# ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI" mailx commands alias,group user ... declare alias for user names alternates user declare alternate names for your login cd,chdir [directory] chdir to directory or home if none given !command shell escape copy [msglist] file save messages to file without marking as saved delete [msglist] delete messages discard,ignore header discard header field when printing message dp,dt [msglist] delete messages and type next message echo string print the string edit [msglist] edit messages folder,file filename change mailboxes to filename folders list files in directory of current folder followup [msglist] reply to authors of messages and save copy Followup [message] reply to all recipients of message and save copy from [msglist] give header lines of messages header [message] print page of active message headers help,? print this help message hold,preserve [msglist] hold messages in mailbox inc incorporate new messages into current session list list all commands (no explanations) mail user mail to specific user Mail mail to specific user, saving copy mbox [msglist] messages will go to mbox when quitting next [message] goto and type next message pipe,| [msglist] shell-cmd pipe the messages to the shell command print,type [msglist] print messages Print,Type [msglist] print messages with all headers quit quit, preserving unread messages reply,respond [msglist] reply to authors (only) of the messages Reply,Respond [message] reply to the author and recipients of the msg save [msglist] file save (appending) messages to file Save [msglist] save messages to file named after author set variable[=value] set variable to value size [msglist] print size of messages source file read commands from file top [msglist] print top 5 lines of messages touch [msglist] force the messages to be saved when quitting undelete [msglist] restore deleted messages undiscard,unignore header add header field back to list printed unread,new [msglist] mark messages unread version print version visual [msglist] edit list with $VISUAL editor write [msglist] file write messages without headers xit,exit quit, preserving all messages z [+/-] display next [last] page of 10 headers [msglist] is optional and specifies messages by number, author, subject or type. The default is the current message.