Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:22:32 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Heffner <mheffner@novacoxmail.com> To: Munehiro Matsuda <haro@h4.dion.ne.jp> Cc: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linking mail to mailx Message-ID: <XFMail.20011227132232.mheffner@novacoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20011228003028I.haro@h4.dion.ne.jp>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 27-Dec-2001 Munehiro Matsuda wrote: | From: Mike Heffner <mheffner@novacoxmail.com> | Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 01:46:31 -0500 (EST) |::Does anyone have any objections to linking mail to mailx? While our |::mail(1) is not 100% compliant to POSIX mailx requirements, it has |::support |::for a large portion of the required options and I'm in the process of |::implementing the rest of the required options. Currently, both OpenBSD |::and |::NetBSD install mail as mailx as well. |:: |::Thanks, |:: |::Mike | | Hello Mike, | | How different from ports/mail/mailx? | I thought ports/mail/mailx was also based on BSD mail command. | The mail/mailx port appears to be a subset of the -current version of mail(1). I think the mailx port added some options for specifying bcc addresses and added some tilde escapes, but these have since been added to -current mail(1) Mike -- Mike Heffner <mheffner@[acm.]vt.edu> Fredericksburg, VA <mikeh@FreeBSD.org> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8K2boFokZQs3sv5kRAlsEAJ90JjLtcL31qQOEHEXoI66mk0INPACfRdR4 Hh8VEGU0wLPE/z9vT52uh9I= =rVk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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