Mail commands

These are the commands you can enter at the mail prompt to read and manage your mail.

Type a ? at the command prompt whenever you want to dispay a list of them.

	To ...					Do this
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	use a UNIX shell command		! command
	
	delete the current message		d 
	
	delete a specific message		d message list
	
	undelete a specific message		u message list
	
	save the current message		s
	
	save a specific message			s message list
	
	reply to sender of a			r message list
	message
	
	reply to sender and all			R message list
	recipients of a message
	
	read the current message		<Return>
	
	read a specific message			p message list
	
	show the top of a message		top message list
	(default 5 lines)
	
	display next [previous]			z [-]
	page of headers
	
	edit message with the			v message list
	visual editor

	go to the next message 			n
	and display it

	save the current message		s filename

	save a specific message			s message list  filename




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