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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)



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