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__NAME__ |
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mail, mailx, Mail - send and receive mail |
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__SYNOPSIS__ |
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mail [[-ieInv] [[-s subject] [[-a header] [[-c cc-addr] [[-b |
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bcc-addr] to-addr [[...] [[-sendmail-options |
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mail [[-ieInNv] -f [[name] |
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mail [[-ieInNv] [[-u user] |
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__DESCRIPTION__ |
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mail is an intelligent mail processing system which has a |
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command syntax reminiscent of ed(1) with lines |
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replaced by messages. |
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The options are as follows: |
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-v Verbose mode. The details of delivery are displayedon the user's terminal. |
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-iIgnore tty interrupt signals. This is particularlyuseful when using mail on noisy phone lines.-IForces mail to run in interactive mode, even wheninput is not a terminal. In particular, the special~ command character, used when sending mail, is onlyavailable interactively.-nInhibits reading /etc/mail.rc upon startup. |
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Inhibits initial display of message headers when reading |
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mail or editing a mail folder. |
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-s subject |
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Specify subject on command line (only the first argu- ment |
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after the -s flag is used as a subject; be care- ful to |
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quote subjects containing spaces). |
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-c list |
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Send carbon copies to list of users. list should be a comma |
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separated list of names. |
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Specify additional header fields on the command line such as |
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-e |
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Don't send empty mails. If the body is empty skip the |
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mail. |
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-b list |
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Send blind carbon copies to list. |
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-f name |
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Read in the contents of your mailbox (or the speci- fied |
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file name) for processing; when you quit, mail writes |
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undeleted messages back to this file. |
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-u user |
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Is equivalent to: |
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mail -f /var/mail/user |
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except that locking is done. |
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__Startup actions__ |
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At startup time, mail will execute commands in the system |
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command file /etc/mail.rc unless explicitly told |
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not to by using the -n option. Next, the commands in the |
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user's per- sonal command file ~/.mailrc are |
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executed. mail then exam- ines its command line options to |
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determine whether the user requested a new message to be |
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sent or existing messages in a mailbox to be |
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examined. |
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__Sending mail__ |
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To send a message to one or more people, mail can be invoked |
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with arguments which are the names of people to whom the |
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mail will be sent. You are then expected to type in your |
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message, followed by a control-D (^D) at the beginning of a |
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line. The section below, Replying to or originating mail, |
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describes some features of mail available to help you com- |
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pose your letter. |
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__Reading mail__ |
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In normal usage, mail is given no arguments and checks your |
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mail out of the post office, then prints out a one line |
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header of each message found. The current message is ini- |
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tially set to the first message (numbered 1) and can be |
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printed using the print command (which can be abbreviated |
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p). Moving among the messages is much like moving between |
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lines in ed(1); you may use + and - to shift |
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forwards and backwards, or simply enter a message number to |
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move directly. |
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__Disposing of mail__ |
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After examining a message you can delete (d) or reply (r) to |
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it. Deletion causes the mail program to forget about the |
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message. This is not irreversible; the message can be |
