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- To send a message, type mail recipient-address
.
- To read waiting messages, type mail
.
- To list a summary of saved messages in a folder,
type mail -f folder
.
- To print on the screen one of the listed messages,
type p message-number
or
t message-number
.
- To reply to the current message,
type R
.
- To list the message headers in the current folder, type h
.
If the list exceeds one page, type z
.
- To delete the current message, type d
.
- To undelete the current message, type u
.
- To extract the current message into a file, type s filename
.
- To send a file as a message, type
mail -s "subject-text" recipient-address < filename
.
- For information on other mail commands, type help
or ?
.
- To quit from mail , type q
.
Address examples from Unix mail are shown below:
For further information on addressing 'others' see the section
'Addressing Mail from within CERN'.
Alan Silverman
Wed Apr 12 16:54:02 METDST 1995