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 NAME
      elm - process mail through screen-oriented interface

 SYNOPSIS
      elm [-akKmz] [-f folder]
      elm [-s subject] address-list
      elm -h

 DESCRIPTION
      elm is a screen-oriented electronic mail processing system.  In
      interactive use, the main header index and mini-menu of commands are
      displayed upon initial invocation and at any point when the program is
      waiting for input.

      There are three main ways to use elm:

           o  Explicitly send a single message by invoking elm with a list
              of mail addresses; elm then prompts for the subject, message
              body, and so on.

           o  Conveniently send files or the output of commands via command
              line redirection.

           o  Use elm as an interactive mail interface program (see
              EXAMPLES).

    Options
      The following options are recognized:

           -a          Arrow - force the arrow cursor (instead of the
                       inverse bar).

           -f folder   File - read specified folder file rather than the
                       incoming mailbox.

           -h          Help - give a list of starting options.

           -k          Softkeys off - disable use of softkeys (function
                       keys).

           -K          Keypad and softkeys off - disable use of softkeys and
                       arrow cursor keys.  If your terminal does not have HP
                       2622 function key protocols, this option is required.

           -m          Menu off - Use the extra lines for more message
                       headers.

           -s subject  Subject - specify subject for message being sent.

           -z          Zero - do not enter elm if no mail is pending.




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 INTERACTIVE (Command Mode) OPERATION
      When elm is invoked without an address-list, it activates an
      interactive screen-oriented interface and enters command mode.  In
      command mode, elm executes each user command on the message
      corresponding to the current message pointer (an inverse-video bar or
      arrow).  Some commands can also operate on ``tagged'' messages.  To
      execute a command, use the j and k keys to move the pointer to the
      appropriate message, then type the character for the desired command
      (Commands are discussed later in this entry).

    Message Status
      The header index list always displays the status of each message.  The
      status field is composed of three separate character fields, the first
      of which indicates temporary status:

           D           Indicates a deleted message.

           E           Identifies an expired message.  This flag is set
                       according to the header field Expires:.  If the date
                       of this field is older than the today, this flag
                       appears.  elm accepts the following date formats:

                            o  Mon, 11 Jun 90
                            o  Jun 11, 90
                            o  11 Jun, 90
                            o  900611HHMMZ     (ISO X.400 format)

           N           Identifies a new message.

      The second character field indicates permanent status:

           C           For confidential mail.  If Sensitivity: 3 of the
                       user-defined header field is attached, this can
                       appear and the message is considered company
                       confidential, as specified by the ISO X.400 standard.

           U           For urgent mail.  This flag is set if the message
                       contains a Priority: header field.

           P           For private mail.  This flag is also associated with
                       the Sensitivity: header field and is set if the
                       header field contains Sensitivity: 2.

           A           For messages that have an explicit action associated
                       with them through inclusion of the Action: header
                       field.

           F           For a form letter.

      When a message has more than one status flag of a particular type set,
      the highest-precedence indicator is displayed on the index page.  For



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      example, if a form letter is also marked as company confidential, the
      C rather than the F status character is displayed.

      A + in the third status-character field indicates that the message is
      tagged (see Commands later in this entry)

    Sending Messages
      When sending a message, elm uses the editor specified in your
      .elm/elmrc file (see CUSTOMIZATION), the editor listed as $EDITOR in
      your environment, or vi as a default if neither is defined.  If
      builtin is specified as your editor, a large set of commands is
      available while composing your message (see Tilde Escapes).

      If the file $HOME/.elm/elmheaders exists, elm automatically reads in
      the contents of the file and adds it to the headers of all outbound
      mail (useful for adding an Organization: field, Phone: field, etc).
      elm also supports the use of backquotes in the elmheaders file, so an
      entry of the form:

           Operating System: `uname -srv`

      can be used.  Lines in the elmheaders file should contain a header
      string, followed by a colon, followed by a contents string.

