LINUX MAILX

Table of Contents

• 1 Command line
• 2 Help:
• 3 Mesages list
• 4 Move:
• 5 Main
• 6 Manipulation:
• 7 All messages.

1 Command line

mail	read
mail -f	read from mbox file
mail -s "[title]"	send mail with title option

2 Help:

• ? | l[ist] | hel[p] #list commands

3 Mesages list

n[nr]	Show message number nr.
+	The next undeleted message, or the next deleted message for the undelete command.
-	The next previous undeleted message, or the next previous deleted message for the undelete command.
.	The current message.
$	The last message.

4 Move:

z+	screen forward
z-	screen backward
=	show number of current message
+	next message
$	last message

5 Main

h[eaders]	show headers of all
f[rom] *	list all mails with headers
folder	directory list
to [msglist]	list top of message
q[uit]	save and exit
r	reply to all
x	exit without save
e[dit] [msglist]	edit
si[ze]	size current message
p[rint]	print current message
p 3	print 3-rd message
fo	list directories
set	show variables
set name=string	define variable
uns[et]	unset

6 Manipulation:

d[elete] [msglist]	delete current message
u[ndelete] [msglist]	undelete message
U	set message as unread
s[ave] [msglist]	save

7 All messages.

n-m	range of message numbers.
address	All messages from address
/string	All messages with string in the subject line (case ignored).
:c	All messages of type c, where c shall be one of:
d	Deleted messages.
n	New messages.
o	Old messages (any not in state read or new).
r	Read messages.
u	Unread messages.