elm(1)

elm(1)

contains the special variable %s, the variable is replaced by the name of a temporary ®le that contains the messages, and the command is executed by the shell de®ned by the shell string variable. If the string does not contain %s, the temporary ®le name is appended to it, and the command is executed. The default is

cat %s lp

receivedmail The ®le where the received messages will be saved. The default is =received, the ®le received in the directory de®ned by maildir.

remotesignature

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

 

remote hosts before the editor is invoked. This usually contains personal

 

data about the sender. See also the localsignature string variable.

 

The default is none.

 

 

If any of the addresses in the To: header entry are not local, as described

 

for the localsignature string variable, the remote signature ®le is

 

attached.

 

 

savecharset

The character set to be used to save a message in a folder. Possible values

 

are JIS, SJIS, and EUC. If a value is not speci®ed, the message will be

 

saved according to your locale (given by the LC_TYPE and/or LANG

 

environmental variables). This option is applicable only for the Japanese

 

locale. The default is none. See also the jisconversion boolean vari-

 

able.

 

 

sentmail

The ®le where copies of outbound mail can be saved. One possibility is your

 

incoming mailbox, /var/mail/loginname.

The default is =sent, the

 

®le sent in the directory de®ned by maildir.

 

See the copy boolean variable for further details.

shell

The shell to use for ! escapes and other such operations. The default is the

 

value of the SHELL environment variable, if set and nonnull, or

 

/usr/bin/ksh otherwise.

 

sortby

The way to sort the index of the current folder. The choices are:

 

from

The name of the sender.

 

 

sent

The date the message was sent.

 

received

The date the message was received.

 

subject

The subject of the message. A leading Re: (and some oth-

 

 

ers) is ignored, so replies sort with original messages.

 

lines

The number of lines in the message.

 

status

The read status: blank, O, and N.

 

You can pre®x these values with reverse- to reverse the order of the

 

sort. The value can be modi®ed on the Options Menu. The default is

 

reverse-sent .

 

textencoding

Type of encoding to put into the MIME Content-Transfer-

 

Encoding: header entry. The choices are 7bit or 8bit. The default is

 

7bit.

 

 

tmpdir

Where to create temporary ®les. The default is the value of the TMPDIR

 

environment variable, if set and nonnull, or to /tmp/ otherwise.

visualeditor

Name of the editor to use for the Äv command of the built-in editor. The

 

default is the value of the VISUAL environment variable, if set and non-

 

null, or /usr/bin/vi otherwise.

 

weedout

A list of header-entry initial strings that you don't want to see when you

 

are reading mail. This list is made effective by setting the weed boolean

 

variable to ON.

 

 

 

The list can continue for as many lines as desired, as long as the continued

 

lines all have leading blanks. To include blanks in a string, enclose it in

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