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Sending mail
To send a message:
mail [-s <subject>] <address> [< <file>]
or
echo -n "here is my message" | mail [-s <subject>] <address>
To send the contents of a file as an email message,
mail -s "Test" sccmarti@indiana.edu < test_file.txt
Reading mail
To read mail: Type "mail" at the command line. You will see a list of available messages. Type a number to read a particular message, or type return to view them in sequence.
- To see a list of all messages, type "
f *" - To delete message number 2: "
d 2" - Type "
exit" to leave without saving changes. - Type "
q" to quit, saving changes.