HP-UX Mailing Services Administrator's Guide

Mailing Services Overview
The elm Utility
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For a detailed description of all the commands used to edit and send mail
messages, type man 1M elm at the HP-UX prompt.
The elm Configuration File
The elm configuration file, $HOME/.elm/elmrc, defines the initial values
for the elm configuration variables. You can create the configuration file
by choosing the o option (the options menu) in the main menu, which
displays a list of all the elm configuration variables. Choose the
appropriate option in the options menu to modify the configuration
variable.
When invoked, elm reads the customized variables from the
$HOME/.elm/elmrc file to initialize the parameters.
The following types of configuration variables are available in the elm
configuration file:
• String – String variables have the following form:
string-name = string-value
• Numeric – Numeric variables have the following form:
numeric_variable- name = numeric value
• Boolean – Boolean variables have the following form:
boolean-name = ON
and
boolean-name = OFF
Some examples of elm variables follow:
N>ames only : OFF
U>ser level : Beginning User
The $HOME/.elm/elmrc file can contain any combination of the string,
numeric, and Boolean variables.
For a detailed description of the numeric, string and boolean variables,
type man 1 elm at the HP-UX prompt.