[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Barry Von Ahsen]

never!  mutt FTW

/flame on

-barry


On Dec 28, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Scott Yates 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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