ELM

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NAME

elm - an interactive mail system  

SYNOPSIS

elm [ -achkmrswz ] [ -f < file >] [ -d < level >]
elm [ -S < subject >] < list of aliases or addresses >

 

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level:
HP-UX/STANDARD
Origin:
Hewlett-Packard
 

DESCRIPTION

Elm is a new interactive mailer program that supercedes mail and mailx.

There are three main ways to use the elm mailer; one way to use the mailer is to specify a list of addresses on the command line when the mailer is invoked. This will allow sending of a single message to the specified recipients with all the options usually available in the elm system itself.

The second way, used most commonly when transmitting files and such, is to specify the subject of the message and the recipients using the command line and redirect a file as standard input. For example, the command 

        elm -s testing joe < test.c
would mail a copy of the file test.c to alias joe, with the subject "testing" indicated.

Otherwise, the starting options are;

-a
Arrow - force the arrow cursor (instead of the inverse bar) -c Checkalias - expand the following aliases and return. -d <level> Debug - set specified debug level - Output to "$HOME/Elm:debug.info"
-f <file>
File - read file (specified) rather than the incoming mailbox.
-h
Help - give a list of starting options.
?
Synonymous with the "-h" option.
-k
Keypad - force knowledge of HP terminal keyboard, to allow the use of the NEXT, PREV and HOME/SHIFT-HOME keys.
-K
Keypad + softkeys - enable use of softkeys on HP terminals only.
-m
Menu off - Use the extra lines for more message headers.
-s
Subject - specify subject for message to mail.
-z
Zero - don't enter Elm if no mail is pending.
 

AUTHOR

Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories  

SEE ALSO

Elm Users Guide, by Dave Taylor


Elm Reference Guide by Dave Taylor


Elm Alias Users Guide by Dave Taylor


newalias(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), from(1L), printmail(1L)  

FILES

/usr/local/bin/elm-help.main help file
/usr/mail/.alias_hash system alias hash table
/usr/mail/.alias_data system alias data table
$home/.alias_hash user alias hash table
$home/.alias_data user alias data table
/tmp/snd* outgoing mail edit buffer
/tmp/mbox* temporary mailbox
$HOME/ELM:debug.info Debug output if turned on  

DIAGNOSTICS

Should know about keyboards/softkey terminals other than HP. (If only termcap were that powerful!)

 

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SYNOPSIS
HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO
FILES
DIAGNOSTICS
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