    Aliases
      elm has its own alias system that supports both personal and system-
      wide aliases.  Personal aliases are specific to a single user; system
      aliases are available to everyone on the system where the alias
      resides (see elmalias(1)).  To enter the elm alias mode, use the A or
      a (alias) command at the main command prompt.  You can then create and
      save an alias for the current message, check personal and system-wide
      aliases, and access other options (see Alias Commands).

      When invoked, elm reads customized variables from file
      $HOME/.elm/elmrc (if it exists) to initialize parameters.  This file
      can be saved from within elm and some of these variables can also be
      modified by the O or o (option) command (see CUSTOMIZATION).

 FORMS MODE
      One feature that is unique to elm is the ability to compose and reply
      to form letters and other types of forms.

      To create a form message, first enable forms mode by adding forms=ON
      to file $HOME/.elm/elmrc (see CUSTOMIZATION).  Also set the userlevel
      to intermediate (level 1) or advanced (level 2).  This can be done
      either in the elmrc file or via the options command.  As you compose
      the message, each field to be filled in by recipient should have a
      colon (:) followed by either the number of spaces allowed for the
      field, or a newline which indicates fields through the end of the
      line.  Additionally, if a colon appears on a line by itself, the
      recipient is prompted for multi-line input.  After the message has



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      been created, select the make form option before sending the message.

      Upon receipt of a form message, the user can reply (but not group
      reply), at which time elm prompts the user for each field, with any
      text present between the fields displayed as appropriate.

      Here is an example of a simple form message:

           ----

                On-Line Phone and Address Database

                Please fill out and return as

                Name:

                Manager:

                Department:                 Division:

                Your home address
                ...

                home phone number:

                Thank you for your cooperation.

           ----

 MAILER COMMANDS
      elm recognizes the following keyboard commands:

           ?              Help.  Press ? once to enter explain key mode
                          where pressing any key produces a one-line
                          description of what the key does.  Press ? again
                          to obtain a summary listing for each command
                          available.  To return to the main menu level,
                          press ESC or type a period (.).

           !              Shell Escape.  Used to send a command to the shell
                          without leaving elm.

           |              Pipe.  Pipes the current message or the set of
                          tagged messages through other filters as desired.
                          The shell used for the entire command is either
                          the one specified in file .elm/elmrc if it exists,
                          or /bin/sh otherwise.

           +              Next index page.  Displays the next header index
                          page, when applicable.




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           -              Previous index page.  Displays previous header
                          index page, if applicable.

           =              Set current to 1.  Sets current message pointer to
                          first message.

           *              Set current to last.  Sets current message pointer
                          to last message.

           $              Resync.  You can decide whether or not to actually
                          delete messages previously marked for deletion
                          without quitting elm.

           /pattern       Pattern match.  On the top level, this command
                          allows you to search through all the from and
                          subject lines of the current mailbox.  If the
                          first character of pattern is also a /, elm tries
                          to match pattern against any line in the mailbox.
                          Both searches treat uppercase and lowercase as
                          equivalent.

           n              Specify new current message.  Typing the message
                          number causes elm to produce the prompt Set
                          current to: n, where n is the message number
                          typed.  Note that changing the current message to
                          a message not on the current page of headers
                          results in a new page being displayed.

           Return         Read current message.  When the Return key is
                          pressed, the screen is cleared and the current
                          message is displayed by the pager specified by the
                          user environment variable $PAGER, by pager in file
                          .elm/elmrc, or the system default (see
                          CUSTOMIZATION).

           <              Scan message for calendar entries.  A rather novel
                          feature of the elm mailer is its ability to
                          automatically incorporate calendar or agenda
                          information from a mail message into the user's
                          calendar file.  This is done quite simply; any
                          message that contains the pattern

                               -> calendar entry
                          or
                               - multi-line
                               - calendar entry

                          is automatically added to the user's calendar file
                          after stripping the -> or - if the < command is
                          used (see CUSTOMIZATION).




