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- .sh 1 "Summary of commands, options, and escapes"
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- This section gives a quick summary of the
- .i Mail
- commands, binary and valued options, and tilde escapes.
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- The following table describes the commands:
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- Command Description
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- ! Single command escape to shell
- - Back up to previous message
- Print Type message with ignored fields
- Reply Reply to author of message only
- Type Type message with ignored fields
- alias Define an alias as a set of user names
- alternates List other names you are known by
- chdir Change working directory, home by default
- copy Copy a message to a file or folder
- delete Delete a list of messages
- dt Delete current message, type next message
- endif End of conditional statement; see \fBif\fP
- edit Edit a list of messages
- else Start of else part of conditional; see \fBif\fP
- exit Leave mail without changing anything
- file Interrogate/change current mail file
- folder Same as \fBfile\fP
- folders List the folders in your folder directory
- from List headers of a list of messages
- headers List current window of messages
- help Print brief summary of \fIMail\fP commands
- hold Same as \fBpreserve\fP
- if Conditional execution of \fIMail\fP commands
- ignore Set/examine list of ignored header fields
- list List valid \fIMail\fP commands
- local List other names for the local host
- mail Send mail to specified names
- mbox Arrange to save a list of messages in \fImbox\fP
- next Go to next message and type it
- preserve Arrange to leave list of messages in system mailbox
- quit Leave \fIMail\fP; update system mailbox, \fImbox\fP as appropriate
- reply Compose a reply to a message
- save Append messages, headers included, on a file
- set Set binary or valued options
- shell Invoke an interactive shell
- top Print first so many (5 by default) lines of list of messages
- type Print messages
- undelete Undelete list of messages
- unset Undo the operation of a \fBset\fP
- visual Invoke visual editor on a list of messages
- write Append messages to a file, don't include headers
- z Scroll to next/previous screenful of headers
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- The following table describes the options. Each option is
- shown as being either a binary or valued option.
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- Option Type Description
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- EDITOR valued Pathname of editor for ~e and \fBedit\fP
- SHELL valued Pathname of shell for \fBshell\fP, ~! and \fB!\fP
- VISUAL valued Pathname of screen editor for ~v, \fBvisual\fP
- append binary Always append messages to end of \fImbox\fP
- ask binary Prompt user for Subject: field when sending
- askcc binary Prompt user for additional Cc's at end of message
- autoprint binary Print next message after \fBdelete\fP
- crt valued Minimum number of lines before using \fImore\fP
- debug binary Print out debugging information
- dot binary Accept . alone on line to terminate message input
- escape valued Escape character to be used instead of ~
- folder valued Directory to store folders in
- hold binary Hold messages in system mailbox by default
- ignore binary Ignore \s-2RUBOUT\s0 while sending mail
- ignoreeof binary Don't terminate letters/command input with \fB\(uaD\fP
- keep binary Don't unlink system mailbox when empty
- keepsave binary Don't delete \fBsave\fPd messages by default
- metoo binary Include sending user in aliases
- noheader binary Suppress initial printing of version and headers
- nosave binary Don't save partial letter in \fIdead.letter\fP
- quiet binary Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version and message numbers
- record valued File to save all outgoing mail in
- screen valued Size of window of message headers for \fBz\fP, etc.
- sendmail valued Choose alternate mail delivery system
- toplines valued Number of lines to print in \fBtop\fP
- verbose binary Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
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- The following table summarizes the tilde escapes available
- while sending mail.
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- Escape Arguments Description
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- ~! command Execute shell command
- ~c name ... Add names to Cc: field
- ~d Read \fIdead.letter\fP into message
- ~e Invoke text editor on partial message
- ~f messages Read named messages
- ~h Edit the header fields
- ~m messages Read named messages, right shift by tab
- ~p Print message entered so far
- ~q Abort entry of letter; like \s-2RUBOUT\s0
- ~r filename Read file into message
- ~s string Set Subject: field to \fIstring\fP
- ~t name ... Add names to To: field
- ~v Invoke screen editor on message
- ~w filename Write message on file
- ~| command Pipe message through \fIcommand\fP
- ~~ string Quote a ~ in front of \fIstring\fP
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- The following table shows the command line flags that
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- accepts:
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- Flag Description
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- \-N Suppress the initial printing of headers
- \-T \fIfile\fP Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
- \-d Turn on debugging
- \-f \fIfile\fP Show messages in \fIfile\fP or \fI~/mbox\fP
- \-h \fInumber\fP Pass on hop count for mail forwarding
- \-i Ignore tty interrupt signals
- \-n Inhibit reading of /usr/lib/Mail.rc
- \-r \fIname\fP Pass on \fIname\fP for mail forwarding
- \-s \fIstring\fP Use \fIstring\fP as subject in outgoing mail
- \-u \fIname\fP Read \fIname's\fP mail instead of your own
- \-v Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
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- Notes:
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- and
- .b \-r
- are not for human use.
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