MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1
mailx(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities mailx(1)
conv
specifies that UUCP network addresses are to be converted to a different style. The
conv
variable is assigned a code word indicating the desired style. At present, the
only code word recognized is internet, which stands for the RFC822 specifica-
tions for network mail addressing. To make use of such addresses, you must have
mail server software that can send and receive messages using such addresses;
MPE/iX
Shell and Utilities itself does not provide any software for transmitting messages to
different systems. By default,
conv
is not defined and no conversion takes place.
crt
contains an integer number. If a message has more than this number of lines, mailx
pipes the message through the command given by the
PAGER
variable, whenever it
displays the message. If this variable is set to null, mailx treats it as a value of zero
and pipes all messages through
PAGER
. The default is
nocrt
.
DEAD
contains the name of a file that can be used as the dead.letter file. Partial messages
are saved in this file if an interrupt or error occurs during creation of the message or
delivery. By default, the name of this file is
$HOME
/dead.letter.
dot
accepts a line consisting of only a dot (.) as the end of a message in input mode (it is
equivalent to ˜.). The default is
nodot
.If
ignoreeof
is set, mailx ignores a
setting of
nodot
; the dot is the only way to terminate input mode.
EDITOR
gives a command, possibly with options, that is invoked when using the command
mode edit or the input mode ˜e. The default is the ed utility (see ed(1)).
escape
gives the character used to begin input mode commands. The default is the tilde (˜).
If this variable is set to null, mailx disables command escaping.
flipr
reverses the meanings of the R and r commands. The default is
noflipr
. See also
Replyall
.
folder
contains the name of the directory in which mailx saves mail files. Whenever you
specify a file name for a mailx command, putting a plus sign (+) in front of the
name specifies that the file is to be accessed under the
folder
directory. If the
value of
folder
begins with a slash, it is taken as an absolute path name; otherwise,
mailx assumes that the directory is directly under your
HOME
directory.
folder
has no default value. If it is not set, the plus sign (+) has no special meaning at the
beginning of file names.
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