[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Tom Pohl]

ln -sf /dev/null /var/spool/mail/username

problem solved! :)

-Tom

On Dec 28, 2012, at 10:46 AM, 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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