Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:17:08 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017548229.4ba8de@mired.org> To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The core mail client application Message-ID: <15519.63044.482223.243209@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEBCCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEBCCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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In <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEBCCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>, Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> typed: > I am playing with the FBSD's included mail client application > trying to learn how it works. Why? It's a very primitive UMA, especially when compared to some of the alternatives in the ports tree. > When I'm composing a new email message entering text into the body > of the message, it's time to stop for the day I want to get out of > the message create mode, not send the message and them start up > again on that email the next day. I don't believe that's a supported feature of mail. > The only the only 2 options is ctl + d on > a blank line to leave enter text mode and send the message > or ~q to leave enter text mode and save message to mbox. My man page doesn't say anything about ~q saving to mbox. It saves it to dead.letter. You might try starting a new message, and using ~r to read in dead.letter. You'll have to delete the headers and fix the subject, though. > The > next day I can mail -f to open mbox edit message number to > continue on with the creating the message body text. When I am > done editing the message, it just replaces the same message in > the mbox file. I can not see any command to just send message or > resend message. I have read and reread the man page many times > and can not find a answer. > > Is there a way in mail to send a existing message or resend a message? If you've actually got it doing that, ~f will read a messages from mbox into the letter being composed, and strip the headers. You could try that. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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