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Co-authored-by: Dylan <145150333+dmmqz@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Wiktor Perskawiec <wiktor@perskawiec.cc>
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# mail
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> Operate on the user's mailbox.
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> To send an email the message body is built from `stdin`.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/mail>.
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- Open an interactive prompt to check personal mail:
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`mail`
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- Send a typed email message with optional CC. The command-line below continues after pressing `<Enter>`. Input message text (can be multiline). Press `<Ctrl d>` to complete the message text:
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`mail --subject "{{subject line}}" {{to_user@example.com}} --cc "{{cc_email_address}}"`
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- Send an email that contains file content:
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`mail --subject "{{$HOSTNAME filename.txt}}" {{to_user@example.com}} < {{path/to/filename.txt}}`
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- Send a `tar.gz` file as an attachment:
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`tar cvzf - {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2}} | uuencode {{data.tar.gz}} | mail --subject "{{subject_line}}" {{to_user@example.com}}`
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- Display help:
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`mail {{[-h|--help]}}`
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