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All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)mail5.nr 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93 -.\" -.bp -.sh 1 "Additional features" -.pp -This section describes some additional commands useful for -reading your mail, setting options, and handling lists of messages. -.sh 2 "Message lists" -.pp -Several -.i Mail -commands accept a list of messages as an argument. -Along with -.b type -and -.b delete , -described in section 2, -there is the -.b from -command, which prints the message headers associated with the -message list passed to it. -The -.b from -command is particularly useful in conjunction with some of the -message list features described below. -.pp -A -.i "message list" -consists of a list of message numbers, ranges, and names, -separated by spaces or tabs. Message numbers may be either -decimal numbers, which directly specify messages, or one of the -special characters -.q \(ua -.q "." -or -.q "$" -to specify the first relevant, current, or last -relevant message, respectively. -.i Relevant -here means, for most commands -.q "not deleted" -and -.q "deleted" -for the -.b undelete -command. -.pp -A range of messages consists of two message numbers (of the form -described in the previous paragraph) separated by a dash. -Thus, to print the first four messages, use -.(l -type 1\-4 -.)l -and to print all the messages from the current message to the last -message, use -.(l -type .\-$ -.)l -.pp -A -.i name -is a user name. The user names given in the message list are -collected together and each message selected by other means -is checked to make sure it was sent by one of the named users. -If the message consists entirely of user names, then every -message sent by one of those users that is -.i relevant -(in the sense described earlier) -is selected. Thus, to print every message sent to you by -.q root, -do -.(l -type root -.)l -.pp -As a shorthand notation, you can specify simply -.q * -to get every -.i relevant -(same sense) -message. Thus, -.(l -type * -.)l -prints all undeleted messages, -.(l -delete * -.)l -deletes all undeleted messages, and -.(l -undelete * -.)l -undeletes all deleted messages. -.pp -You can search for the presence of a word in subject lines with -.b / . -For example, to print the headers of all messages that contain the -word -.q PASCAL, -do: -.(l -from /pascal -.)l -Note that subject searching ignores upper/lower case differences. -.sh 2 "List of commands" -.pp -This section describes all the -.i Mail -commands available when -receiving mail. -.ip "\fB\-\fP\ \ " -The -.rb \- -command goes to the previous message and prints it. The -.rb \- -command may be given a decimal number -.i n -as an argument, in which case the -.i n th -previous message is gone to and printed. -.ip "\fB?\fP\ \ " -Prints a brief summary of commands. -.ip "\fB!\fP\ \ " -Used to preface a command to be executed by the shell. -.ip "\fBPrint\fP\ \ " -Like -.b print , -but also print out ignored header fields. See also -\fBprint\fP, \fBignore\fP and \fBretain\fP. -\fBPrint\fP can be abbreviated to \fBP\fP. -.ip "\fBReply\fP or \fBRespond\fP\ \ " -Note the capital \fBR\fP in the name. -Frame a reply to a one or more messages. -The reply (or replies if you are using this on multiple messages) -will be sent ONLY to the person who sent you the message -(respectively, the set of people who sent the messages you are -replying to). -You can -add people using the \fB~t\fP, \fB~c\fP and \fB~b\fP -tilde escapes. The subject in your reply is formed by prefacing the -subject in the original message with -.q "Re:" -unless it already began thus. -If the original message included a -.q "reply-to" -header field, the reply will go -.i only -to the recipient named by -.q "reply-to." -You type in your message using the same conventions available to you -through the -.b mail -command. -The -.b Reply -command is especially useful for replying to messages that were sent -to enormous distribution groups when you really just want to -send a message to the originator. Use it often. -\fBReply\fP (and \fBRespond\fP) can be abbreviated to \fBR\fP. -.ip "\fBType\fP\ \ " -Identical to the -.b Print -command. -\fBType\fP can be abbreviated to \fBT\fP. -.ip "\fBalias\fP\ \ " -Define a name to stand for a set of other names. -This is used when you want to send messages to a certain -group of people and want to avoid retyping their names. -For example -.