Command Reference Guide
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CONFIGURATION section).
-s subject Subject. Specify the subject for a File Mode or Message Mode message.
-t Set usetite=OFF . Do not use the termcap ti/te and terminfo cup cursor-
positioning entries. This overrides the setting of the usetite boolean variable (see
the ELM CONFIGURATION section).
-V Verbose transmission. Pass outbound messages to the sendmail mail transport
agent using the -v option (see sendmail(1M)).
-v Version. Print out the elm version information. This displays the revision number
and build date as well as the compilation features that were specified or omitted.
-z Zero. Do not enter elm if there is no mail in the incoming mailbox.
Operands
The following operands are recognized:
address-list A blank-separated list of one or more mail addresses, your elm user aliases, or elm
system aliases.
alias-list A blank-separated list of one or more of your
elm user aliases or
elm system aliases.
Terminology
The following terms are used throughout this manpage.
blank
A space or a tab character, sometimes known as linear white space.
body
The body of a message. See message.
boolean variable
See configuration variable.
configuration variable
A boolean, numeric, or string variable that defines default behavior in the
elm mail system. See
the ELM CONFIGURATION section.
elm system alias text file
The source file,
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.text
, for the elm system alias database.
elm user alias text file
The source file ,
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text, for a user’s own elm alias database.
elm user headers file
A file, $HOME/.elm/elmheaders, where a user can specify special header entries that are
included in all outbound messages.
elmrc configuration file
A file, $HOME/.elm/elmrc
, that defines the initial values for elm configuration variables.
environment variable
A global variable set in the shell that called
elm. See the EXTERNAL INFLUENCES section.
folder
A file that contains mail messages in the format created by sendmail or elm.
full name
The first and last name of a user, as extracted from an aliastext file or from the /etc/passwd
file.
header
The header of a message. See message.
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