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- NAME
- elm - an interactive mail system
-
- SYNOPSIS
- elm [ -achkKmrwz ] [ -f alternate-folder ] [ -d debug-level ]
- elm [ -s subject ] list of aliases or addresses
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Elm is an interactive screen-oriented mailer program that supercedes mail
- and mailx.
-
- There are three main ways to use the elm mailer. One way to use the
- mailer is to specify a list of addresses on the command line when the
- mailer is invoked. This will allow sending of a single message to the
- specified recipients with all the options usually available in the elm
- system itself. For example, the command
-
- elm -s testing joe
-
- would initiate the sending of a message to the alias joe with the subject
- "testing" indicated and would put you into an editor for you to enter the
- text of the message. If the subject flag and argument were not present,
- you would be prompted for a message subject.
-
- The second way, used most commonly when transmitting files and such, is
- to specify the subject of the message and the recipients using the
- command line and redirect a file as standard input. For example, the
- command
-
- elm -s testing joe < test.c
-
- would mail a copy of the file test.c to alias joe, with the subject
- "testing" indicated. The subject flag and argument are optional.
-
- The third way, elm is invoked with neither subject nor addresses
- specified on the command line and without standard input redirected. You
- can then read any messages in your incoming mailbox (or specified
- folder), reply to messages in the mailbox, mail messages, etc.
-
- Options are:
-
- -a Arrow - force the arrow cursor (instead of the inverse bar)
-
- -c Checkalias - expand the following aliases and return.
-
- -d level Debug - set specified debug level - Output to
- "$HOME/ELM:debug.info"
-
- -f alternative-folder
- Folder - read folder (specified) rather than the incoming
- mailbox.
-
- -h Help - give a list of starting options.
-
- -? Synonymous with the "-h" option.
-
- -k Keypad - force knowledge of HP terminal keyboard, to allow
- the use of the NEXT, PREV and HOME/SHIFT-HOME keys.
-
- -K Keypad + softkeys - enable use of softkeys on HP terminals
- only.
-
- -m Menu off - Use the extra lines for more message headers.
-
- -s subj Subject - specify subject for message to mail.
-
- -v Version - print version and configuration information.
-
- -z Zero - don't enter Elm if no mail is pending.
-
- AUTHOR
- Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
-
- SEE ALSO
- The Elm documentation package, including: The Elm Users Guide, The Elm
- Reference Guide, The Elm Alias System Users Guide, The Elm Forms Mode
- Guide, The Elm Filter Guide, The Elm Configuration Guide
-
- newalias(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), frm(1L), printmail(1L)
-
- FILES
- /usr/local/lib/elm-help.* help files
- /usr/local/lib/aliases.text system alias source
- /usr/local/lib/aliases.hash system alias hash table
- /usr/local/lib/aliases.data system alias data table
- $HOME/.elm/aliases.text user alias source
- $HOME/.elm/aliases.hash user alias hash table
- $HOME/.elm/aliases.data user alias data table
- $HOME/.elm/elmrc customized mailer parameters
- $HOME/.elm/elmheaders customized message headers
- /tmp/snd.$$ outgoing mail edit buffer
- /tmp/mbox.logname temporary mailbox
- $HOME/ELM:debug.info Debug output if turned on
-
- DIAGNOSTICS
- Should know about keyboards/softkey terminals other than HP. (If only
- termcap were that powerful!)
-
- BUG REPORTS TO
- Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
-
- COPYRIGHTS
- (c) Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
- (c) Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust
-