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mailx

Send and receive mail. More information: https://manned.org/mailx.
  • Send mail (the content should be typed after the command, and ended with Ctrl+D):
    mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}
  • Send mail with content passed from another command:
    echo "{{content}}" | mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}
  • Send mail with content read from a file:
    mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}} < {{content.txt}}
  • Send mail to a recipient and CC to another address:
    mailx -s "{{subject}}" -c {{cc_addr}} {{to_addr}}
  • Send mail specifying the sender address:
    mailx -s "{{subject}}" -r {{from_addr}} {{to_addr}}
  • Send mail with an attachment:
    mailx -a {{path/to/file}} -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}

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