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AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Communications and Networks

Viewing Mail Help Information

You can obtain help information on using the mail program by using the ?, man, or info commands.

Getting Mail Help Information in the Mail Program

Prerequisites

The mail program must be installed on your system.

To Get Help in the Mailbox

To get help in the mailbox, enter the following at the mailbox prompt:

?

OR

help

The ? and help subcommands display a summary of common mailbox subcommands.

You can also display a list of all mailbox subcommands (with no explanation of what they do) by entering the (l)ist subcommand:

l

To Get Help in the Mail Editor

To get help in the mail editor, enter the following at the mail editor prompt:

~?

The ~? subcommand displays a summary of common mail editor subcommands.

To Get Help in Secret Mail

To get help in the secret mail, enter the following at the mail editor prompt:

?

The ? subcommand displays a summary of common secret mail subcommands.

Getting Mail Help Information by Using Manual Pages

The man command provides information in ASCII form for reference articles on commands, subroutines, and files.

Prerequisites

The mail program must be installed on your system.

To Get Mail Help Information by Using the man Command

Enter the following at your system command line prompt:

man mail

In this example, mail is the command name being searched. The system will provide you with ASCII documentation about the mail command. At the continuation marker (:), press Enter to view the rest of the document.


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