(l -alias project john sue willie kathryn -.)l -creates an alias -.i project -which expands to the four people John, Sue, Willie, and Kathryn. -If no arguments are given, all currently-defined aliases are printed. -If one argument is given, that alias is printed (if it exists). -\fBAlias\fP can be abbreviated to \fBa\fP. -.ip "\fBalternates\fP\ \ " -If you have accounts on several machines, you may find it convenient -to use the /usr/lib/aliases on all the machines except one to direct -your mail to a single account. -The -.b alternates -command is used to inform -.i Mail -that each of these other addresses is really -.i you . -.i Alternates -takes a list of user names and remembers that they are all actually you. -When you -.b reply -to messages that were sent to one of these alternate names, -.i Mail -will not bother to send a copy of the message to this other address (which -would simply be directed back to you by the alias mechanism). -If -.i alternates -is given no argument, it lists the current set of alternate names. -.b Alternates -is usually used in the .mailrc file. -\fBAlternates\fP can be abbreviated to \fBalt\fP. -.ip "\fBchdir\fP\ \ " -The -.b chdir -command allows you to change your current directory. -.b Chdir -takes a single argument, which is taken to be the pathname of -the directory to change to. If no argument is given, -.b chdir -changes to your home directory. -\fBChdir\fP can be abbreviated to \fBc\fP. -.ip "\fBcopy\fP\ \ " -The -.b copy -command does the same thing that -.b save -does, except that it does not mark the messages it is used on -for deletion when you quit. -\fBCopy\fP can be abbreviated to \fBco\fP. -.ip "\fBdelete\fP\ \ " -Deletes a list of messages. Deleted messages can be reclaimed -with the -.b undelete -command. -\fBDelete\fP can be abbreviated to \fBd\fP. -.ip "\fBdp\fP or \fBdt\fP\ \ " -These -commands delete the current message and print the next message. -They are useful for quickly reading and disposing of mail. -If there is no next message, \fImail\fP says ``at EOF.'' -.ip "\fBedit\fP\ \ " -To edit individual messages using the text editor, the -.b edit -command is provided. The -.b edit -command takes a list of messages as described under the -.b type -command and processes each by writing it into the file -Message\c -.i x -where -.i x -is the message number being edited and executing the text editor on it. -When you have edited the message to your satisfaction, write the message -out and quit, upon which -.i Mail -will read the message back and remove the file. -.b Edit -can be abbreviated to -.b e . -.ip "\fBelse\fP\ \ " -Marks the end of the then-part of an -.b if -statement and the beginning of the -part to take effect if the condition of the -.b if -statement is false. -.ip "\fBendif\fP\ \ " -Marks the end of an -.b if -statement. -.ip "\fBexit\fP or \fBxit\fP\ \ " -Leave -.i Mail -without updating the system mailbox or the file your were reading. -Thus, if you accidentally delete several messages, you can use -.b exit -to avoid scrambling your mailbox. -\fBExit\fP can be abbreviated to \fBex\fP or \fBx\fP. -.ip "\fBfile\fP\ \ " -The same as -.b folder . -\fBFile\fP can be abbreviated to \fBfi\fP. -.ip "\fBfolders\fP\ \ " -List the names of the folders in your folder directory. -.ip "\fBfolder\fP\ \ " -The -.b folder -command switches to a new mail file or folder. With no arguments, it -tells you which file you are currently reading. If you give -it an argument, it will write out changes (such as deletions) -you have made in the current file and read the new file. -Some special conventions are recognized for the name: -.