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~r filename

Include (read in) the contents of the speci®ed ®le.

~s

Prompt for changes to the Subject: line.

~t

Prompt for changes to the To: list.

~v

Invoke the editor de®ned for the visualeditor string variable on the mes-

 

sage, if possible.

Alias Menu

The Alias Menu is invoked with the Message Menu a command. The source text for your alias ®le is stored in the ®le $HOME/.elm/aliases.text. You can edit this ®le directly or with the following com- mands.

The aliases currently compiled into your database and the system database are displayed in an indexed list similar to the Message Menu. The entry format is described in the Alias Index subsection. The index is sorted in the order de®ned by the aliassortby string variable.

The commands are:

$

Resynchronize your alias text ®le and your alias database by rebuilding the database

 

from the text ®le by running newalias. Aliases marked for deletion are removed,

 

tagged aliases are untagged, and new and changed aliases are recognized. The alias

 

screen is updated to re¯ect these changes.

+Display the next alias index page, when applicable.

-Display the previous alias index page, when applicable.

/pattern

Pattern match. Search for pattern in the alias and user name ®elds of the alias list.

 

The search starts at the current alias and wraps around to the beginning of the alias

 

list. The current alias pointer is set to the ®rst alias that matches. Uppercase and

 

lowercase are treated as equivalent.

//pattern

Pattern match. Search for pattern through all the ®elds of the alias list (alias, user

 

name, comment, and address). The search starts at the current alias and wraps

 

around to the beginning of the alias list. The current alias pointer is set to the ®rst

 

alias that matches. Uppercase and lowercase are treated as equivalent. /pattern Pat-

 

tern match. This command allows you to search through all the alias and username

 

entries in the alias list, starting at the current alias and continuing through the end.

 

If the ®rst character of the pattern is a /, then the comment and the fully expanded

 

address ®elds are also included in the search. The search is case-insensitive. This

 

allows you to ®nd a speci®c alias in a situation where there are a large number of

 

aliases.

?key ...

Help on key. Display a one-line description of what each key does. ? displays a sum-

 

mary listing for each command available. A period (.) returns you to the Alias Menu.

aAlias current message. This allows you to create an alias that has the return address of the current message as the address ®eld of the alias. It prompts for a unique alias name and allows you to edit the comment and address ®elds.

cChange the current user alias. The old values of the alias ®elds are used as the defaults in the prompts for the new values. You cannot change the alias name. If the alias name is one of a multiple-alias record, it is removed from that record and stored as a separate record. The old alias is marked N. Changes are effective after the next alias resynchronization.

dMark the current user alias for deletion. The deletions are made when you exit from the Alias Menu with an q, r, or i command or you resynchronize your alias database with the $ command. (You cannot delete a system alias in this way.)

Ctrl-D

Delete user aliases with a speci®ed search pattern.

eEdit your aliases.text ®le, using the editor de®ned in the editor string vari- able. Your aliases are resynchronized when you ®nish editing (see the $ command).

fDisplay a fully expanded alias. The currently selected alias is fully expanded and displayed.

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