---
name: "maddr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mblaze"
version: "1.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/maddr"
---

# maddr(1)

extract mail addresses from messages

## NAME

**maddr** – extract mail addresses from messages

## SYNOPSIS

**maddr** \[**-ad**\] \[**-h** *headers*\] \[*msgs ...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**maddr** prints, separated by newlines, all mail addresses found in the *headers* of the specified *msgs*. (See [mmsg(7)](/mmsg/7.md) for the message argument syntax.)

If no *msgs* are specified and **maddr** is used interactively, **maddr** will operate on the current sequence by default. Otherwise, **maddr** will read filenames from the standard input.

The options are as follows:

- **-a**

  Only print the addr-spec address, not the display name.

- **-d**

  Only print the display name.

- **-h** *headers*

  Only search the colon-separated list of *headers* for mail addresses. Default: ‘from:sender:reply-to:to:cc:bcc:’ and their respective ‘resent-’ variants, if any.

## EXIT STATUS

The **maddr** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[mmsg(7)](/mmsg/7.md)

## AUTHORS

Leah Neukirchen ⟨*leah@vuxu.org*⟩

## LICENSE

**maddr** is in the public domain.

To the extent possible under law, the creator of this work has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.

**http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/**