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List the available commands.
about
Give general information about Z-Mail and its authors.
alias, unalias, group
Creates, lists or removes mail aliases (address abbreviations).
alternates, alts
Tells Z-Mail about other e-mail addresses you may have.
ask
Asks a question and obtains a response from the user.
await
In Motif mode, checks for new mail and then continues.
builtin
Allows a function with the same name as a standard Z-Mail
command. Precede a function name with builtin to make
Z-Mail perform the standard command instead of the function.
bind-macro, unbind-macro
Create, list or remove fullscreen mode macros.
button, unbutton
Creates, lists, or removes buttons in the Main Window Action
Area. In fullscreen mode, these buttons are available through
the user-button macro.
cd
Changes the current working directory.
chroot
Limits the directories you may access in a File Finder.
close
Closes an open folder.
cmd, uncmd
Creates, lists or removes command abbreviations.
compcmd
Performs actions on compositions in progress.
copy, co
Copy messages to another folder, without setting the saved (S)
status flag of those messages. Messages having the saved status
may be deleted when a folder is updated, so this command can be
used to assure that two folders each contain a copy of a message.
debug
Enable debugging output. Use "setenv DBFILE filename" to save this
output in a file instead of displaying it.
delete, d
Delete messages. Deleted messages are not permanently removed from
a folder until that folder is updated. Some commands will skip over
deleted messages.
detach
Store one or more attachments of a message in files, and optionally
display those attachments.
dialog
Displays a dialog box for any one of the following: Aliases,
Buttons, Colors, Compose, Dates, Envelope, Folders, Fonts,
Headers, Help, Printer, Search, Sort, Templates, Toolbox and
Variables, Buttons, Functions, Menus, Browser, Save, Filters.
display
Displays the contents of a message.
dp, dt
Delete a message and display (print or type) the next
message. See "next" for rules used to location the
next message.
each
Executes a command you specify on each message in a mes-
sage list.
echo, error
Re-displays the commands you type, expanding all arguments
to show their values.
edit, e, v
In line mode only, edit the contents of one or more messages, using
either the "editor" or the "visual" editor.
else
Introduces the alternative case of an if...else...endif conditional.
This is not a true command, rather it is a control structure. It
may be used only in user-defined functions or scripts, and must be
on a line by itself.
endif
Marks the end of an if...else...endif conditional. This is not a
true command, rather it is a control structure. It may be used only
in user-defined functions or scripts, and must be on a line by itself.
eval
Re-parses its arguments, then executes them as a command.
exit, x, xit
Terminates Z-Mail without updating any folders. In user-
defined scripts, terminates the script. The x command always
terminates Z-Mail.
expand
Shows the addresses referenced by a mail alias. Z-Mail fully
expands nested or hierarchical aliases.
filter, unfilter
Creates, lists, or removes message filters.
flags
Examine or set the status flags of messages. Status flags are:
D deleted O old R read U unread p printed
N new P preseved S saved f forwarded r replied
folder, fo
Change the active folder, open a folder, or close a folder.
folders
Lists the folders that are present in the folder directory.
foreach
Perform a command for each message in a list of messages or for each
file in a list of file names. This differs from "each" in that a
variable is set to contain each of the items in turn.
from, f
Display the header summary of one or more messages, and optionally
change the current message to the first or last of those messages.
fullscreen
Change from the line mode to the fullscreen mode. Cannot be used
in GUI mode.
function
Create a user-defined function.
headers, H, h, z, z+, z-
Display a screenful of header summaries. Useful only in line mode
or in user-defined functions. The "z" forms move one screenful
forward or backward. These commands may also be used to select
groups of messages by their status, as follows:
:d deleted :n new :r replied-to
:f forwarded :o old :s saved
:m marked :p preserved :u unread
functions
Lists the names of all user-defined functions.
help
Displays help information on various topics, which follow
as options.
hide, unhide
Hides and displays specified messages summaries in the main
window.
history
Displays a list of recently-entered commands.
iconify
Convert all Z-Mail windows to icon state.
if ... else ... endif
Defines conditional processing in a script. Use only in
user-defined functions and scripts.
ignore, unignore
Tells Z-Mail which message header fields to hide when it
displays messages.
interpose, uninterpose
Allows a user-defined function to "piggyback" on top of a
Z-Mail command or operation.
jobs
Show a summary of the compositions (Compose Windows)
currently in progress.
license
Manipulates licensing for the current Z-Mail session.
lpr
Sends the contents of messages to the printer.
mail, m
Opens a window so you can compose a message.
map, unmap
Create, list or remove line mode key bindings.
map!, unmap!
