On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Martin Neitzel <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Is there a command that can be entered at the '&' prompt to compose a new
> > message? Or, do you have to exit mailx and start over? ​
>
> Straight from the horse's mouth:
>
>      mail    (m) Takes as argument login names and distribution group names
>              and sends mail to those people.
>
>      Reply   (R) Reply to originator.  Does not reply to other recipients
> of
>              the original message.
>
>      reply   (r) Takes a message list and sends mail to the sender and all
>              recipients of the specified message.  The default message must
>              not be deleted.
>
> The phrase "login names and distribution group names" is essentially
> from pre-network times.  You should substitute "email addresses" for
> "login names".
>
>                                                         Martin
>

​Thank you. I'm struggling somewhat with the man page's archaic language​.
=)

Here, I tried to compose a message with a carbon copy and failed:

& m root ~h Cc:lab
Subject: Test 5
Testing the Cc: command.
.
EOT
Cc:lab contains invalid character ':'
No child processes
"/home/lab/dead.letter" 1/25
. . . message not sent.
&

I believe I understand how to do it in the body of the message, as follows:

& m root
Subject: Test 5a
Second try.
~lab
Unknown tilde escape.
~h cc:lab
To: root
Cc: lab
Bcc:
Subject: Test 5a
(continue)
EOT

Is there a way to add a 'cc' or 'bcc' on the '& m [address]' line?
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