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- ?
- List the available commands.
-
- about
- Give general information about Z-Mail and its authors.
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- alias, unalias, group
- Creates, lists or removes mail aliases (address abbreviations).
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- alternates, alts
- Tells Z-Mail about other e-mail addresses you may have.
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- ask
- Asks a question and obtains a response from the user.
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- await
- In Motif mode, checks for new mail and then continues.
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- builtin
- Allows a function with the same name as a standard Z-Mail
- command. Precede a function name with builtin to make
- Z-Mail perform the standard command instead of the function.
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- bind-macro, unbind-macro
- Create, list or remove fullscreen mode macros.
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- button, unbutton
- Creates, lists, or removes buttons in the Main Window Action
- Area. In fullscreen mode, these buttons are available through
- the user-button macro.
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- cd
- Changes the current working directory.
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- chroot
- Limits the directories you may access in a File Finder.
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- close
- Closes an open folder.
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- cmd, uncmd
- Creates, lists or removes command abbreviations.
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- compcmd
- Performs actions on compositions in progress.
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- copy, co
- Copy messages to another folder, without setting the saved (S)
- status flag of those messages. Messages having the saved status
- may be deleted when a folder is updated, so this command can be
- used to assure that two folders each contain a copy of a message.
-
- debug
- Enable debugging output. Use "setenv DBFILE filename" to save this
- output in a file instead of displaying it.
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- delete, d
- Delete messages. Deleted messages are not permanently removed from
- a folder until that folder is updated. Some commands will skip over
- deleted messages.
-
- detach
- Store one or more attachments of a message in files, and optionally
- display those attachments.
-
- dialog
- Displays a dialog box for any one of the following: Aliases,
- Buttons, Colors, Compose, Dates, Envelope, Folders, Fonts,
- Headers, Help, Printer, Search, Sort, Templates, Toolbox and
- Variables, Buttons, Functions, Menus, Browser, Save, Filters.
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- display
- Displays the contents of a message.
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- dp, dt
- Delete a message and display (print or type) the next
- message. See "next" for rules used to location the
- next message.
- each
- Executes a command you specify on each message in a mes-
- sage list.
-
- echo, error
- Re-displays the commands you type, expanding all arguments
- to show their values.
-
- edit, e, v
- In line mode only, edit the contents of one or more messages, using
- either the "editor" or the "visual" editor.
-
- else
- Introduces the alternative case of an if...else...endif conditional.
- This is not a true command, rather it is a control structure. It
- may be used only in user-defined functions or scripts, and must be
- on a line by itself.
-
- endif
- Marks the end of an if...else...endif conditional. This is not a
- true command, rather it is a control structure. It may be used only
- in user-defined functions or scripts, and must be on a line by itself.
-
- eval
- Re-parses its arguments, then executes them as a command.
-
- exit, x, xit
- Terminates Z-Mail without updating any folders. In user-
- defined scripts, terminates the script. The x command always
- terminates Z-Mail.
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- expand
- Shows the addresses referenced by a mail alias. Z-Mail fully
- expands nested or hierarchical aliases.
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- filter, unfilter
- Creates, lists, or removes message filters.
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- flags
- Examine or set the status flags of messages. Status flags are:
- D deleted O old R read U unread p printed
- N new P preseved S saved f forwarded r replied
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- folder, fo
- Change the active folder, open a folder, or close a folder.
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- folders
- Lists the folders that are present in the folder directory.
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- foreach
- Perform a command for each message in a list of messages or for each
- file in a list of file names. This differs from "each" in that a
- variable is set to contain each of the items in turn.
-
- from, f
- Display the header summary of one or more messages, and optionally
- change the current message to the first or last of those messages.
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- fullscreen
- Change from the line mode to the fullscreen mode. Cannot be used
- in GUI mode.
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- function
- Create a user-defined function.
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- headers, H, h, z, z+, z-
- Display a screenful of header summaries. Useful only in line mode
- or in user-defined functions. The "z" forms move one screenful
- forward or backward. These commands may also be used to select
- groups of messages by their status, as follows:
- :d deleted :n new :r replied-to
- :f forwarded :o old :s saved
- :m marked :p preserved :u unread
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- functions
- Lists the names of all user-defined functions.
-
- help
- Displays help information on various topics, which follow
- as options.
-
- hide, unhide
- Hides and displays specified messages summaries in the main
- window.
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- history
- Displays a list of recently-entered commands.
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- iconify
- Convert all Z-Mail windows to icon state.
-
- if ... else ... endif
- Defines conditional processing in a script. Use only in
- user-defined functions and scripts.
-
- ignore, unignore
- Tells Z-Mail which message header fields to hide when it
- displays messages.