(b -.TS -center; -c c -l a. -Name Meaning -_ -# Previous file read -% Your system mailbox -%name \fIName\fP's system mailbox -& Your ~/mbox file -+folder A file in your folder directory -.TE -.)b -\fBFolder\fP can be abbreviated to \fBfo\fP. -.ip "\fBfrom\fP\ \ " -The -.b from -command takes a list of messages and prints out the header lines for each one; -hence -.(l -from joe -.)l -is the easy way to display all the message headers from \*(lqjoe.\*(rq -\fBFrom\fP can be abbreviated to \fBf\fP. -.ip "\fBheaders\fP\ \ " -When you start up -.i Mail -to read your mail, it lists the message headers that you have. -These headers tell you who each message is from, when they were -received, how many lines and characters each message is, and the -.q "Subject:" -header field of each message, if present. In addition, -.i Mail -tags the message header of each message that has been the object -of the -.b preserve -command with a -.q P. -Messages that have been -.b saved -or -.b written -are flagged with a -.q *. -Finally, -.b deleted -messages are not printed at all. If you wish to reprint the current -list of message headers, you can do so with the -.b headers -command. The -.b headers -command (and thus the initial header listing) -only lists the first so many message headers. -The number of headers listed depends on the speed of your -terminal. -This can be overridden by specifying the number of headers you -want with the -.i window -option. -.i Mail -maintains a notion of the current -.q window -into your messages for the purposes of printing headers. -Use the -.b z -command to move forward and back a window. -You can move -.i Mail's -notion of the current window directly to a particular message by -using, for example, -.(l -headers 40 -.)l -to move -.i Mail's -attention to the messages around message 40. -If a ``+'' argument is given, then the next screenful of message headers is -printed, and if a ``\-'' argument is given, the previous screenful of message -headers is printed. -\fBHeaders\fP can be abbreviated to \fBh\fP. -.ip "\fBhelp\fP\ \ " -Print a brief and usually out of date help message about the commands -in -.i Mail . -The -.i man -page for -.i mail -is usually more up-to-date than either the help message or this manual. -It is also a synonym for \fB?\fP. -.ip "\fBhold\fP\ \ " -Arrange to hold a list of messages in the system mailbox, instead -of moving them to the file -.i mbox -in your home directory. If you set the binary option -.i hold , -this will happen by default. -It does not override the \fBdelete\fP command. -\fBHold\fP can be abbreviated to \fBho\fP. -.ip "\fBif\fP\ \ " -Commands in your -.q .mailrc -file can be executed conditionally depending on whether you are -sending or receiving mail with the -.b if -command. For example, you can do: -.(l -if receive - \fIcommands\fP... -endif -.)l -An -.b else -form is also available: -.(l -if send - \fIcommands\fP... -else - \fIcommands\fP... -endif -.)l -Note that the only allowed conditions are -.b receive -and -.b send . -.ip "\fBignore\fP \ \ " -.b N.B.: -.i Ignore -has been superseded by -.i retain. -.br -Add the list of header fields named to the -.i "ignore list" . -Header fields in the ignore list are not printed on your -terminal when you print a message. This allows you to suppress -printing of certain machine-generated header fields, such as -.i Via -which are not usually of interest. The -.b Type -and -.b Print -commands can be used to print a message in its entirety, including -ignored fields. -If -.b ignore -is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of ignored fields. -.ip "\fBlist\fP\ \ " -List the valid -.i Mail -commands. -\fBList\fP can be abbreviated to \fBl\fP. -.. .ip \fBlocal\fP -.. Define a list of local names for this host. This command is useful -.. when the host is known by more than one name. Names in the list -.. may be qualified be the domain of the host. The first name on the local -.. list is the -.. .i distinguished -.. name of the host. -.. The names on the local list are used by -.. .i Mail -.. to decide which addresses are local to the host. -.. For example: -.. .