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.\" $NetBSD: mail.1,v 1.31 2006/09/19 18:01:00 christos Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: mail.1,v 1.32 2006/09/19 18:52:02 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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@ -39,18 +39,18 @@
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.Nd send and receive mail
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl BEiInv
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.Op Fl s Ar subject
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.Op Fl c Ar cc-addr
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.Op Fl BEIinv
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.Op Fl b Ar bcc-addr
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.Op Fl c Ar cc-addr
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.Op Fl s Ar subject
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.Ar to-addr ...
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.Op Ar sendmail-flags
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.Nm
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.Op Fl EiInNv
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.Op Fl EIiNnv
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.Fl f
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.Op Ar name
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.Nm
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.Op Fl EiInNv
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.Op Fl EIiNnv
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.Op Fl u Ar user
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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@ -60,19 +60,32 @@ a command syntax reminiscent of
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with lines replaced by messages.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It Fl v
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Verbose mode.
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The details of
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delivery are displayed on the user's terminal.
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.It Fl B
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Suppress the
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.Dq To:
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line on outgoing mail.
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On most systems, this will
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result in the line
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.Dq To: undisclosed recipients:; .
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.It Fl b
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Send blind carbon copies to
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.Ar list .
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List should be a comma-separated list of names.
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.It Fl c
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Send carbon copies to
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.Ar list
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of users.
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.It Fl E
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Don't send messages with an empty body.
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This is useful for piping errors from cron scripts.
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.It Fl i
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Ignore tty interrupt signals.
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This is
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particularly useful when using
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.It Fl f
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Read in the contents of your
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.Ar mbox
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(or the specified file)
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for processing; when you
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.Ic quit ,
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.Nm
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on noisy phone lines.
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writes undeleted messages back to this file.
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.It Fl I
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Forces mail to run in interactive mode even when
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input isn't a terminal.
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@ -80,56 +93,43 @@ In particular, the
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.Sq Ic \&~
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special
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character when sending mail is only active in interactive mode.
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.It Fl i
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Ignore tty interrupt signals.
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This is particularly useful when using
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.Nm
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on noisy phone lines.
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.It Fl N
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Inhibits the initial display of message headers
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when reading mail or editing a mail folder.
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.It Fl n
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Inhibits reading
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.Pa /etc/mail.rc
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upon startup.
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.It Fl N
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Inhibits the initial display of message headers
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when reading mail or editing a mail folder.
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.It Fl s
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Specify subject on command line
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(only the first argument after the
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.Fl s
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flag is used as a subject; be careful to quote subjects
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containing spaces.)
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.It Fl c
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Send carbon copies to
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.Ar list
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of users.
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.It Fl b
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Send blind carbon copies to
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.Ar list .
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List should be a comma-separated list of names.
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.It Fl B
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Suppress the "To:" line on outgoing mail. On most systems, this will
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result in the line "To: undisclosed recepients:;".
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.It Fl f
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Read in the contents of your
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.Ar mbox
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(or the specified file)
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for processing; when you
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.Ar quit ,
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.Nm
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writes undeleted messages back to this file.
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.It Fl u
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Is equivalent to:
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.Pp
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.Dl mail -f /var/mail/user
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.It Fl v
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Verbose mode.
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The details of delivery are displayed on the user's terminal.
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.El
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.Ss Sending mail
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To send a message to one or more people,
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.Nm
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can be invoked with arguments which are the names of people to
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whom the mail will be sent.
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You are then expected to type in
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your message, followed
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by an
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You are then expected to type in your message, followed by an
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.Sq Li control\-D
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at the beginning of a line.
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.Pp
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Any flags following the list of recipients, with arguments will be passed
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directly to
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Any flags following the list of recipients, with arguments, will
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be passed directly to
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.Xr sendmail 1 .
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For example to change your
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.Dv From
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@ -138,16 +138,15 @@ address to
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you can specify:
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.Dl mail recipient -f somebody@somewhere.net
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The section below
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.Ar Replying to or originating mail ,
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.Sx Replying to or originating mail ,
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describes some features of
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.Nm
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available to help you compose your letter.
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.Ss Reading mail
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In normal usage
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.Nm
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is given no arguments and checks your mail out of the
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post office, then
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prints out a one line header of each message found.
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is given no arguments and checks your mail out of the post office,
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then prints out a one line header of each message found.
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The current message is initially the first message (numbered 1)
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and can be printed using the
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.Ic print
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@ -159,8 +158,7 @@ with the commands
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.Ql Ic \&+
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and
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.Ql Ic \&\-
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moving backwards and forwards, and
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simple numbers.
