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                          Frequently Asked Questions
                                 Elm 2.4 [23]


                                 Piero Serini
!                       [e-mail]
!                         [e-mail]

!                         Last Update: Feb 15 1994
!                         This FAQ's version:  4.1
               (C) Piero Serini 1993, 1994 - All Rights Reserved

!
! This is an unofficial  Frequently  Asked  Questions (with answers) list
! about Elm. Syd Weinstein kindly checked this, but he is not responsible
! for the errors  in the answers,  which are my fault,  unless  otherwise
! specified.  I do NOT claim to be a member of the Elm Development Group.
!
! WARNING: delete arepdaem and autoreply from your systems NOW !
!

  0.0     Organization and availability

!     This FAQ is posted monthly, the 15th, on news.answers,
      comp.answers and comp.mail.elm.

      It is available:
      - from the above USENET groups
      - from all the USENET archives
!     - ftp//ghost.dsi.unimi.it[149.132.2.1]:~ftp/pub/Elm/
!     - ftp//cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/elm/FAQ
      - mail request from cs.ruu.nl: send mail to [e-mail]
        with the following commands in the message body:
          send NEWS.ANSWERS/elm/FAQ
          end

!     A file containing instructions on how to buid and install
!     Elm under Next is on ghost in ~ftp/pub/Elm/Next.Z.

!     A context diff file containing the differences between this
!     FAQ and the previous release is posted on comp.mail.elm and
!     is available from the same sites in the file .../Elm/diffs.Z.
!
!     This FAQ is NOT reposted if modified, until the next issue
!     date. I will modify the ftp file only.  I suggest using ftp
!     to get the latest version of this document.
!
!     This FAQ refers to latest patchlevel I put my hands on.
!     Questions about a specific patchlevel are kept if of common
!     interest. Actually, all relevant questions concerning PL 21
!     are kept int this file, as many users still run PL 21.
!
!         This FAQ consists of six parts:
!         0.*     Organization.
          (0.1    Copyright)
-         (0.2    Warranty)
-         (0.3    Publishing Notes)
          1.*     Operational Questions (and answers).
          2.*     Installation Questions (and answers).
      3.*    Filter Questions (and answers).
--- 1,88 ----

+ Archive-name: elm/FAQ
+ Last-modified: 1994/09/16
+ Version: $Id: Elm-FAQ.ftp,v 4.3 1994/09/15 22:13:19 piero Exp $
+
+
                          Frequently Asked Questions
                                 Elm 2.4 [23]


                                 Piero Serini
!                           [e-mail]

!          $Id: Elm-FAQ.ftp,v 4.3 1994/09/15 22:13:19 piero Exp $
               (C) Piero Serini 1993, 1994 - All Rights Reserved

!     This  is  an  unofficial   Frequently  Asked  Questions (with an-
!     swers) list about Elm. Syd Weinstein kindly checked this, but  he
!     is  not responsible for the errors  in the answers,  which are my
!     fault,  unless  otherwise specified.  I do NOT claim to be a mem-
!     ber of the Elm Development Group.
!
!     *WARNING*: delete arepdaem and autoreply from  your systems NOW !
!     Those  programs  represent a security hole, giving root access to
!     people on your own system. They've been dropped from the  distri-
!     bution.

  0.0     Organization and availability

!     This   FAQ   is   posted  monthly,  the  15th,  on  news.answers,
      comp.answers and comp.mail.elm.

      It is available:
      - from the above USENET groups
      - from all the USENET archives
!
!     - ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/elm/FAQ
!       (ftp.cs.ruu.nl      is 131.211.80.17)
!
      - mail request from cs.ruu.nl: send mail to [e-mail]
        with the following commands in the message body:
          send NEWS.ANSWERS/elm/FAQ
          end

!     * WARNING: *

!     The old ftp site:
!
!     - ftp://ghost.dsi.unimi.it/pub/FAQs/Elm
!
!     is now carrying old version of the FAQ, and is no more supported.
!     I strongly discourage getting the FAQ or other related stuff from
!     that site.
!
!     * END WARNING *
!
!     I  *found*   the ftp site. Many thanks  to Syd, as usual.  I plan
!     the ftp site to be operative within a week or so.
!
!     A file containing instructions on how to buid and install Elm un-
!     der Next is on the same sites in .../Next.Z.
!
!     A  context  diff file containing the differences between this FAQ
!     and the previous release is posted on comp.mail.elm and is avail-
!     able from the same sites in the file Elm/diffs.Z.
!
!     This  FAQ is NOT reposted if modified, until the next issue date.
!     I will modify the ftp file only.  I suggest using ftp to get  the
!     latest version of this document.
!
!     This  FAQ  refers  to latest patchlevel I put my hands on.  Ques-
!     tions about a specific patchlevel are kept if of common interest.
!     Actually,  all  relevant  questions  concerning PL 21 are kept in
!     this file, as many users still run PL 21.
!
!     I'm considering going multipart. There will be other changes, and
!     I'm recovering from being without the Net for 4 months. So,  this
!     FAQ  is  almost  identical  to the last posted version. I know it
!     contains errors, but I choose to post it as is to help you  help-
!     ing me. I desperately need your comments both on the contents and
!     the organization.
!
!     This FAQ consists of six parts:
!     0.*     Organization.
          (0.1    Copyright)
          1.*     Operational Questions (and answers).
          2.*     Installation Questions (and answers).
      3.*    Filter Questions (and answers).
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*** 63,131 ****
      4.*    Bugs list.
          5.*     Archivers, what they archive, how to download.

  0.1    Copyright

!     This FAQ is Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 by Piero Serini.
      All Rights are reserved.
!     Permission  to use,  copy and distribute this FAQ, or parts thereof,
!     by any means and for any purpose  EXCEPT  PROFIT PURPOSES  is hereby
!     granted,  provided that both  the above  Copyright notice  and  this
!     permission notice appear in all copies of the FAQ itself.
!     Reproducing  this FAQ or parts thereof  by any means,  included, but
!     not limited to,  printing,  copying existing prints,  publishing  by
!     electronic  or other  means,  implies  full  agreement  to the above
!     non-profit-use clause, unless upon explicit prior written permission
!     of the author.

