# 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}}`