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elm(1)

 

elm(1)

 

the chfn command (see chfn(1), ®nger(1), and passwd(4)).

localsignature

A signature ®le that is automatically appended to outbound mail to the

 

local host before the editor is invoked. This usually contains personal data

 

about the sender. See also the remotesignature string variable. The

 

default is none.

 

 

All the addresses in the To: header must be apparently for the local host.

 

Local addresses are those that, after any elm alias conversion, do not con-

 

tain a domain name. That is, they have only a user name (for example,

 

santaclaus) or a user name and the local host name (for example,

 

santaclaus@northpole).

 

santaclaus@northpole.arcticsea.org is considered to be a

 

remote address, even if it points to the local host. A user name that is

 

readdressed by the sendmail system alias list is treated as local if it

 

matches the preceding criteria.

maildir

Your mail directory, where you usually store your folders for received and

 

outbound mail. The default is $HOME//Mail .

 

In elm, you can use the = metacharacter to specify this directory. For

 

example, if you save a message to ®le =/archive, the = is expanded to

 

the current value of maildir. (The slash (/) is optional.)

 

When you start elm, if the directory speci®ed by maildir does not exist,

 

you are asked if you want to create it. If you answer y (yes), the directory

 

is created, with access permissions set to 700.

pager

The program to display each message. The default is the value of the

 

PAGER environment variable, if set and nonnull, or the built-in pager,

 

builtin+, otherwise.

 

 

The built-in pager, builtin+, also allows you to execute some Message

 

Menu commands while you are viewing the message and it has some simple

 

forward and backward scrolling commands. While it is active, enter ? for a

 

list of commands. An alternative is the more utility.

precedences

A list of precedence values that you can place in a Precedence: header

 

entry in outbound mail, using the Header Menu. Each precedence value

 

can be optionally paired with a priority value that is automatically placed in

 

a Priority: header entry, causing the received message to be marked

 

as urgent. The default is none.

 

The HP-UX mail transport agent, sendmail, recognizes this header. If

 

the precedence value is de®ned by a P control line in the sendmail

 

con®guration ®le, /etc/mail/sendmail.cf, the transmission priority

 

of the message is adjusted accordingly. See sendmail(1M).

 

The format of the entry is

 

 

precedences = precedence[:priority] [precedence[:priority] ] ...

 

precedence is a precedence name. The default list de®ned in

 

/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is:

 

first-class

Transmission priority 0, the default

 

special-delivery

Transmission priority 100

 

list

Transmission priority −30

 

bulk

Transmission priority −60

 

junk

Transmission priority −100

 

priority is an arbitrary string that is placed in a Priority: header entry.

prefix

The pre®x for an included line in an outbound message. When you reply to

 

a message or forward a message to another person, you can optionally

 

include the original message. This pre®x marks the included line. The

 

default is >_ (the _ is interpreted as a space character).

print

The command to run when the p (print) command is executed from various

 

menus. There are two

possible formats for this string: If the string

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