Mailx help

mailx is a command-line email client that allows you to send and receive email messages. Here are some basic commands and options to get you started:

Sending Email

• mailx -s "Subject" [email protected] : Send an email with a subject and a blank body.
• mailx -s "Subject" [email protected] < message.txt : Send an email with a subject and a message body from a file.
• mailx -c : Compose a new email message.

Receiving Email

• mailx : Check for new email messages and display them.
• mailx -f : Check for new email messages and display them, then exit.
• mailx -u : Check for new email messages and display them, then delete them.

Managing Email

• mailx -d : Delete a message.
• mailx -r : Reply to a message.
• mailx -f : Forward a message.
• mailx -s : Save a message to a file.

Options

• -a : Attach a file to an email message.
• -b : Set the body of an email message.
• -c : Compose a new email message.
• -d : Delete a message.
• -f : Check for new email messages and display them, then exit.
• -h : Help.
• -i : Ignore errors.
• -l : List email messages.
• -r : Reply to a message.
• -s : Set the subject of an email message.
• -t : Set the recipient of an email message.
• -u : Check for new email messages and display them, then delete them.

Examples

• mailx -s "Hello" [email protected] : Send an email with the subject "Hello" to [email protected].
• mailx -s "Hello" [email protected] < message.txt : Send an email with the subject "Hello" and a message body from a file named message.txt to [email protected].
• mailx -f : Check for new email messages and display them, then exit.
• mailx -d 1 : Delete the first email message.

Note: The exact syntax and options may vary depending on the version of mailx you are using.