[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Barry Von Ahsen]

yes!  thanks

-barry


On 12/29/2012 07:52 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> I'm more than a bit surprised no one answered this yet, but the command 
> you're probably looking for is "h".
> 
> On 2012-12-28 at 10:46:31, Barry Von Ahsen 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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