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undeleted (u) by giving its number, or the mail session can |
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be aborted by giving the exit (x) command. Deleted mes- |
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sages, however, will usually disappear, never to be seen |
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again. |
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__Specifying messages__ |
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Commands such as print and delete can be given a list of |
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message numbers as arguments to apply to a number of mes- |
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sages at once. Thus delete 1 2 deletes messages 1 and 2, |
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while delete 1-5 deletes messages 1 through 5. The special |
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name addresses all messages and $ addresses the last mes- |
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sage; thus the command top which prints the first few lines |
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of a message could be used in top to print the first few |
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lines of all messages. |
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__Replying to or originating mail__ |
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You can use the reply command to set up a response to a mes- |
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sage, sending it back to the person who it was from. Text |
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you then type in, up to an end-of-file, defines the contents |
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of the message. While you are composing a message, mail |
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treats lines beginning with the tilde (~) character spe- |
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cially. For instance, typing ~m (alone on a line) will place |
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a copy of the current message into the response, right |
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shifting it by a single tab-stop (see ''indentprefix'' |
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variable, below). Other escapes will set up subject fields, |
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add and delete recipients to the message and allow you to |
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escape to an editor to revise the message or to a shell to |
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run some commands. (These options are given in the summary |
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below.) |
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__Ending a mail processing session__ |
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You can end a mail session with the quit (q) command. Mes- |
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sages which have been examined go to your mbox file unless |
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they have been deleted in which case they are discarded. |
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Unexamined messages go back to the post office (see the -f |
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__Personal and system wide distribution lists__ |
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It is also possible to create personal distribution lists so |
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that, for instance, you can send mail to |
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``cohorts'' and have it go to a group of people. |
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Such lists can be defined by placing a line |
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alias cohorts bill ozalp jkf mark |
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in the file .mailrc in your home directory. The |
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current list of such aliases can be displayed with the alias |
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command in mail. System wide distribution lists can be |
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created by editing /etc/aliases, (see |
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aliases(5) and sendmail(8)); these are |
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kept in a different syntax. In mail you send, personal |
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aliases will be expanded in mail sent to others so that they |
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will be able to reply to the recipients. System wide aliases |
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are not expanded when the mail is sent, but any reply |
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returned to the machine will have the system wide alias |
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expanded as all mail goes through |
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sendmail. |
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__Network mail (ARPA, UUCP, Berknet)__ |
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See mailaddr(7) for a description of network |
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addresses. |
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mail has a number of options which can be set in the |
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.mailrc file to alter its behavior; thus set askcc |
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enables the askcc feature. (These options are summarized |
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below.) |
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__SUMMARY__ |
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(Adapted from the ``Mail Reference Manual''.) |
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Each command is typed on a line by itself, and may take |
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arguments following the command word. The command need not |
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be typed in its entirety -- the first command which matches |
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the typed prefix is used. For commands which take message |
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lists as arguments, if no message list is given, then the |
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next message forward which satisfies the command's require- |
