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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)mail9.nr    6.1 (Berkeley) 5/23/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .bp
        !             8: .sh 1 "Summary of commands, options, and escapes"
        !             9: .pp
        !            10: This section gives a quick summary of the
        !            11: .i Mail
        !            12: commands, binary and valued options, and tilde escapes.
        !            13: .pp
        !            14: The following table describes the commands:
        !            15: .TS
        !            16: center ;
        !            17: c ci
        !            18: lb l.
        !            19: Command        Description
        !            20: _
        !            21: +      Same as \fBnext\fP
        !            22: -      Back up to previous message
        !            23: ?      Print brief summary of \fIMail\fP commands
        !            24: !      Single command escape to shell
        !            25: Print  Type message with ignored fields
        !            26: Reply  Reply to author of message only
        !            27: Respond        Same as \fBReply\fP
        !            28: Type   Type message with ignored fields
        !            29: alias  Define an alias as a set of user names
        !            30: alternates     List other names you are known by
        !            31: chdir  Change working directory, home by default
        !            32: copy   Copy a message to a file or folder
        !            33: delete Delete a list of messages
        !            34: dp     Same as \fBdt\fP
        !            35: dt     Delete current message, type next message
        !            36: edit   Edit a list of messages
        !            37: else   Start of else part of conditional; see \fBif\fP
        !            38: endif  End of conditional statement; see \fBif\fP
        !            39: exit   Leave mail without changing anything
        !            40: file   Interrogate/change current mail file
        !            41: folder Same as \fBfile\fP
        !            42: folders        List the folders in your folder directory
        !            43: from   List headers of a list of messages
        !            44: headers        List current window of messages
        !            45: help   Same as \fB?\fP
        !            46: hold   Same as \fBpreserve\fP
        !            47: if     Conditional execution of \fIMail\fP commands
        !            48: ignore Set/examine list of ignored header fields
        !            49: list   List valid \fIMail\fP commands
        !            50: local  List other names for the local host
        !            51: mail   Send mail to specified names
        !            52: mbox   Arrange to save a list of messages in \fImbox\fP
        !            53: next   Go to next message and type it
        !            54: preserve       Arrange to leave list of messages in system mailbox
        !            55: print  Print messages
        !            56: quit   Leave \fIMail\fP; update system mailbox, \fImbox\fP as appropriate
        !            57: reply  Compose a reply to a message
        !            58: respond        Same as \fBreply\fP
        !            59: retain Supersedes \fBignore\fP
        !            60: save   Append messages, headers included, on a file
        !            61: set    Set binary or valued options
        !            62: shell  Invoke an interactive shell
        !            63: size   Prints out size of message list
        !            64: source Read \fImail\fP commands from a file
        !            65: top    Print first so many (5 by default) lines of list of messages
        !            66: type   Same as \fBprint\fP
        !            67: undelete       Undelete list of messages
        !            68: unread Marks list of messages as not been read
        !            69: unset  Undo the operation of a \fBset\fP
        !            70: visual Invoke visual editor on a list of messages
        !            71: write  Append messages to a file, don't include headers
        !            72: xit    Same as \fBexit\fP
        !            73: z      Scroll to next/previous screenful of headers
        !            74: .TE
        !            75: .bp
        !            76: .(b
        !            77: .pp
        !            78: The following table describes the options.  Each option is
        !            79: shown as being either a binary or valued option.
        !            80: .TS
        !            81: center;
        !            82: c ci ci
        !            83: l ci l.
