mail

[Adam W.]

Guru's, I am new to HP-UX. I loggeed into my server and it says I have new mail. How do I view this "mail"

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Probably the easiest to use is elm. Just type in elm and press enter. If it asks about creating directories to store mail and the like, just answer yes. It will present you with a screen showing all your mail messages. It is based on vi, so you can use the j and k keys to move up and down the list to select a message. I believe the cursor keys work as well but I don't use them.

Anyway, position the cursor and press enter to open up the message. Then there are functions keys and keyboard shortcut keys to help you deal with the ultimate disposal of the message. The man page for elm should be useful as well.


Pete

[Adam W.]

Outstanding Pete. Thanks a bunch.

[Dennis Handly]

You can also use mailx if you want a text based mailer. You can also use vi in it.