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ments is used. If there are no messages forward of the cur- |
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rent message, the search proceeds backwards, and if there |
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are no good messages at all, mail types ``No applicable |
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messages'' and aborts the command. |
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- Print out the preceding message. If given a numericargument n, goes to the nth previous message andprints it. |
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?Prints a brief summary of commands.!Executes the shell (see sh(1) and csh(1)) command which follows. |
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Print |
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(P) Like print but also prints out ignored header fields. |
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See also print, ignore and retain. |
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Reply |
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(R) Reply to originator. Does not reply to other recipients |
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of the original message. |
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Type |
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(T) Identical to the Print command. |
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alias |
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(a) With no arguments, prints out all currently defined |
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aliases. With one argument, prints out that alias. With more |
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than one argument, creates a new alias or changes an old |
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alternates |
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(alt) The alternates command is useful if you have accounts |
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on several machines. It can be used to inform mail that the |
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listed addresses are really you. When you reply to messages, |
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mail will not send a copy of the message to any of the |
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addresses listed on the alternates list. If the alternates |
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command is given with no argument, the current set of |
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alternate names is displayed. |
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chdir |
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(c) Changes the user's working directory to that specified, |
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if given. If no directory is given, then changes to the |
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user's login directory. |
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copy |
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(co) The copy command does the same thing that save does, |
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except that it does not mark the messages it is used on for |
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deletion when you quit. |
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delete |
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(d) Takes a list of messages as argument and marks them all |
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as deleted. Deleted messages will not be saved in mbox, nor |
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(also dt) Deletes the current message and prints the next |
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message. If there is no next message, mail says ``at |
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EOF''. |
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edit |
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(e) Takes a list of messages and points the text edi- tor at |
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each one in turn. On return from the editor, the message is |
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read back in. |
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exit |
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(ex or x) Effects an immediate return to the shell without |
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modifying the user's system mailbox, his mbox file, or his |
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edit file in -f. |
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file |
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(fi) The same as folder. |
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folders |
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folder |
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(fo) The folder command switches to a new mail file or |
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folder. With no arguments, it tells you which file you are |
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currently reading. If you give it an argument, it will write |
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out changes (such as dele- tions) you have made in the |
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current file and read in the new file. Some special |
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conventions are recog- nized for the name. # means the |
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previous file, % means your system mailbox, %user means |
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user's system mailbox, |
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(f) Takes a list of messages and prints their message |
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headers. |
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headers |
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(h) Lists the current range of headers, which is an |
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18-message group. If a + argument is given, the |
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next 18-message group is printed; if a - argument |
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printed. |
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help |
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hold |
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(ho, also preserve) Takes a message list and marks each |
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message therein to be saved in the user's system mailbox |
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instead of in mbox. Does not override the delete |
