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3.20.1 Invocation Syntax

Mailutils is a command line tool. Its invocation syntax is:

mailutils [options] command [args]

where options are options that affect the behavior of mailutils as a whole, command instructs it what it is to do and args are any arguments the command needs in order to be executed.

The commands are:

2047

Decodes or encodes email message headers.

acl

Tests Mailutils access control lists.

cflags

Shows compiler options needed to compile with Mailutils.

dbm

Invokes a DBM management tool.

;filter

Applies a chain of filters to the input.

help

Displays a terse help summary.

imap

Invokes an IMAP4 client shell (in development).

info

Displays information about Mailutils compile-time configuration.

ldflags

Constructs a ld(1) command line for linking a program with Mailutils.

logger

Logs information using Mailutils log facility.

pop

Invokes a POP3 client shell.

query

Queries configuration values.

wicket

Scans wicket for matching URLs