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On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:17:50AM +0800, Chow, Lilian TW wrote:

> Here is the my command
> > /bin/mail -a "From: Lilian Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"  -s "Subject:
> hello"
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
> and return errors are like these:
> /bin/mail: invalid option -- a

I guess the error message says it all ...

> Usage: mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ...
>             [- sendmail-options ...]
>        mail [-iInNv] -f [name]
>        mail [-iInNv] [-u user]

The mail command printed a standard "usage" messsage as a clue - these
are the options available. Maybe reading the manpage for mail will
help.

Sameer.
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