# mailx > Send and receive mail. - To send mail, the content is typed after the command and ended with Control-D: `mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}` - Send mail with short content: `echo "{{content}}" | mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}` - Send mail with content which written in a file: `mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}} < {{content.txt}}` - Send mail to a recipient and CC to another address: `mailx -s "{{subject}}" -c {{cc_addr}} {{to_addr}}` - Send mail and set sender address: `mailx -s "{{subject}}" -r {{from_addr}} {{to_addr}}` - Send mail with an attachment: `mailx -a {{file}} -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}`