MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

mailx(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities mailx(1)
save
saves messages in your dead.letter file if they are interrupted while being composed.
The name of your dead.letter file is given by the DEAD variable. Setting nosave
disables this automatic save feature. The default is save .
screen
gives the number of headers that are to be displayed by the headers and z commands.
sendmail
contains a command, possibly with options, that mailx invokes to send mail. The
default is mail. It can be any command that takes addresses on the command line
and message contents on standard input.
sendwait
when sending a message through a network, mailx waits for the mail server to finish
before returning to your session. Normally, it just submits the message to the server,
then returns immediately. The default is
nosendwait .
SHELL
contains a command, possibly with options. mailx assumes that this command is a
command interpreter. mailx invokes this command interpreter whenever it is asked
to execute a system command (for example, through the ! command mode com-
mand). The default is the
MPE/iX Shell (see sh(1)).
showto
when displaying a header summary, displays the recipient’s name instead of the
author’s for messages where you are the author. The default is
noshowto .
sign
contains a string that is inserted into a message when you use the input mode ˜a com-
mand. mailx interprets \n and \t in this string as the newline and tab characters,
respectively. The default is
nosign .
Sign
contains a string that is inserted into a message when you use the input mode ˜A
command. The default is noSign .
toplines
gives the number of header lines that the top command displays. The default is five.
TERM
contains the name of the terminal type. If screen is not set, TERM individually
determines the number of lines in a screenful of headers.
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