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MHMAIL(1)						MHMAIL(1)

NAME
       mhmail - send or read mail

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

DESCRIPTION
       mhmail  is  intended  as	 a  replacement	 for the standard
       Berkeley mail program (mail(1) or mailx(1)), which is com-
       patible with nmh.  This program is intended for the use of
       programs such as cron(1), which expect to send mail  auto-
       matically  to  various  users.  It is also used by various
       nmh  commands  to  mail	 various   error   notifications.
       Although	 mhmail	 can  be used interactively, it is recom-
       mended that comp(1) and send(1) be used	instead	 to  send
       messages.

       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 standard 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  speci-
       fied user.

       The  `-subject subject'	switch can be used to specify the
       "Subject:" field of the message.

       By default, mhmail will read the message to be  sent  from
       the  standard input.  You can specify the text of the mes-
       sage at the command line with the `-body text' switch.  If
       the  standard  input has zero length, mhmail will not send
       the message.  You can use the switch `-body ""'	to  force
       an empty message.

       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.

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

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       None

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				1

MHMAIL(1)						MHMAIL(1)

SEE ALSO
       inc(1), post(8)

DEFAULTS
       None

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

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				2

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