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ignore |
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Add the list of header fields named to the ignored list. |
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Header fields in the ignore list are not printed on your |
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terminal when you print a message. This command is very |
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handy for suppression of certain machine-generated header |
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fields. The Type and Print commands can be used to print a |
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message in its entirety, including ignored fields. If ignore |
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is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of |
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ignored fields. |
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Incorporate any new messages that have arrived while mail is |
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being read. The new messages are added to the end of the |
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message list, and the current message is reset to be the |
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first new mail message. This does not renumber the existing |
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message list, nor does it cause any changes made so far to |
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be saved. |
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mail |
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(m) Takes as argument login names and distribution group |
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names and sends mail to those people. |
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Indicate that a list of messages be sent to mbox in your |
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home directory when you quit. This is the default action for |
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messages if you do ''not'' have the hold option |
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set. |
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more |
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(mo) Takes a message list and invokes the pager on that |
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list. |
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next |
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(n) (like + or CR ) Goes to the next message |
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in sequence and types it. With an argument list, types the |
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next matching message. |
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preserve |
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(pre) A synonym for hold. |
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print |
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(p) Takes a message list and types out each message on the |
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quit |
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(q) Terminates the session, saving all undeleted, unsaved |
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preserving all messages marked with hold or preserve or |
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never referenced in his system mail- box, and removing all |
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other messages from his system mailbox. If new mail has |
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arrived during the session, the message ``You have new |
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mail'' is given. If given while editing a mailbox file |
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with the -f flag, then the edit file is rewritten. A return |
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to the shell is effected, unless the rewrite of edit file |
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fails, in which case the user can escape with the exit |
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reply |
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(r) Takes a message list and sends mail to the sender and |
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all recipients of the specified message. The default message |
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must not be deleted. |
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respond |
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A synonym for reply. |
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retain |
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Add the list of header fields named to the retained list. |
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Only the header fields in the retain list are shown on your |
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terminal when you print a message. All other header fields |
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are suppressed. The Type and Print commands can be used to |
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print a message in its entirety. If retain is executed with |
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no arguments, it lists the current set of retained |
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fields. |
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save |
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(s) Takes a message list and a filename and appends each |
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quotes, followed by the line count and character count is |
|
|
416 |
echoed on the user's terminal. |
|
|
417 |
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|
418 |
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|
419 |
set |
|
|
420 |
(se) With no arguments, prints all variable values. |
|
|
421 |
Otherwise, sets option. Arguments are of the form |
|
|
422 |
option=value (no space before or after =) or option. |
|
|
423 |
Quotation marks may be placed around any part of the |
|
|
424 |
assignment statement to quote blanks or tabs, i.e., set |
|
|
425 |
indentprefix= |
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|
426 |
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|
427 |
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|
428 |
saveignore |
|
|
429 |
saveignore is to save what ignore is to print and type. |
|
|
430 |
Header fields thus marked are filtered out when saving a |
|
|
431 |
message by save or when automatically saving to |
|
|
432 |
mbox. |
|
