---
name: "xfmail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xfmail"
version: "1.5.5-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xfmail"
---

# xfmail(1)

XForms based mailer application

## NAME

XFMail - XForms based mailer application

## SYNTAX

**xfmail** \[ *options* \] \[ *address* , *address* \]

## DESCRIPTION

*XFMail* is an X11 application for managing electronic mail. It was created using the *XForms* library toolkit by T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars.

Three different types of mailboxes (folders) are supported:\
  \- standard unix mailbox (elm-style)\
  \- MH (compatible with mhtools)\
  \- IMAP (located on IMAP4 or IMAP4rev1 servers)

XFMail supports the POP, SMTP, and IMAP e-mail protocols and has full MIME support.

PGP encryption/decryption is supported through an external PGP utility.

See Help/Contents in the main menu for more info.

## OPTIONS

- The command line options/arguments are:

  - ***address***

  Send mail to  *address.*

- **-help**

  Display help message

- **-display *display***

  This option specifies the X server to contact.

- **-geometry *geom***

  This option specifies the size and/or location of the window.

- **-private**

  Use private colormap

- **-standard**

  Use standard colormap

- **-shared**

  Use shared colormap

- **-double**

  Enable double buffering

- **-bw *width***

  Set controls border width (-3 ... 3)

- **-iconic**

  Start iconized

- **-readonly**

  Run in readonly mode. Changes to configuration files will not be saved. More than one copy of XFMail can be started from the same account.

- **-cfgfile *\<file\>***

  Use \<file\> instead of .xfmailrc (Can be also set through XFMAILRC environment variable)

- **-cfgdir *\<dir\>***

  Set XFMail configuration directory to \<dir\> instead of ~/.xfmail/ (Can be also set through XFMAILDIR environment variable)

- **-compose**

  Go directly into message composer (this mode is choosed automatically if any \<addrs\> are specified)

- **-message *\<file\>***

  Use \<file\> as message text (- for stdin)

- **-withhdr**

  Signifies that \<file\> used with -message contains message header as well

- **-subject , -s *\<subject\>***

  Specify message subject (be careful to quote subjects containing spaces.)

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The following environment variables affect the execution of *XFMail*:

- **XFMAILRC**

  The location of .xfmailrc configuration file (default is ~/.xfmail/.xfmailrc)

- **XFMAILDIR**

  The directory which holds XFMail configuration files (default is ~/.xfmail/)

- **USER**

  Your username

- **HOME**

  Your home directory

## SEE ALSO

[xforms(5)](/xforms/5.md), X(1), RFC822\
 See *http://www.xfmail.org* for more details

## AUTHOR

Copyright : (C) 1995-1998 Gennady B. Sorokopud (gena@NetVision.net.il)\
             (C) 1995 Ugen. J. S. Antsilevich (ugen@latte.worldbank.org)\
             (C) 1998-2004 by the Archimedes Project