Command Reference Guide
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header entry
An entry in the header portion of a message, sometimes called a header field.
incoming mailbox
The mailbox where you receive your mail, usually /var/mail/loginname.
mail directory
The directory, defined by the maildir string variable, where a user normally stores mail mes-
sages in folders.
mail transport agent (MTA)
The program that sends and receives mail messages to and from other systems. On HP-UX sys-
tems, the MTA is sendmail (see sendmail(1M)).
mailcap
A file that contains information on how to compose and display mail messages that are not just
seven- and eight-bit ASCII characters.
metamail
A system program that processes nontext mail messages.
message
In a folder, a sequence of text lines comprised of a message delimiter, a header, and a body. The
message delimiter is a line in the form:
From sender date
The header starts after the message delimiter and ends with the first null line. The body
begins at the null line and ends at the next message delimiter. A body can have subsections,
called attachments or body parts, which have are comprised of a boundary delimiter, a
header, and a body. This process can be recursive. See the METAMAIL CONFIGURATION sec-
tion for more details.
numeric variable
See configuration variable.
sendmail alias database
The alias database,
/etc/mail/aliases
, that is used by the sendmail MTA to direct local
mail.
signature file
A file that is appended to your outbound messages, usually containing information about your-
self. You can have two signature files, one for messages to your local machine and one for other
messages. See the
localsignature and remotesignature string variables.
string variable
See configuration variable.
user name
Usually the login or mailbox name of someone you send mail to.
variable
See configuration variable and environment variable.
FILE MODE
If standard input is connected to a pipe or to a file, and an address-list is specified, elm operates in File
Mode.
The output of the previous command in the pipe, or the content of the file, is mailed to the members of the
address-list. The address-list is expanded, based on your elm alias database and the system elm alias
database, and placed in the To: header entry.
If -s is omitted or subject is null, subject defaults to:
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