[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading
Barry Von Ahsen
barry at vonahsen.com
Fri Dec 28 11:05:46 CST 2012
yeah, vi works just as well - delete messages by regex: d/Message: :)
(may require vim)
-barry
On Dec 28, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Josh More wrote:
> I use grep and less directly on the mail spool files.
>
> Then I use "rm *" :)
>
> -Josh
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> 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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