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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-06-04 00:04:55 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-06-04 00:04:55 +0000
commit7a4641c2d5583f19c40e15a2aea1c9ca4e0870f6 (patch)
treef93eaa8f918bde80d7ba5d385cf3f6000d9e2bfe /usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
parentfce10bdac024d702f9f2257257b611b7e0b9c6b4 (diff)
update mail docs w/ reality;
help and ok millert@
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
index ed780716447..e74b3a8ea13 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mail9.nr,v 1.4 2003/06/03 02:56:11 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mail9.nr,v 1.5 2004/06/04 00:04:54 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ help Same as \fB?\fP
hold Same as \fBpreserve\fP
if Conditional execution of \fIMail\fP commands
ignore Set/examine list of ignored header fields
+inc Incorporate new messages
list List valid \fIMail\fP commands
-local List other names for the local host
mail Send mail to specified names
mbox Arrange to save a list of messages in \fImbox\fP
+more Invoke pager on message list
next Go to next message and type it
preserve Arrange to leave list of messages in system mailbox
print Print messages
@@ -82,12 +83,15 @@ reply Compose a reply to a message
respond Same as \fBreply\fP
retain Supersedes \fBignore\fP
save Append messages, headers included, on a file
+saveignore List of headers to ignore when using the \fBsave\fP command
+saveretain List of headers to retain when using the \fBsave\fP command
set Set binary or valued options
shell Invoke an interactive shell
size Prints out size of message list
source Read \fImail\fP commands from a file
top Print first so many (5 by default) lines of list of messages
type Same as \fBprint\fP
+unalias Remove alias
undelete Undelete list of messages
unread Marks list of messages as not been read
unset Undo the operation of a \fBset\fP
@@ -107,12 +111,16 @@ l ci l.
Option Type Description
_
EDITOR valued Pathname of editor for ~e and \fBedit\fP
-PAGER valued Pathname of paginator for \fBPrint\fP, \fBprint\fP, \fBType\fP and \fBtype\fP
+LISTER valued Pathname of directory lister
+MBOX valued Pathname of the \fImbox\fP file
+PAGER valued Pathname of pager for \fBPrint\fP, \fBprint\fP, \fBType\fP and \fBtype\fP
SHELL valued Pathname of shell for \fBshell\fP, ~! and \fB!\fP
VISUAL valued Pathname of screen editor for ~v, \fBvisual\fP
append binary Always append messages to end of \fImbox\fP
ask binary Prompt user for Subject: field when sending
+askbcc binary Prompt user for additional BCc's at end of message
askcc binary Prompt user for additional Cc's at end of message
+autoinc binary Automatically incorporate new mail
autoprint binary Print next message after \fBdelete\fP
crt valued Minimum number of lines before using \fBPAGER\fP
debug binary Print out debugging information
@@ -120,16 +128,19 @@ dot binary Accept . alone on line to terminate message input
escape valued Escape character to be used instead of\ \ ~
folder valued Directory to store folders in
hold binary Hold messages in system mailbox by default
-ignore binary Ignore \s-2RUBOUT\s0 while sending mail
-ignoreeof binary Don't terminate letters/command input with \fB\(uaD\fP
+ignore binary Ignore <Control-C> while sending mail
+ignoreeof binary Don't terminate letters/command input with \fB^D\fP
+indentprefix valued String used for indenting messages
keep binary Don't unlink system mailbox when empty
keepsave binary Don't delete \fBsave\fPd messages by default
metoo binary Include sending user in aliases
noheader binary Suppress initial printing of version and headers
nosave binary Don't save partial letter in \fIdead.letter\fP
-quiet binary Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version and message numbers
+Replyall binary Reverses the sense of the \fB[Rr]eply\fP commands
+quiet binary Suppress printing of \fIMail\fP version/message numbers
record valued File to save all outgoing mail in
screen valued Size of window of message headers for \fBz\fP, etc.
+searchheaders binary Search string for message headers
sendmail valued Choose alternate mail delivery system
toplines valued Number of lines to print in \fBtop\fP
verbose binary Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
@@ -151,10 +162,12 @@ _
~d Read \fIdead.letter\fP into message
~e Invoke text editor on partial message
~f messages Read named messages
+~F messages Same as ~f, but includes all headers
~h Edit the header fields
~m messages Read named messages, right shift by tab
+~M messages Same as ~m, but includes all headers
~p Print message entered so far
-~q Abort entry of letter; like \s-2RUBOUT\s0
+~q Abort entry of letter; like <Control-C>
~r filename Read file into message
~s string Set Subject: field to \fIstring\fP
~t name ... Add names to To: field
@@ -176,24 +189,23 @@ c c
l a.
Flag Description
_
-\-N Suppress the initial printing of headers
-\-T \fIfile\fP Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
+\-b \fIlist\fP Send blind carbon copies to \fIlist\fP.
+\-c \fIlist\fP Send carbon copies to \fIlist\fP
\-d Turn on debugging
-\-f \fIfile\fP Show messages in \fIfile\fP or \fI~/mbox\fP
-\-h \fInumber\fP Pass on hop count for mail forwarding
+\-f [\fIname\fP] Show messages in \fIname\fP or \fI~/mbox\fP
+\-I Force \fIMail\fP to run in interactive mode
\-i Ignore tty interrupt signals
-\-n Inhibit reading of /usr/lib/Mail.rc
-\-r \fIname\fP Pass on \fIname\fP for mail forwarding
-\-s \fIstring\fP Use \fIstring\fP as subject in outgoing mail
-\-u \fIname\fP Read \fIname's\fP mail instead of your own
+\-N Suppress the initial printing of headers
+\-n Inhibit reading of /etc/mail.rc
+\-s \fIsubject\fP Use \fIsubject\fP as subject in outgoing mail
+\-T \fIfile\fP Article-id's of read/deleted messages to \fIfile\fP
+\-u \fIuser\fP Read \fIuser\fP's mail instead of your own
\-v Invoke sendmail with the \fB\-v\fP flag
.TE
.)b
.lp
Notes:
-.b \-T ,
-.b \-d ,
-.b \-h ,
+.b \-d
and
-.b \-r
+.b \-T
are not for human use.