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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)mail9.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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.\"
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.bp
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.sh 1 "Summary of commands, options, and escapes"
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.pp
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This section gives a quick summary of the
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.i Mail
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commands, binary and valued options, and tilde escapes.
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.pp
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The following table describes the commands:
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.TS
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center ;
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c ci
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lb l.
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Command Description
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+ Same as \fBnext\fP
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- Back up to previous message
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? Print brief summary of \fIMail\fP commands
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! Single command escape to shell
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Print Type message with ignored fields
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Reply Reply to author of message only
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Respond Same as \fBReply\fP
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Type Type message with ignored fields
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alias Define an alias as a set of user names
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alternates List other names you are known by
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chdir Change working directory, home by default
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copy Copy a message to a file or folder
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delete Delete a list of messages
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dp Same as \fBdt\fP
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dt Delete current message, type next message
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edit Edit a list of messages
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else Start of else part of conditional; see \fBif\fP
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endif End of conditional statement; see \fBif\fP
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exit Leave mail without changing anything
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file Interrogate/change current mail file
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folder Same as \fBfile\fP
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folders List the folders in your folder directory
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from List headers of a list of messages
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headers List current window of messages
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help Same as \fB?\fP
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hold Same as \fBpreserve\fP
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if Conditional execution of \fIMail\fP commands
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ignore Set/examine list of ignored header fields
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list List valid \fIMail\fP commands
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local List other names for the local host
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mail Send mail to specified names
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mbox Arrange to save a list of messages in \fImbox\fP
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next Go to next message and type it
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preserve Arrange to leave list of messages in system mailbox
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print Print messages
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quit Leave \fIMail\fP; update system mailbox, \fImbox\fP as appropriate
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reply Compose a reply to a message
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respond Same as \fBreply\fP
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retain Supersedes \fBignore\fP
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save Append messages, headers included, on a file
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set Set binary or valued options
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shell Invoke an interactive shell
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size Prints out size of message list
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source Read \fImail\fP commands from a file
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top Print first so many (5 by default) lines of list of messages
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type Same as \fBprint\fP
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undelete Undelete list of messages
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unread Marks list of messages as not been read
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unset Undo the operation of a \fBset\fP
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visual Invoke visual editor on a list of messages
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write Append messages to a file, don't include headers
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xit Same as \fBexit\fP
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z Scroll to next/previous screenful of headers
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.TE
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.pp
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The following table describes the options. Each option is
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shown as being either a binary or valued option.
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.TS
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center;
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c ci ci
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l ci l.
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Option Type Description
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EDITOR valued Pathname of editor for ~e and \fBedit\fP
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PAGER valued Pathname of paginator for \fBPrint\fP, \fBprint\fP, \fBType\fP and \fBtype\fP
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SHELL valued Pathname of shell for \fBshell\fP, ~! and \fB!\fP
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VISUAL valued Pathname of screen editor for ~v, \fBvisual\fP
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append binary Always append messages to end of \fImbox\fP
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ask binary Prompt user for Subject: field when sending
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askcc binary Prompt user for additional Cc's at end of message
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autoprint binary Print next message after \fBdelete\fP
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crt valued Minimum number of lines before using \fBPAGER\fP
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debug binary Print out debugging information
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dot binary Accept . alone on line to terminate message input
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escape valued Escape character to be used instead of\ \ ~
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folder valued Directory to store folders in
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hold binary Hold messages in system mailbox by default
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ignore binary Ignore \s-2RUBOUT\s0 while sending mail
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ignoreeof binary Don't terminate letters/command input with \fB\(uaD\fP
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keep binary Don't unlink system mailbox when empty
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keepsave binary Don't delete \fBsave\fPd messages by default
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metoo binary Include sending user in aliases
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noheader binary Suppress initial printing of version and headers
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nosave binary Don't save partial letter in \fIdead.letter\fP
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quiet binary Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version and message numbers
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record valued File to save all outgoing mail in
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screen valued Size of window of message headers for \fBz\fP, etc.
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sendmail valued Choose alternate mail delivery system
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toplines valued Number of lines to print in \fBtop\fP
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verbose binary Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
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.TE
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.pp
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The following table summarizes the tilde escapes available
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while sending mail.
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.TS
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center;
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c ci ci
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l li l.
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Escape Arguments Description
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~! command Execute shell command
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~b name ... Add names to "blind" Cc: list
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~c name ... Add names to Cc: field
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~d Read \fIdead.letter\fP into message
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~e Invoke text editor on partial message
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~f messages Read named messages
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~h Edit the header fields
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~m messages Read named messages, right shift by tab
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~p Print message entered so far
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~q Abort entry of letter; like \s-2RUBOUT\s0
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~r filename Read file into message
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~s string Set Subject: field to \fIstring\fP
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~t name ... Add names to To: field
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~v Invoke screen editor on message
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~w filename Write message on file
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~| command Pipe message through \fIcommand\fP
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~: Mail command Execute a \fIMail\fP command
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~~ 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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.i Mail
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accepts:
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.TS
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center;
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Flag Description
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\-N Suppress the initial printing of headers
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\-T \fIfile\fP Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
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\-d Turn on debugging
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\-f \fIfile\fP Show messages in \fIfile\fP or \fI~/mbox\fP
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\-h \fInumber\fP Pass on hop count for mail forwarding
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\-i Ignore tty interrupt signals
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\-n Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc
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\-r \fIname\fP Pass on \fIname\fP for mail forwarding
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\-s \fIstring\fP Use \fIstring\fP as subject in outgoing mail
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\-u \fIname\fP Read \fIname's\fP mail instead of your own
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\-v Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
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.TE
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.lp
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Notes:
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.b \-T ,
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.b \-d ,
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.b \-h ,
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and
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.b \-r
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are not for human use.
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