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

# mdeliver(1)

deliver messages or import mbox file

## NAME

**mdeliver** – deliver messages or import mbox file

## SYNOPSIS

**mdeliver** \[**-c**\] \[**-v**\] \[**-X** *flags*\] *dir* \< *message*

**mdeliver** **-M** \[**-c**\] \[**-v**\] \[**-X** *flags*\] *dir* \< *mbox*

## DESCRIPTION

**mdeliver** adds a message given on the standard input as a new message in the maildir *dir*.

When **-M** is used, **mdeliver** will regard the standard input as an MBOXRD mailbox, split it on “From ” and deliver each message, decoding it according to the MBOXRD convention. **mdeliver** will set the mtime according to the value of ‘Date:’ and the maildir flags according to the value of ‘Status:’ or ‘X-Status:’.

The messages are delivered in a reliable way and use the default [umask(2)](/umask/2.md).

Please note that no syntactical checks are performed on the messages.

The options are as follows:

- **-M**

  Deliver each message of an mbox.

- **-c**

  Deliver messages into *cur/*, not *new/* (the default).

- **-v**

  Print each new message filename after delivery.

- **-X** *flg*

  Override the flags of the new message file to be *flg*.

## EXIT STATUS

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

## SEE ALSO

[mexport(1)](/mexport/1.md), [mrefile(1)](/mrefile/1.md), [maildir(5)](/maildir/5.md), [mbox(5)](/mbox/5.md)

*MBOXRD Email Format:* **http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000385.shtml**

*Using maildir format:* **https://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html**

## AUTHORS

Leah Neukirchen ⟨*leah@vuxu.org*⟩

## LICENSE

**mdeliver** 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/**