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Starting mail
| Command | Description |
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| invoke mail program | |
| mail -e | test for presence of mail; exit if none |
| mail -f myfolder | read messages from a mail folder |
| mail -s "report" joe < status | send file to another person |
Commands available at the mail prompt
| Command | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ! | ! | execute UNIX system command |
| alias | a | create personal mailing list |
| Alias | A | find out who belongs to a mailing list |
| delete | d | delete message(s) |
| dp | dp | delete current message and print the next |
| edit | e | edit existing message |
| exit | x | exit mail without updating the folder |
| folder | fold | switch folders |
| forward | fo | forward message (indented) to another person |
| Forward | F | forward message (not indented) |
| headers | h | display headers of messages in the mailbox |
| help | hel | display usage of available commands |
| hold | ho | keep messages in system mailbox |
| list | l | display available commands |
| lpr | lp | send messages to the printer |
| m | create message | |
| p | display non-deleted messages | |
| quit | q | update folder and quit mail |
| reply | r | send reply to author only |
| Reply | R | send reply to everyone in ``To'' list |
| save | s | save message(s) to folder |
| set | se | set mail variable |
| shell | sh | start subshell |
| undelete | u | restore deleted message(s) |
| unset | uns | unset mail variable |
| visual | v | edit existing message using vi |
| write | w | write message(s) to file |
Commands available while composing a message
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ~! | execute a shell command |
| ~? | list commands |
| ~a | include your signature |
| ~b | change ``Bcc'' list |
| ~c | change ``Cc'' list |
| ~d | read in dead.letter file |
| ~h | change header |
| ~m number | read in a message (indented) |
| ~M number | read in a message (not indented) |
| ~q | abort current message (saved as dead.letter) |
| ~r filename | read in a file |
| ~s | change ``Subject'' |
| ~t | add names to ``To'' list |
| ~v | edit message using vi |
Variables used with the set command
| Variable | Description |
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| askcc | prompt for carbon copy recipients |
| asksub | prompt for ``Subject'' line |
| chron | show message headers in chronological order, most recent last |
| mchron | show message headers in reverse chronological order, most recent first |
| dot | ``.'' at start of line means end-of-file |
| folder="myfolder" | directory myfolder holds your mail folders |
| hold | keep messages in system mailbox when you quit |
| crt=22 | page 22 lines at a time |
| PAGER=/usr/bin/page | display messages using page |
| prompt="mail: " | change prompt to ``mail: '' |
| quiet | stop mail displaying its starting message |
| screen=10 | display 10 headers at a time |
| sign="That's all, folks" | assign your signature, included using ~a |
| VISUAL=/usr/bin/vedit | edit messages using vedit |