term% cat index.txt NEDMAIL(1) General Commands Manual NEDMAIL(1)
NAME
nedmail - reading mail
SYNOPSIS
upas/nedmail [ -nr ] [ -f mailfile ] [ -s mailfile ]
upas/nedmail -c dir
DESCRIPTION
Nedmail edits a mailbox. The default mailbox is /mail/box/user‐
name/mbox. The -f command line option specifies an alternate mailbox.
Unrooted path names are interpreted relative to /mail/box/username. If
the mailfile argument is omitted, the name defaults to stored.
The options are:
-c dir Create a mailbox. If dir is specified, the new mailbox is cre‐
ated in /mail/box/username/dir/mbox. Otherwise, the default
mailbox is created.
-r Reverse: show messages in first-in, first-out order; the default
is last-in, first-out.
-n Make the message numbers the same as the file names in the mail
box directory. This implies the -r option.
-f mailfile
Read messages from the specified file (see above) instead of the
default mailbox.
-s mailfile
Read a single message file mailfile, as produced by fs, and
treat it as an entire mailbox. This is provided for use in
plumbing rules; see faces(1).
Nedmail starts by reading the mail box, printing out the number of mes‐
sages, and then prompting for commands from standard input. Commands,
as in ed(1), are of the form `[range] command [arguments]'. The com‐
mand is applied to each message in the (optional) range.
The address range can be:
address to indicate a single message header
address,address
to indicate a range of contiguous message headers
g/expression/ to indicate all messages whose headers match the regular
expression.
g%expression% to indicate all messages whose contents match the regular
expression.
The addresses can be:
number to indicate a particular message
address.number
to indicate a subpart of a particular message
/expression/ to indicate the next message whose header matches expres‐
sion
%expression% to indicate the next message whose contents match expres‐
sion
empty or . to indicate the current message
-address to indicate backwards search or movement
Since messages in MIME are hierarchical structures, in nedmail all the
subparts are individually addressable. For example if message 2 con‐
tains 3 attachments, the attachments are numbered 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3.
The commands are:
a args Reply to all addresses in the To:, From:, and Cc: header
lines. Marshal is used to format the reply and any argu‐
ments the user specifies are added to the command line to
marshal before the recipient. The possibility of making a
fool of yourself is very high with this command.
A args Like a but with the message appended to the reply.
b Print the headers for the next ten messages.
d Mark message to be deleted upon exiting nedmail.
f Append the message to the file /mail/box/username/sendername
where sendername is the account name of the sender.
h Print the disposition, size in characters, reception time,
sender, and subject of the message.
H Print the MIME structure of the message.
help Print a summary of the commands.
m person ...
Forward the message as a mime attachment to the named per‐
sons.
M person ...
Like m but allow the user to type in text to be included
with the forwarded message.
p Print message. An interrupt stops the printing.
r args Reply to the sender of the message. Marshal is used to for‐
mat the reply. If any optional args are specified, they are
added to the command line to marshal before the recipient's
address.
R args Like r but with the original message included as an attach‐
ment.
rf Like r but append the message and the reply to the file
/mail/box/username/sendername where sendername is the ac‐
count name of the sender.
Rf Like R but append the message and the reply to the file
/mail/box/username/sendername where sendername is the ac‐
count name of the sender.
s mfile Append the message to the specified mailbox. If mfile
doesn't start with a `/', it is interpreted relative to the
directory in which the mailbox resides. If mfile is a di‐
rectory then the destination is a file in that directry. If
the MIME header specifies a file name, that one is used.
Otherwise, one is generated using mktemp(2) and the string
att.XXXXXXXXXXX.
q Put undeleted mail back in the mailbox and stop.
EOT (control-D)
Same as q.
w file Same as s with the mail header line(s) stripped. This can
be used to save binary mail bodies.
u Remove mark for deletion.
x Exit, without changing the mailbox file.
y Synchronize with the mail box. Any deleted messages are
purged and any new messages read. This is equivalent to
quiting nedmail and restarting.
|command Run the command with the message body as standard input.
||command Run the command with the whole message as standard input.
!command Escape to the shell to do command.
= Print the number of the current message.
Here's an example of a mail session that looks at a summary of the mail
messages, saves away an html file added as an attachment to a message
and then deletes the message:
% mail
7 messages
: ,h
1 H 2129 07/22 12:30 noone@madeup.net "Add Up To 2000 free miles"
2 504 07/22 11:43 jmk
3 H 784 07/20 09:05 presotto
4 822 07/11 09:23 xxx@yyy.net "You don't call, you don't write..."
5 193 07/06 16:55 presotto
6 529 06/01 19:42 jmk
7 798 09/02 2000 howard
: 1H
1 multipart/mixed 2129 from=noone@madeup.net
1.1 text/plain 115
1.2 text/html 1705 filename=northwest.htm
: 1.2w /tmp/northwest.html
!saved in /tmp/northwest.html
1.2: d
1: q
!1 message deleted
%
Notice that the delete of message 1.2 deleted the entire message and
not just the attachment.
FILES
/mail/box/*
mail directories
/mail/box/*/mbox
mailbox files
/mail/box/*/forward
forwarding address(es)
/mail/box/*/pipeto
mail filter
/mail/box/*/L.reading
mutual exclusion lock for multiple mbox readers
/mail/box/*/L.mbox
mutual exclusion lock for altering mbox
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/upas/ned
SEE ALSO
mail(1), aliasmail(8), filter(1), marshal(1), mlmgr(1), nedmail(1), up‐
asfs(4), smtp(8), faces(1), rewrite(6)
NEDMAIL(1)