Mailx version 12.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 12.4

      View the most recent changes for the mailx port at: mailx.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for mailx.
      The raw portfile for mailx 12.4 is located here:
      http://mailx.darwinports.com/dports/mail/mailx/Portfile
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      The mailx Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: mailx
      Version: 12.4
      Category: mail
      Maintainers: toby
      Description: Heirloom mailx
      Long Description: Mailx is derived from Berkeley Mail and is intended provide the functionality of the POSIX mailx command with additional support for MIME, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and S/MIME. It provides enhanced features for interactive use, such as caching and disconnected operation for IMAP, message threading, scoring, and filtering. It is also usable as a mail batch language, both for sending and receiving mail.
      Homepage: http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html
      Platform: darwin

      Master Sites: sourceforge:heirloom
      use_bzip2 yes
      Checksums: md5 0c93759e34200eb56a0e7c464680a54a sha1 b1e105adf9d36269daf317dedf68b6e4cca404a7 rmd160 8244d04d0a0058fdbe9867ca503c7cda8d580154

      Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-junk.c patch-maildir.c

      configure {
      reinplace "s|__PREFIX__|${prefix}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      reinplace "s|__DESTROOT__|${destroot}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      reinplace "s|__CC__|${configure.cc}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      reinplace "s|__CFLAGS__|${configure.cflags}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      reinplace "s|__LDFLAGS__|${configure.ldflags}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex Release (\[^ \]+) \\(current\\)

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/mailx
      % sudo port install mailx
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching mailx
      ---> Verifying checksum for mailx
      ---> Extracting mailx
      ---> Configuring mailx
      ---> Building mailx with target all
      ---> Staging mailx into destroot
      ---> Installing mailx
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using mailx with these commands:
      %  man mailx
      % apropos mailx
      % which mailx
      % locate mailx

     Where to find more information:

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