1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY mailx-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/heirloom/mailx-&mailx-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY mailx-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY mailx-md5sum "c13c24db8fb5f5d10b7ad148647f9909">
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10 | <!ENTITY mailx-size "269 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY mailx-buildsize "3.2 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY mailx-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="mailx" xreflabel="Heirloom mailx-&mailx-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="mailx.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>Heirloom mailx-&mailx-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="mailx">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-Heirloom-mailx">Heirloom mailx</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to Heirloom mailx</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>Heirloom mailx</application> package (formerly
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33 | known as the <application>Nail</application> package) contains
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34 | <command>mailx</command>, a command-line Mail User Agent derived from
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35 | Berkeley Mail which is intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX
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36 | <command>mailx</command> command with additional support for MIME messages,
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37 | IMAP (including caching), POP3, SMTP, S/MIME, message threading/sorting,
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38 | scoring, and filtering. <application>Heirloom mailx</application> is
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39 | especially useful for writing scripts and batch processing.</para>
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40 |
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41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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42 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mailx-download-http;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mailx-download-ftp;"/></para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mailx-md5sum;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem><para>Download size: &mailx-size;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mailx-buildsize;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Estimated build time: &mailx-time;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </itemizedlist>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Heirloom mailx Dependencies</bridgehead>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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65 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> or
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66 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (for IMAP GSSAPI
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68 | authentication), and an
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69 | <xref linkend="server-mail"/></para>
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70 |
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71 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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72 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mailx"/></para>
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73 |
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74 | </sect2>
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75 |
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76 | <sect2 role="installation">
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77 | <title>Installation of Heirloom mailx</title>
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78 |
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79 | <para>Install <application>Heirloom mailx</application> by running the
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80 | following commands.</para>
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81 |
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82 | <screen><userinput>make SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail</userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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85 |
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86 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
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87 |
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88 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr UCBINSTALL=/usr/bin/install install &&
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89 | ln -v -sf mailx /usr/bin/mail &&
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90 | ln -v -sf mailx /usr/bin/nail &&
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91 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/mailx-&mailx-version; &&
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92 | install -v -m644 README mailx.1.html /usr/share/doc/mailx-&mailx-version;</userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | </sect2>
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95 |
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96 | <sect2 role="commands">
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97 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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98 |
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99 | <para><command>make SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail</command>: This changes the
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100 | default MTA path of <command>/usr/lib/sendmail</command>.</para>
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101 |
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102 | <para><command>make PREFIX=/usr UCBINSTALL=/usr/bin/install
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103 | install</command>: This changes the default installation path of
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104 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/local</filename> and the default
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105 | <command>install</command> command path of
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106 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/ucb</filename>.</para>
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107 |
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108 | </sect2>
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109 |
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110 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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111 | <title>Configuring Heirloom mailx</title>
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112 |
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113 | <sect3 id="mailx-config">
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114 | <title>Config Files</title>
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115 |
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116 | <para><filename>/etc/nail.rc</filename>, <filename>~/.mailrc</filename>
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117 | and <filename>~/.nailrc</filename></para>
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118 |
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119 | <indexterm zone="mailx mailx-config">
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120 | <primary sortas="e-etc-nail.rc">/etc/nail.rc</primary>
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121 | </indexterm>
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122 |
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123 | <indexterm zone="mailx mailx-config">
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124 | <primary sortas="e-AA.mailrc">~/.mailrc</primary>
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125 | </indexterm>
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126 |
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127 | <indexterm zone="mailx mailx-config">
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128 | <primary sortas="e-AA.nailrc">~/.nailrc</primary>
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129 | </indexterm>
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130 |
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131 | </sect3>
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132 |
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133 | </sect2>
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134 |
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135 | <sect2 role="content">
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136 | <title>Contents</title>
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137 |
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138 | <segmentedlist>
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139 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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140 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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141 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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142 |
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143 | <seglistitem>
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144 | <seg>mail, mailx and nail</seg>
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145 | <seg>None</seg>
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146 | <seg>None</seg>
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147 | </seglistitem>
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148 | </segmentedlist>
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149 |
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150 | <variablelist>
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151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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154 |
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155 | <varlistentry id="mailx-prog">
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156 | <term><command>mailx</command></term>
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157 | <listitem>
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158 | <para>is a command-line mail user agent compatible with the
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159 | <command>mailx</command> command found on commercial Unix
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160 | versions.</para>
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161 | <indexterm zone="mailx mailx-prog">
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162 | <primary sortas="b-mailx">mailx</primary>
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163 | </indexterm>
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164 | </listitem>
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165 | </varlistentry>
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166 |
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167 | <varlistentry id="mail-mailx">
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168 | <term><command>mail</command></term>
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169 | <listitem>
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170 | <para>is a symbolic link to <command>mailx</command>.</para>
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171 | <indexterm zone="mailx mail-mailx">
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172 | <primary sortas="g-mail">mail</primary>
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173 | </indexterm>
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174 | </listitem>
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175 | </varlistentry>
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176 |
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177 | <varlistentry id="nail-mailx">
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178 | <term><command>nail</command></term>
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179 | <listitem>
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180 | <para>is a symbolic link to <command>mailx</command>.</para>
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181 | <indexterm zone="mailx nail-mailx">
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182 | <primary sortas="g-nail">nail</primary>
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183 | </indexterm>
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184 | </listitem>
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185 | </varlistentry>
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186 | </variablelist>
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187 |
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188 | </sect2>
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189 |
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190 | </sect1>
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