fastmail(1)

fastmail(1)

NAME

 

fastmail - quick batch mail interface

 

SYNOPSIS

 

fastmail [-bbcc-list][-ccc-list][-Ccomments] [-ffrom-name][-Ffrom-addr]

[-iin-reply-to]

[-rreply-to][-Rreferences] [-ssubject] ®lename address-list

 

DESCRIPTION

The fastmail command is a simple interface to the mail system that allows you to send a message without the overhead of an interactive mailer. It is particularly ef®cient in batch-processing mail to very large groups of people.

All addresses should be full e-mail addresses, sendmail aliases in the /etc/mail/aliases ®le, or local login names.

Options

fastmail recognizes the following options:

-bbcc-list

Include a Bcc: header entry. Send blind carbon copies to the comma-separated list

 

of addresses in bcc-list.

-ccc-list

Include a Cc: header entry. Send carbon copies to the comma-separated list of

 

addresses in cc-list.

-Ccomments

Include a Comments: header entry with the string value comments.

-d

Debug. Display information on processing steps.

-ffrom-nameReplace the user name in the From: header entry with from-name.

 

If the user is x@y, and the user name is MrX, then the default From: line is:

 

From: x@y (MrX) .

 

The option -f Joe changes it to:

 

From: x@y (Joe)

-Ffrom-addr

Replace the address in the From: header entry with from-addr. In the -fexample

 

above, -F a@b changes the original entry to

 

From: a@b (MrX)

-iin-reply-to

Include the In-Reply-To:header entry with the string value in-reply-to. This is

 

usually used to identify a message that you are replying to.

-rreplyto

Include the Reply-To:header entry with the single address given in replyto. This

 

is the address where replies will usually be sent, instead of to the address given in the

 

From: header entry, very common with mailing lists.

-Rreferences

Include a References: header entry containing the string value references.

-ssubject

Include a Subject: header entry containing the value subject. If this option is

 

omitted, the message is sent without a subject entry.

Operands

fastmail recognizes the following operands:

address-listA list of one or more blank-separated addresses for the To: header line. These are the principal recipients of the message.

filename Either the name of a ®le containing the message, or a dash (-) to read from standard input.

EXAMPLES

A Fully Speci®ed Command

This command has every option speci®ed.

fastmail \

-b "bcc1,bcc2,bcc3,bcc4" \ -C "Just a Comment" \

-c "cc1,cc2,cc3,cc4" \

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