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tldr/pages/common/mail.md
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mail: add interactive example (#14221)
Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-10-16 12:32:06 +05:30

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# mail
> The command operates on the user's mailbox if no argument is given.
> To send an email the message body is built from `stdin`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/mail>.
- 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 --subject="{{$HOSTNAME filename.txt}}" {{to_user@example.com}} < {{path/to/filename.txt}}`
- 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}}`