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=FILE
              attach FILE

       -a, --append=HEADER: VALUE append given header to the message being sent

       --[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=COMMAND
              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=ADDRESS
              use address as the return address when sending mail

       -s, --subject=SUBJ
              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=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
       corresponding 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 © 2007-2023 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.