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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=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 <[email protected]>.
      GNU Mailutils home page: <http://mailutils.org>
      General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
      Copyright  ©  2007-2022  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 pack‐
      age 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.

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