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NAME
      elm - an interactive mail system

SYNOPSIS
      elm [ -achkKmrwz ] [ -f alternate-folder ] [ -d debug-level ]
      elm [ -s subject ] list of aliases or addresses

DESCRIPTION
      Elm is an interactive screen-oriented 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. For example, the command

            elm -s testing joe

      would initiate the sending of a message to the alias joe with the subject
      "testing" indicated and would put you into an editor for you to enter the
      text of the message.  If the subject flag and argument were not present,
      you would be prompted for a message subject.

      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.  The subject flag and argument are optional.

      The third way, elm is invoked with neither subject nor addresses
      specified on the command line and without standard input redirected.  You
      can then read any messages in your incoming mailbox (or specified
      folder), reply to messages in the mailbox, mail messages, etc.

      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 alternative-folder
                Folder - read folder (specified) rather than the incoming
                mailbox.


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        -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 subj Subject - specify subject for message to mail.

        -v      Version - print version and configuration information.

        -z      Zero - don't enter Elm if no mail is pending.

AUTHOR
      Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

SEE ALSO
      The Elm documentation package, including:  The Elm Users Guide, The Elm
      Reference Guide, The Elm Alias System Users Guide, The Elm Forms Mode
      Guide, The Elm Filter Guide, The Elm Configuration Guide

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

FILES
      /usr/dell/elm/lib/elm-help.*         help files
      /usr/dell/elm/lib/aliases.text       system alias source
      /usr/dell/elm/lib/aliases.hash       system alias hash table
      /usr/dell/elm/lib/aliases.data       system alias data table
      $HOME/.elm/aliases.text           user alias source
      $HOME/.elm/aliases.hash           user alias hash table
      $HOME/.elm/aliases.data           user alias data table
      $HOME/.elm/elmrc                  customized mailer parameters
      $HOME/.elm/elmheaders             customized message headers
      /tmp/snd.$$                       outgoing mail edit buffer
      /tmp/mbox.logname            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!)

BUG REPORTS TO
      Syd Weinstein     elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)

COPYRIGHTS
      © Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
      © Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust


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