        !            84: Option Type    Description
        !            85: _
        !            86: EDITOR valued  Pathname of editor for ~e and \fBedit\fP
        !            87: PAGER  valued  Pathname of paginator for \fBPrint\fP, \fBprint\fP, \fBType\fP and \fBtype\fP
        !            88: SHELL  valued  Pathname of shell for \fBshell\fP, ~! and \fB!\fP
        !            89: VISUAL valued  Pathname of screen editor for ~v, \fBvisual\fP
        !            90: append binary  Always append messages to end of \fImbox\fP
        !            91: ask    binary  Prompt user for Subject: field when sending
        !            92: askcc  binary  Prompt user for additional Cc's at end of message
        !            93: autoprint      binary  Print next message after \fBdelete\fP
        !            94: crt    valued  Minimum number of lines before using \fBPAGER\fP
        !            95: debug  binary  Print out debugging information
        !            96: dot    binary  Accept . alone on line to terminate message input
        !            97: escape valued  Escape character to be used instead of\ \ ~
        !            98: folder valued  Directory to store folders in
        !            99: hold   binary  Hold messages in system mailbox by default
        !           100: ignore binary  Ignore \s-2RUBOUT\s0 while sending mail
        !           101: ignoreeof      binary  Don't terminate letters/command input with \fB\(uaD\fP
        !           102: keep   binary  Don't unlink system mailbox when empty
        !           103: keepsave       binary  Don't delete \fBsave\fPd messages by default
        !           104: metoo  binary  Include sending user in aliases
        !           105: noheader       binary  Suppress initial printing of version and headers
        !           106: nosave binary  Don't save partial letter in \fIdead.letter\fP
        !           107: quiet  binary  Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version and message numbers
        !           108: record valued  File to save all outgoing mail in
        !           109: screen valued  Size of window of message headers for \fBz\fP, etc.
        !           110: sendmail       valued  Choose alternate mail delivery system
        !           111: toplines       valued  Number of lines to print in \fBtop\fP
        !           112: verbose        binary  Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
        !           113: .TE
        !           114: .)b
        !           115: .(b
        !           116: .pp
        !           117: The following table summarizes the tilde escapes available
        !           118: while sending mail.
        !           119: .TS
        !           120: center;
        !           121: c ci ci
        !           122: l li l.
        !           123: Escape Arguments       Description
        !           124: _
        !           125: ~!     command Execute shell command
        !           126: ~b     name ...        Add names to "blind" Cc: list
        !           127: ~c     name ...        Add names to Cc: field
        !           128: ~d             Read \fIdead.letter\fP into message
        !           129: ~e             Invoke text editor on partial message
        !           130: ~f     messages        Read named messages
        !           131: ~h             Edit the header fields
        !           132: ~m     messages        Read named messages, right shift by tab
        !           133: ~p             Print message entered so far
        !           134: ~q             Abort entry of letter; like \s-2RUBOUT\s0
        !           135: ~r     filename        Read file into message
        !           136: ~s     string  Set Subject: field to \fIstring\fP
        !           137: ~t     name ...        Add names to To: field
        !           138: ~v             Invoke screen editor on message
        !           139: ~w     filename        Write message on file
        !           140: ~|     command Pipe message through \fIcommand\fP
        !           141: ~:     Mail command    Execute a \fIMail\fP command
        !           142: ~~     string  Quote a ~ in front of \fIstring\fP
        !           143: .TE
        !           144: .)b
        !           145: .(b
        !           146: .pp
        !           147: The following table shows the command line flags that
        !           148: .i Mail
        !           149: accepts:
        !           150: .TS
        !           151: center;
        !           152: c c
        !           153: l a.
        !           154: Flag   Description
        !           155: _
        !           156: \-N    Suppress the initial printing of headers
        !           157: \-T \fIfile\fP Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
        !           158: \-d    Turn on debugging
        !           159: \-f \fIfile\fP Show messages in \fIfile\fP or \fI~/mbox\fP
        !           160: \-h \fInumber\fP       Pass on hop count for mail forwarding
        !           161: \-i    Ignore tty interrupt signals
        !           162: \-n    Inhibit reading of /usr/lib/Mail.rc
        !           163: \-r \fIname\fP Pass on \fIname\fP for mail forwarding
        !           164: \-s \fIstring\fP       Use \fIstring\fP as subject in outgoing mail
        !           165: \-u \fIname\fP Read \fIname's\fP mail instead of your own
        !           166: \-v    Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
        !           167: .TE
        !           168: .)b
        !           169: .lp
        !           170: Notes:
        !           171: .b \-T ,
        !           172: .b \-d ,
        !           173: .b \-h ,
        !           174: and
        !           175: .b \-r
        !           176: are not for human use.

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