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i,I Return to the Message Menu.
q,Q Return to the Message Menu.
x,X Exit immediately from elm without changing the mailbox. All pending changes are abandoned.
Send Menu
The Send Menu is invoked when your outbound message has been prepared to be mailed after a Message Menu f, g, m, or r command or the Alias Menu m command.
The commands are:
!command Shell. Execute a shell command. See the Message Menu ! (shell) command.
aAttachments. Invoke the Attachments Send Menu.
cCopy. Copy to a ®le. See the Message Menu C (copy) command.
eEdit. Invoke your editor, as de®ned by the alteditor string variable, to revise the message.
fForget. Do not send the message. At user levels 1 and 2, the message may be returned to the send buffer when you execute a subsequent Message Menu f, g, m, or r command or the Alias Menu m command.
hEdit the header entries. Invoke the Header Menu.
mMake form. Convert the message to the forms message format. See the FORMS MESSAGES section. This command is only available if the forms boolean variable is ON and the userlevel numeric variable is either 1 or 2.
sSend. Send the message.
FORMS MESSAGES
A feature that is unique to elm is the ability to compose and reply to forms messages.
Creating a Forms Message
∙In your elmrc ®le, set forms=ON.
∙Set your userlevel numeric variable to 1 (moderately experienced) or 2 (expert). You can do this in your elmrc ®le or on the default Options Menu.
∙As you compose the message, de®ne the ®elds to be ®lled in by the recipient with a colon (:), followed by either the number of spaces allowed for the ®eld value, or a newline to indicate that the ®eld may ®ll the remainder of the line.
A colon on a line by itself indicates that the recipient will be prompted for multiline input. There can be no blanks before the colon.
Every line containing a colon is a prompt line. During the response process, all text starting at the ®rst nonblank character after the last colon on each line is deleted and the line is evaluated for response ®elds.
∙After you have created the message, enter the Send Menu m (make form) command to set up the spe- cial format. Then enter the Send Menu s (send) command to send the message.
Here is an example of a simple forms message:
Please fill out and return as soon as possible.
Name: |
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Manager: |
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Department: | Division: | ||
Your | home | address: |
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Home | phone | number: |
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Thank | you for your | cooperation. | |
Replying to a Forms Message
When you receive a forms message, the message index entry is ¯agged with an F status letter. You can view it in the normal way with the Return or h commands.
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