HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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mailx(1) mailx(1)
MAIL The name of the initial mailbox file to be read. By default, the mailbox is set to
/var/mail/username
. This environment variable overrides the default setting
and causes
mailx to open the mailbox specified by the environment variable.
MAILRC The name of the mailer start-up file. Default is
$HOME/.mailrc.
LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE
and LC_CTYPE influence mailx when the command interpreter (see
the
SHELL environment variable) is invoked. To determine the behavior of
LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE, see the corresponding shell manpage for the applica-
ble command interpreter.
LC_TIME LC_TIME determines the format and contents of the date and time strings displayed.
If LC_TIME is not specified in the environment, or is set to the empty string, the
value of LANG is used as a default. If
LANG is not specified or is set to the empty
string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of
LANG. If any internationaliza-
tion variable contains an invalid setting,
mailx behaves as if all internationalization
variables are set to "C". See environ(5).
TMPDIR When set, the TMPDIR environment variable specifies a directory to be used for tem-
porary files, overriding the default directory /tmp.
International Code Set Support
Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported within mail text. Headers are restricted to charac-
ters 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 recommended.
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, 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
For more information about mailx, also refer to the mailx section in the UNIX 95 standard document
specification.
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