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moving backwards and forwards, and simple numbers.
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.Ss Disposing of mail
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After examining a message you can
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.Ic delete
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@ -198,8 +196,7 @@ The special name
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.Ql Li \&*
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addresses all messages, and
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.Ql Li \&$
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addresses
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the last message; thus the command
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addresses the last message; thus the command
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.Ic top
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which prints the first few lines of a message could be used in
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.Dq Li top \&*
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@ -207,8 +204,7 @@ to print the first few lines of all messages.
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.Ss Replying to or originating mail
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You can use the
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.Ic reply
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command to
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set up a response to a message, sending it back to the
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command to set up a response to a message, sending it back to the
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person who it was from.
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Text you then type in, up to an end-of-file,
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defines the contents of the message.
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.Em indentprefix
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variable, below).
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Other escapes will set up subject fields, add and delete recipients
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to the message and allow you to escape to an editor to revise the
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to the message, and allow you to escape to an editor to revise the
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message or to a shell to run some commands.
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(These options
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are given in the summary below.)
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(These options are given in the summary below.)
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.Ss Ending a mail processing session
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You can end a
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.Nm
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For commands which take message lists as arguments, if no message
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list is given, then the next message forward which satisfies the
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command's requirements is used.
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If there are no messages forward of
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the current message, the search proceeds backwards, and if there are no
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good messages at all,
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If there are no messages forward of the current message, the search
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proceeds backwards, and if there are no good messages at all,
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.Nm
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types
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.Dq Li \&No applicable messages
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and
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aborts the command.
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and aborts the command.
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.Bl -tag -width delete
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.It Ic \&\-
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Print out the preceding message.
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but also prints out ignored header fields.
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See also
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.Ic print ,
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.Ic ignore
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.Ic ignore ,
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and
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.Ic retain .
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.It Ic Reply
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.Pq Ic R
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Reply to originator.
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Does not reply to other
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recipients of the original message.
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Does not reply to other recipients of the original message.
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.It Ic Type
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.Pq Ic T
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Identical to the
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.It Ic alias
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.Pq Ic a
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With no arguments, prints out all currently-defined aliases.
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With one
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argument, prints out that alias.
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With one argument, prints out that alias.
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With more than one argument, creates
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a new alias or changes an old one.
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.It Ic alternates
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.It Ic chdir
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.Pq Ic c
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Changes the user's working directory to that specified, if given.
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If
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no directory is given, then changes to the user's login directory.
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If no directory is given, then changes to the user's login directory.
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.It Ic copy
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.Pq Ic co
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The
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The
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.Ic folder
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command switches to a new mail file or folder.
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With no
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arguments, it tells you which file you are currently reading.
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With no arguments, it tells you which file you are currently reading.
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If you give it an argument, it will write out changes (such
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as deletions) you have made in the current file and read in
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the new file.
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Some special conventions are recognized for
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the name.
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# means the previous file, % means your system
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mailbox, %user means user's system mailbox, \*[Am] means
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your
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Some special conventions are recognized for the name.
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.Sq #
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means the previous file,
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.Sq %
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means your system mailbox,
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.Dq %user
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means user's system mailbox,
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.Sq \*[Am]
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means your
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.Ar mbox
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file, and
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\&+\&folder means a file in your folder
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directory.
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.Dq +folder
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means a file in your folder directory.
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.It Ic from
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.Pq Ic f
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Takes a list of messages and prints their message headers.
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.It Ic headers
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.Pq Ic h
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Lists the current range of headers, which is an 18\-message group.
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If
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a
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If a
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.Ql \&+
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argument is given, then the next 18\-message group is printed, and if
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a
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argument is given, then the next 18\-message group is printed, and
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if a
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.Ql \&\-
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argument is given, the previous 18\-message group is printed.
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.It Ic help
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.Pf ( Ic ho ,
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also
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.Ic preserve )
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Takes a message list and marks each
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message therein to be saved in the
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user's system mailbox instead of in
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Takes a message list and marks each message therein to be saved in
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the user's system mailbox instead of in
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.Ar mbox .
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Does not override the
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.Ic delete
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.Ar ignored list .
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Header fields in the ignore list are not printed
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on your terminal when you print a message.
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This
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command is very handy for suppression of certain machine-generated
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This command is very handy for suppression of certain machine-generated
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header fields.