- 0.2    Warranty

!     THIS  FAQ  IS PROVIDED BY THE  AUTHOR ``AS IS'',  AND ANY EXPRESS OR
!     IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  THE IMPLIED WAR-
!     RANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
!     DISCLAIMED.
!     IN NO EVENT SHALL  THE  AUTHOR  BE LIABLE FOR  ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
!     INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
!     BUT  NOT LIMITED  TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS  OR  SERVICES;
!     LOSS OF USE,  DATA,  OR PROFITS;  OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)  HOWEVER
!     CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,  WHETHER IN CONTRACT,  STRICT
!     LIABILITY,  OR TORT  (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)  ARISING IN
!     ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE INFORMATIONS HEREIN CONTAINED, EVEN IF
!     ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
!
! 0.3    Publishing Notes
!
!     If  you  want to publish  this FAQ  by any means,  electronically or
!     otherwise, you can do it, provided the following conditions are met:
!     1) The above Copyright notice and Warranty  appear in their entirety
!        in all copies you publish;
!     2) You notify me by e-mail that you will publish this FAQ;
!     3) You use the latest version of the FAQ you can get;
!     4) You let people know where to find updated versions of the FAQ;
!     5) Any modifications (other than typesetting changes) you make to it
!        are clearly designated as your modifications;

!     You  shall  also  send me a copy of the  published  material, in its
!     entirety, free of charge.  Should this not be possible, due to legal
!     or other restrictions,  please send me the part containing this FAQ,
!     with  full references  to the published material  (i.e. ISDN or any-
!     thing else to identify it), free of charge.

! 1.a    Questions

!     Here is an (incomplete) questions list, followed by an (incomplete)
!     answers part. This list (and answers) are now divided into three
!     major groups:
!     - The "Operational" group is dedicated to those having any problem
!       running Elm.  This part also contains a few general questions,
!       like "What is Elm?"
!     - The "Installation" group is dedicated to those who want to install
!       Elm and don't succeed in.
!     - The "Filter" group is dedicated to filter, a great utility
        which appears in the 70% of the users' questions.

!     Please, mail me any comment, suggestion, correction
!     to any of the addresses above, with Subject: Elm-FAQ
!     Answers are from the "Elm montly posting" or from comp.mail.elm
      and proper credit is given before each answer.

  1.0     Operational Questions
--- 90,128 ----
      4.*    Bugs list.
          5.*     Archivers, what they archive, how to download.

+     At the end of this file you can also find:
+     - Copyright Notice
+     - Warranty Disclaimer
+     - Publishing Notes
+
  0.1    Copyright

!     This FAQ is Copyright (C) 1994 by Piero Serini.
      All Rights are reserved.
!     Please check the full Copyright notice, Warranty disclaimer and
!     Publishing notes at the end of this document.


! 1.a    Questions

!     Here  is  an  (incomplete) questions list, followed by an (incom-
!     plete) answers part. This list (and answers) are now divided into
!     three major groups:
!
!     - The  "Operational" group  is dedicated to those having any pro-
!       blem running Elm. This part also contains a few  general  ques-
!       tions, like "What is Elm?"

!     - The  "Installation" group is dedicated to those who want to in-
!       stall Elm and don't succeed in.

!     - The  "Filter"  group  is  dedicated  to filter, a great utility
        which appears in the 70% of the users' questions.

!     Please, mail me any comment, suggestion, correction to any of the
!     addresses above, with Subject: Elm-FAQ
!
!     Answers  are  from the "Elm montly posting" or from comp.mail.elm
      and proper credit is given before each answer.

  1.0     Operational Questions
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  1.45    I get my NIS/YP domainname appended to local mails. Why?
  1.46    How can I include a file in a header ? And a quote ?
  1.47    How can I build an alias containig "=" ?
! 1.48    What's aliases limit ? # of aliases ? total lenght ?
  1.49    How can I change the editor ?
  1.50    How do I include a file in a mail message ?
  1.51    Which are the (s)ave abbreviations ?
--- 174,180 ----
  1.45    I get my NIS/YP domainname appended to local mails. Why?
  1.46    How can I include a file in a header ? And a quote ?
  1.47    How can I build an alias containig "=" ?
! 1.48    What's aliases limit ? # of aliases ? total length ?
  1.49    How can I change the editor ?
  1.50    How do I include a file in a mail message ?
  1.51    Which are the (s)ave abbreviations ?
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  1.53    How to know how may news messages arrived, without entering Elm ?
  1.54    How not to display header when reading mail ?
  1.55    Does Elm support headers within message body ?
+ 1.56    How can I do <.....> with vi / my editor under Elm ?
+ 1.57    How can I scroll backwards w/ builtin editor ?
+ 1.58    How can I send the same message to a list of people ?
+ 1.59    How can I resynchronize folder (deleting, etc) w/out exiting Elm ?
+ 1.60    Couldn't malloc 1769480335 bytes!!

  2.0    Installation Questions

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  2.25    How to solve hdrs/mcprt.h problems with Sequent/PTX 2 ?

  3.0    Filter Questions
!     This part is maintained by Jan Djarv ([e-mail])

  3.01    What documentation exists for filter?
  3.02    What do I need to get filter working?
--- 217,223 ----
  2.25    How to solve hdrs/mcprt.h problems with Sequent/PTX 2 ?

  3.0    Filter Questions
!     This part is maintained by Jan Djarv <[e-mail]>

  3.01    What documentation exists for filter?
  3.02    What do I need to get filter working?
***************
*** 251,353 ****

  1.01    What is Elm?

!     From Elm documentation:
!         Currently on Unix, there seems to be a preponderence
!     of line-oriented software.  This is most unfortunate as most
!     of the software on Unix tends to be pretty darn hard to use!
!     I believe that there is more than a slight correlation between
!     the two, and, since I was myself having problems using
!     "mailx" with high-volume mail, I created a new mail system.
!
!         In the lingo of the mail guru, Elm is a "User Agent" system,
!         it's designed to run with "sendmail" or "/bin/rmail" or any
!     other UNIX Mail Transport Agent (according to what's on your
!     system) and is a full replacement of programs like "/bin/mail"
!     and "mailx".  The system is more than just a single program,
!     however, and includes programs like "frm" to list a 'table
!     of contents' of your mail and "printmail" to quickly paginate mail
!     files (to allow 'clean' printouts).

  1.02    Which is Elm current version?

      Elm current version is 2.4 PatchLevel (PL) 23.
      New release should be 3.0, scheduled some time in 1994.

  1.03    Where can I find the distribution?

!     There's a list of sites distributing Elm at the bottom of this
!         file (4.*     Archivers, what they archive, how to download.).
!     In addition, new releases will be posted to comp.sources.unix,
!     patches will be posted to comp.sources.bugs.
!     After patches have been proven and out for a while, they will
!     be posted to comp.sources.unix.

      Elm portings or clones for DOS, Windows and OS/2 are available as
      listed below:

      DOS/WINDOWS:
!     * Peter Churchyard ([e-mail]):
!     Elm-PC, a version I ported, is available by anon ftp from
!     lister.cc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/elm-pc.
!     A Windows version is available, too, in: /pub/winelm.
!
!         * Mike O'Connor ([e-mail]):
!         There is a package called PC-Elm that's an imitation of Elm (i.e. it
!         didn't come from Elm's source tree). It's available for anonymous FTP
!         from oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/ka9q-tcpip/, but it's supposed to
!         interoperate with UUPC and possibly other common PC UUCP mailers.

