Useful mail variables

For a complete list of mail variables, see the manual page for the mail(1) command.

   Variable	    Default       Action


   askcc            noaskcc       Prompts you for the
                                  names of the users you
                                  to send carbon copies to.

   editheaders                    Include the message
                                  headers when writing a
                                  mail message using an editor.

   folder=directory                 the directory to save
                                  mail files in.

   hold             nohold        keep messages that have
                                  been read in the system
                                  mailbox, not the mbox file.

   keepsave         nokeepsave    do not delete messages
                                  that have been saved.
                                  Keep them in the system
                                  mailbox.

   PAGER            more          the pager used to paginate
                                  output when a message is
                                  longer than the screen.

   sign=signature                   defines the "signature"
                                  inserted in the mail message
                                  by the ~a command.

   Sign=signature                   defines the "signature"
                                  inserted in the mail message
                                  by the ~A command.

   topline=number   5              the number of lines of
                                  the top of each message
                                  to print with the ~t command.

   VISUAL=editor                    the name of the editor called
                                  by the ~v command. editor
                                  is given as a full pathname.