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The
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.Ic Type
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The new messages are added to the end of the message list,
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and the current message is reset to be the first new mail message.
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This does not renumber the existing message list, nor does
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does it cause any changes made so far to be saved.
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it cause any changes made so far to be saved.
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If
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.Ic ignore
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is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of
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Indicate that a list of messages be sent to
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.Ic mbox
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in your home directory when you quit.
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This is the default
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action for messages if you do
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This is the default action for messages if you do
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.Em not
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have the
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.Ic hold
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.Ic hold
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or
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.Ic preserve
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or never referenced
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in his system mailbox, and removing all other messages from his system
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mailbox.
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or never referenced in his system mailbox, and removing all other
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messages from his system mailbox.
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If new mail has arrived during the session, the message
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.Dq Li "You have new mail"
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is given.
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If given while editing a
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mailbox file with the
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If given while editing a mailbox file with the
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.Fl f
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flag, then the edit file is rewritten.
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A return to the Shell is
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effected, unless the rewrite of edit file fails, in which case the user
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can escape with the
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A return to the Shell is effected, unless the rewrite of edit file
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fails, in which case the user can escape with the
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.Ic exit
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command.
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.It Ic reply
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.It Ic set
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.Pq Ic se
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With no arguments, prints all variable values.
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Otherwise, sets
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option.
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Otherwise, sets option.
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Arguments are of the form
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.Ar option=value
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(no space before or after =) or
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.Ar option .
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Quotation marks may be placed around any part of the assignment statement to
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quote blanks or tabs, i.e.
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Quotation marks may be placed around any part of the assignment
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statement to quote blanks or tabs, i.e.
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.Dq Li "set indentprefix=\*q-\*[Gt]\*q"
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.It Ic saveignore
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.Ic Saveignore
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.Ic save
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or when automatically saving to
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.Ar mbox .
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.pl +1
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.\" .pl +1
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.It Ic saveretain
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.Ic Saveretain
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is to
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.It Ic source
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The
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.Ic source
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command reads
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commands from a file.
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command reads commands from a file.
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.It Ic top
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Takes a message list and prints the top few lines of each.
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The number of
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lines printed is controlled by the variable
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The number of lines printed is controlled by the variable
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.Ic toplines
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and defaults to five.
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.It Ic type
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Takes a list of names defined by
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.Ic alias
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commands and discards the remembered groups of users.
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The group names
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no longer have any significance.
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The group names no longer have any significance.
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.It Ic undelete
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.Pq Ic u
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Takes a message list and marks each message as
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except that
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.Em only
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the message body
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.Pf ( Em without
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.Em ( without
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the header) is saved.
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Extremely useful for such tasks as sending and receiving source
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program text over the message system.
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.Ic headers
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command.
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You can move
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.Nm Ns 's
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.Nm Ns Ap s
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attention forward to the next window with the
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.Ic \&z
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command.
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.Ic \&z\&\- .
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.El
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.Ss Tilde/Escapes
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Here is a summary of the tilde escapes,
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which are used when composing messages to perform
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special functions.
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Tilde escapes are only recognized at the beginning
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of lines.
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Here is a summary of the tilde escapes, which are used when composing
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messages to perform special functions.
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Tilde escapes are only recognized at the beginning of lines.
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The name
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.Dq Em tilde\ escape
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is somewhat of a misnomer since the actual escape character can be set
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Inserts the autograph string from the Sign= option into the message.
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.It Ic \&~b Ns Ar name ...
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Add the given names to the list of carbon copy recipients but do not make
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the names visible in the Cc: line ("blind" carbon copy).
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the names visible in the Cc: line
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.Dq ( blind
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carbon copy).
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.It Ic \&~c Ns Ar name ...
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Add the given names to the list of carbon copy recipients.
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.It Ic \&~d
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from your home directory into the message.
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.It Ic \&~e
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Invoke the text editor on the message collected so far.
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After the
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editing session is finished, you may continue appending text to the
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message.
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After the editing session is finished, you may continue appending
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text to the message.
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.It Ic \&~f Ns Ar messages
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Read the named messages into the message being sent.
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If no messages are specified, read in the current message.
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@ -747,7 +728,6 @@ Message headers currently being ignored (by the
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or
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.Ic retain
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command) are not included.
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.sp
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.It Ic \&~F Ns Ar messages
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Identical to
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.Ic \&~f ,
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@ -762,8 +742,7 @@ Inserts the value of the named option into the text of the message.
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Read the named messages into the message being sent, indented by a
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tab or by the value of
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.Ar indentprefix .
