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1.1 root 1: ''' $Header: Rnmail.1,v 4.3.1.2 85/08/01 14:22:08 lwall Exp $
2: '''
3: ''' $Log: Rnmail.1,v $
4: ''' Revision 4.3.1.2 85/08/01 14:22:08 lwall
5: ''' Added MAILRECORD, DOTDIR.
6: '''
7: ''' Revision 4.3.1.1 85/05/10 11:30:44 lwall
8: ''' Branch for patches.
9: '''
10: ''' Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:28 lwall
11: ''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
12: '''
13: .de Sh
14: .br
15: .ne 5
16: .PP
17: \fB\\$1\fR
18: .PP
19: ..
20: .de Sp
21: .if t .sp .5v
22: .if n .sp
23: ..
24: '''
25: ''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash;
26: ''' string Tr holds user defined translation string.
27: ''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character.
28: '''
29: .ie n \{\
30: .tr \(bs-\*(Tr
31: .ds -- \(bs-
32: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
33: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
34: .ds L" ""
35: .ds R" ""
36: .ds L' '
37: .ds R' '
38: 'br\}
39: .el\{\
40: .ds -- \(em\|
41: .tr \*(Tr
42: .ds L" ``
43: .ds R" ''
44: .ds L' `
45: .ds R' '
46: 'br\}
47: .TH RNMAIL 1 LOCAL
48: .SH NAME
49: Rnmail - a program for replying via mail
50: .SH SYNOPSIS
51: .B Rnmail destination_list
52: .br
53: or
54: .br
55: .B Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
56: .br
57: or
58: .br
59: .B Rnmail
60: .SH DESCRIPTION
61: Rnmail is a friendly interface for mailing replies to news articles.
62: It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your letter,
63: and then mail it off.
64: If you type h and a carriage return at any point,
65: .I Rnmail
66: will tell you what it wants to know.
67: .PP
68: The -h form is used when invoked from
69: .IR rn .
70: If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which
71: you are replying to show up as an alternate file, define the environment
72: variable MAILPOSTER as \*(L"Rnmail -h %h %A\*(R".
73: You can also modify the the MAILHEADER environment variable to change the
74: header file that
75: .I rn
76: passes to Rnmail.
77: .SH ENVIRONMENT
78: .IP DOTDIR 8
79: If defined, specifies a place other than your home directory where 'dot' files
80: may be stored.
81: This is primarily for accounts which are shared by more than one person.
82: .Sp
83: Default: $HOME
84: .IP EDITOR 8
85: The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.
86: .Sp
87: Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.
88: .IP HOME 8
89: Your home directory.
90: .Sp
91: Default: $LOGDIR
92: .IP LOGDIR 8
93: Your home directory if HOME is undefined.
94: .IP LOGNAME 8
95: Your login name, if USER is undefined.
96: .Sp
97: Default: value of \*(L"whoami\*(R".
98: .IP MAILRECORD 8
99: If defined, contains the name of a file to which the finished message will
100: be appended.
101: .Sp
102: Default: message not saved
103: .IP ORGANIZATION 8
104: Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the
105: name of your organization.
106: .Sp
107: Default: whatever your news administrator chose.
108: .IP USER 8
109: Your login name.
110: .Sp
111: Default: $LOGNAME
112: .IP VISUAL 8
113: The editor you want to use.
114: .Sp
115: Default: $EDITOR
116: .SH FILES
117: $DOTDIR/.letter
118: .br
119: ~/dead.letter
120: .SH SEE ALSO
121: rn(1), Pnews(1), mail(1)
122: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
123: .SH BUGS
124: Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.
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