sh 1 "Command line options"
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.pp
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This section describes command line options for
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.i Mail
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and what they are used for.
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.ip \-N
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Suppress the initial printing of headers.
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.ip \-d
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Turn on debugging information. Not of general interest.
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.ip "\-f file\ \ "
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Show the messages in
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.i file
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instead of your system mailbox. If
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.i file
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is omitted,
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.i Mail
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reads
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.i mbox
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in your home directory.
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.ip \-i
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Ignore tty interrupt signals. Useful on noisy phone lines, which
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generate spurious RUBOUT or DELETE characters. It's usually
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more effective to change your interrupt character to control\-c,
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for which see the
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.i stty
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shell command.
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.ip \-n
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Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc. Not generally useful, since
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/etc/mail.rc is usually empty.
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.ip "\-s string"
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Used for sending mail.
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.i String
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is used as the subject of the message being composed. If
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.i string
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contains blanks, you must surround it with quote marks.
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.ip "\-u name"
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Read
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.i names's
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mail instead of your own. Unwitting others often neglect to protect
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their mailboxes, but discretion is advised. Essentially,
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.b "\-u user"
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is a shorthand way of doing
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.b "\-f /var/mail/user".
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.ip "\-v"
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Use the
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.b \-v
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flag when invoking sendmail. This feature may also be enabled
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by setting the the option "verbose".
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.pp
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The following command line flags are also recognized, but are
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intended for use by programs invoking
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.i Mail
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and not for people.
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.ip "\-T file"
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Arrange to print on
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.i file
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the contents of the
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.i article-id
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fields of all messages that were either read or deleted.
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.b \-T
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is for the
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.i readnews
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program and should NOT be used for reading your mail.
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.ip "\-h number"
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Pass on hop count information.
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.i Mail
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will take the number, increment it, and pass it with
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.b \-h
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to the mail delivery system.
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.b \-h
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only has effect when sending mail and is used for network mail
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forwarding.
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.ip "\-r name"
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Used for network mail forwarding: interpret
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.i name
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as the sender of the message. The
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.i name
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and
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.b \-r
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are simply sent along to the mail delivery system. Also,
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.i Mail
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will wait for the message to be sent and return the exit status.
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Also restricts formatting of message.
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.pp
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Note that
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.b \-h
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and
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.b \-r ,
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which are for network mail forwarding, are not used in practice
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since mail forwarding is now handled separately. They may
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disappear soon.
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