# Mailx

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{{Short description|Command-line email client for Unix}}
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'''mailx''' is a [Unix](/source/Unix) utility program for sending and receiving mail, also known as a [Mail User Agent](/source/Mail_User_Agent) program. Being a [console application](/source/console_application) with a command syntax similar to [ed](/source/ed_(text_editor)), it is the [POSIX](/source/POSIX) standardized variant<ref>[http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/mailx.html POSIX standard entry]</ref> of the Berkeley [Mail](/source/mail_(Unix)) utility.<ref>[https://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx_history.html mail, Mail, mailx, nail—history notes]</ref>

== See also ==
* [mail (Unix)](/source/mail_(Unix))

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{man|cu|mailx|SUS}}
* [https://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx_history.html History of mail and mailx] from the [Heirloom Project](/source/Heirloom_Project)
* [http://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/MailXTutorial mailx Tutorial] from the engineering Dpt. at [Purdue University](/source/Purdue_University)
* [http://mailutils.org/manual/html_section/mail.html {{mono|mail}} at GNU Mailutils manual]
* [https://sdaoden.users.sourceforge.net/code-nail.html S-nail {{mono|mailx(1)}} manual]

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Category:Unix SUS2008 utilities
Category:Email client software for Linux
Category:Unix Internet software
Category:Free email software
Category:Console applications
Category:Software using the BSD license

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