HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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mailx(1) mailx(1)
International Code Set Support
Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported within mail text. Headers are restricted to char-
acters from the 7-bit USASCII character code set (see ascii(5)).
WARNINGS
Where command is shown as valid, arguments are not always allowed. Experimentation is recom-
mended.
Internal variables imported from the execution environment cannot be
unset.
The full internet addressing is not fully supported by
mailx. The new internationalization standards
need some time to settle down.
mail(1), the standard mail delivery program, treats a line consisting solely of a dot (
.) as the end of the
message.
Using two separate mail programs to access the same mail file simultaneously (usually inadvertently
from two separate windows) can cause unpredictable results.
Arguments containing multiple words must be enclosed in quotes. Otherwise they may be interpreted
incorrectly.
FILES
/var/mail/ Post office directory (mode 775, group ID mail)
/var/mail/user System mailbox for user (mode 660, owned by user, group ID mail)
$HOME/.mailrc Personal start-up file
/usr/share/lib/mailx.rc
Global start-up file
$HOME/mbox Secondary storage file
/tmp/R[emqsx]* Temporary files
SEE ALSO
chsh(1), echo(1), ed(1), lp(1), ls(1), mail(1), more(1), pg(1), sh(1), vi(1), passwd(4), shells(4), ascii(5),
environ(5), lang(5)
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
mailx: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
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