elm(1) | elm(1) |
?key ... | Help on key. Display a |
| mary listing for each command available. A period (.) returns you to the Message |
| Menu. |
@Display a summary of the messages indexed on the current screen.
Pipe the current message or the set of tagged messages through other ®lters as | |
| desired. Use the shell de®ned by the shell string variable. |
nNew current message. Change the current message pointer to the one indexed as n. If the message is not on the current page of headers, the appropriate page displayed.
Return | Read current message. The screen is cleared and the current message is displayed by |
| the pager de®ned by the pager string variable. |
aAlias. Switch to the Alias Menu.
bBounce mail. This is similar to forwarding a message, except that you do not edit the message and the return address is set to the original sender's address, rather than to your address.
cChange folder. This command is used to change the ®le whose messages are displayed on the Message Menu. You are asked for a ®le name. The ®le must be in message format; otherwise, elm aborts. You can use the customary wildcards for your shell, as well as the following special names:
! Your incoming mail folder.
>Your received folder, de®ned by the receivedmail string variable.
<Your sent folder, de®ned by the sentmail string variable.
. The previously used folder.
@alias | The default folder for the login name associated with the alias alias. |
=filename A ®le in the directory de®ned by the maildir string variable.
CCopy message. Save the current message or the set of tagged messages to a folder. You are prompted for a ®le name with a default value. The default value is a ®le in the maildir directory with the user name of the sender of the ®rst message in the set being saved. Any tags are cleared. Unlike the > and s commands, the messages are not marked for deletion and the current message pointer is not moved.
dDelete. Mark the current message for deletion. See also
Delete. Mark all messages for deletion that contain a speci®ed pattern in the From: | |
| and Subject: header entries. See also d, u, and |
eEdit. Allows you to physically edit the current mail folder using the editor de®ned by the editor string variable. When you exit from your editor, elm resynchronizes your mail folder (see the $ command).
fForward the current message. You are asked if you want to edit the outbound mes- sage. If you answer y, the characters de®ned by the prefix string variable are pre®xed to each line of the message and the editor de®ned by the editor string vari- able will be invoked to allow you to edit the message. If you answer n, the characters are not pre®xed and the editor will not be invoked. In either case, you are prompted for To: recipients, allowed to edit the Subject: header entry, and, if the askcc boolean variable is ON, you are prompted for Cc: recipients.
If the userlevel numeric variable is 1 (intermediate) or 2 (expert), and there was a previous sent or forgotten message in this session, you are asked if you would like to
Recall last kept message instead? (y/n)
If you answer y, the previous message is returned to the send buffer. If you answer n, the current message is copied into the send buffer and your signature ®le (if any) is appended.
Then the editor is invoked if you chose to edit the outbound message (above). When you leave the editor, or if it was not invoked, the Send Menu is displayed.
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