MHMAIL(1)           RISC/os Reference Manual            MHMAIL(1)



NAME
     mhmail - send or read mail

SYNOPSIS
     mhmail [ addrs ... [-body text] [-cc addrs ...]
          [-from addr] [-subject subject]] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
     MHmail is intended as a replacement for the standard Bell
     mail program (bellmail (1)), compatible with MH.  When
     invoked without arguments, it simply invokes inc (1) to
     incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.  When one
     or more users is specified, a message is read from the stan-
     dard input and spooled to a temporary file.  MHmail then
     invokes post (8) with the name of the temporary file as its
     argument to deliver the message to the specified user.

     The `-subject subject' switch can be used to specify the
     "Subject:" field of the message.  The `-body text' switch
     can be used to specify the text of the message; if it is
     specified, then the standard input is not read.  Normally,
     addresses appearing as arguments are put in the "To:" field.
     If the `-cc' switch is used, all addresses following it are
     placed in the "cc:" field.

     By using `-from addr', you can specify the "From:" header of
     the draft.  Naturally, post will fill-in the "Sender:"
     header correctly.

     This program is intended for the use of programs such as
     at (1), which expect to send mail automatically to various
     users.  Normally, real people (as opposed to the "unreal"
     ones) will prefer to use comp (1) and send (1) to send mes-
     sages.

FILES
     /usr/new/mh/inc                   Program to incorporate a maildrop into a folder
     /usr/new/lib/mh/post              Program to deliver a message
     /tmp/mhmail*                      Temporary copy of message

PROFILE COMPONENTS
     None

SEE ALSO
     inc(1), post(8)

DEFAULTS
     None

CONTEXT
     If inc is invoked, then inc's context changes occur.




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