Nail-10.5

Introduction to Nail

The Nail package contains a command-line Mail User Agent that is compatible with the mail command available in commercial Unix versions. The mail command is useful for writing scripts.

Package information

Installation of Nail

Install Nail by running the following commands. (Note: If you would like nail to be linked against openssl , add --with-opensslto the configure command mentioned below.)

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install &&
ln -sf nail /usr/bin/mail

Configuring Nail

Config files

/etc/nail.rc

Contents

The Nail package contains nail , a program compatible with mail found on commercial Unix versions.

Description

nail

nail is a command-line mail user agent.