Operating System Tutorial
Chapter 2, Electronic mail

Summary

Summary

 To send mail                        mail username 
 To read mail                        mail 
 To respond to mail                  r [messagenumber]
 To use the editor while sending     v 
 mail
 To get help while sending mail      ? 
 To get help while reading mail      ? 
 To save a message to a file         s [messagenumber] filename 
 To cancel a message you are         <Del> <Del>
 sending
 To look at message headers          h 
 To see the next screen of message   z 
 headers
 To return to the previous screen    z- 
 of message headers
 To use the vi editor to compose a   v 
 message
 To delete a message                 d [messagenumber]
 To delete this message and          dp 
 display the next
 To recover messages deleted         u [messagenumbers]
 within this session
 To create an alias from within      a aliasnames usernames 
 mail
 To quit mail                        q 
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 For more information about          See
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 Using mail                          Mail and Messaging Guide 
 All the mail commands and options   mail(C)