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MM in 2 Pages. A selection of commonly used commands. For more information,
please use the help command. Note that commands may work differently at the
MM>, Read> and Send> prompts.
MM Commands
The term messages refers to message sequences, described on the other side of
this sheet.
help ? shows what help is available.
help command explains use of a particular command (or a
topic as listed in help ?).
command ? shows possible completions for a particular
command.
!command does a shell command.
exit exits from MM and expunges deleted messages;
does not kill the process.
quit exits from MM without expunging; does not kill
the process.
bye exits from MM and asks whether to expunge;
kills the process.
send starts the SEND routine.
read starts the READ routine, and reads any unseen
messages.
read messages starts the READ routine, and reads specified
messages.
headers messages shows the headers (index summary) of specified
messages.
reply messsages sends a reply; similar to SEND routine.
delete messages marks the message for deletion; it will be
erased at exit or expunge.
forward messages forwards the message to someone else; you can
add a comment first.
remail messages remails the message to someone else without
comment.
print messages prints the message; see the other side of this
sheet for pcprint.
flag messages puts a marker on the message; the message is
shown whenever you start MM.
keyword kw messages assigns a keyword, kw, to the message; for use
in message sequences.
copy file messages copies the message to another mail file, file.
move file messages copies the message to another mail file, file.
get file changes to another mail file, file.
get changes to the main mail file, mbox.
save-draft file (at Send>only) saves a message being typed in
a file, file, without sending it.
restore-draft file gets a message that was saved by save-draft to
resume the SEND routine.
finger userID shows the name and other information for the
person with the userID.
finger -Q username lists userIDs of people with the name (or
partial name).
define alias userID defines a mail-alias (nickname) for the
userID.
define alias userIDlist defines a mail-alias (mailing list name) for a
list of userIDs.
define alias @@file defines a mail-alias (mailing list name) by
referring to a file listing userIDs.
who? shows what aliases exist.
who alias shows the userID for a particular alias.
show shows current settings of variables and
mail-aliases.
show variable shows the current setting of a particular
variable.
help set variable explains what a variable does.
set variable value customizes MM by setting a variable to a
certain value.
save-init saves anything defined or set during the
current session.
expunge permanently erases deleted messages (the exit
command also does this).
Message Sequences
Messages are commonly specified by number. Type headers all to see a list of
all the messages you have on file, with their numbers. Examples of message
sequences using numbers:
5 message 5.
5:8 or 5-8 or 5,6,7,8 messages 5 through 8.
5,6,7,10 or 5:7,10 messages 5 through 7, and 10.
Some other message sequences are shown here. Type help message-sequence for a
full list of sequences. If you type headers all, you are using the message
sequence all.
* the last message in the file.
all, inverse all messages; all=oldest first, inverse=newest
first.
after, before, on, since date messages after, etc., a certain date (June 6,
1990) or day (Monday).
subject, text word messages containing a word (or part of a
word) in the subject or text.
to, from userID messages to or from a certain userID or user
name.
last n the last n messages.
flagged all messages marked by the flag command.
keyword kw all messages assigned to the keyword, kw, by
the keyword command.
Examples of message sequences:
read since Monday reads all messages received on and after
Monday.
delete subject meeting from fuat deletes messages from fuat with meeting
in the subject.
headers before 12/31/90 shows headers for messages received before
December 31, 1990.
flag text bug from mel puts a flag on all messages from melissa with
bug in the text.
Reply Keywords
sender, all send reply to sender, or to everyone on the to
and cc lists of the original.
including, not-including include the original message above the reply
text, or not.
At the Read> prompt, common commands are reply, reply all, reply including,
reply all including.
At the MM> prompt, type reply and message sequence; then at the prompt send
reply...to, press return for the default, sender not-including, or specify
including, all, or all including.
Send Commands
Use help at the Send> prompt for information. Some of the commands available
only at the Send> prompt include:
display, display headers shows the message about to be sent, or just
its header lines.
to address, cc address,
subject text adds addresses to the to or cc fields;
replaces the subject field.
erase field erases a field (like to, cc, etc.)
text goes back to typing text, after reaching the
Send> prompt.
fcc file puts a copy of the message in a file, file, in
your current directory.
send sends the message.
quit discards the message, and goes back to the MM>
prompt.
At the To: and cc: prompts: type any valid address or mail-alias; or @file to
read in addresses from a file (mailing list);
or . (period) to send to yourself. Put commas between addresses when there is
more than one. See the help topics addressing, bitnet and internet for
information about addresses. See help for text-mode for help with MM's text
editor.