xref: /original-bsd/usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.help (revision bbb96de4)
1    Mail   Commands
2t <message list>		type messages
3n				goto and type next message
4e <message list>		edit messages
5f <message list>		give head lines of messages
6d <message list>		delete messages
7s <message list> file		append messages to file
8u <message list>		undelete messages
9R <message list>		reply to message senders
10r <message list>		reply to message senders and all recipients
11pre <message list>		make messages go back to /usr/spool/mail
12m <user list>			mail to specific users
13q				quit, saving unresolved messages in mbox
14x				quit, do not remove system mailbox
15h				print out active message headers
16!				shell escape
17cd [directory]			chdir to directory or home if none given
18
19A <message list> consists of integers, ranges of same, or user names separated
20by spaces.  If omitted, Mail uses the last message typed.
21
22A <user list> consists of user names or aliases separated by spaces.
23Aliases are defined in .mailrc in your home directory.
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