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           a              Alias.  The alias command is a means by which more
                          complex mail addresses can be shortened for the
                          mail user.  In alias mode, it provides the a
                          command for creating an alias for the current
                          message, p for checking an alias, e for checking
                          an alias with full expanded addresses, s for
                          checking system aliases, u for checking user
                          aliases, m for making a new alias, and d for
                          deleting an alias (see also Alias Commands).

           b              Bounce mail.  This ``remails'' mail to someone
                          else in such a way as to make the return address
                          the original sender rather than you (as opposed to
                          the forward command, which makes the return
                          address you rather than the original sender).

           c              Change mailbox.  This command is used to change
                          the mailbox file that is currently being read.  As
                          with the save command, this command expands
                          filenames with ~ being your home directory and =
                          being your maildir directory, if defined (see
                          CUSTOMIZATION).  This command also recognizes the
                          special character ! which can be used to change
                          the default incoming mailbox.

           d, u           Delete and Undelete.  Neither of these commands
                          has any prompt.  Action is indicated by either
                          adding a D to the current message index entry
                          (indicating deletion pending) or removing the D
                          (indicating that the message is not marked for
                          deletion).

           Ctrl-D         This command marks all messages that contain a
                          specific from or subject pattern for deletion.
                          When Ctrl-D is pressed, elm prompts for the string
                          to match in either the from or subject line of
                          each message).

           Ctrl-U         This is the direct opposite Ctrl-D.  This command
                          removes any mark for deletion from all messages
                          that match the specified pattern.

           f              Forward.  This command is used to forward the
                          current message to another person.  The message is
                          copied into the edit buffer where you can add your
                          own message before sending if you desire to do so
                          (also see bounce above).

           g              Group reply.  Identical to reply below, except
                          that the response is mailed to all recipients of
                          the original message (see CUSTOMIZATION



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                          alternatives)

           h              Same as Return, except that the message is
                          displayed with all headers.

           j, k           Similar to j and k commands in vi and other
                          screen-oriented programs.  j key moves the current
                          message pointer down to the next message; k key
                          moves the message pointer to the previous message.

                          Uppercase J and K behave in the same manner as
                          their lowercase counterparts, even when the
                          skipdeleted option is ON (see CUSTOMIZATION).

           l              (ell) Limit.  This specifies a subset of the
                          existing messages to be dealt with.  It is valid
                          for subject, from, and to fields.  To set the
                          criteria, type "subject string", "from string", or
                          "to string".  To clear all the criteria and
                          restore the normal display, type

           Ctrl-L         Rewrite the screen.  If the screen is confused,
                          you can redraw screen with this command (same as
                          in vi editor).

           m              Mail.  Send mail to a specified user.

           n              Next message.  Advances pointer to next message,
                          clears the screen, and displays the message (see
                          also Return).

           o              Options.  Used to alter the settings of a number
                          of option values (see CUSTOMIZATION).

           p              Print.  Used to print out the current message or
                          the tagged messages to a previously defined
                          printing method print (see CUSTOMIZATION).

           q              Quit.  Gracefully terminate elm and perform
                          message cleanup according to defined personal
                          preference.  You can choose to keep undeleted mail
                          in the incoming mailbox or move it to an mbox file
                          specified by maildir in file $HOME/.elm/elmrc.
                          You can also decide whether or not to actually
                          delete messages previously marked for deletion
                          (see CUSTOMIZATION).

           Ctrl-Q or DEL  Exit (abort).  Same as x.  Aborts elm immediately
                          without any changing the mailbox.





