Michael Convey <[email protected]> wrote:
> ..
> Is there a command that can be entered at the '&' prompt to compose a new
> message? Or, do you have to exit mailx and start over? ?
The usual way would be "m <recipient(s)>" which will prompt for a Subject
line then let you start typing in a message. Most people like to compose
their messages in an editor, and usually their default editor is defined
in the EDITOR and/or VISUAL shell environmental variables. Assuming you
have a default editor defined, you can envoke it with "~e" on a new line
("~v" also works unless you're in a ssh session in which it may toggle
ssh into "verbose" which is a bit annoying). Once in your default editor
you can compose your message and exit, returning you to the '&' prompt;
then enter a "." on a new line and you'll be prompted for a few standard
email headers and probably paths to any attachments you want to attach.
If you want to further edit the To: or Reply To: headers use "~h"; to edit
the From: field use "~H"; to re-enter your default editor use "~e"; to
print to screen message in current state use "~p" or "~P" (all headers
displayed).
You might read through the manpage and/or some standard Unix mailx User
Guides[1,2] for other examples and possibilities.
HTH,
jgw
[1] http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/806-7612/mail-1/index.html
[2] http://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/MailXTutorial
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