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diff --git a/acme/mail/readme b/acme/mail/readme new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9442f57e --- /dev/null +++ b/acme/mail/readme @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Mail is the single program in this directory. Its argument specifies +the mail box to read, default /mail/box/$user/mbox. +For example, running + Mail /mail/box/$user/stored +(a line in the guide file) looks at saved mail. + +Mail maintains a window containing headers for all the +messages in the mailbox and monitors the mailbox for new messages. +Using button 3 to indicate a message number opens +a window on that message. commands in the mailbox window are + Put Write the mailbox back to the file (never done automatically) + Mail Make a new message window ready to mail someone. + Takes argument names analogously to acme's New. + Del Exit Mail, after checking that mailbox isn't modified. +New messages appear at the top of the window and are highlighted upon arrival. +(The messages are numbered oldest to newest, the opposite of regular mail.) + +Message windows have a simple format: the first line, up to the first tab or newline, +holds the sender or, when sending, the addressee. Edit the line to change who the +message goes to. Message windows contain the commands + Reply Make a new window to compose a reply to this message + Delmesg Delete the message from the screen and from the mailbox + Del Delete the window, leaving the message in the mailbox + Post Send the message to the addressee + Save Save to the named mailbox, default/mail/box/$user/stored +Save takes a full file name; if that name has no slashes, the file is taken +to be in /mail/box/$user and must already exist. Use mkbox in the guide to +create target mailboxes in /mail/box/$user. +Reply and mail windows contain an obvious subset of the commands. |