(l -.. local ucbarpa.BERKELEY.ARPA arpa.BERKELEY.ARPA \\ -.. arpavax.BERKELEY.ARPA r.BERKELEY.ARPA \\ -.. ucb-arpa.ARPA -.. .)l -.. From this list we see that -.. .i "fred@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.ARPA", -.. .i "harold@arpa.BERKELEY", -.. and -.. .i "larry@r" -.. are all addresses of users on the local host. -.. The -.. .b local -.. command is usually not used be general users since it is designed for -.. local configuration; it is usually found in the file /usr/lib/Mail.rc. -.ip "\fBmail\fP\ \ " -Send mail to one or more people. If you have the -.i ask -option set, -.i Mail -will prompt you for a subject to your message. Then you -can type in your message, using tilde escapes as described in -section 4 to edit, print, or modify your message. To signal your -satisfaction with the message and send it, type control-d at the -beginning of a line, or a . alone on a line if you set the option -.i dot . -To abort the message, type two interrupt characters (\s-2RUBOUT\s0 -by default) in a row or use the -.b ~q -escape. -The \fBmail\fP command can be abbreviated to \fBm\fP. -.ip "\fBmbox\fP\ \ " -Indicate that a list of messages be sent to -.i mbox -in your home directory when you quit. This is the default -action for messages if you do -.i not -have the -.i hold -option set. -.ip "\fBnext\fP or \fB+\fP\ \ " -The -.b next -command goes to the next message and types it. If given a message list, -.b next -goes to the first such message and types it. Thus, -.(l -next root -.)l -goes to the next message sent by -.q root -and types it. The -.b next -command can be abbreviated to simply a newline, which means that one -can go to and type a message by simply giving its message number or -one of the magic characters -.q "^" -.q "." -or -.q "$". -Thus, -.(l -\&. -.)l -prints the current message and -.(l -4 -.)l -prints message 4, as described previously. -\fBNext\fP can be abbreviated to \fBn\fP. -.ip "\fBpreserve\fP\ \ " -Same as -.b hold . -Cause a list of messages to be held in your system mailbox when you quit. -\fBPreserve\fP can be abbreviated to \fBpre\fP. -.ip "\fBprint\fP\ \ " -Print the specified messages. If the -.b crt -variable is set, messages longer than the number of lines it indicates -are paged through the command specified by the \fBPAGER\fP variable. -The \fBprint\fP command can be abbreviated to \fBp\fP. -.ip "\fBquit\fP\ \ " -Terminates the session, saving all undeleted, unsaved and unwritten messages -in the user's \fImbox\fP file in their login directory -(messages marked as having been read), preserving all -messages marked with \fBhold\fP or \fBpreserve\fP or never referenced -in their system mailbox. -Any messages that were deleted, saved, written or saved to \fImbox\fP are -removed from their system mailbox. -If new mail has arrived during the session, the message -``You have new mail'' is given. If given while editing a mailbox file -with the \fB\-f\fP flag, then the edit file is rewritten. -A return to the Shell is effected, unless the rewrite of edit file fails, -in which case the user can escape with the \fBexit\fP command. -\fBQuit\fP can be abbreviated to \fBq\fP. -.ip "\fBreply\fP or \fBrespond\fP\ \ " -Frame a reply to a single message. -The reply will be sent to the -person who sent you the message (to which you are replying), plus all -the people who received the original message, except you. You can -add people using the \fB~t\fP, \fB~c\fP and \fB~b\fP -tilde escapes. The subject in your reply is formed by prefacing the -subject in the original message with -.q "Re:" -unless it already began thus. -If the original message included a -.q "reply-to" -header field, the reply will go -.i only -to the recipient named by -.q "reply-to." -You type in your message using the same conventions available to you -through the -.b mail -command. -The \fBreply\fP (and \fBrespond\fP) command can be abbreviated to \fBr\fP. -.ip "\fBretain\fP\ \ " -Add the list of header fields named to the \fIretained list\fP. -Only the header fields in the retain list -are shown on your terminal when you print a message. -All