mail — Operate on the user's mailbox. To send an email the message body is built from `stdin`. More informa

Open an interactive prompt to check personal mail

mail

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

mail --subject "{{subject line}}" {{to_user@example.com}} --cc "{{cc_email_address}}"

Send an email that contains file content

mail < {{path/to/file.txt}} --subject "{{$HOSTNAME filename.txt}}" {{to_user@example.com}}

Send a `.tar.gz` file as an attachment

tar cvzf - {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2}} | uuencode {{data.tar.gz}} | mail --subject "{{subject_line}}" {{to_user@example.com}}

Display help

mail {{[-h|--help]}}