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If no messages are specified,
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read the current message.
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If no messages are specified, read the current message.
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Message headers currently being ignored (by the
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.Ic ignore
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or
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@ -787,7 +766,8 @@ Exits as with \&~q, except the message is not saved in dead.letter.
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.It Ic \&~r Ns Ar filename
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.It Ic \&~\*[Lt] Ns Ar filename
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Reads the named file into the message.
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If the argument begins with !,
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If the argument begins with
|
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.Sq \&! ,
|
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the rest of the string is taken as an arbitrary system command and is
|
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executed, with the standard output inserted into the message.
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.It Ic \&~s Ns Ar string
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@ -797,19 +777,16 @@ Add the given names to the direct recipient list.
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.It Ic \&~\&v
|
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Invoke an alternative editor (defined by the
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.Ev VISUAL
|
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option) on the
|
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message collected so far.
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Usually, the alternative editor will be a
|
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screen editor.
|
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option) on the message collected so far.
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Usually, the alternative editor will be a screen editor.
|
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After you quit the editor, you may resume appending
|
||||
text to the end of your message.
|
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.It Ic \&~w Ns Ar filename
|
||||
Write the message onto the named file.
|
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.It Ic \&~\&| Ns Ar command
|
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Pipe the message through the command as a filter.
|
||||
If the command gives
|
||||
no output or terminates abnormally, retain the original text of the
|
||||
message.
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If the command gives no output or terminates abnormally, retain
|
||||
the original text of the message.
|
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The command
|
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.Xr fmt 1
|
||||
is often used as
|
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@ -820,8 +797,7 @@ Execute the given mail command.
|
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Not all commands, however, are allowed.
|
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.It Ic \&~~ Ns Ar string
|
||||
Insert the string of text in the message prefaced by a single ~.
|
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If
|
||||
you have changed the escape character, then you should double
|
||||
If you have changed the escape character, then you should double
|
||||
that character in order to send it.
|
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.El
|
||||
.Ss Mail Options
|
||||
@ -845,12 +821,10 @@ This should always be set (perhaps in
|
||||
Causes
|
||||
.Nm
|
||||
to prompt you for the subject of each message you send.
|
||||
If
|
||||
you respond with simply a newline, no subject field will be sent.
|
||||
.sp
|
||||
If you respond with simply a newline, no subject field will be sent.
|
||||
.It Ar askcc
|
||||
Causes you to be prompted for additional carbon copy recipients at the
|
||||
end of each message.
|
||||
Causes you to be prompted for additional carbon copy recipients at
|
||||
the end of each message.
|
||||
Responding with a newline indicates your
|
||||
satisfaction with the current list.
|
||||
.It Ar autoinc
|
||||
@ -860,8 +834,8 @@ Setting this is similar to issuing the
|
||||
command at each prompt, except that the current message is not
|
||||
reset when new mail arrives.
|
||||
.It Ar askbcc
|
||||
Causes you to be prompted for additional blind carbon copy recipients at the
|
||||
end of each message.
|
||||
Causes you to be prompted for additional blind carbon copy recipients
|
||||
at the end of each message.
|
||||
Responding with a newline indicates your
|
||||
satisfaction with the current list.
|
||||
.It Ar autoprint
|
||||
@ -900,7 +874,7 @@ is
|
||||
.Ar ignoreeof
|
||||
which makes
|
||||
.Nm
|
||||
refuse to accept a control-d as the end of a message.
|
||||
refuse to accept a control-D as the end of a message.
|
||||
.Ar Ignoreeof
|
||||
also applies to
|
||||
.Nm
|
||||
@ -908,8 +882,7 @@ command mode.
|
||||
.It Ar metoo
|
||||
Usually, when a group is expanded that contains the sender, the sender
|
||||
is removed from the expansion.
|
||||
Setting this option causes the sender
|
||||
to be included in the group.
|
||||
Setting this option causes the sender to be included in the group.
|
||||
.It Ar noheader
|
||||
Setting the option
|
||||
.Ar noheader
|
||||
@ -936,26 +909,46 @@ commands.
|
||||
.It Ar quiet
|
||||
Suppresses the printing of the version when first invoked.
|
||||
.It Ar searchheaders
|
||||
If this option is set, then a message-list specifier in the form ``/x:y''
|
||||
will expand to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the header
|
||||
field ``x''.
|
||||
If this option is set, then a message-list specifier in the form
|
||||
.Dq /x:y
|
||||
will expand to all messages containing the substring
|
||||
.Dq y
|
||||
in the header field
|
||||
.Dq x .