other header fields are suppressed. -The -.b Type -and -.b Print -commands can be used to print a message in its entirety. -If -.b retain -is executed with no arguments, it lists the current set of -retained fields. -.ip "\fBsave\fP\ \ " -It is often useful to be able to save messages on related topics -in a file. The -.b save -command gives you the ability to do this. The -.b save -command takes as an argument a list of message numbers, followed by -the name of the file in which to save the messages. The messages -are appended to the named file, thus allowing one to keep several -messages in the file, stored in the order they were put there. -The filename in quotes, followed by the line -count and character count is echoed on the user's terminal. -An example of the -.b save -command relative to our running example is: -.(l -s 1 2 tuitionmail -.)l -.b Saved -messages are not automatically saved in -.i mbox -at quit time, nor are they selected by the -.b next -command described above, unless explicitly specified. -\fBSave\fP can be abbreviated to \fBs\fP. -.ip "\fBset\fP\ \ " -Set an option or give an option a value. Used to customize -.i Mail . -Section 5.3 contains a list of the options. Options can be -.i binary , -in which case they are -.i on -or -.i off , -or -.i valued . -To set a binary option -.i option -.i on , -do -.(l -set option -.)l -To give the valued option -.i option -the value -.i value , -do -.(l -set option=value -.)l -There must be no space before or after the ``='' sign. -If no arguments are given, all variable values are printed. -Several options can be specified in a single -.b set -command. -\fBSet\fP can be abbreviated to \fBse\fP. -.ip "\fBshell\fP\ \ " -The -.b shell -command allows you to -escape to the shell. -.b Shell -invokes an interactive shell and allows you to type commands to it. -When you leave the shell, you will return to -.i Mail . -The shell used is a default assumed by -.i Mail ; -you can override this default by setting the valued option -.q SHELL, -eg: -.(l -set SHELL=/bin/csh -.)l -\fBShell\fP can be abbreviated to \fBsh\fP. -.ip "\fBsize\fP\ \ " -Takes a message list and prints out the size in characters of each -message. -.ip "\fBsource\fP\ \ " -The -.b source -command reads -.i mail -commands from a file. It is useful when you are trying to fix your -.q .mailrc -file and you need to re-read it. -\fBSource\fP can be abbreviated to \fBso\fP. -.ip "\fBtop\fP\ \ " -The -.b top -command takes a message list and prints the first five lines -of each addressed message. -If you wish, you can change the number of lines that -.b top -prints out by setting the valued option -.q "toplines." -On a CRT terminal, -.(l -set toplines=10 -.)l -might be preferred. -\fBTop\fP can be abbreviated to \fBto\fP. -.ip "\fBtype\fP\ \ " -Same as \fBprint\fP. -Takes a message list and types out each message on the terminal. -The \fBtype\fP command can be abbreviated to \fBt\fP. -.ip "\fBundelete\fP \ \" -Takes a message list and marks each message as \fInot\fP -being deleted. -\fBUndelete\fP can be abbreviated to \fBu\fP. -.ip "\fBunread\fP\ \ " -Takes a message list and marks each message as -.i not -having been read. -\fBUnread\fP can be abbreviated to \fBU\fP. -.ip "\fBunset\fP\ \ " -Takes a list of option names and discards their remembered values; -the inverse of \fBset\fP . -.ip "\fBvisual\fP\ \ " -It is often useful to be able to invoke one of two editors, -based on the type of terminal one is using. To invoke -a display oriented editor, you can use the -.b visual -command. The operation of the -.b visual -command is otherwise identical to that of the -.b edit -command. -.ne 2v+\n(psu -.sp \n(psu -Both the -.b edit -and -.b visual -commands assume some default text editors. These default editors -can be overridden by the valued options -.q EDITOR -and -.q VISUAL -for the standard and screen editors. You might want to do: -.