The following commands are available when reading mail. They are always available, no matter what the current menu says. Some of these commands are case sensitive. For example, the command t is similar to the command T, but they are not exactly the same.
t Type out the current mail message to the screen. By default, this
runs the text of the message through a pager, which pauses at the end of
each screenful of text and prompts for a response so you don't lose any
information. If you have set your default to no page, the message will
not be filtered at all (it will also disappear off your screen at an
alarming rate of speed).
n Read the next unread mail message.Also runs the message through a
pager.
v Read (view) the next mail message, regardless of whether or not it
has already been read. This runs the message through a pager.
b Back up - read previous mail message, running it through a pager.
This always goes back to the mmediately previous message, regardless of
whether or not you have already read it.
r Send a mail reply back to the author of the current message. If
you have your editor set to ce or vi, the body of the current message
will be included in the reply for you to quote or delete as you please.
d Delete the current message from your mail box. This simply marks
the message as deleted. It doesn't actually go away until you exit,
which gives you a chance to change your mind.
u Mark the current message as not deleted.
s Send a mail message to someone. This is a convenience function, so
all operations on electronic mail are available at once.
f Forward the current article to a given recipient. This simply
mails the current article to whoever you choose.
l List descriptive headers of all messages on the screen. This
information is also run through the pager, so you don't lose anything.
A message header looks like this:
R 1.pplacewa@BBN.COM (Paul Place)(1237 chars) Thu, 25 Jan --Bash Arrays.
The R means that the message has already been read. The 1 means
that it is message #1 in your mailbox. The pplacewa@BBN.COM (Paul Place)
is the sender of the message. This particular message comes from Paul
Place, who works for Bolt, Beranek and Newman (hence the `BBN.COM').
The `(1237 chars)' is the length of the message. The second line displays
the date the message was sent and the subject. Other entries could be 'D'
for deleted and 'A' for answered.
j Jump to a message and make that message the current one. You will
be asked to type in a message number, and that number will be made
current.
k Mark all messages before and including the current message as
already read.
z Delete all messages before and including the current message. This
simply marks them as deleted,you have the chance to recover them before
you exit.
e End - jump to the last message in the mailbox and make it the
current message.
+ Move to next screen of headers.
- Move to previous screen of headers.
! Mark the current message as being unread. A scan for next unread
message will then find this message.
> Save the current message into a file in your work directory. You
will be prompted for a filename. If the file you specify already exists,
the article will be appended, otherwise the file will be created.
h Show a help screen with a short explanation of all these commands.
q Exit the mail reader. This will save your mailbox, and actually
delete all of the messages you have marked for deletion. After doing
this, there is no way to get those messages back.
x Exit the mail reader, a synonym for q.
w Write out, then re-read your mail file. This refreshes your
mailbox same as if you exit including actually removing all messages
marked as deleted. It's a way to clean up your mailbox when you've
deleted a lot of messages and you want to see what's still there.
T Like t but it doesn't filter the message through a pager. This
can be used if you have paging turned on by default, but see a message
you would like to type out without page breaks--, to save in your
computer's capture buffer, for instance.
N Like n but it doesn't filter the message through a pager.
B Like b but it doesn't filter the message through a pager.
V Like v but it doesn't filter the message through a pager.
If you are a sysop, you also have this option available:
a Approve the current message for posting to the newsgroup you
moderate. This command is how the moderator accepts and posts
submissions.
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