[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Just one less package to install and keep updated.  On an actual mail server, I'll usually install mutt for maintenance/troubleshooting, but don't really need it on every server

-barry

-------- Original message --------
From: David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com> 
Date:  
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org> 
Subject: Re: [Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading 
 
Captain Obvious says: Why not just use mutt or (al)pine?

-dc


On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>wrote:

> 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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