(l -set EDITOR=/usr/ucb/ex VISUAL=/usr/ucb/vi -.)l -\fBVisual\fP can be abbreviated to \fBv\fP. -.ip "\fBwrite\fP\ \ " -The -.b save -command always writes the entire message, including the headers, -into the file. If you want to write just the message itself, you -can use the -.b write -command. The -.b write -command has the same syntax as the -.b save -command, and can be abbreviated to simply -.b w . -Thus, we could write the second message by doing: -.(l -w 2 file.c -.)l -As suggested by this example, the -.b write -command is useful for such tasks as sending and receiving -source program text over the message system. -The filename in quotes, followed by the line -count and character count is echoed on the user's terminal. -.ip "\fBz\fP\ \ " -.i Mail -presents message headers in windowfuls as described under -the -.b headers -command. -You can move -.i Mail's -attention forward to the next window by giving the -.(l -z+ -.)l -command. Analogously, you can move to the previous window with: -.(l -z\- -.)l -.sh 2 "Custom options" -.pp -Throughout this manual, we have seen examples of binary and valued options. -This section describes each of the options in alphabetical order, including -some that you have not seen yet. -To avoid confusion, please note that the options are either -all lower case letters or all upper case letters. When I start a sentence -such as: -.q "Ask" -causes -.i Mail -to prompt you for a subject header, -I am only capitalizing -.q ask -as a courtesy to English. -.ip "\fBEDITOR\fP\ \ " -The valued option -.q EDITOR -defines the pathname of the text editor to be used in the -.b edit -command and ~e. If not defined, a standard editor is used. -.ip "\fBPAGER\fP\ \ " -Pathname of the program to use for paginating output when -it exceeds \fIcrt\fP lines. -A default paginator is used if this option is not defined. -.ip "\fBSHELL\fP\ \ " -The valued option -.q SHELL -gives the path name of your shell. This shell is used for the -.b ! -command and ~! escape. In addition, this shell expands -file names with shell metacharacters like * and ? in them. -.ip "\fBVISUAL\fP\ \ " -The valued option -.q VISUAL -defines the pathname of the screen editor to be used in the -.b visual -command -and ~v escape. A standard screen editor is used if you do not define one. -.ip "\fBappend\fP\ \ " -The -.q append -option is binary and -causes messages saved in -.i mbox -to be appended to the end rather than prepended. -Normally, \fIMail\fP will put messages in \fImbox\fP -in the same order that the system puts messages in your system mailbox. -By setting -.q append, -you are requesting that -.i mbox -be appended to regardless. It is in any event quicker to append. -.ip "\fBask\fP\ \ " -.q "Ask" -is a binary option which -causes -.i Mail -to prompt you for the subject of each message you send. -If you respond with simply a newline, no subject field will be sent. -.ip "\fBaskcc\fP\ \ " -.q Askcc -is a binary option which -causes you to be prompted for additional carbon copy recipients at the -end of each message. Responding with a newline shows your -satisfaction with the current list. -.ip "\fBautoprint\fP\ \ " -.q Autoprint -is a binary option which -causes the -.b delete -command to behave like -.b dp -\*- thus, after deleting a message, the next one will be typed -automatically. This is useful when quickly scanning and deleting -messages in your mailbox. -.ip "\fBcrt\fP \ \ " -The valued option -.I crt -is used as a threshold to determine how long a message must -be before -.b PAGER -is used to read it. -.ip "\fBdebug\fP \ \ " -The binary option -.q debug -causes debugging information to be displayed. Use of this -option is the same as using the \fB\-d\fP command line flag. -.ip "\fBdot\fP\ \ " -.q Dot -is a binary option which, if set, causes -.i Mail -to interpret a period alone on a line as the terminator -of the message you are sending. -.ip "\fBescape\fP\ \ " -To allow you to change the escape character used when sending -mail, you can set the valued option -.q escape. -Only the first character of the -.q escape -option is used, and it must be doubled if it is to appear as -the first character of a line of your message. If you change your escape -character, then ~ loses all its special