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           r              Reply.  Reply to the author of the current
                          message.  If autocopy is not specified (see
                          CUSTOMIZATION), you can specify whether or not a
                          copy of the source message is to be copied into
                          the edit buffer.  If copied in, all lines from the
                          message are preceded by the prefix character
                          sequence defined as prefix (see CUSTOMIZATION).

           s              Save to file.  This command copies the current
                          message or set of tagged messages into a user-
                          specified file or folder.  After saving a file,
                          each message is marked for deletion and, if saving
                          just one message, the current message pointer is
                          incremented.

           t              Tag.  Tag the current message for operation |, p,
                          or s.  Use of this command on a tagged message
                          removes the tag.

           Ctrl-T         Tag all messages containing the specified pattern.
                          Since tagging messages can occur on screens other
                          than the one being viewed, elm first checks to see
                          if any messages are currently tagged and asks if
                          the tags should be removed.  After that, it ,
                          similar to Ctrl-D, sets criteria (see Ctrl-D).

           x              Exit.  This is the quickest way to exit elm
                          without changing the mailbox.

    Tilde Escapes
      Tilde escape sequences are used to alter current or previously defined
      elm behavior:

           ~?             Print a brief help menu.

           ~b             Change the Blind-Carbon-Copy list.

           ~c             Change the Carbon-Copy list.

           ~e             Invoke the editor specified by the $EDITOR
                          environment variable on the message, if possible.

           ~f options     Add the specified list of messages or the current
                          message.  This uses readmail which means that all
                          readmail options are available (see readmail(1)).

           ~h             Change all the available headers (To, Cc, Bcc, and
                          Subject)

           ~m options     Same as ~f, but with the current prefix.




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           ~o             Invoke a user specified editor on the message.

           ~p             print out the message as typed in so far.

           ~r filename    Include (read in) the contents of the specified
                          file.

           ~s             Change the Subject line.

           ~t             Change the To list.

           ~v             Invoke $VISUAL in your environment on the message
                          if possible.

           ~< command     Execute the specified shell command, entering the
                          output of the command into the editor buffer upon
                          completion (for example ~< who includes the output
                          of the who command in your message)

           ~! command     Execute a shell command if one is given (as in
                          ~!ls) or give you a shell (either your shell
                          setting as a shell (see CUSTOMIZATION) or $SHELL
                          in your environment).

           ~~             Add a line prefixed by a single ~ character.

    Alias Commands
      The following alias commands are used to manipulate user-defined mail
      aliases:

           a              Alias current message.  This allows you to create
                          an alias that has the return address of the
                          current message as the address field of the alias.
                          It prompts for a unique alias name.

           d              Delete user alias.  This prompts for alias name to
                          be deleted.  The alias is deleted from your
                          alias_text file ($HOME/.elm/aliases.text).

           e              Check personal alias with full expanded addresses.
                          This is the same as p, except that this key fully
                          expands aliases in the list of addresses.

           m              Make user alias.  elm prompts for a unique alias
                          name, then for an address.  The information
                          provided is added to your individual alias_text
                          file ($HOME/.elm/aliases.text), then added to the
                          database.

           p              Check personal alias.  This is a simple way of
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                          prompts for an alias name, and returns the address
                          or the list of addresses associated with that name
                          or the error message alias not found as
                          appropriate.

           s              Check system aliases.  This is for checking what
                          aliases are currently installed as system aliases.
                          This command lists all current system aliases.

           u              List user aliases.  This is for checking what
                          aliases are currently installed as user aliases.
                          This command lists all current user aliases.

           r              Return.  Return to the main level of elm program.

 CUSTOMIZATION
      Like many HP-UX programs, elm supports automatic configuration by
      means of an rc file.  The file must be named $HOME/.elm/elmrc and can
      contain any combination of the string, numeric, and boolean variables
      described below.  If directory $HOME/.elm does not exist, elm asks
      whether you want to create it or not.  If the answer is yes, elm
      creates $HOME/.elm automatically.

