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mailutils_2.0+dfsg1-2_i386 
NAME
mail - the standard /usr/bin/mail interface
SYNOPSIS
mail [OPTION...] [address...]
DESCRIPTION
GNU mail -- the standard /usr/bin/mail interface
-a, --append=HEADER: VALUE Append given header to the message being
sent
-e, --exist
Return true if mail exists
-E, --exec=COMMAND
Execute COMMAND
-f, --file[=URL]
Operate on given mailbox URL (default ~/mbox)
-F, --byname
Save messages according to sender
-H, --headers
Write a header summary and exit
-i, --ignore
Ignore interrupts
-n, --norc
Do not read the system mailrc file
-N, --nosum
Do not display initial header summary
-p, --print
Print all mail to standard output
-q, --quit
Cause interrupts to terminate program
-r, --read
Same as -p
-s, --subject=SUBJ
Send a message with a Subject of SUBJ
-t, --to
Precede message by a list of addresses
-u, --user=USER
Operate on USER’s mailbox
--tls[=BOOL]
Enable TLS support
Common options
--config-file=FILE, --rcfile=FILE
Load this configuration file
--config-help
Show configuration file summary
--config-lint, --rcfile-lint
Check configuration file syntax and exit
--config-verbose, --rcfile-verbose
Verbosely log parsing of the configuration files
--no-site-config, --no-site-rcfile
Do not load site configuration file
--no-user-config, --no-user-rcfile
Do not load user configuration file
--show-config-options
Show compilation options
Global debugging settings
--debug-level=LEVEL
Set Mailutils debugging level
--debug-line-info
Show source info with debugging messages
--license
Print license and exit
-?, --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 corresponding short options.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
The complete GNU mailutils manual is not available in Debian systems
due to licensing reasons. You can find this manual online in the GNU
mailutils webpage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.