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  32. .\" @(#)mail9.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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  34. .bp
  35. .sh 1 "Summary of commands, options, and escapes"
  36. .pp
  37. This section gives a quick summary of the
  38. .i Mail
  39. commands, binary and valued options, and tilde escapes.
  40. .pp
  41. The following table describes the commands:
  42. .TS
  43. center ;
  44. c ci
  45. lb l.
  46. Command Description
  47. _
  48. + Same as \fBnext\fP
  49. - Back up to previous message
  50. ? Print brief summary of \fIMail\fP commands
  51. ! Single command escape to shell
  52. Print Type message with ignored fields
  53. Reply Reply to author of message only
  54. Respond Same as \fBReply\fP
  55. Type Type message with ignored fields
  56. alias Define an alias as a set of user names
  57. alternates List other names you are known by
  58. chdir Change working directory, home by default
  59. copy Copy a message to a file or folder
  60. delete Delete a list of messages
  61. dp Same as \fBdt\fP
  62. dt Delete current message, type next message
  63. edit Edit a list of messages
  64. else Start of else part of conditional; see \fBif\fP
  65. endif End of conditional statement; see \fBif\fP
  66. exit Leave mail without changing anything
  67. file Interrogate/change current mail file
  68. folder Same as \fBfile\fP
  69. folders List the folders in your folder directory
  70. from List headers of a list of messages
  71. headers List current window of messages
  72. help Same as \fB?\fP
  73. hold Same as \fBpreserve\fP
  74. if Conditional execution of \fIMail\fP commands
  75. ignore Set/examine list of ignored header fields
  76. list List valid \fIMail\fP commands
  77. local List other names for the local host
  78. mail Send mail to specified names
  79. mbox Arrange to save a list of messages in \fImbox\fP
  80. next Go to next message and type it
  81. preserve Arrange to leave list of messages in system mailbox
  82. print Print messages
  83. quit Leave \fIMail\fP; update system mailbox, \fImbox\fP as appropriate
  84. reply Compose a reply to a message
  85. respond Same as \fBreply\fP
  86. retain Supersedes \fBignore\fP
  87. save Append messages, headers included, on a file
  88. set Set binary or valued options
  89. shell Invoke an interactive shell
  90. size Prints out size of message list
  91. source Read \fImail\fP commands from a file
  92. top Print first so many (5 by default) lines of list of messages
  93. type Same as \fBprint\fP
  94. undelete Undelete list of messages
  95. unread Marks list of messages as not been read
  96. unset Undo the operation of a \fBset\fP
  97. visual Invoke visual editor on a list of messages
  98. write Append messages to a file, don't include headers
  99. xit Same as \fBexit\fP
  100. z Scroll to next/previous screenful of headers
  101. .TE
  102. .bp
  103. .(b
  104. .pp
  105. The following table describes the options. Each option is
  106. shown as being either a binary or valued option.
  107. .TS
  108. center;
  109. c ci ci
  110. l ci l.
  111. Option Type Description
  112. _
  113. EDITOR valued Pathname of editor for ~e and \fBedit\fP
  114. PAGER valued Pathname of paginator for \fBPrint\fP, \fBprint\fP, \fBType\fP and \fBtype\fP
  115. SHELL valued Pathname of shell for \fBshell\fP, ~! and \fB!\fP
  116. VISUAL valued Pathname of screen editor for ~v, \fBvisual\fP
  117. append binary Always append messages to end of \fImbox\fP
  118. ask binary Prompt user for Subject: field when sending
  119. askcc binary Prompt user for additional Cc's at end of message
  120. autoprint binary Print next message after \fBdelete\fP
  121. crt valued Minimum number of lines before using \fBPAGER\fP
  122. debug binary Print out debugging information
  123. dot binary Accept . alone on line to terminate message input
  124. escape valued Escape character to be used instead of\ \ ~
  125. folder valued Directory to store folders in
  126. hold binary Hold messages in system mailbox by default
  127. ignore binary Ignore \s-2RUBOUT\s0 while sending mail
  128. ignoreeof binary Don't terminate letters/command input with \fB\(uaD\fP
  129. keep binary Don't unlink system mailbox when empty
  130. keepsave binary Don't delete \fBsave\fPd messages by default
  131. metoo binary Include sending user in aliases
  132. noheader binary Suppress initial printing of version and headers
  133. nosave binary Don't save partial letter in \fIdead.letter\fP
  134. quiet binary Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version and message numbers
  135. record valued File to save all outgoing mail in
  136. screen valued Size of window of message headers for \fBz\fP, etc.
  137. sendmail valued Choose alternate mail delivery system
  138. toplines valued Number of lines to print in \fBtop\fP
  139. verbose binary Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
  140. .TE
  141. .)b
  142. .(b
  143. .pp
  144. The following table summarizes the tilde escapes available
  145. while sending mail.
  146. .TS
  147. center;
  148. c ci ci
  149. l li l.
  150. Escape Arguments Description
  151. _
  152. ~! command Execute shell command
  153. ~b name ... Add names to "blind" Cc: list
  154. ~c name ... Add names to Cc: field
  155. ~d Read \fIdead.letter\fP into message
  156. ~e Invoke text editor on partial message
  157. ~f messages Read named messages
  158. ~h Edit the header fields
  159. ~m messages Read named messages, right shift by tab
  160. ~p Print message entered so far
  161. ~q Abort entry of letter; like \s-2RUBOUT\s0
  162. ~r filename Read file into message
  163. ~s string Set Subject: field to \fIstring\fP
  164. ~t name ... Add names to To: field
  165. ~v Invoke screen editor on message
  166. ~w filename Write message on file
  167. ~| command Pipe message through \fIcommand\fP
  168. ~: Mail command Execute a \fIMail\fP command
  169. ~~ string Quote a ~ in front of \fIstring\fP
  170. .TE
  171. .)b
  172. .(b
  173. .pp
  174. The following table shows the command line flags that
  175. .i Mail
  176. accepts:
  177. .TS
  178. center;
  179. c c
  180. l a.
  181. Flag Description
  182. _
  183. \-N Suppress the initial printing of headers
  184. \-T \fIfile\fP Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
  185. \-d Turn on debugging
  186. \-f \fIfile\fP Show messages in \fIfile\fP or \fI~/mbox\fP
  187. \-h \fInumber\fP Pass on hop count for mail forwarding
  188. \-i Ignore tty interrupt signals
  189. \-n Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc
  190. \-r \fIname\fP Pass on \fIname\fP for mail forwarding
  191. \-s \fIstring\fP Use \fIstring\fP as subject in outgoing mail
  192. \-u \fIname\fP Read \fIname's\fP mail instead of your own
  193. \-v Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
  194. .TE
  195. .)b
  196. .lp
  197. Notes:
  198. .b \-T ,
  199. .b \-d ,
  200. .b \-h ,
  201. and
  202. .b \-r
  203. are not for human use.