!         * Russell Schulz ([e-mail]):
      Simtel has it available in the ka9q-tcpip directory as pcelm31.zip
!     oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/ka9q-tcpip/pcelm31.zip
!     wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/ka9q-tcpip/pcelm31.zip
!     ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/ka9q-tcpip/pcelm31.zip

      OS/2:
!     * Richard j. Wyble ([e-mail]):
!     Elm version 3.11 for OS/2 is available by anon ftp from
!     ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:/pub/os2/2.x/network. The two files are
!     elm23exe.zip and elm23src.zip.

  1.04    Where do I get the "Elm Reference Guide" and the other docs ?

      * From the monthly posting:
!     Elm has several documents (over 100 pages worth of doc)
!     that were written to help users install, support and use Elm.
!     These are in the doc directory of the source distribution.
!     Contact your systems administrator for a copy of the documents.
!     For those sites that do not have troff (either di-troff or
!     o-troff) and do have postscript printers, dsinc (dsinc.Myxa.com)
!     has a copy of the docs already in postscript format available
!     for anonymous uucp or ftp.

      * David W. Tamkin ([e-mail]):
!     Plain text copies are available for FTP on ftp.mcs.com in subdi-
      rectories of ~ftp/mcsnet.users/dattier/elmguides.

      * Paul Kramer ([e-mail]):
!     At UNL, I have put together documentation on 'elm'.  You will find
!     it in two different servers: gopher and ftp.  In both places, you
!     should find MSWord, postscript, ASCII, and rich-text-format versions
!     of the local documentation.  Plus there are 1 page helpsheets in
!     Aldus Pagemaker, postscript, and ASCII versions.

  1.05    How to get frm(1L) to only show new mail?

      * Alan Thew ([e-mail]):
!     Try the fromwho program which IMHO is better tham frm and
!     allows you to type  "fromwho -n"  to show who has sent you
!     new mail amd what the subject line is.
!     Availabe from comp.sources.unix archives and needs an ANSI C compiler
!     (but will build on Suns with "unproto" software).

      * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
      Better answer:
!         use nfrm, it will only show new mail.  nfrm is a link to frm.
!         There are other command line options to show various restrictions
!         see the frm(1) manual page.
!         possible status limitations are new, unread and old or any combination
!         of these.  typing frm -h yields:

      frm -- list from and subject lines of messages in mailbox or folder
      Usage: frm [-n] [-v] [-s {new|old|read}] [filename | username] ...
--- 253,364 ----

  1.01    What is Elm?

!     * From Elm documentation:
!     Currently  on  Unix,  there  seems to be a preponderence of line-
!     oriented software.  This is most unfortunate as most of the soft-
!     ware on Unix tends to be pretty darn hard to use!  I believe that
!     there is more than a slight correlation  between  the  two,  and,
!     since I was myself having problems using "mailx" with high-volume
!     mail, I created a new mail system.
!
!     In the lingo of the mail guru, Elm is a "User Agent" system, it's
!     designed to run with "sendmail" or "/bin/rmail" or any other UNIX
!     Mail Transport Agent (according to what's on your system) and  is
!     a full replacement of programs like "/bin/mail" and "mailx".  The
!     system is more than just a single program, however, and  includes
!     programs  like  "frm"  to list a 'table of contents' of your mail
!     and "printmail" to quickly paginate mail files (to allow  'clean'
!     printouts).

  1.02    Which is Elm current version?

      Elm current version is 2.4 PatchLevel (PL) 23.
      New release should be 3.0, scheduled some time in 1994.

+     If  you are on an HP machine, you can find strange (high) version
+     numbers, like 60.25 or 70.85. These are HP versions, derived from
+     Elm,  maintained  by  HP  who added some feature.  If the version
+     number is < 70 you can consider upgrading  to  2.4.23,  otherwise
+     it's a matter of choice.
+
  1.03    Where can I find the distribution?

!     There's  a  list  of sites distributing Elm at the bottom of this
!     file (4.*     Archivers, what they archive,  how  to  download.).
!     In  addition,  new  releases will be posted to comp.sources.unix,
!     patches will be posted to comp.sources.bugs.  After patches  have
!     been  proven  and  out  for  a  while,  they  will  be  posted to
!     comp.sources.unix.

      Elm portings or clones for DOS, Windows and OS/2 are available as
      listed below:

      DOS/WINDOWS:
!     * Peter Churchyard <[e-mail]>:
!     Elm-PC, a version I ported, is available by anon ftp:
!     ftp://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/elm-pc
!
!     A Windows version is available, too, in:
!     ftp://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/winelm
!
!     * Mike O'Connor <[e-mail]>:
!     There is a package called PC-Elm that's an imitation of Elm (i.e.
!     it didn't come from Elm's source tree). It's supposed to interop-
!     erate with UUPC and possibly other  common  PC UUCP mailers.

!     * Russell Schulz <[e-mail]>:
      Simtel has it available in the ka9q-tcpip directory as pcelm31.zip
!
!     ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/ka9q-tcpip/pcelm31.zip
!     ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/ka9q-tcpip/pcelm31.zip
!     ftp://ftp.uu.net/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/ka9q-tcpip/pcelm31.zip

      OS/2:
!     * Richard j. Wyble <[e-mail]>:
!     Elm version 3.11 for OS/2 is available by anon ftp:
!     ftp://ftp.os2.nmsu.edu:/pub/os2/2.x/network/elm23exe.zip
!     ftp://ftp.os2.nmsu.edu:/pub/os2/2.x/network/elm23src.zip

  1.04    Where do I get the "Elm Reference Guide" and the other docs ?

      * From the monthly posting:
!     Elm has several documents (over 100 pages worth of doc) that were
!     written to help users install, support and use Elm.  These are in
!     the  doc directory of the source distribution.  Contact your sys-
!     tems administrator for a copy of the documents.  For those  sites
!     that  do  not have troff (either di-troff or o-troff) and do have
!     postscript printers, dsinc (dsinc.Myxa.com) has  a  copy  of  the
!     docs already in postscript format available for anonymous uucp or
!     ftp.

      * David W. Tamkin ([e-mail]):
!     Plain text  copies are available for FTP on ftp.mcs.com in subdi-
      rectories of ~ftp/mcsnet.users/dattier/elmguides.

      * Paul Kramer ([e-mail]):
!     At  UNL,  I  have  put together documentation on 'elm'.  You will
!     find it in two  different  servers:  gopher  and  ftp.   In  both
!     places, you should find MSWord, postscript, ASCII, and rich-text-
!     format versions of the local documentation.   Plus  there  are  1
!     page  helpsheets  in  Aldus Pagemaker, postscript, and ASCII ver-
!     sions.

  1.05    How to get frm(1L) to only show new mail?

      * Alan Thew ([e-mail]):
!     Try  the fromwho program which IMHO is better tham frm and allows
!     you to type  "fromwho -n"  to show who has sent you new mail  amd
!     what  the  subject  line  is.   Availabe  from  comp.sources.unix
!     archives and needs an ANSI C compiler (but  will  build  on  Suns
!     with "unproto" software).

      * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
      Better answer:
!     use  nfrm,  it  will  only show new mail.  nfrm is a link to frm.
!     There are other command line options to show various restrictions
!     see the frm(1) manual page.  possible status limitations are new,
!     unread and old or  any  combination  of  these.   typing  frm  -h
!     yields:

      frm -- list from and subject lines of messages in mailbox or folder
      Usage: frm [-n] [-v] [-s {new|old|read}] [filename | username] ...
***************
*** 366,373 ****

  1.06    How do I get ELM to read a mailbox other than /usr/mail/<me> ?

!     Elm uses the MAIL environment variable to read the correct
!     mailbox.

  1.07    How do I save a message without deleting it?

--- 377,384 ----

  1.06    How do I get ELM to read a mailbox other than /usr/mail/<me> ?

!     Elm  uses the MAIL environment variable to read the correct mail-
!     box.

  1.07    How do I save a message without deleting it?

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*** 375,457 ****

  1.08    How do I attach a `signature' to the bottom of outgoing messages?

!     * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     Create a file, say ".signature" in your home directory, with your
!     signature.  Then edit your .elm/elmrc file so that it says:

!     localsignature = ~/.signature
!     remotesignature = ~/.signature
!     sigdashes = ON

!     * Please note that .signature files should contain useful information
!       and not exceed 4 lines in lenght.

  1.09    Why do I get the remote signature on replies to local mail?

!         From the monthly posting:
!         In Elm 2.4, any address with an ! or @ in it is considered
!         remote, without those characters, its local.
!         Any reply is qualified to prevent alias expansion.  If you had
!         an alias in your private Elm aliases that matched the name of a
!         user on your system, but that alias did not point to that user,
!         there would be no way to reply to the message.  It would end up
!         going to the alias name, not the user that mailed you.  To
!         prevent this, Elm fully qualifies (adds the site name) to a
!         reply address.  This makes the simplistic signature detector
!         think that the message is 'remote'. This is not slated to
!         change until 3.0.

  1.10    How can I get elm to NOT expand the alias list on outgoing msgs?

!         From the monthly posting:
!     Problem is if a list has, say, 100 names in it then sending to
!     the list expands every single one of the 100 names. I would like
!     the message to have the "To" line = the name of the list itself
!     and have the actual recipients' names not appear.
!         You can't and don't want to. (and yet you can also) An alias is
!         a mechanism of making Elm address a message to multiple
!         people.  However, when the message gets to its destination, Elm
!         also has to allow that person do a group reply.  If the message
!         only has your local private elm alias in it, the group reply
!         will try and go to that alias name.  Unfortunately, that name
!         is meaningless to that other person (its private to both Elm
!         and you).

          There are two solutions:

!         The preferred if replies are desired:
!                 Have your mail administrator create a file include
!                 alias for you in your MTA (sendmail, et al).. This is
!                 usually of the type

          alias   :include:/some/path/to/a/file

!         where the file would be in a place you control and you have write
!     access to the file.  Then you can add/drop members of the list, and
!         the mail just goes to the alias, and, someone sending to
!         [e-mail] will be able to send to all members. (group
!         reply works correctly)
!
!         The less preferred method: (no group reply is possible)
!                 Send the message to yourself, with a bcc to the Elm
!                 alias.
!         Of course, the Bcc: won't be expanded by the MTA internal to
!         the message, so it won't appear in the message.

  1.11    How does one mark a message as urgent?

      * David W. Tamkin ([e-mail]):
!     Having an Action: header sets the recipient's A flag (if the recipient
!     uses Elm); in 2.3 have a Priority: header set the U flag no matter what
!     it said (even "Priority: none" or "junk" or "low").  In 2.4 there are
!     certain precoded Priority: values that do not turn on the U flag
!     ["normal" and "non-urgent"], but anything else will.

      * Jan Djarv <[e-mail]>:
!     Normal or non-urgent (case independent) does not turn on the U flag.
!     Also 'Importance: 2' turns on the U flag (exactly 2).
!     I dont know if this is an old artifact. I have never seen any
!     Importance header.

  1.12    How can I get a line like "Quoting foo:" before a replied-to mail?

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  1.08    How do I attach a `signature' to the bottom of outgoing messages?

!     1) look for "localsignature" and "remotesignature" in  your elmrc
!        file ( ~/.elm/elmrc );  if they're present, uncomment them and
!        be sure they look like:

!         localsignature = ~/.signature
!         remotesignature = ~/.signature

!     2) if they're not present, add them;
!     3) be sure there's also "sigdashes = ON";
!
!     4) Create the  corresponding file(s) in your home directory, with
!        your signature.
!
!     You  can  have  2  different signatures for local and remote mes-
!     sages: in this case you need to change one og the names in  elmrc
!     (like localsignature = ~/.signature.loc , for example).
!
!     Please  note that .signature files should contain useful informa-
!     tion and not exceed 4 lines in length.

  1.09    Why do I get the remote signature on replies to local mail?

!         * From the monthly posting:
!     In  Elm  2.4,  any address with an ! or @ in it is considered re-
!     mote, without those characters, its local.  Any reply  is  quali-
!     fied  to  prevent  alias  expansion.  If you had an alias in your
!     private Elm aliases that matched the name of a user on your  sys-
!     tem, but that alias did not point to that user, there would be no
!     way to reply to the message.  It would end up going to the  alias
!     name,  not  the user that mailed you.  To prevent this, Elm fully
!     qualifies (adds the site name) to a reply  address.   This  makes
!     the  simplistic signature detector think that the message is 're-
!     mote'. This is not slated to change until 3.0.

  1.10    How can I get elm to NOT expand the alias list on outgoing msgs?

!         * From the monthly posting:
!     Problem  is  if  a list has, say, 100 names in it then sending to
!     the list expands every single one of the 100 names. I would  like
!     the  message  to have the "To" line = the name of the list itself
!     and have the actual recipients' names not appear.  You can't  and
!     don't  want to. (and yet you can also) An alias is a mechanism of
!     making Elm address a message to multiple people.   However,  when
!     the  message  gets to its destination, Elm also has to allow that
!     person do a group reply.  If the message only has your local pri-
!     vate  elm  alias  in  it, the group reply will try and go to that
!     alias name.  Unfortunately, that name is meaningless to that oth-
!     er person (its private to both Elm and you).

          There are two solutions:

!         1) The preferred if replies are desired:
!     Have  your mail administrator create a file-include-alias for you
!     in your MTA (sendmail, et al). This is usually of the type:

          alias   :include:/some/path/to/a/file

!     where the file would be in a place you control and you have write
!     access to the file.  Then you can add/drop members of  the  list,
!     and  the  mail  just  goes  to the alias, and, someone sending to
!     [e-mail] will be able to send to all members. (group re-
!     ply works correctly)
!
!         2) The less preferred method: (no group reply is possible)
!     Send  the  message  to yourself, with a bcc to the Elm alias.  Of
!     course, the Bcc: won't be expanded by the  MTA  internal  to  the
!     message, so it won't appear in the message.