    String Variables
           alternatives   This string lists other machine and user name
                          combinations that you receive forwarded mail from.
                          elm uses this information when a group reply is
                          being processed to ensure that a reply message is
                          not sent to a user and/or machine address that
                          would simply forward the reply message back to the
                          originator.  No default.

           calendar       Name of calendar file.  This is used in
                          conjunction with the < command which scans
                          messages for calendar entries.  Default is
                          $HOME/calendar.

           editor         Specifies which editor to use when creating new
                          mail.  Choices also include none or builtin for
                          the built-in editor.  The built-in editor is
                          available for all mail that does not already have
                          text in the buffer (in replying, mailing with a
                          signature, etc).  Default is the editor defined by
                          the current environment variable $EDITOR, or vi if
                          $EDITOR is not defined.

           escape         Escape character used in built-in editor.  Default
                          is tilde (~).

           fullname       This is the name the mailer will use when sending
                          mail from you.  Default is the "gecos" field from



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                          the /etc/passwd file.

           mailbox        This is where to put incoming mail after you've
                          read it.  When you answer no (n) to the keep
                          messages in incoming mailbox? prompt, this is
                          where the messages go.  Default is $HOME/mbox.

           maildir        This is the default mail directory, and is used to
                          expand filenames in elm when specified using the =
                          metacharacter.  For example, if you save to file
                          =/archive, the = is expanded to the current value
                          of maildir.  Default is $HOME/Mail.  If the
                          directory specified by maildir does not exist, elm
                          asks whether you want to create it or not.  If the
                          answer is yes, elm creates the specified directory
                          automatically, setting access permissions mode to
                          700.

           pager          This defines the program to be used to display
                          each message.  This can be changed while within
                          the elm program by selecting the appropriate entry
                          in the Option Menu.  Default is builtin.

           prefix         Value of prefix for included line.  When you reply
                          to a message or forward a message to another
                          person, you can optionally include the original
                          message.  This prefix indicates the included line.
                          Default is > followed by a space character.

           print          The command to run when p)rintcommandisexecuted.
                          This indicates how to print out a message.  There
                          are two possible formats for this string, either a
                          command that can have a filename affixed to it (as
                          a suffix) then sent to the system for execution,
                          or a string that contains the meta-sequence %s
                          which will be replaced by the name of the message
                          file and also sent to the shell.  Default is pr %s
                          | lp.

           savemail       This is where outgoing mail will have a copy
                          silently saved.  This will only be used if the
                          copy flag is turned on.  Also note that if the
                          savename feature is enabled, this filename may be
                          ignored since the program first looks for a
                          mailbox that has the same name as the login of the
                          person you are sending to, using that instead if
                          found.  Default is $HOME/mbox.

           shell          This defines the shell to use when doing ! escapes
                          and such.  Default is $SHELL in your current
                          environment.



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           signature      This file, if defined, will be automatically
                          appended to all outbound mail before the editor is
                          invoked.  Furthermore, if you'd like a different
                          "signature" file for local mail and remote mail
                          (remote being via other hosts), you can
                          alternatively define two variables, localsignature
                          and remotesignature, to have the same
                          functionality.  No default.

           sortby         When reading mailboxes, either incoming or
                          specified, you can have them sorted by any number
                          of different ways.  This can be changed without
                          leaving elm by changing the S)ortingcriteriafield
                          in o)ption mode, but it can also be predefined to
                          any of from, sent, received, subject, lines, or
                          status.  Each of these fields can also optionally
                          be prefixed with the sequence reverse- to reverse
                          the order of the sort.  Default is received.

           weedout        When specifying this option, you can then list
                          headers that you don't want to see when you are
                          reading mail.  This is effective with weed is ON.
                          This list can continue for as many lines as
                          desired, as long as the continued lines all have
                          leading indentation.  Default is >From, In-Reply-
                          To:, References:, Newsgroups:, Received:,
                          Apparently-To:, Message-Id:, Content-Type:, From,
                          and Mailer:.