Create, list or remove composition mode key bindings.
mark, unmark
Tags messages with priorities or temporary marks,
or removes those priorities or marks.
menu, unmenu
Creates or removes menu items and menus from
Z-Mail windows.
merge
Copies messages from a folder you specify into your
active folder.
msg_list
Simplifies a message list in metacharacter form into a
simple list of numbers.
my_hdr, un_hdr
Creates, lists or removes custom headers that Z-Mail inserts at
the beginning of all your outgoing messages.
next, n
Displays the contents of the next message, or the current
message if it has not yet been read.
open
Opens a folder, or makes that folder active if it is already open.
page
Displays a file in a Z-Mail pager window.
pick, search
Searches for and selects messages according to a variety of
criteria. Synonym for search.
pinup
Displays a message in a Pinup Window, to be viewed simulta
neously with other messages in the Message Window.
pipe
Sends the contents of selected messages as input to standard
UNIX commands.
preserve, unpreserve, pre, unpre
Saves a message list in your system folder rather than your main
mailbox unless you explicitly delete it.
previous
Display the contents of the previous message. The previous message
is is the message nearest to the current message, having a lower
message number, that has not been saved or deleted.
printenv
Displays the set of environment strings that Z-Mail passes to
other UNIX processes that it creates.
print
Synonym for display.
pwd
Prints the name of the current working directory.
quit, q
Terminates Z-Mail, after updating any open folders that have
been modified.
read
Synonym for display.
redraw
Causes all Z-Mail window to "refresh".
remove
Remove a file; see also rmfolder.
rename
Changes the name of a folder.
reply, r
Replies to a message you have received, addressing the
response only to the sender of that message.
replyall, R
Compose a reply to a message you have recieved, addressing the reply
to the sender of that message and also to all of the persons who
received a copy of that message.
replysender, reply, respond, r
Compose a reply to a message you have received, addressing the reply
only to the sender of that message.
resume, fg
Resume a suspended composition, identified by its number. To list
the numbers of all suspended composition, use the "jobs" command.
retain, unretain
Specify exactly those message header fields that should be shown when
displaying the contents of messages. All other headers are hidden.
return
Terminates a script and returns a result.
rmfolder
Remove a folder, first closing it if it is open and checking
whether it is empty.
save, s
Saves the current message to a file or folder.
saveopts
Stores a copy of all of the current Z-Mail settings in a file.
search
Searches for and selects messages according to a variety of
criteria.
set, unset
Sets the values of Z-Mail variables, or removes those variables
and their values.
setenv
Sets the values of environment strings that Z-Mail passes to
other UNIX processes it creates.
sh
Executes a command using the shell (/bin/sh).
shift
Remove one or more arguments from the list of arguments passed to a
user-defined function. Arguments are removed from the left (front) of
the list, and the remaining arguments are renumbered starting from 1.
close, shut
Close a folder (usually the active folder). This is the same as
"folder -shut".
sort
Sort the messages in the active folder according to a variety of
criteria. The messages are renumbered to reflect the new order.
source
Read and execute commands from a script file.
stop
Suspend the Z-Mail process. This is not available on all operating
systems. In GUI mode, this is the same as "iconify".
top
Display the first few lines of the contents of a message.
undelete, u
Remove the deleted (*) status flag from messages. This may be done
at any time before a folder is updated.
undigest
Unpack a digest message into its component messages, either storing
those messages in a file or merging them into the active folder.
update
Store all changes that have been made to a folder (usually the
active folder) back to disk. Deletions become permanent once a
folder is updated. Saved messages are normally deleted from the
spool mailbox on update, and may optionally be deleted from other
folders as well.
version
Display the current version of Z-Mail.
write, w
Store the text of messages to a file, without storing any of the
message headers. Files created with this command cannot be read
back into Z-Mail as folders.