  1.11    How does one mark a message as urgent?

      * David W. Tamkin ([e-mail]):
!     Having  an Action: header sets the recipient's A flag (if the re-
!     cipient uses Elm); in 2.3 have a Priority: header set the U  flag
!     no  matter  what  it  said  (even  "Priority:  none" or "junk" or
!     "low").  In 2.4 there are certain precoded Priority: values  that
!     do  not  turn on the U flag ["normal" and "non-urgent"], but any-
!     thing else will.

      * Jan Djarv <[e-mail]>:
!     Normal  or  non-urgent  (case independent) does not turn on the U
!     flag.  Also 'Importance: 2' turns on the U flag (exactly  2).   I
!     dont  know  if this is an old artifact. I have never seen any Im-
!     portance header.

  1.12    How can I get a line like "Quoting foo:" before a replied-to mail?

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!     I also wrote a little patch,  since it seemed everyone was looking
!     for something like "In the mail about ... on ... you ... said ..."
!     It was posted on comp.mail.elm, sent to [e-mail], and is kept
!     on //ghost.dsi.unimi.it[149.132.2.1]/pub/FAQs/Elm/attrib.patch.

  1.13    How do i customize the ">" sign ??

!     Sven Guckes ([e-mail]):
!     You can edit the "quote prefix" by editing the "elmrc"
!     ($HOME/.elm/elmrc). Just change the value of the variable "prefix".

      # prefix sequence for indenting included message text
      prefix = >_
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  1.13    How do i customize the ">" sign ??

!     * Sven Guckes ([e-mail]):
!     You   can   edit  the  "quote  prefix"  by  editing  the  "elmrc"
!     ($HOME/.elm/elmrc). Just change the value of the  variable  "pre-
!     fix".

      # prefix sequence for indenting included message text
      prefix = >_
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  1.14    Can I tag uuecoded files in the order I want and then uudecode them?

      * Alan Edmonds ([e-mail]):
!     I save all of the items into a single folder,
!     order not important (yet).  Bring up elm on the single folder.
!     Go to the options screen and select "Sort by Subject."  Go back
!     to the main screen.  All of the items are (usually) in the
!     proper order.  I can then tag related messages and save them
!     (in order) to another folder.  I then run
!     'uucat new_folder | uudecode' to decode the pieces.  Works great.
!     I can go back to the original folder if something gets messed up.
!     I don't have to trim the headers out of each part (uucat does this),
!     and elm figures out the order for me.
      (Ask Alan Edmonds for uucat source.)

      * Steve Faiwiszewski ([e-mail]):
!     UUdecode expects to decode a single uuencoded file. It
!     knows nothing about multiple parts, and certainly has no knowledge
!     of the correct sequencing.
!     Here's what I do:  Typically, I receive a multipart uuencoded file
!     with the subject line of each msg containing the part number, so I can
!     get the parts ordered properly by telling Elm to sort by Msg
!     Subject.  I then save all the parts to a folder, and run it through
!     this program I found a long time ago, called unpack (source follows).
!     The neat thing about this program, is that you can append many
!     uuencoded files to the same folder, and unpack will do the right
!     thing - as long as all the parts are ordered correctly, and the
!     "begin" line of each part 1 contains a unique file name.
      Invoke it like this: "unpack < foldername"
      I guess tagging and piping should work with it too.
      (Ask Steve Faiwiszewski for unpack source.)

  1.15    Is there any way to bounce all the tagged messages with ONE command ?

!     Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     Save the following to a script in your personal bin directory,
      say `bounce':

          : use /bin/sh
--- 560,596 ----
  1.14    Can I tag uuecoded files in the order I want and then uudecode them?

      * Alan Edmonds ([e-mail]):
!     I save all of the items into a single folder, order not important
!     (yet).  Bring up elm on the single folder.   Go  to  the  options
!     screen and select "Sort by Subject."  Go back to the main screen.
!     All of the items are (usually) in the proper order.  I  can  then
!     tag  related messages and save them (in order) to another folder.
!     I then run I can go back to the original folder if something gets
!     messed  up.   I  don't  have to trim the headers out of each part
!     (uucat does this), and elm figures out the order for me.
      (Ask Alan Edmonds for uucat source.)

      * Steve Faiwiszewski ([e-mail]):
!     UUdecode  expects  to  decode  a  single uuencoded file. It knows
!     nothing about multiple parts, and certainly has no  knowledge  of
!     the  correct sequencing.  Here's what I do:  Typically, I receive
!     a multipart uuencoded file with the subject line of each msg con-
!     taining  the part number, so I can get the parts ordered properly
!     by telling Elm to sort by Msg Subject.  I then save all the parts
!     to  a folder, and run it through this program I found a long time
!     ago, called unpack (source follows).  The neat thing  about  this
!     program,  is that you can append many uuencoded files to the same
!     folder, and unpack will do the right thing - as long as  all  the
!     parts  are ordered correctly, and the "begin" line of each part 1
!     contains a unique file name.
      Invoke it like this: "unpack < foldername"
      I guess tagging and piping should work with it too.
      (Ask Steve Faiwiszewski for unpack source.)

  1.15    Is there any way to bounce all the tagged messages with ONE command ?

!     * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     Save  the  following  to a script in your personal bin directory,
      say `bounce':

          : use /bin/sh
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*** 524,553 ****
          done

      When you run:  !bounce addr ...
!     then all of the tagged messages will be bounced to the indicated
!     address(es). If no messages are tagged, then the currently selected
!     message will be bounced.

  1.16    Does ELM have MIME (metamail) support?

!     MIME allows for sending and receiving of messages compliant
!     to the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (RFC 1341).
!     MIME provides a way to attach binary, graphic, audio,
!     video, postscript and other files. It doesn't necessarily
!     need graphics capabilities on your display, but its useful.

      If you have installed Nathaniel Borenstein's metamail package for
!     displaying MIME messages, Elm can make use of it.  If you didn't
!     have metamail installed you might want to obtain a copy of it.
      The most recent version is on thumper.bellcore.com [128.96.41.1]:
      /pub/nsb/mm2.6.tar.Z .

!     Compiling of Elm even with MIME support enabled would not
!     depend on the metamail package. But you would not be able to
!     use nearly all of the MIME features as long as you don't have
!     metamail installed. Metamail with its companion programs
!     (mmencode) must be installed somewhere in the search path,
!     usually /usr/local/bin.

  1.17    How not to include headers in outward bound mail?

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          done

      When you run:  !bounce addr ...
!
!     then  all of the tagged messages will be bounced to the indicated
!     address(es). If no messages are tagged, then  the  currently  se-
!     lected message will be bounced.

  1.16    Does ELM have MIME (metamail) support?

!     MIME  allows  for  sending and receiving of messages compliant to
!     the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (RFC 1341).   MIME  pro-
!     vides  a  way to attach binary, graphic, audio, video, postscript
!     and other files. It doesn't necessarily need  graphics  capabili-
!     ties on your display, but its useful.