    Numeric Variables
           timeout        This is the interval, in seconds, between
                          resynchronizing.  elm internally resynchronizes
                          every timeout seconds.  Default is 600 seconds (10
                          minutes).

           userlevel      elm uses this value to determine the relative
                          level of user's sophistication.  Acceptable values
                          are 0 for new users (default), 1 for moderately
                          experienced elm users, and 2 for experts.

    Boolean Variables
           alwaysdelete   When set, this changes the default answer of the
                          prompt Delete messages? to the indicated value.
                          Default is ON for YES.

           alwaysleave    This changes the default answer on the keep mail
                          in incoming mailbox? prompt to the value
                          indicated.  Default is ON for YES.

           arrow          This is identical in function to the -a command
                          line option.  Default is OFF.



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           ask            This is used to tell elm that you would rather not
                          be asked Delete message? and such each time you
                          leave the program, and instead elm should just use
                          the values of alwaysdelete and alwaysleave without
                          prompting.  Default is ON.

           askbcc         If turned on, the prompt Blind-Copies-To: appears
                          for each message.  If askbcc is OFF, you can add a
                          "bcc" list by ~b in the built-in editor or by
                          using the header editor.  Default is OFF.

           askcc          If turned off, this allows you to send mail
                          without being presented the Copies-To: prompt for
                          each message.  This still allows you to explicitly
                          include addresses in the ``cc'' list via either ~c
                          in the built-in editor, or via using the screen-
                          oriented header editor.  Default is ON.

           autocopy       This is a boolean flag, and if set automatically
                          copies the text of the message you are replying to
                          into the edit buffer.  Default is OFF.

           copy           This, in combination with the savemail option,
                          allows you to have silent copies of all outgoing
                          mail made on the outbound step.  Default is OFF.

           expand         If this flag is on, tabs in your message written
                          are expanded to spaces.  This ensures that your
                          message is displayed in its original layout when
                          displayed on a terminal screen having different
                          tab settings.  This flag can be changed without
                          leaving elm by changing the T)abs-to-spaces field
                          in o)ption mode.  Default is OFF.

           forms          This allows you to mail forms.  Default is OFF.

           keep           By default, the mail system deletes mailboxes when
                          you have removed everything from them.  With this
                          option ON, it instead preserves them as zero-
                          length files.  Default is OFF.

           keypad         If on, this tells elm that you have an HP terminal
                          and enables the Next, Prev, Home, and Shift-Home
                          keys.  Default is ON.

           menus          If turned off, this inhibits the menu display on
                          all elm program screen displays.  Default is ON.

           movepage       If enabled, commands that move through the mailbox
                          by pages (the + and - keys) also move the current
                          message pointer to the top of that page of



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                          messages.  If turned off, moving through the pages
                          does not alter the current message pointer
                          location.  Default is OFF.

           names          Show only the user names when expanding aliases,
                          rather than the name and electronic mail address
                          on the To: field when sending mail.  Default is
                          OFF.

           noheader       This tells the mailer not to include the headers
                          of messages when copying a message into a file
                          buffer for replying to or forwarding.  Default is
                          ON.

           pointnew       If this is turned on, the mailer is automatically
                          pointing to the first new message in your mailbox
                          when started, instead of at message #1.  This is
                          only used for the incoming mailbox since other
                          mailboxes are assumed not to have `new' and `old'
                          mail.  Default is ON.

           resolve        If this option is enabled, as soon as mail is
                          `dealt with', elm moves to the next message in the
                          mailbox, after deletion, undeletion, saving a
                          message, or forwarding a message.  Default is ON.

           savename       When the user saves the messages, elm constructs
                          the filename from the login name of the person who
                          sent the message rather than savemail value.
                          Similarly, when sending mail out, instead of just
                          blindly saving it to the savemail file, elm first
                          tries to save it to a file based on the login name
                          of the person who is to receive the mail.  If the
                          needed outbound mail file does not already exist,
                          the message is saved in the savemail file.
                          Default is ON.

           skipdeleted    If this flag is on, current message pointer skips
                          the message with deleted flag D when the j or k
                          command is used.  If J or K is used, flagged
                          messages are not skipped.  Default is OFF.