|
433 |
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|
434 |
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|
435 |
saveretain |
|
|
436 |
saveretain is to save what retain is to print and type. |
|
|
437 |
Header fields thus marked are the only ones saved with a |
|
|
438 |
message when saving by save or when automatically saving to |
|
|
439 |
mbox. saveretain overrides saveignore. |
|
|
440 |
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|
441 |
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|
442 |
shell |
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|
443 |
(sh) Invokes an interactive version of the |
|
|
444 |
shell. |
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|
445 |
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|
446 |
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|
447 |
size |
|
|
448 |
Takes a message list and prints out the size in char- acters |
|
|
449 |
of each message. |
|
|
450 |
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|
451 |
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|
452 |
source |
|
|
453 |
The source command reads commands from a file. |
|
|
454 |
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|
455 |
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|
456 |
top |
|
|
457 |
Takes a message list and prints the top few lines of each. |
|
|
458 |
The number of lines printed is controlled by the variable |
|
|
459 |
toplines and defaults to five. |
|
|
460 |
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|
461 |
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|
462 |
type |
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|
463 |
(t) A synonym for print. |
|
|
464 |
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|
465 |
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|
466 |
unalias |
|
|
467 |
Takes a list of names defined by alias commands and discards |
|
|
468 |
the remembered groups of users. The group names no longer |
|
|
469 |
have any significance. |
|
|
470 |
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|
471 |
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|
|
472 |
undelete |
|
|
473 |
(u) Takes a message list and marks each message as not being |
|
|
474 |
deleted. |
|
|
475 |
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|
476 |
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|
477 |
unread |
|
|
478 |
(U) Takes a message list and marks each message as not |
|
|
479 |
having been read. |
|
|
480 |
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|
481 |
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|
482 |
unset |
|
|
483 |
Takes a list of option names and discards their remembered |
|
|
484 |
values; the inverse of set. |
|
|
485 |
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|
486 |
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|
|
487 |
visual |
|
|
488 |
(v) Takes a message list and invokes the display edi- tor on |
|
|
489 |
each message. |
|
|
490 |
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|
|
491 |
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|
|
492 |
write |
|
|
493 |
(w) Similar to save, except that only the message body |
|
|
494 |
(without the header) is saved. Extremely useful for such |
|
|
495 |
tasks as sending and receiving source pro- gram text over |
|
|
496 |
the message system. |
|
|
497 |
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|
|
498 |
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|
|
499 |
xit |
|
|
500 |
(x) A synonym for exit. |
|
|
501 |
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|
502 |
|
|
|
503 |
z |
|
|
504 |
mail presents message headers in windowfuls as described |
|
|
505 |
under the headers command. You can move mail's attention |
|
|
506 |
forward to the next window with the z command. Also, you can |
|
|
507 |
move to the previous window by using z-. |
|
|
508 |
|
|
|
509 |
|
|
|
510 |
__Tilde/escapes__ |
|
|
511 |
Here is a summary of the tilde escapes, which are used when |
|
|
512 |
composing messages to perform special functions. Tilde |
|
|
513 |
escapes are only recognized at the beginning of lines. The |
|
|
514 |
name ``tilde escape'' is somewhat of a misnomer since the |
|
|
515 |
actual escape character can be set by the option |
|
|
516 |
escape. |
|
|
517 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
519 |
~!command |
|
|
520 |
Execute the indicated shell command, then return to the |
|
|
521 |
message. |
|
|
522 |
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|
|
523 |
|
|
|
524 |
~bname ... |
|
|
525 |
Add the given names to the list of carbon copy recip- ients |
|
|
526 |
but do not make the names visible in the Cc: line |
|
|
527 |
( |
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
529 |
|
|
|
530 |
~cname ... |
|
|
531 |
Add the given names to the list of carbon copy recip- |
|
|
532 |
ients. |
|
|
533 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
535 |
~d |
|
|
536 |
Read the file dead.letter from your home directory |
|
|
537 |
into the message. |
|
|
538 |
|
|
|
539 |
|
|
|
540 |
~e |
|
|
541 |
Invoke the text editor on the message collected so far. |
|
|
542 |
After the editing session is finished, you may continue |
|
|
543 |
appending text to the message. |
|
|
544 |
|
|
|
545 |
|
|
|
546 |
~fmessages |
|
|
547 |
Read the named messages into the message being sent. If no |
|
|
548 |
messages are specified, read in the current message. Message |
|
|
549 |
headers currently being ignored (by the ignore or retain |
|
|
550 |
command) are not included. |
|
|
551 |
|
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
553 |
~Fmessages |
|
|
554 |
Identical to ~f, except all message headers are |
|
|
555 |
included. |
|
|
556 |
|
|
|
557 |
|
|
|
558 |
~h |
|
|
559 |
Edit the message header fields by typing each one in turn |
|
|
560 |
and allowing the user to append text to the end or modify |
|
|
561 |
the field by using the current terminal erase and kill |
|
|
562 |
characters. |
|
|
563 |
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
565 |
~mmessages |
|
|
566 |
Read the named messages into the message being sent, |
|
|
567 |
indented by a tab or by the value of ''indentprefix''. If |
|
|
568 |
no messages are specified, read the current mes- sage. |
|
|
569 |
Message headers currently being ignored (by the ignore or |
|
|
570 |
retain command) are not included. |
|
|
571 |
|
|
|
572 |
|
|
|
573 |
~Mmessages |
|
|
574 |
Identical to ~m, except all message headers are |
|
|
575 |
included. |
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
577 |
|
|
|
578 |
~p |
|
|
579 |
Print out the message collected so far, prefaced by the |
|
|
580 |
message header fields. |
|
|
581 |
|
|
|
582 |
|
|
