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Commands Reference, Volume 5
Sends a message.
send [ File
... | { -draft | -nodraftfolder | -draftfolder +Folder | -draftmessage Message } ] [ -alias File ] [ -format | -noformat
] [ -nomsgid | -msgid ] [ -nofilter
| -filter File ] [ -nopush | -push
] [ -forward | -noforward ] [ -noverbose | -verbose
] [ -nowatch | -watch ]
The send command routes
messages through the mail delivery system. If the delivery fails, the
send command displays an error message. By default,
From: and Date: fields are added to each
specified message. Unless a $SIGNATURE environment variable
or signature: profile entry exists, the send
command places the sender's address in the From:
field.
The send command puts
the current date in the Date: field. If the
dist command calls the send command, the send
command adds Resent- to the From:,
Date:, and Message-ID: fields.
After successful delivery, the
send command removes messages from active status by renaming
them. The system renames messages by prefacing the current message
number with a , (comma). Inactive files are unavailable to the Message
Handler (MH) package. However, system commands can still manipulate
inactive files. Until you use the send command again, you
can retrieve an inactive file.
| -alias File
| Specifies a mail alias file to be searched. Three MH profile
entries are required to use MH aliases:
ali: -alias Aliases
send: -alias Aliases
whom: -alias Aliases
where Aliases is the file to
be searched. The default alias file is
/etc/mh/MailAliases.
|
| -draft
| Uses the current draft message if no file is specified. Without
this flag and when no file is specified, the send command asks the
user if the current draft message is the one to use.
|
| -draftfolder
+Folder
| Specifies the draft folder that contains the draft message to be
sent. The -draftfolder +Folder flag followed by a
Message parameter is the same as specifying the
-draftmessage flag.
|
| -draftmessage
Message
| Specifies the message to be sent. You can use one of the following
message references as the value of the Message parameter:
- Number
- Number of the message.
- cur or .
(period)
- Current message. This is the default.
- first
- First message in a folder.
- last
- Last message in a folder.
- next
- Message following the current message.
- prev
- Message preceding the current message.
|
| -filter File
| Uses the format instructions in the specified file to reformat copies of
the message sent to the recipients listed in the Bcc:
field.
|
| -format
| Puts all recipient addresses in a standard format for the delivery
transport system. This flag is the default.
|
| -forward
| Adds a failure message to the draft message and returns it to the sender
if the send command fails to deliver the draft. This flag is
the default.
|
| -help
| Lists the command syntax, available switches (toggles), and version
information.
Note: For MH, the name of this flag must be fully spelled
out.
|
| -msgid
| Adds a message-identification component (such as
Message-ID:) to the message.
|
| -nodraftfolder
| Undoes the last occurrence of the -draftfolder
+Folder flag. This flag is the default.
|
| -nofilter
| Removes the Bcc: header field from the message for
recipients listed in the To: and cc:
fields. The flag then sends the message with minimal headers to
recipients listed in the Bcc: field. This flag is the
default.
|
| -noformat
| Prevents alteration of the format of the recipient addresses.
|
| -noforward
| Prevents return of the draft message to the sender if delivery
fails.
|
| -nomsgid
| Prevents addition of a message-identification component. This flag
is the default.
|
| -nopush
| Runs the send command in the foreground. This flag is
the default.
|
| -noverbose
| Prevents display of information during the delivery of the message to the
sendmail command. This flag is the default.
|
| -nowatch
| Prevents display information during delivery by the sendmail
command. This flag is the default.
|
| -push
| Runs the send command in the background. The
send command does not display error messages on the terminal if
delivery fails. Use the -forward flag to return messages to
you that are not delivered.
|
| -verbose
| Displays information during the delivery of the message to the
sendmail command. This information allows you to monitor the
steps involved in sending mail.
|
| -watch
| Displays information during the delivery of the message by the
sendmail command. This information allows you to monitor the
steps involved in sending mail.
|
The following entries are entered
in the UserMhDirectory/.mh_profile file:
| Draft-Folder:
| Sets the default folder for drafts.
|
| mailproc:
| Specifies the program used to post failure notices.
|
| Path:
| Specifies the user's MH directory.
|
| postproc:
| Specifies the program used to post messages.
|
| Signature:
| Sets the mail signature.
|
To send a draft message that is in
your $HOME/Mail/draft file, enter:
send
The system responds with a message
similar to the following:
Use "/home/david/Mail/draft"?
If you enter yes, the
draft message is sent, and you are returned to the shell prompt. In
this example, the name of the $HOME directory is
/home/david.
| $HOME/.mh_profile
| Specifies the MH user profile.
|
| /usr/bin/send
| Contains the send command.
|
The ali command, comp
command, dist command, forw command, post command, sendmail command, spost command.
The .mh_alias file format, .mh_profile file format.
Mail Overview
in AIX 5L Version 5.1 System User's Guide:
Communications and Networks.
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