-a Specify additional header fields on the command line such as "X-Loop: foo@bar" etc. You have to
use quotes if the string contains spaces. This argument may be specified more than once, the
headers will then be concatenated.
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-b bcc-addr
Send blind carbon copies to bcc-addr.
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-c cc-addr
Send carbon copies to list of users. cc-addr should be a comma separated list of names.
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-d Causes mail to output all sorts of information useful for debugging mail.
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-E Don't send messages with an empty body.
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-f [file]
Read in the contents of your mailbox (or the specified file) for processing; when you quit, mail
writes undeleted messages back to this file.
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-I Forces mail to run in interactive mode, even when input is not a terminal. In particular, the
special ~ command character, used when sending mail, is only available interactively.
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-i Ignore tty interrupt signals. This is particularly useful when using mail on noisy phone lines.
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-N Inhibits initial display of message headers when reading mail or editing a mail folder.
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-n Inhibits reading /etc/mail.rc upon startup.
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-s subject
Specify subject on command line (only the first argument after the -s flag is used as a subject; be
careful to quote subjects containing spaces).
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-u user
Equivalent to:
$ mail -f /var/mail/user
except that locking is done.
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-v Verbose mode. The details of delivery are displayed on the user's terminal.
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