[Cialug] bsd mail/mailx reading

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

I'm more than a bit surprised no one answered this yet, but the command 
you're probably looking for is "h".

On 2012-12-28 at 10:46:31, 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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