           softkeys       If on, this tells elm to recognize HP2622 terminal
                          function-key protocol when interacting with your
                          terminal.  Default is ON.

           titles         Used with the flag weed, this flag allows you to
                          have the first line of a message titled with:

                               Message N/M from username date at time




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                          where all the information has been previously
                          extracted from the message.  Default is ON.

           warnings       elm normally warns you when you send mail to a
                          machine that cannot be directly accessed.  Setting
                          this flag allows you to disable such warning
                          messages.  Default is ON.

           weed           This is a boolean flag that, in combination with
                          the weedout list, allows you to custom define the
                          set of headers you would like to not have
                          displayed while reading messages.  Default is ON.

 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
    Environment Variables
      LANG determines the language in which messages are displayed.

      When set, the TMPDIR environment variable specifies a directory to be
      used for temporary files, overriding the default directory /tmp.

    International Code Set Support
      Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.

 EXAMPLES
      To send a message without loading the main elm mail-processing
      program, use the simple command form consisting of the name of the
      program followed by the recipient's login name and optional address.
      elm prompts for Subject, Copies, and Blind-Copies, then starts an
      editor so you can compose the message (user responses are in boldface
      type):

           $ elm j_doe

           To: doe (John Doe)

           Subject: this is a test

           Copies To: [Return]

           Blind-Copies To: [Return]

           ...invokes editor, message composed, then...

           Your options now are:

           S)end the message, E)dit it again, change/add H)eaders or F)orget
           it

           What is your choice? s





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           mail sent!

      To send files or output from commands by use of command-line
      redirection, use command resembling:

           $ elm j_doe < help.c

      Which reads file help.c and transmits it to the specified recipient.

      To add a subject line to the message, use -s subject in the command
      line:

           $ elm -s "File help.c transmission" j_doe < help.c

 WARNINGS
      Using two separate mail programs to access the same mail file
      simultaneously (usually inadvertently from two separate windows) can
      cause unpredictable results.

 AUTHOR
      elm was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

 FILES
      /usr/mail                               directory for incoming mail
                                              (mode 755, group ID mail)
      /usr/mail/username.lock                 lock for mail directory
      /usr/mail/username                      incoming mailbox for user.
                                              (mode 660, group ID mail)
      /usr/lib/nls/C/elm.cat                  location of the message
                                              catalogue
      $HOME/.elm                              directory for elm
      $HOME/.elm/elmrc                        personal customized file
      $HOME/.elm/elmheaders                   contents of additional headers
      /usr/lib/elm/elm_help.0                 help file for main screen
      /usr/lib/elm/elm_help.1                 help file for alias screen
      /usr/lib/elm/elm_help.2                 help file for option screen
      /usr/lib/elm/elmrc-info                 comment file for .elm/elmrc
                                              file
      /usr/mail/.elm                          directory for elm mailer
                                              system aliases
      /usr/mail/.elm/aliases.hash             system alias hash table
      /usr/mail/.elm/aliases.data             system alias data table
      /usr/mail/.elm/aliases.text             system alias text file
      $HOME/.elm/aliases.hash                 user alias hash table
      $HOME/.elm/aliases.data                 user alias data table
      $HOME/.elm/aliases.text                 user alias text file
      /tmp/snd.pid and sndh.pid               outgoing mail edit buffer
      /tmp/form.pid                           editor buffer for form message
      /tmp/print.pid                          temporary file for printing
                                              message




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      /tmp/alias.pid                          temporary file for deleting
                                              alias
      $HOME/.elm/readmail                     used by readmail
      /tmp/mbox.logname                       temporary mbox for user
                                              logname
      $HOME/Cancelled.mail                    cancelled message of non-
                                              interactive use.

 SEE ALSO
      elmalias(1), mailfrom(1), newmail(1), readmail(1), vi(1).












































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