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

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