      If you have installed Nathaniel Borenstein's metamail package for
!     displaying MIME messages, Elm can make use of it.  If you  didn't
!     have  metamail  installed  you might want to obtain a copy of it.
      The most recent version is on thumper.bellcore.com [128.96.41.1]:
      /pub/nsb/mm2.6.tar.Z .

!     Compiling  of Elm even with MIME support enabled would not depend
!     on the metamail package. But you would not be able to use  nearly
!     all  of  the MIME features as long as you don't have metamail in-
!     stalled. Metamail with its companion programs (mmencode) must  be
!     installed somewhere in the search path, usually /usr/local/bin.

  1.17    How not to include headers in outward bound mail?

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*** 561,705 ****
      Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
      Content-Length: 67

!     Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     "noheader = ON" means when the message is copied into the buffer
!     for a reply or forward.
!     The "X-Mailer:" header is controlled at Configure time.  There
!     is a compile time option to produce or not produce it.
!     The three "Content-*" headers are always going to be produced by 2.4.

  1.18    Is it possible to save mail messages without the headers?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
      Use: !readmsg -n >filename
!     If you want to save a few keystrokes, you can encapsulate this
!     in a shell script to go in your personal bin directory.

      * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     Note that some of the newer features of readmsg are only
!     available in later 2.4 releases

  1.19    How do I upgrade my ELM aliases from 2.3 to 2.4PL23 ?

!         Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     All I did, was make sure 2.4 as installed, and then had each
!     user run newalias and I ran newalias -g.  The aliases.text
!     file is upwards compatible.  The old newalias converted
!     aliases.text to aliases.data and aliases.hash the 2.4 newalias
!     converts aliases.text to aliases, aliases.dir and aliases.pag.
!     If you don't have those three new files, you didn't install
!     2.4 correctly and are still running 2.3's newalias.

  1.20    Elm seems to ignore HOME environment variable. Why?

!         Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
      This is a feature.  Elm ignores $HOME, so that when su'd you read
!     the right mail file.  Its a choice of one or the other and we chose
!     to allow su over $HOME.

  1.21    Sometimes Elm (PL < 21) seems to join two messages in one. Why?

!         Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     Early versions of Elm 2.4 had a problem with messages with bad content
!     length headers. I'd update to a more recent version when 21 comes out
!     in a bit.
!
!     Compiler's Note: now PL 23 is out. I chose to report this Question
!     as it is so a strange behaviour (mail still reads the mailbox
!     correctly) a person can get mad about it :)

  1.22    How can ELM be used for an automatic reply?

!     It cannot. Autoreply is no longer supprorted and MUST be removed
!     from you system. You can try and use filter, but it's better
      looking for some other utility.

  1.23    How to list your mail from the oldest to the newest?

!     Arnaud Girsch ([e-mail]):
!     You can change the sortby= in your .elm/elmrc file, or change in menu
!     (O)ption, and then (S)orting criteria .... It allows you to choose
!     lots of different order .. and  you can choose whatever you want

  1.24    How to use elmheaders file?

      * Arnaud Girsch ([e-mail]):
!     You only have to create a file named elmheaders, a text file
!     where you put all the lines you want to be seen in the header !
!     If you redefine an existing header, it'll take it's place.
!     Example: if you want to redefine your Reply-To: header,
!     just create the file with the first line:
          Reply-To: [e-mail]

!     *
!     Please also note that elmheaders file is NOT processed. It's
!     appended as it is, with the exception of quoted shell escapes.
!     Hence, a Bcc: will not work, but a Return-Reply-To will, as
!     the latter is processed by the *receiving* MTA.

  1.25    How to change the fullname in sent mail ?

!     1) use the "fullname" option;
      2) set the NAME environment variable.

!     2) is useful if you want to change your name for a mail
      only, without editing your elmrc file.

!     Note that you might not be able to change fulname at all.
!     If your Elm is configured with DONT_ADD_FROM enabled
!     (run `elm -v' to see if it is), then Elm is *not* adding the
!     From: line.  The low-level mail transport is.
!     If this is the case (and it commonly is) you'll have to ask your
!     local administrator how to do it.  (If you have a `chfn' command
!     that might do it.)

  1.26    "Alias too long" or string too long errors.

!     Errors are to be expected when trying to expand very long
!     aliases, mailing lists, and so on. This error is due
!     to the fixed lenght strings in Elm 2.xx, and will not
!     be fixed until 3.xx is released.

  1.27    How to crypt mail in elm ?

!     Sven Guckes ([e-mail]):
      You need these two "keylines":
      [encode]
      and
      [clear]

!     Just put your top secret messages in between these two lines.
!     See the "ELM Reference Guide", "5. Special Outgoing Mail Processing"
!     for an example.
!
!     For all folks outside the US I might quote that little footnote:
!     "Unfortunately, at many non-US sites, it's quite probable that
!     you won't be able to use this feature since you won't have the
!     crypt() library available due to licensing restrictions."

  1.28    8 bit characters configuration?

!     Hakan Sjogren ([e-mail])
      reports both the problem and the solution:

!     PROBLEM: When receiving mails having swedish characters
!     the display of these national characters on the terminal are wrong
!     when using ELM.  If I add the line
!     Content-type: text/plain charset=iso-8859-1
!     into this received mail, ELM displays correctly.
!     Since this is a normal situation I would assume ELM to display
!     full 8bit characters if the mail bandwith is set to 8bit.

      SOLUTION: The solution to this problem was to set the environment
      variable LC_CTYPE=iso_8859_1 .

  1.29    Sun mailtool attachments and elm?

!     Kurt Swanson ([e-mail]):
      > Has anyone hacked elm to support the Sun attachment
      > style in the Openwindow's Mailtool?
!     This is handled by metamail, not well, unfortunately,
!     but handled that way in any case...

  1.30    How can I save outgoing mail ?

--- 638,786 ----
      Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
      Content-Length: 67

!     * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     "noheader  = ON" means when the message is copied into the buffer
!     for a reply or forward.  The "X-Mailer:" header is controlled  at
!     Configure time.  There is a compile time option to produce or not
!     produce it.  The three "Content-*" headers are always going to be
!     produced by 2.4.

  1.18    Is it possible to save mail messages without the headers?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
      Use: !readmsg -n >filename
!
!     If you want to save a few keystrokes, you can encapsulate this in
!     a shell script to go in your personal bin directory.

      * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     Note  that  some of the newer features of readmsg are only avail-
!     able in later 2.4 releases

  1.19    How do I upgrade my ELM aliases from 2.3 to 2.4PL23 ?

!         * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     All I did, was make sure 2.4 as installed, and then had each user
!     run newalias and I ran newalias -g.  The aliases.text file is up-
!     wards  compatible.   The  old  newalias converted aliases.text to
!     aliases.data and aliases.hash the 2.4  newalias  converts  alias-
!     es.text  to  aliases,  aliases.dir and aliases.pag.  If you don't
!     have those three new files, you didn't install 2.4 correctly  and
!     are still running 2.3's newalias.

