MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

mailx(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities mailx(1)
header
displays a summary of message headers at the beginning of a mailx command mode
session. This is the default.
hold
keeps all messages in your system mailbox instead of saving them in your mbox. The
default is
nohold .
ignore
ignores interrupts received while composing a message. The default is noignore .
ignoreeof
ignores EOF markers found while entering a message. The message can be ended by a
dot (.)or˜. on a line by itself. The default is noignoreeof .
indent
contains a string that mailx uses as a prefix to each line in messages that ˜m and ˜M
insert. The default is one
TAB character.
indentprefix
the same as indent , contains a string that mailx uses as a prefix to each line in
messages that ˜m and ˜M insert. The default is one
TAB character. If both
indent
and indentprefix are set, indentprefix takes precedence.
keep
does not remove your system mailbox if the mailbox contains no messages. The
mailbox is truncated to zero length. If the default
nokeep is in effect, empty mail-
boxes are removed.
keepsave
keeps messages in your system mailbox even if they have been saved in other files.
The default,
nokeepsave , deletes messages from the mailbox if they have been
saved elsewhere.
LISTER
contains a command, possibly with options. mailx invokes this command when dis-
playing the contents of the folder directory for the folders command. If this vari-
able is null or unset, mailx uses the ls utility. By default, this variable is unset.
MAILRC
location of personal start-up file. See Start-Up Files.
MBOX
gives the name of your mbox file. Messages that have been read but not saved else-
where are saved here when you quit (but not when you exit). The default is
$HOME /mbox.
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