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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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        !             5: .\"    @(#)mail3.nr    6.1 (Berkeley) 5/23/86
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        !             7: .sh 1 "Maintaining folders"
        !             8: .pp
        !             9: .i Mail
        !            10: includes a simple facility for maintaining groups of messages together
        !            11: in folders.  This section describes this facility.
        !            12: .pp
        !            13: To use the folder facility, you must tell
        !            14: .i Mail
        !            15: where you wish to keep your folders.  Each folder of messages will
        !            16: be a single file.  For convenience, all of your folders are kept in
        !            17: a single directory of your choosing.  To tell
        !            18: .i Mail
        !            19: where your folder directory is, put a line of the form
        !            20: .(l
        !            21: set folder=letters
        !            22: .)l
        !            23: in your
        !            24: .i .mailrc
        !            25: file.  If, as in the example above, your folder directory does not
        !            26: begin with a `/,'
        !            27: .i Mail
        !            28: will assume that your folder directory is to be found starting from
        !            29: your home directory.  Thus, if your home directory is
        !            30: .b /usr/person
        !            31: the above example told
        !            32: .i Mail
        !            33: to find your folder directory in
        !            34: .b /usr/person/letters .
        !            35: .pp
        !            36: Anywhere a file name is expected, you can use a folder name, preceded
        !            37: with `+.'  For example, to put a message into a folder with the
        !            38: .b save
        !            39: command, you can use:
        !            40: .(l
        !            41: save +classwork
        !            42: .)l
        !            43: to save the current message in the
        !            44: .i classwork
        !            45: folder.  If the
        !            46: .i classwork
        !            47: folder does not yet exist, it will be created.  Note that messages
        !            48: which are saved with the
        !            49: .b save
        !            50: command are automatically removed from your system mailbox.
        !            51: .pp
        !            52: In order to make a copy of a message in a folder without causing
        !            53: that message to be removed from your system mailbox, use the
        !            54: .b copy
        !            55: command, which is identical in all other respects to the
        !            56: .b save
        !            57: command.  For example,
        !            58: .(l
        !            59: copy +classwork
        !            60: .)l
        !            61: copies the current message into the
        !            62: .i classwork
        !            63: folder and leaves a copy in your system mailbox.
        !            64: .pp
        !            65: The
        !            66: .b folder
        !            67: command
        !            68: can be used to direct
        !            69: .i Mail
        !            70: to the contents of a different folder.
        !            71: For example,
        !            72: .(l
        !            73: folder +classwork
        !            74: .)l
        !            75: directs
        !            76: .i Mail
        !            77: to read the contents of the
        !            78: .i classwork
        !            79: folder.  All of the commands that you can use on your system
        !            80: mailbox are also applicable to folders, including
        !            81: .b type ,
        !            82: .b delete ,
        !            83: and
        !            84: .b reply .
        !            85: To inquire which folder you are currently editing, use simply:
        !            86: .(l
        !            87: folder
        !            88: .)l
        !            89: .pp
        !            90: To list your current set of folders, use the
        !            91: .b folders
        !            92: command.
        !            93: .pp
        !            94: To start
        !            95: .i Mail
        !            96: reading one of your folders, you can use the
        !            97: .b \-f
        !            98: option described in section 2.  For example:
        !            99: .(l
        !           100: % Mail \-f +classwork
        !           101: .)l
        !           102: will cause
        !           103: .i Mail
        !           104: to read your
        !           105: .i classwork
        !           106: folder without looking at your system mailbox.

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