|
||||
The string search is case insensitive.
|
||||
If ``x'' is omitted, it will default to the ``Subject'' header field.
|
||||
The form ``/to:y'' is a special case, and will expand
|
||||
to all messages containing the substring ``y'' in the ``To'', ``Cc''
|
||||
or ``Bcc'' header fields.
|
||||
The check for "to" is case sensitive, so that
|
||||
``/To:y'' can be used to limit the search for ``y'' to just
|
||||
the ``To:'' field.
|
||||
If
|
||||
.Dq x
|
||||
is omitted, it will default to the
|
||||
.Dq Subject
|
||||
header field.
|
||||
The form
|
||||
.Dq /to:y
|
||||
is a special case, and will expand
|
||||
to all messages containing the substring
|
||||
.Dq y
|
||||
in the
|
||||
.Dq To ,
|
||||
.Dq Cc ,
|
||||
or
|
||||
.Dq Bcc
|
||||
header fields.
|
||||
The check for
|
||||
.Dq to
|
||||
is case sensitive, so that
|
||||
.Dq /To:y
|
||||
can be used to limit the search for
|
||||
.Dq y
|
||||
to just the
|
||||
.Dq To:
|
||||
field.
|
||||
.It Ar verbose
|
||||
Setting the option
|
||||
.Ar verbose
|
||||
is the same as using the
|
||||
.Fl v
|
||||
flag on the command line.
|
||||
When mail runs in verbose mode,
|
||||
the actual delivery of messages is displayed on the user's
|
||||
terminal.
|
||||
When mail runs in verbose mode, the actual delivery of messages is
|
||||
displayed on the user's terminal.
|
||||
.El
|
||||
.Ss Option String Values
|
||||
.Bl -tag -width Va
|
||||
@ -987,15 +980,13 @@ Pathname of the shell to use in the
|
||||
command and the
|
||||
.Ic \&~!
|
||||
escape.
|
||||
A default shell is used if this option is
|
||||
not defined.
|
||||
A default shell is used if this option is not defined.
|
||||
.It Ev VISUAL
|
||||
Pathname of the text editor to use in the
|
||||
.Ic visual
|
||||
command and
|
||||
.Ic \&~v
|
||||
escape.
|
||||
.sp
|
||||
.It Va crt
|
||||
The valued option
|
||||
.Va crt
|
||||
@ -1005,17 +996,19 @@ be before
|
||||
is used to read it.
|
||||
If
|
||||
.Va crt
|
||||
is set without a value,
|
||||
then the height of the terminal screen stored in the system
|
||||
is used to compute the threshold (see
|
||||
is set without a value, then the height of the terminal screen
|
||||
stored in the system is used to compute the threshold (see
|
||||
.Xr stty 1 ) .
|
||||
.It Ar escape
|
||||
If defined, the first character of this option gives the character to
|
||||
use in the place of ~ to denote escapes.
|
||||
use in the place of
|
||||
.Sq ~
|
||||
to denote escapes.
|
||||
.It Ar folder
|
||||
The name of the directory to use for storing folders of
|
||||
messages.
|
||||
If this name begins with a `/',
|
||||
If this name begins with a
|
||||
.Sq / ,
|
||||
.Nm
|
||||
considers it to be an absolute pathname; otherwise, the
|
||||
folder directory is found relative to your home directory.
|
||||
@ -1032,8 +1025,11 @@ If defined, gives the pathname of the file used to record all outgoing
|
||||
mail.
|
||||
If not defined, then outgoing mail is not so saved.
|
||||
.It Ar indentprefix
|
||||
String used by the ``~m'' tilde escape for indenting messages, in place of
|
||||
the normal tab character (^I).
|
||||
String used by the
|
||||
.Dq ~m
|
||||
tilde escape for indenting messages, in place of
|
||||
the normal tab character
|
||||
.Pq Sq ^I .
|
||||
Be sure to quote the value if it contains
|
||||
spaces or tabs.
|
||||
.It Ar toplines
|
||||
@ -1089,8 +1085,7 @@ This man page is derived from
|
||||
originally written by Kurt Shoens.
|
||||
.Sh BUGS
|
||||
There are some flags that are not documented here.
|
||||
Most are
|
||||
not useful to the general user.
|
||||
Most are not useful to the general user.
|
||||
.Pp
|
||||
Usually,
|
||||
.Nm
|
||||
|
||||
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