[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Barry Von Ahsen]

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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