|
583 |
~q |
|
|
584 |
Abort the message being sent, copying the message to |
|
|
585 |
dead.letter in your home directory if save is |
|
|
586 |
set. |
|
|
587 |
|
|
|
588 |
|
|
|
589 |
~Rstring |
|
|
590 |
Use string as the Reply-To field. |
|
|
591 |
|
|
|
592 |
|
|
|
593 |
~rfilename |
|
|
594 |
Read the named file into the message. |
|
|
595 |
|
|
|
596 |
|
|
|
597 |
~sstring |
|
|
598 |
Cause the named string to become the current subject |
|
|
599 |
field. |
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
|
602 |
~tname ... |
|
|
603 |
Add the given names to the direct recipient |
|
|
604 |
list. |
|
|
605 |
|
|
|
606 |
|
|
|
607 |
~v |
|
|
608 |
Invoke an alternate editor (defined by the VISUAL |
|
|
609 |
option) on the message collected so far. Usually, the |
|
|
610 |
alternate editor will be a screen editor. After you quit the |
|
|
611 |
editor, you may resume appending text to the end of your |
|
|
612 |
message. |
|
|
613 |
|
|
|
614 |
|
|
|
615 |
~wfilename |
|
|
616 |
Write the message onto the named file. |
|
|
617 |
|
|
|
618 |
|
|
|
619 |
~|command |
|
|
620 |
Pipe the message through the command as a filter. If the |
|
|
621 |
command gives no output or terminates abnormally, retain the |
|
|
622 |
original text of the message. The command fmt(1) is |
|
|
623 |
often used as command to rejustify the mes- |
|
|
624 |
sage. |
|
|
625 |
|
|
|
626 |
|
|
|
627 |
~:mail-command |
|
|
628 |
Execute the given mail command. Not all commands, however, |
|
|
629 |
are allowed. |
|
|
630 |
|
|
|
631 |
|
|
|
632 |
~~string |
|
|
633 |
Insert the string of text in the message prefaced by a |
|
|
634 |
single ~. If you have changed the escape charac- ter, then |
|
|
635 |
you should double that character in order to send |
|
|
636 |
it. |
|
|
637 |
|
|
|
638 |
|
|
|
639 |
__Mail options__ |
|
|
640 |
Options are controlled via set and unset commands. Options |
|
|
641 |
may be either binary, in which case it is only significant |
|
|
642 |
to see whether they are set or not; or string, in which case |
|
|
643 |
the actual value is of interest. The binary options include |
|
|
644 |
the following: |
|
|
645 |
|
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
647 |
append |
|
|
648 |
Causes messages saved in mbox to be appended to the end |
|
|
649 |
rather than prepended. This should always be set (perhaps in |
|
|
650 |
/etc/mail.rc). |
|
|
651 |
|
|
|
652 |
|
|
|
653 |
ask, asksub |
|
|
654 |
Causes mail to prompt you for the subject of each message |
|
|
655 |
you send. If you respond with simply a new- line, no subject |
|
|
656 |
field will be sent. |
|
|
657 |
|
|
|
658 |
|
|
|
659 |
askcc |
|
|
660 |
Causes you to be prompted for additional carbon copy |
|
|
661 |
recipients at the end of each message. Responding with a |
|
|
662 |
newline indicates your satisfaction with the current |
|
|
663 |
list. |
|
|
664 |
|
|
|
665 |
|
|
|
666 |
autoinc |
|
|
667 |
Causes new mail to be automatically incorporated when it |
|
|
668 |
arrives. Setting this is similar to issuing the inc command |
|
|
669 |
at each prompt, except that the current message is not reset |
|
|
670 |
when new mail arrives. |
|
|
671 |
|
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
673 |
askbcc |
|
|
674 |
Causes you to be prompted for additional blind carbon copy |
|
|
675 |
recipients at the end of each message. Respond- ing with a |
|
|
676 |
newline indicates your satisfaction with the current |
|
|
677 |
list. |
|
|
678 |
|
|
|
679 |
|
|
|
680 |
autoprint |
|
|
681 |
Causes the delete command to behave like dp; thus, after |
|
|
682 |
deleting a message, the next one will be typed |
|
|
683 |
automatically. |
|
|
684 |
|
|
|
685 |
|
|
|
686 |
debug |
|
|
687 |
Setting the binary option debug is the same as speci- fying |
|
|
688 |
-d on the command line and causes mail to out- put all sorts |
|
|
689 |
of information useful for debugging mail. |
|
|
690 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
692 |
dot |
|
|
693 |
The binary option dot causes mail to interpret a period |
|
|
694 |
alone on a line as the terminator of a message you are |
|
|
695 |
sending. |
|
|
696 |
|
|
|
697 |
|
|
|
698 |
hold |
|
|
699 |
This option is used to hold messages in the system mailbox |
|
|
700 |
by default. |
|
|
701 |
|
|
|
702 |
|
|
|
703 |
ignore |
|
|
704 |
Causes interrupt signals from your terminal to be ignored |
|
|
705 |
and echoed as @'s. |
|
|
706 |
|
|
|
707 |
|
|
|
708 |
ignoreeof |
|
|
709 |
An option related to dot is ignoreeof which makes mail |
|
|
710 |
refuse to accept a control-d as the end of a message. |
|
|
711 |
ignoreeof also applies to mail command mode. |
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
713 |
|
|
|
714 |
metoo |
|
|
715 |
Usually, when a group is expanded that contains the sender, |
|
|
716 |
the sender is removed from the expansion. Setting this |
|
|
717 |
option causes the sender to be included in the |
|
|
718 |
group. |
|
|
719 |
|
|
|
720 |
|
|
|
721 |
noheader |
|
|
722 |
Setting the option noheader is the same as giving the -N |
|
|
723 |
flag on the command line. |
|
|
724 |
|
|
|
725 |
|
|
|
726 |
nosave |
|
|
727 |
Normally, when you abort a message with two |
|
|
728 |
RUBOUT (erase or delete) mail copies the |
|
|
729 |
partial letter to the file dead.letter in your home |
|
|
730 |
directory. Setting the binary option nosave prevents |
|
|
731 |
this. |
|
|
732 |
|
|
|
733 |
|
|
|
734 |
Replyall |
|
|
735 |
Reverses the sense of reply and Reply commands. |
|
|
736 |
|
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
738 |
quiet |
|
|
739 |
Suppresses the printing of the version when first |
|
|
740 |
invoked. |
|
|
741 |
|
|
|
742 |
|
|
|
743 |
searchheaders |
|
|
744 |
If this option is set, then a message-list specifier in the |
|
|
745 |
form ``/x:y'' will expand to all messages con- taining the |
|
|
746 |
substring ``y'' in the header field ``x''. The string search |
|
|
747 |
is case insensitive. If ``x'' is omitted, it will default to |
|
|
748 |
the ``Subject'' header field. The form ``/to:y'' is a |
|
|
749 |
special case, and will expand to all messages containing the |
|
|
750 |
sub- string ``y'' in the ``To'', ``Cc'' or ``Bcc'' header |
|
|
751 |
fields. The check for ``to'' is case sensitive, so that |
|
|
752 |
``/To:y'' can be used to limit the search for ``y'' to just |
|
|
753 |
the ``To:'' field. |
|
|
754 |
|
|
|
755 |
|
|
|
756 |
verbose |
|
|
757 |
Setting the option verbose is the same as using the -v flag |
|
|
758 |
on the command line. When mail runs in ver- bose mode, the |
|
|
759 |
actual delivery of messages is dis- played on the user's |
|
|
760 |
terminal. |
|
|
761 |
|
|
|
762 |
|
|
|
763 |
__Option string values__ |
|
|
764 |
|
|
|
765 |
|
|
|
