mailx

mailx

mailx is a Unix utility program for sending and receiving mail, also known as a Mail User Agent program. It is an improved version of the mail utility.

mailx is a lightweight mail program which has a command syntax similar to ed. Mailx allows a user to send and read email.

Syntax:

 mailx [-s subject] [-a attachment ]  [-r from-addr] to-addr . . .

   -s   subject of email (could be inserted later)

   -r   indicates the email's sender (not a standard argument)

   -a   file to be attached to email (in some versions)

   -a   specify additional header fields (in other versions)

Example:

mailx support@hioxindia.com - Start a new mail message to be sent to support at HIOXINDIA Webhosting company.