  1.20    Elm seems to ignore HOME environment variable. Why?

!         * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
      This is a feature.  Elm ignores $HOME, so that when su'd you read
!     the right mail file.  Its a choice of one or  the  other  and  we
!     chose to allow su over $HOME.

  1.21    Sometimes Elm (PL < 21) seems to join two messages in one. Why?

!         * Syd Weinstein ([e-mail]):
!     Early  versions  of  Elm 2.4 had a problem with messages with bad
!     content length headers. I'd update to a more recent version  when
!     21 comes out in a bit.
!
!     Note:  now PL 23 is out. I chose to report this Question as it is
!     so a strange behaviour (mail still reads the  mailbox  correctly)
!     a person can get mad about it :)

  1.22    How can ELM be used for an automatic reply?

!     It  cannot. Autoreply is no longer supprorted and MUST be removed
!     from you system. You can try and  use  filter,  but  it's  better
      looking for some other utility.

  1.23    How to list your mail from the oldest to the newest?

!     * Arnaud Girsch ([e-mail]):
!     You  can change the sortby= in your .elm/elmrc file, or change in
!     menu (O)ption, and then (S)orting criteria.  It  allows  you   to
!     choose   lots   of  different order, and  you can choose whatever
!     you want.

  1.24    How to use elmheaders file?

      * Arnaud Girsch ([e-mail]):
!     Under  your  .elmrc  directory, create a file named elmheaders, a
!     text file where you put all the lines you want to be seen in  the
!     header.   If  you  redefine  an existing header, it will take its
!     place.
!
!     Example:  if  you  want  to redefine your Reply-To: header,  just
!     create the file and put the following into it:
!
          Reply-To: [e-mail]

!     * (me):
!     Please  also note that elmheaders file is NOT processed. It's ap-
!     pended as it is, with the  exception  of  quoted  shell  escapes.
!     Hence,  a  Bcc: will not work, but a Return-Reply-To will, as the
!     latter is processed by the *receiving* MTA.

  1.25    How to change the fullname in sent mail ?

!     1) use the "fullname" option into the elmrc file;
      2) set the NAME environment variable.

!     Method  2)  is  useful if you want to change your name for a mail
      only, without editing your elmrc file.

!     Note  that  you  might  not be able to change fulname at all.  If
!     your Elm is configured with DONT_ADD_FROM enabled (run  `elm  -v'
!     to  see  if it is), then Elm is *not* adding the From: line.  The
!     low-level mail transport is.  If this is the case (and it common-
!     ly  is) you'll have to ask your local administrator how to do it.
!     (If you have a `chfn' command that might do it.)

  1.26    "Alias too long" or string too long errors.

!     Errors  are to be expected when trying to expand very long alias-
!     es, mailing lists, and so on. This error  is  due  to  the  fixed
!     length  strings  in Elm 2.xx, and will not be fixed until 3.xx is
!     released.

  1.27    How to crypt mail in elm ?

!     * Sven Guckes ([e-mail]):
      You need these two "keylines":
+
      [encode]
      and
      [clear]

!     Just  put  your  top  secret messages in between these two lines.
!     See the "ELM Reference Guide", "5. Special Outgoing Mail Process-
!     ing" for an example.
!
!     For  all folks outside the US I might quote that little footnote:
!     "Unfortunately, at many non-US sites, it's  quite  probable  that
!     you  won't  be  able to use this feature since you won't have the
!     crypt() library available due to USA Government restrictions."

  1.28    8 bit characters configuration?

!     * Hakan Sjogren ([e-mail])
      reports both the problem and the solution:

!     PROBLEM:  When receiving mails having swedish characters the dis-
!     play of these national characters on the terminal are wrong  when
!     using   ELM.    If   I  add  the  line  Content-type:  text/plain
!     charset=iso-8859-1 into this received mail, ELM displays correct-
!     ly.   Since this is a normal situation I would assume ELM to dis-
!     play full 8bit characters if the mail bandwith is set to 8bit.

      SOLUTION: The solution to this problem was to set the environment
      variable LC_CTYPE=iso_8859_1 .

  1.29    Sun mailtool attachments and elm?

!     * Kurt Swanson ([e-mail]):
      > Has anyone hacked elm to support the Sun attachment
      > style in the Openwindow's Mailtool?
!     This is handled by metamail, not well, unfortunately, but handled
!     that way in any case...

  1.30    How can I save outgoing mail ?

***************
*** 708,715 ****
      # save a copy of all outbound messages?
      copy = ON

!     # save outbound messages by login name of sender/recipient even if the
!     # associated folder doesn't already exist?
      forcename = OFF

      # save messages, incoming and outbound, by login name of
--- 789,796 ----
      # save a copy of all outbound messages?
      copy = ON

!     # save outbound messages by login name of sender/recipient even if
!     # the associated folder doesn't already exist?
      forcename = OFF

      # save messages, incoming and outbound, by login name of
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      savename = ON

      # where to save copies of outgoing mail to, default file is "=sent"
!     sentmail = ~/Mail/Spedita/sent

  1.31    Can I get an automatic receipt when my message is actually read?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     With Elm, you cannot.  Many people consider this an intrusion of
      privacy, not a feature.

  1.32    Get a copy of message(s) into the edit buffer when composing a reply?
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      savename = ON

      # where to save copies of outgoing mail to, default file is "=sent"
!     sentmail = /path/to/the/file

  1.31    Can I get an automatic receipt when my message is actually read?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     With  Elm, you cannot.  Many people consider this an intrusion of
      privacy, not a feature.

  1.32    Get a copy of message(s) into the edit buffer when composing a reply?
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  1.33    How can I print in Elm ?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     First thing you need to do is change the default print command Elm
!     gives you.  The compiled-in default of "cat %s | lp" is obsolete.
!     Simply use "lp" (or whatever) as your print command.  This will
!     pipe the message directly into the print command, and it will
!     leave stdout/stderr of the print command attached to your terminal.
!     That means that pass-through printing will work.  That means
!     problems and error messages will be displayed.  Making this change
!     might fix the problems you are having.  Even if it doesn't fix
!     them, at least now you'll be able to see the error diagnostics
!     rather than the mysterious `Printout failed' message.

  1.34    How can I get a complete elmrc file ?

      From inside ELm, type 'o' (Options) then '>' (Save).
!     This will create a complete elmrc file, with all options and
!     lots of comments. Remember that a leading "#" on a line denotes
!     a comment. Hence a line with leadin "###" is ALSO a comment.

  1.35    How can I change a configuration setting for all of my users?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     By creating a global elmrc file.  Copy your personal elmrc file
!     to $libdir/elm.rc, where $libdir is the Elm library directory
      that holds the help files and other such things.  Edit that file.
      The values it provides will override the compiled-in defaults.

