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.\" $NetBSD: mail3.nr,v 1.3 2003/08/07 11:14:44 agc Exp $
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.\" @(#)mail3.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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.\"
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.sh 1 "Maintaining folders"
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.pp
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.i Mail
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includes a simple facility for maintaining groups of messages together
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in folders. This section describes this facility.
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.pp
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To use the folder facility, you must tell
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.i Mail
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where you wish to keep your folders. Each folder of messages will
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be a single file. For convenience, all of your folders are kept in
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a single directory of your choosing. To tell
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.i Mail
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where your folder directory is, put a line of the form
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.(l
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set folder=letters
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.)l
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in your
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.i .mailrc
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file. If, as in the example above, your folder directory does not
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begin with a `/,'
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.i Mail
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will assume that your folder directory is to be found starting from
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your home directory. Thus, if your home directory is
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.b /usr/person
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the above example told
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.i Mail
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to find your folder directory in
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.b /usr/person/letters .
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.pp
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Anywhere a file name is expected, you can use a folder name, preceded
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with `+.' For example, to put a message into a folder with the
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.b save
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command, you can use:
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.(l
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save +classwork
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.)l
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to save the current message in the
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.i classwork
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folder. If the
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.i classwork
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folder does not yet exist, it will be created. Note that messages
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which are saved with the
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.b save
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command are automatically removed from your system mailbox.
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.pp
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In order to make a copy of a message in a folder without causing
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that message to be removed from your system mailbox, use the
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.b copy
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command, which is identical in all other respects to the
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.b save
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command. For example,
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.(l
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copy +classwork
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.)l
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copies the current message into the
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.i classwork
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folder and leaves a copy in your system mailbox.
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.pp
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The
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.b folder
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command
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can be used to direct
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.i Mail
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to the contents of a different folder.
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For example,
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.(l
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folder +classwork
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.)l
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directs
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.i Mail
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to read the contents of the
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.i classwork
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folder. All of the commands that you can use on your system
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mailbox are also applicable to folders, including
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.b type ,
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.b delete ,
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and
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.b reply .
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To inquire which folder you are currently editing, use simply:
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.(l
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folder
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.)l
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.pp
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To list your current set of folders, use the
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.b folders
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command.
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.pp
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To start
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.i Mail
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reading one of your folders, you can use the
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.b \-f
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option described in section 2. For example:
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.(l
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% Mail \-f +classwork
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.)l
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will cause
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.i Mail
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to read your
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.i classwork
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folder without looking at your system mailbox.
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