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- mailx commands
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- alias,group user ... declare alias for user names
- alternates user declare alternate names for your login
- cd,chdir [directory] chdir to directory or home if none given
- !command shell escape
- copy [msglist] file save messages to file without marking as saved
- delete [msglist] delete messages
- discard,ignore header discard header field when printing message
- dp,dt [msglist] delete messages and type next message
- echo string print the string
- edit [msglist] edit messages
- folder,file filename change mailboxes to filename
- folders list files in directory of current folder
- followup [message] reply to message and save copy
- Followup [msglist] reply to messages and save copy
- from [msglist] give header lines of messages
- header [message] print page of active message headers
- help,? print this help message
- hold,preserve [msglist] hold messages in mailbox
- list list all commands (no explanations)
- mail user mail to specific user
- Mail mail to specific user, saving copy
- mbox [msglist] messages will go to mbox when quitting
- next [message] goto and type next message
- pipe,| [msglist] shell-cmd pipe the messages to the shell command
- print,type [msglist] print messages
- Print,Type [msglist] print messages with all headers
- quit quit, preserving unread messages
- reply,respond [message] reply to the author and recipients of the message
- Reply,Respond [msglist] reply to authors of the messages
- save [msglist] file save (appending) messages to file
- Save [msglist] save messages to file named after author
- set variable[=value] set variable to value
- size [msglist] print size of messages
- source file read commands from file
- top [msglist] print top 5 lines of messages
- touch [msglist] force the messages to be saved when quitting
- undelete [msglist] restore deleted messages
- undiscard,unignore header add header field back to list printed
- version print version
- visual [msglist] edit list with $VISUAL editor
- write [msglist] file write messages without headers
- xit,exit quit, preserving all messages
- z [+/-] display next [last] page of 10 headers
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- [msglist] is optional and specifies messages by number, author, subject or
- type. The default is the current message.
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