  1.36    What do `Priority, Expires and Action' headers mean?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
      Not a whole hell of a lot.  These are Elm-isms.
      Priority: If you put a value in this header, *any* value other
          than `normal' or `non-urgent', then Elm will put a `U' on
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  1.33    How can I print in Elm ?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     First  thing  you  need to do is change the default print command
!     Elm gives you.  The compiled-in default of "cat %s | lp" is obso-
!     lete.  Simply use "lp" (or whatever) as your print command.  This
!     will pipe the message directly into the  print  command,  and  it
!     will  leave  stdout/stderr  of the print command attached to your
!     terminal.  That means that pass-through printing will work.  That
!     means problems and error messages will be displayed.  Making this
!     change might fix the problems you are having.  Even if it doesn't
!     fix  them,  at least now you'll be able to see the error diagnos-
!     tics rather than the mysterious `Printout failed' message.

  1.34    How can I get a complete elmrc file ?

      From inside ELm, type 'o' (Options) then '>' (Save).
!     This will create a complete elmrc file, with all options and lots
!     of comments. Remember that a leading "#" on a line denotes a com-
!     ment. Hence a line with leadin "###" is ALSO a comment.

  1.35    How can I change a configuration setting for all of my users?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     By  creating  a global elmrc file.  Copy your personal elmrc file
!     to $libdir/elm.rc, where $libdir is  the  Elm  library  directory
      that holds the help files and other such things.  Edit that file.
      The values it provides will override the compiled-in defaults.

  1.36    What do `Priority, Expires and Action' headers mean?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
+
      Not a whole hell of a lot.  These are Elm-isms.
      Priority: If you put a value in this header, *any* value other
          than `normal' or `non-urgent', then Elm will put a `U' on
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  1.37    What does the `Precedence' header mean?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     This is *not* an Elm-ism.  It is a sendmail-ism. :-)  It allows
!     you to specify handling instructions for the mail transport.  If
!     you have to ask this question -- you don't want to mess with it.

  1.38    How can I get a `Reply-To' header in all of my messages?

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  1.37    What does the `Precedence' header mean?

      * Chip Rosenthal ([e-mail]):
!     This  is  *not* an Elm-ism.  It is a sendmail-ism. :-)  It allows
!     you to specify handling instructions for the mail transport.   If
!     you  have to ask this question -- you don't want to mess with it.

  1.38    How can I get a `Reply-To' header in all of my messages?

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      Quote it.  i.e. : "foo=bar"@net.org

! 1.48    What's aliases limit ? # of aliases ? total lenght ?

!     Aliases are limited by lenght. It's 5120 chars.
  1.49    How can I change the editor ?

      In your elmrc file set editor=/path/to/editor
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      Quote it.  i.e. : "foo=bar"@net.org

! 1.48    What's aliases limit ? # of aliases ? total length ?

!     Aliases are limited by length. It's 5120 chars.
  1.49    How can I change the editor ?

      In your elmrc file set editor=/path/to/editor
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      "-s <subject> even if you're calling it with "-i <file>"
      and <file> contains the Subject header.

+ 1.56    How can I do <.....> with vi / my editor under Elm ?
+
+     This is not an Elm question. Please refer to the appropriate
+     manual / doc / FAQ / whatever.  I'm sorry, but should I give
+     you answers on your editor, I'd end up writing a bad FAQ for
+     your editor and a bad FAQ for Elm.
+
+ 1.57    How can I scroll backwards w/ builtin editor ?
+
+     You can't.
+     You can specify your favourite pager in your elmrc file
+     ( ~/.elm/elmrc ) by adding a line like:
+         pager = /usr/local/bin/less
+
+     Should you choose "less", you can yse one of the following
+     lines, from Dave Ratcliffe (vogon1!frackit![e-mail]):
+
+     pager = less -cEw
+     pager = less -C -e +Gg -P%f' ['%T'] ('%pb'\% ln '%lb/%L')'
+     pager = less -cEw -e +Gg -P%f' ['%T'] ('%pb'\% ln '%lb/%L')'
+
+     or these from Andrew Duchowski ([e-mail]):
+
+     pager = less -C -e +Gg -M
+     pager = less
+     -C -e +Gg -P?f%f:'stdin'.'--('?pb%pb:'0'.'\%'?lb' line '%lb.')--'
+
+     (You will put this on a single line: I split it for formatting
+     reasons).
+
+     Remember to specify the full path to "less".
+
+ 1.58    How can I send the same message to a list of people ?
+
+     There are 3 possible cases:
+
+     1) You need to send a message to a huge list once in your life;
+     2) You sometimes send to a huge list;
+     3) You often / regularly send messages to a lot of people;
+
+     1) type recipients' addresses by hand. If the list is really a
+        long one, you can consider 2).
+     2) if the list is static (i.e. you haven't to modify it each
+        time), you can create aliases: simply press 'a' from the
+        main menu, then follow the alias submenu help (really easy).
+        Or you can use the 3rd method, which gives you more
+        flexibility and (inmy opinion) ease-of-use;
+     3) use the following script by John Woodburn ([e-mail]):
+         #!/bin/sh
+         file=/path/to/message
+
+         read address
+         while [ -n "${address}" ] ; do
+             cat ${file} | /usr/bin/sendmail -oi -odb ${address}
+             read address
+         done
+        The addresses' list is read from stdin, so you can store it in
+        a file and run this srcipt, say "snd_msg" this way:
+         snd_msg < /path/to/addresses/file
+
+        If you want to use elm aliases in the file, you can substitute
+        the line with "sendmail" in the script with:
+         cat ${file} | /path/to/elm -s "subject" ${address}
+
+     Another way to handle such mailings is to convince your system
+     administrator to put a line like:
+         foo    :include:/path/to/a/file
+     in sendmail's system-wide aliases file, and give you write
+     permission to this file. You can then use whatever mail program
+     to mail to the list, and anybody sending a message to [e-mail]
+     will reach the list.
+
+ 1.59    How can I resynchronize folder (deleting, etc) w/out exiting Elm ?
+
+     From main menu, press '$'.
+
+ 1.60    Couldn't malloc 1769480335 bytes!!
+
+     This error occurs when Elm tries to open $lib/aliases and
+     the sytem-wide aliases file is not in the expected format.
+     For example, if you installed sendmail in /usr/local, its
+     aliases are then kept in usr/locla/lib/aliases, the same
+     path that's default for Elm.
+
+     * John Warburton <[e-mail]>:
+     I fixed the problem here by renaming the elm aliases files in
+     hdrs/sysdefs.SH to have elm_ prefixed before the aliases:
+
+     * Syd Weinstein <[e-mail]>:
+     (referred to the above soution) ... that or just use a dif-
+     ferent $lib than /usr/local/lib, make it /usr/local/lib/elm.
+     In addition, Elm 3.0 will rename the aliases file to avoid
+     conflicts.
+

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