meaning, and need no longer be doubled -at the beginning of a line. -.ip "\fBfolder\fP\ \ " -The name of the directory to use for storing folders of messages. -If this name begins with a `/' -.i Mail -considers it to be an absolute pathname; otherwise, the folder directory -is found relative to your home directory. -.ip "\fBhold\fP\ \ " -The binary option -.q hold -causes messages that have been read but not manually dealt with -to be held in the system mailbox. This prevents such messages from -being automatically swept into your \fImbox\fP file. -.ip "\fBignore\fP\ \ " -The binary option -.q ignore -causes \s-2RUBOUT\s0 characters from your terminal to be ignored and echoed -as @'s while you are sending mail. \s-2RUBOUT\s0 characters retain their -original meaning in -.i Mail -command mode. -Setting the -.q ignore -option is equivalent to supplying the -.b \-i -flag on the command line as described in section 6. -.ip "\fBignoreeof\fP\ \ " -An option related to -.q dot -is -.q ignoreeof -which makes -.i Mail -refuse to accept a control\-d as the end of a message. -.q Ignoreeof -also applies to -.i Mail -command mode. -.ip "\fBkeep\fP\ \ " -The -.q keep -option causes -.i Mail -to truncate your system mailbox instead of deleting it when it -is empty. This is useful if you elect to protect your mailbox, which -you would do with the shell command: -.(l -chmod 600 /usr/spool/mail/yourname -.)l -where -.i yourname -is your login name. If you do not do this, anyone can probably read -your mail, although people usually don't. -.ip "\fBkeepsave\fP\ \ " -When you -.b save -a message, -.i Mail -usually discards it when you -.b quit . -To retain all saved messages, set the -.q keepsave -option. -.ip "\fBmetoo\fP\ \ " -When sending mail to an alias, -.i Mail -makes sure that if you are included in the alias, that mail will not -be sent to you. This is useful if a single alias is being used by -all members of the group. If however, you wish to receive a copy of -all the messages you send to the alias, you can set the binary option -.q metoo. -.ip "\fBnoheader\fP\ \ " -The binary option -.q noheader -suppresses the printing of the version and headers when -.i Mail -is first invoked. Setting this option is the same as using -.b \-N -on the command line. -.ip "\fBnosave\fP\ \ " -Normally, -when you abort a message with two \s-2RUBOUTs\s0, -.i Mail -copies the partial letter to the file -.q dead.letter -in your home directory. Setting the binary option -.q nosave -prevents this. -.ip "\fBReplyall\fP\ \ " -Reverses the sense of -.i reply -and -.i Reply -commands. -.ip "\fBquiet\fP\ \ " -The binary option -.q quiet -suppresses the printing of the version when -.i Mail -is first invoked, -as well as printing the for example -.q "Message 4:" -from the -.b type -command. -.ip "\fBrecord\fP\ \ " -If you love to keep records, then the -valued option -.q record -can be set to the name of a file to save your outgoing mail. -Each new message you send is appended to the end of the file. -.ip "\fBscreen\fP\ \ " -When -.i Mail -initially prints the message headers, it determines the number to -print by looking at the speed of your terminal. The faster your -terminal, the more it prints. -The valued option -.q screen -overrides this calculation and -specifies how many message headers you want printed. -This number is also used for scrolling with the -.b z -command. -.ip "\fBsendmail\fP\ \ " -To use an alternate mail delivery system, set the -.q sendmail -option to the full pathname of the program to use. Note: this is not -for everyone! Most people should use the default delivery system. -.ip "\fBtoplines\fP\ \ " -The valued option -.q toplines -defines the number of lines that the -.q top -command will print out instead of the default five lines. -.ip "\fBverbose\fP\ \ " -The binary option "verbose" causes -.i Mail -to invoke sendmail with the -.b \-v -flag, which causes it to go into verbose mode and announce expansion -of aliases, etc. Setting the "verbose" option is equivalent to -invoking -.i Mail -with the -.b \-v -flag as described in section 6. |
