Problem with mail utility on linux

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Hi,

I am facing problem with "mail" utility on redhat linux.

If I use ~c in a file and use that file as imput to mail, the mail is not sent to the adrress after ~c. Instead ~c apears in the mail content itself.

$ mail a@mycompany.com < temp
$ cat temp
~c abc@mycompany.com
this is test mail
$

Now my mail content will be

~c abc@mycompany.com
this is test mail

Any help how I can use ~c using mail?
On solaris/HP I use mailx to achieve same functionality.
My sysadmin told that mailx is not availble in linux. When he installed mailx package, mail got installed.

thanks,
Ashish

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you should use

mail -v user@company.com
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Some mail programs, have a special option, like -l or -~ to allow for tilde-escapes during non-interactive use. Check your man page..

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mail abc@xyz.com <<EOF
~s Subject of this email
~c abc@xyz.com
 
This is the subject
EOF
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Yes he is the one we were discussing.. I made another observation here: http://www.unix.com/red-hat/181983-nis-server.html\#post302621347

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Thanks itkamraj, scrutinizer for your reply.
However it still does not work for me.
I think my mail program is not recongizing ~s and ~c well.

In mail I am getting these characters with subject line and cc mail id as mail content.
Any pointers?

thanks
Ashish

---------- Post updated 04-12-12 at 03:42 PM ---------- Previous update was 04-11-12 at 03:54 PM ----------

The code put by itkamraj does not work for me.

Can somebody please try it on redhat linux and see it works.

I think I am missing something that my mail program is not recongnizing escape ~.
I tried setting it in .mailrc in my home directory but it didn't help.

Any help?

-Ashish

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Anyone, could you please help?

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I got this done using -I option will mail on linux.

-I option forces mail to act interactively.

The redhat linux I use is 5.6.