ELM (1)
an interactive mail system
SYNOPSIS
elm
[
-achkKMmrtwz
] [
-f
alternate-folder
] [
-d
debug-level
]
elm
[
-s
subject
]
list of aliases or addresses
DESCRIPTION
Elm\^
is an interactive screen-oriented mailer program that supersedes
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 \fIlevel\fR
Debug - set specified debug level - Output to "$HOME/ELM:debug.info"
-f \fIalternative-folder\fR
Folder - read folder (specified) rather than the incoming mailbox.
-h
Help - give a list of starting options.
-i \fIfile\fR
Include - include prepared file in edit buffer for sending.
-?
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
Magic mode - treat all folders as if they were the spool folder
(lock, update Status: headers, etc.).
-m
Menu off - Use the extra lines for more message headers.
-s \fIsubj\fR
Subject - specify subject for message to mail.
-t
tite - turn off usage of the termcap/terminfo ti/te sequence.
-v
Version - print version and configuration information.
-z
Zero - don't enter Elm if no mail is pending.
AUTHOR
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 checkalias(1L) frm(1L) - mail (1) -
mailx(1) newalias(1L) printmail(1L) readmsg(1L)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
REPLYTO Default replyto address.
TERM The user's terminal type.
LOGNAME User login name.
USER Altername user login name.
HOME The user's home directory.
MAIL Location of mail file.
LINES Number of row on the screen.
COLUMNS Number of columns on the screen.
SHELL The user's shell of choice.
PAGER Command to use for displaying multiple
page mails. Defaults to "builtin+".
TMPDIR Directory to place temporary files.
EDITOR Editor to use.
NOMETAMAIL If set, do not use metamail.
FILES
/usr/local/lib/elm-help.* help files
/usr/local/lib/aliases.text system alias source
/usr/local/lib/aliases.dir system alias dbz directory table
/usr/local/lib/aliases.pag system alias dbz hash table
/usr/local/lib/aliases system alias data table
/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.dir user alias dbz directory table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag user alias dbz hash table
$HOME/.elm/aliases 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
Bill Pemberton flash@virginia.edu
COPYRIGHTS
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Derived from Elm 2.0, \*(ct Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
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