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== NOSview [137]
BM
==
_________________________________________________________________
DOS_PROMPT> BM [ -s <subject> ] <recipient> [<recipient> ...]
_________________________________________________________________
Send a mail message to one or more recipients. The '-s' option
allows you to include a subject on the command line. If
<subject> contains spaces or tabs, it must be enclosed in
inverted commas or apostrophes.
A <recipient> is either a user name defined in DOMAIN.TXT or an
"alias," which is an alternative name for one or more users.
Aliases are defined in the file N:\ALIAS.
>> Examples: BM -s "Meeting Saturday" liz@ns9liz ken@ns9ken
BM ns9ken%ax9bbs@ns9gwb
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DOS_PROMPT> BM [ -u <mailbox> | -f <file> ]
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Read a mailbox or file. Without an option, BM reads the default
mailbox specified in BM.RC.
The '-u' option allows you to specify an alternative mailbox, in
which case BM will read N:\SPOOL\MAIL\<mailbox>.TXT. This is
useful if you have saved previously received messages to a file,
using the 's' command.
The '-f' option allows you to read any text file in malibox
format.
>> Examples: BM -u ns9bob
BM -f foo.txt
===============
BM SUB-COMMANDS
===============
The following sub-commands are available after starting BM:
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?
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Print a help menu for BM commands.
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!<DOS_command>
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Run <DOS_command> from inside BM. An error message will result
if there is not enough memory available to load the command.
>> Example: !dir/w
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<n> [<n> ...]
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Display message(s) <n>. If a CR is entered on a blank line, the
current message will be displayed.
>> Example: 1 3 4 16
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$
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Update the mailbox, deleting messages marked for deletion and
reading in any new mail that may have arrived since starting BM.
If you have a large number of messages in your mailbox and are
cleaning it up by marking unwanted messages for deletion,
updating the mailbox will shorten the header list.
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b [<n>]
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Bounce a message. Bounce is similar to forwarding, but instead
of your user information, the original sender information is
maintained. If no message number <n> is supplied the current
message is used.
>> Example: b 12
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d [<n> ...]
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Mark message(s) for deletion. Messages marked for deletion are
removed when exiting BM via the 'q' command or when changing to
an alternate mailbox with the 'n' command.
>> Example: d 1 3 5
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f [<n>]
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The 'f' command is used to forward a mail message to another
recipient. If no message number <n> is supplied the current
message is used. The user is prompted for the recipients and a
subject. The RFC822 header is added to the message text while
retaining the complete original message in the body. Also see
the '~m' command.
>> Example: f 12
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h
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Display message headers. The message headers contain the message
number, the status indicating whether it has been read or
deleted, the sender, size, date, and subject.
"N" indicates that the message has not yet been read.
"Y" indicates that it has been read.
"D" indicates that the message has been marked for deletion.
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k <jobnumber> ...
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Remove outbound message(s) from the send queue (N:\SPOOL\MQUEUE).
The <jobnumber> for the message to be removed may be obtained by
giving the 'l' command.
If the message is locked you will be warned that you may be
removing a file that is currently being sent by SMTP. You will
asked if this job should still be killed. (It is best not to
remove locked messages. They are better handled with the 'tcp
reset' command).
>> Example: k 231
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l
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List outbound messages. The job number, the sender, and the
destination for each message are displayed. A status of "L" will
appear if the SMTP sender has the file locked.
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m [userlist]
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The 'm' (mail) command is used to send a message to one or more
recipients. All local recipient names (those which don't contain
an '@') are checked for possible aliases. If no arguments are
supplied you will be prompted for a recipient list.
While entering a message into the text buffer several commands
are available such as invoking an editor, and reading in text
from other messages or files. See below for a description of
these commands.
To end a message enter a line containing a single dot.
It is important to remember that the input line buffer has a 128
character limit. You should format your text by entering a CR at
the end of each line. Typing excessively long lines may cause
data loss due to truncation when passing the message through
other hosts. Keeping lines less than 80 characters is always a
good idea.
>> Example: m liz@ns9liz
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Text buffer commands
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The following commands are available while entering text into the
message buffer:
~? Display help menu of the tilde escape commands.
~e Invoke the editor defined in BM.RC with a
temporary file containing the text in the
message buffer.
~m <n> Read message <n> into the message buffer.
~p Display the text in the message buffer.
~q Abort the current message. No data is sent.
~r <filename> Read <filename> into the message buffer.
~~ Insert a single tilde (~) character into the
message.
. (dot) Save the current message.
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n [<mailbox>]
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Display or change mailbox. The 'n' command with no arguments
will display a list of mailboxes containing mail. If a <mailbox>
argument is supplied, then the current mailbox is closed and the
new <mailbox> is opened.
>> Example: n public
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p [<n> ...]
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The 'p' command is used to send messages to the printer. This
command uses the DOS device PRN for output. This command is
equivalent to 's [<n> ...] PRN'.
>> Example: p 2 4 6
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q
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Quit to DOS updating the mailbox. Messages marked for deletion
WILL be deleted.
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r [<n>]
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Reply to a message. Reply reads the header information in order
to construct a reply to the sender. The destination information
is taken from the "From:" or the "Reply- To:"header, if included.
If no message number <n> is supplied the current message is used.
>> Example: r 23
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s [<n> ...] [<filename>]
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The 's' command is used to save message(s) in a file. If no
<filename> is given the default from the 'mbox' variable in BM.RC
is used. If no message number <n> is supplied then the current
message is saved.
If <filename> does not exist, it will be created. If <filename>
does exist, the messages will be appended to this file. The
messages are stored in the same format as a mailbox file with all
mail headers left intact.
This file can later be read into BM by invoking BM with the '-f
<filename>' argument.
>> Example: s 1 2 3 spool/mail/intray.txt
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u [<n> ...]
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Undelete message(s) which have been marked for deletion. The
status of a message can be determined by looking at the status
field of the message using the 'h' command.
>> Example: u 3 5
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w [<n> ...] <filename>
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The 'w' command is used to save message(s) in a file. Only the
message body is saved. All mail headers are removed. If no
message number <n> is supplied then the current message is saved.
>> Example: w 3 archive1.txt
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x
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Exit to DOS without changing the data in the mailbox. Messages
marked for deletion will NOT be deleted.