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elm(1)

elm(1)

NAME

elm - process electronic mail through a screen-oriented interface

SYNOPSIS

elm [-aKkmtVz][-f folder]

elm [-ssubject] address-list

elm -c[alias-list]

elm -h

elm -v

DESCRIPTION

The elm program is a screen-oriented electronic mail processing system. It supports the industry-wide MIME standard for nontext mail, a special forms message and forms reply mechanism, and an easy-to-use alias system for individuals and groups. elm operates in three principal modes:

∙Interactive mode, running as an interactive mail interface program. (First syntax.)

∙Message mode, sending a single interactive message to a list of mail addresses from a shell command line. (Second syntax.)

∙File mode, sending a ®le or command output to a list of mail addresses via a command-line pipe or redirection. (Second syntax.)

In all three cases, elm honors the values that are set in your elmrc initialization ®le, in your elm alias database, and in the system elm alias database.

The modes are described below in inverse order (shortest description to longest).

Options

The following options are recognized:

-a

Set arrow=ON. Use the arrow (->) instead of the inverse bar to mark the current

 

item in the various indexes. This overrides the setting of the arrow boolean variable

 

(see the ELM CONFIGURATION section).

 

-c

Check alias. Check the aliases in alias-listagainst your personal elm alias database

 

and the system elm alias database. The results are written to standard output.

 

Errors are reported ®rst, in the form:

 

 

(alias "alias" is unknown)

 

 

Successes are reported in a header-entry format, with group aliases replaced by their

 

members, in the form:

 

 

Expands to: alias-address (fullname),

 

alias-address (fullname),

 

 

...

 

 

alias-address (fullname)

 

 

If there is no fullname, the " (fullname)" portion is omitted.

-ffolder

Folder ®le. Read mail from the folder ®le rather than from the incoming mailbox. A

 

folder ®le is in the standard mail ®le format, as created by the mail system or saved

 

by elm itself.

 

-h

Help. Display an annotated list of command-line options.

-k

Set softkeys=OFF . Disable the use of softkeys (HP 2622 function keys). This

 

overrides the setting of the softkeys boolean variable (see the ELM CONFIGURA-

 

TION section).

 

-K

Set keypad=OFF and softkeys=OFF . Disable the use of softkeys and arrow cur-

 

sor keys. If your terminal does not have the HP 2622 function key protocols, this

 

option is required. This overrides the settings of the keypad and softkeys

 

boolean variables (see the ELM CONFIGURATION section).

-m

Set menu=OFF. Do not display the command menus on several Interactive Mode

 

screens. This overrides the setting of the

menu boolean variable (see the ELM

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HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000