Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:22:06 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1017548228.ca7f43@mired.org> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: The core mail client application Message-ID: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEBECMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <15519.63044.482223.243209@guru.mired.org>
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You wrote
"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 man page is out dated and wrong. I tested it and ~q saves the
message in the mbox.
You wrote
"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."
This was the push I needed. You gave me the idea of how to do it.
Start mail -f and once to the mail command line enter mail user_account
this user_account would be the same one I was creating yesterday at quitting
time and saved to mbox using the ~q command.
Once I get to adding the body on the new message I use ~m message number of
saved message to copy the body of the saved message, then enter to get to
the
blank line, then ~e command to go into my default editor and away I go
continuing my message. When finished, I exit the editor and I am back at the
message blank line. A ctl + D keys to exit and send the message.
Thanks for your idea and help
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm-dated-1017548228.ca7f43@mired.org]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:17 PM
To: Joe & Fhe Barbish
Cc: FBSDQ
Subject: Re: The core mail client application
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
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