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NAME
elm - an interactive mail system
SYNOPSIS
elm [ -achkKmrwz ] [ -f alternate-folder ] [ -d debug-level ]
elm [ -s subject ] list of aliases or addresses
DESCRIPTION
Elm is an interactive screen-oriented mailer program that supercedes mail
and mailx.
There are three main ways to use the elm mailer. One way to use the
mailer is to specify a list of addresses on the command line when the
mailer is invoked. This will allow sending of a single message to the
specified recipients with all the options usually available in the elm
system itself. For example, the command
elm -s testing joe
would initiate the sending of a message to the alias joe with the subject
"testing" indicated and would put you into an editor for you to enter the
text of the message. If the subject flag and argument were not present,
you would be prompted for a message subject.
The second way, used most commonly when transmitting files and such, is
to specify the subject of the message and the recipients using the
command line and redirect a file as standard input. For example, the
command
elm -s testing joe < test.c
would mail a copy of the file test.c to alias joe, with the subject
"testing" indicated. The subject flag and argument are optional.
The third way, elm is invoked with neither subject nor addresses
specified on the command line and without standard input redirected. You
can then read any messages in your incoming mailbox (or specified
folder), reply to messages in the mailbox, mail messages, etc.
Options are:
-a Arrow - force the arrow cursor (instead of the inverse bar)
-c Checkalias - expand the following aliases and return.
-d level Debug - set specified debug level - Output to
"$HOME/ELM:debug.info"
-f alternative-folder
Folder - read folder (specified) rather than the incoming
mailbox.
-h Help - give a list of starting options.
-? Synonymous with the "-h" option.
-k Keypad - force knowledge of HP terminal keyboard, to allow
the use of the NEXT, PREV and HOME/SHIFT-HOME keys.
-K Keypad + softkeys - enable use of softkeys on HP terminals
only.
-m Menu off - Use the extra lines for more message headers.
-s subj Subject - specify subject for message to mail.
-v Version - print version and configuration information.
-z Zero - don't enter Elm if no mail is pending.
AUTHOR
Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
SEE ALSO
The Elm documentation package, including: The Elm Users Guide, The Elm
Reference Guide, The Elm Alias System Users Guide, The Elm Forms Mode
Guide, The Elm Filter Guide, The Elm Configuration Guide
newalias(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), frm(1L), printmail(1L)
FILES
/usr/local/lib/elm-help.* help files
/usr/local/lib/aliases.text system alias source
/usr/local/lib/aliases.hash system alias hash table
/usr/local/lib/aliases.data system alias data table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text user alias source
$HOME/.elm/aliases.hash user alias hash table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.data user alias data table
$HOME/.elm/elmrc customized mailer parameters
$HOME/.elm/elmheaders customized message headers
/tmp/snd.$$ outgoing mail edit buffer
/tmp/mbox.logname temporary mailbox
$HOME/ELM:debug.info Debug output if turned on
DIAGNOSTICS
Should know about keyboards/softkey terminals other than HP. (If only
termcap were that powerful!)
BUG REPORTS TO
Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
COPYRIGHTS
(c) Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
(c) Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust