[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Barry Von Ahsen]

they're mainly the cron/system emails, they should go to a real address (which I'm working on), or better yet, a SEIM/correlator-type thing


-barry


On Dec 28, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:

> 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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