-
- interpose, uninterpose
- Allows a user-defined function to "piggyback" on top of a
- Z-Mail command or operation.
-
- jobs
- Show a summary of the compositions (Compose Windows)
- currently in progress.
-
- license
- Manipulates licensing for the current Z-Mail session.
-
- lpr
- Sends the contents of messages to the printer.
-
- mail, m
- Opens a window so you can compose a message.
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- map, unmap
- Create, list or remove line mode key bindings.
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- map!, unmap!
- Create, list or remove composition mode key bindings.
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- mark, unmark
- Tags messages with priorities or temporary marks,
- or removes those priorities or marks.
-
- menu, unmenu
- Creates or removes menu items and menus from
- Z-Mail windows.
-
- merge
- Copies messages from a folder you specify into your
- active folder.
-
- msg_list
- Simplifies a message list in metacharacter form into a
- simple list of numbers.
-
- my_hdr, un_hdr
- Creates, lists or removes custom headers that Z-Mail inserts at
- the beginning of all your outgoing messages.
-
- next, n
- Displays the contents of the next message, or the current
- message if it has not yet been read.
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- open
- Opens a folder, or makes that folder active if it is already open.
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- page
- Displays a file in a Z-Mail pager window.
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- pick, search
- Searches for and selects messages according to a variety of
- criteria. Synonym for search.
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- pinup
- Displays a message in a Pinup Window, to be viewed simulta
- neously with other messages in the Message Window.
-
- pipe
- Sends the contents of selected messages as input to standard
- UNIX commands.
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- preserve, unpreserve, pre, unpre
- Saves a message list in your system folder rather than your main
- mailbox unless you explicitly delete it.
-
- previous
- Display the contents of the previous message. The previous message
- is is the message nearest to the current message, having a lower
- message number, that has not been saved or deleted.
-
- printenv
- Displays the set of environment strings that Z-Mail passes to
- other UNIX processes that it creates.
-
- print
- Synonym for display.
-
- pwd
- Prints the name of the current working directory.
-
- quit, q
- Terminates Z-Mail, after updating any open folders that have
- been modified.
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- read
- Synonym for display.
-
- redraw
- Causes all Z-Mail window to "refresh".
-
- remove
- Remove a file; see also rmfolder.
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- rename
- Changes the name of a folder.
-
- reply, r
- Replies to a message you have received, addressing the
- response only to the sender of that message.
-
- replyall, R
- Compose a reply to a message you have recieved, addressing the reply
- to the sender of that message and also to all of the persons who
- received a copy of that message.
-
- replysender, reply, respond, r
- Compose a reply to a message you have received, addressing the reply
- only to the sender of that message.
-
- resume, fg
- Resume a suspended composition, identified by its number. To list
- the numbers of all suspended composition, use the "jobs" command.
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- retain, unretain
- Specify exactly those message header fields that should be shown when
- displaying the contents of messages. All other headers are hidden.
-
- return
- Terminates a script and returns a result.
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- rmfolder
- Remove a folder, first closing it if it is open and checking
- whether it is empty.
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- save, s
- Saves the current message to a file or folder.
-
- saveopts
- Stores a copy of all of the current Z-Mail settings in a file.
-
- search
- Searches for and selects messages according to a variety of
- criteria.
-
- set, unset
- Sets the values of Z-Mail variables, or removes those variables
- and their values.
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- setenv
- Sets the values of environment strings that Z-Mail passes to
- other UNIX processes it creates.
-
- sh
- Executes a command using the shell (/bin/sh).
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- shift
- Remove one or more arguments from the list of arguments passed to a
- user-defined function. Arguments are removed from the left (front) of
- the list, and the remaining arguments are renumbered starting from 1.
-
- close, shut
- Close a folder (usually the active folder). This is the same as
- "folder -shut".
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- sort
- Sort the messages in the active folder according to a variety of
- criteria. The messages are renumbered to reflect the new order.
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- source
- Read and execute commands from a script file.
-
- stop
- Suspend the Z-Mail process. This is not available on all operating
- systems. In GUI mode, this is the same as "iconify".
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- top
- Display the first few lines of the contents of a message.
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- undelete, u
- Remove the deleted (*) status flag from messages. This may be done
- at any time before a folder is updated.
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- undigest
- Unpack a digest message into its component messages, either storing
- those messages in a file or merging them into the active folder.
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- update
- Store all changes that have been made to a folder (usually the
- active folder) back to disk. Deletions become permanent once a
- folder is updated. Saved messages are normally deleted from the
- spool mailbox on update, and may optionally be deleted from other
- folders as well.
-
- version
- Display the current version of Z-Mail.
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- write, w
- Store the text of messages to a file, without storing any of the
- message headers. Files created with this command cannot be read
- back into Z-Mail as folders.
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