[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Josh More]

I use grep and less directly on the mail spool files.

Then I use "rm *"  :)

-Josh



On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> ish, that sucks.  Time to install Pine or Elm.  lol
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com
> >wrote:
>
> > thanks - I think I found that in the past from 'help', but I forgot to
> > mention this is on CentOS, which is slightly confused about what it can
> and
> > can't do.  I tried that and:
> >
> > & l
> > Commands are:
> > next, alias, print, type, Type, Print, visual, top, touch, preserve,
> > delete, dp, dt, undelete, unset, mail, mbox, more, page, More, Page,
> > unread, U, !, copy, chdir, cd, save, source, set, shell, version,
> > group, write, from, file, folder, folders, ?, z, headers, help, =,
> > Reply, Respond, reply, respond, edit, echo, quit, list, xit, exit,
> > size, hold, if, else, endif, alternates, ignore, discard, retain,
> > saveignore, savediscard, saveretain, core, #, clobber
> >
> >
> > attempting to run 'list', which it says is a command, gives the same
> > message again:
> >
> > & list
> > Commands are:
> > next, alias, print, type, Type, Print, visual, top, touch, preserve,
> > delete, dp, dt, undelete, unset, mail, mbox, more, page, More, Page,
> > unread, U, !, copy, chdir, cd, save, source, set, shell, version,
> > group, write, from, file, folder, folders, ?, z, headers, help, =,
> > Reply, Respond, reply, respond, edit, echo, quit, list, xit, exit,
> > size, hold, if, else, endif, alternates, ignore, discard, retain,
> > saveignore, savediscard, saveretain, core, #, clobber
> >
> > so it's probably a CentOS issue
> >
> > -barry
> >
> >
> > On Dec 28, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Scott Yates wrote:
> >
> > > I THOUGHT it was just  "L" (lower case) to list the messages, but i may
> > be
> > > mistaken.  It has been a few years.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> does anybody use bsd mail/mailx for reading?  since it's often
> installed
> > >> for sending, it's also useful for reading and not needing to install a
> > >> "real" client like mutt or (al)pine
> > >>
> > >> my question is: when you first run mail, it lists the messages and you
> > can
> > >> operate on them.  after the operations, though, the list goes away.
>  is
> > >> there a way to redisplay the messages without quitting and restarting?
> > >>
> > >> example: login, start mail, it displays that I have 1000 messages.
>  run
> > >> d1-998 to delete the first 998, 999 to read that message, d999 to
> delete
> > >> it.  how do I re-list the messages to show the headers for message
> 1000
> > >> (like when I launched mail)?  now I just quit, then restart mail and
> it
> > >> shows the one message (as message 1)
> > >>
> > >> nothing end of the world, but there must be a Better Way(TM)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -barry
> > >>
> > >>
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