766 |
EDITOR Pathname of the text editor to use in the |
|
|
767 |
edit command and ~e escape. If not defined, then a default |
|
|
768 |
editor is used. |
|
|
769 |
|
|
|
770 |
|
|
|
771 |
LISTER |
|
|
772 |
Pathname of the directory lister to use in the folders |
|
|
773 |
command. Default is /bin/ls. |
|
|
774 |
|
|
|
775 |
|
|
|
776 |
PAGER |
|
|
777 |
Pathname of the program to use in the more com- mand or when |
|
|
778 |
crt variable is set. The default paginator more(1) |
|
|
779 |
is used if this option is not defined. |
|
|
780 |
|
|
|
781 |
|
|
|
782 |
REPLYTO |
|
|
783 |
If set, will be used to initialize the Reply-To field for |
|
|
784 |
outgoing messages. |
|
|
785 |
|
|
|
786 |
|
|
|
787 |
SHELL |
|
|
788 |
Pathname of the shell to use in the ! command and the ~! |
|
|
789 |
escape. A default shell is used if this option is not |
|
|
790 |
defined. |
|
|
791 |
|
|
|
792 |
|
|
|
793 |
VISUAL |
|
|
794 |
Pathname of the text editor to use in the visual command and |
|
|
795 |
~v escape. |
|
|
796 |
|
|
|
797 |
|
|
|
798 |
''crt'' |
|
|
799 |
The valued option ''crt'' is used as a threshold to |
|
|
800 |
determine how long a message must be before PAGER |
|
|
801 |
is used to read it. If ''crt'' is set with- out a value, |
|
|
802 |
then the height of the terminal screen stored in the system |
|
|
803 |
is used to compute the threshold (see |
|
|
804 |
stty(1)). |
|
|
805 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
|
807 |
escape |
|
|
808 |
If defined, the first character of this option gives the |
|
|
809 |
character to use in the place of ~ to denote |
|
|
810 |
escapes. |
|
|
811 |
|
|
|
812 |
|
|
|
813 |
folder |
|
|
814 |
The name of the directory to use for storing folders of |
|
|
815 |
messages. If this name begins with a /, mail |
|
|
816 |
considers it to be an absolute path- name; otherwise, the |
|
|
817 |
folder directory is found relative to your home |
|
|
818 |
directory. |
|
|
819 |
|
|
|
820 |
|
|
|
821 |
MBOX |
|
|
822 |
The name of the mbox file. It can be the name of a folder. |
|
|
823 |
The default is ``mbox'' in the user's home |
|
|
824 |
directory. |
|
|
825 |
|
|
|
826 |
|
|
|
827 |
record |
|
|
828 |
If defined, gives the pathname of the file used to record |
|
|
829 |
all outgoing mail. If not defined, then outgoing mail is not |
|
|
830 |
so saved. |
|
|
831 |
|
|
|
832 |
|
|
|
833 |
indentprefix |
|
|
834 |
String used by the ~m tilde escape for indent- ing messages, |
|
|
835 |
in place of the normal tab char- acter (^I) Be sure to quote |
|
|
836 |
the value if it contains spaces or tabs. |
|
|
837 |
|
|
|
838 |
|
|
|
839 |
toplines |
|
|
840 |
If defined, gives the number of lines of a mes- sage to be |
|
|
841 |
printed out with the top command; normally, the first five |
|
|
842 |
lines are printed. |
|
|
843 |
|
|
|
844 |
|
|
|
845 |
__ENVIRONMENT__ |
|
|
846 |
|
|
|
847 |
|
|
|
848 |
mail utilizes the HOME, LOGNAME, |
|
|
849 |
USER, SHELL, DEAD, |
|
|
850 |
PAGER, LISTER, EDITOR, |
|
|
851 |
VISUAL, REPLYTO and MBOX |
|
|
852 |
environment vari- ables. |
|
|
853 |
|
|
|
854 |
|
|
|
855 |
If the MAIL environment variable is set, its value |
|
|
856 |
is used as the path to the user's mail spool. |
|
|
857 |
__FILES__ |
|
|
858 |
/var/mail/ |
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post office (unless overridden by the MAIL |
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860 |
environment |
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variable) |
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862 |
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863 |
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864 |
~/mbox |
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865 |
user's old mail |
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866 |
~/.mailrc |
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867 |
file giving initial mail com- mands; can be overridden by |
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868 |
set- ting the MAILRC environment vari- able |
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869 |
/tmp/R |
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870 |
temporary files |
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871 |
/usr/share/mailx/mail.help |
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872 |
help files |
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873 |
/etc/mail.rc |
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874 |
system initialization file |
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875 |
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876 |
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877 |
__SEE ALSO__ |
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878 |
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879 |
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fmt(1), lockspool(1), |
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newaliases(1), vacation(1), |
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aliases(5), mailaddr(7), |
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883 |
mail.local(8), newaliases(8), |
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sendmail(8) |
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'' The Mail Reference Manual''. |
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886 |
__HISTORY__ |
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887 |
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888 |
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889 |
A mail command appeared in Version 3 AT |
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890 |
. This man page is derived from ''The Mail |
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891 |
Reference Manual'' originally written by Kurt |
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892 |
Shoens. |
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893 |
__BUGS__ |
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894 |
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895 |
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896 |
There are some flags that are not documented here. Most are |
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897 |
not useful to the general user. |
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898 |
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899 |
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Usually, Mail and mailx are just links to mail, which can be confusing. |
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901 |
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902 |
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903 |
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