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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-22 19:49:48 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-22 19:49:48 +0000
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@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ is an intelligent mail processing system, which has
a command syntax reminiscent of
.Xr ed 1
with lines replaced by messages.
+.Pp
+The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl v
Verbose mode.
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ particularly useful when using
.Nm
on noisy phone lines.
.It Fl I
-Forces
+Force
.Nm
to run in interactive mode even when
input is not a terminal.
@@ -87,27 +89,35 @@ In particular, the
special
character when sending mail is only active in interactive mode.
.It Fl n
-Inhibits reading the system-wide
+Inhibit reading the system-wide
.Pa mail.rc
files upon startup.
.It Fl N
-Inhibits the initial display of message headers
+Inhibit the initial display of message headers
when reading mail or editing a mail folder.
-.It Fl s
-Specify subject on command line.
+.It Fl s Ar subject
+Specify
+.Ar subject
+on command line.
(Only the first argument after the
.Fl s
flag is used as a subject; be careful to quote subjects
containing spaces.)
-.It Fl c
+.It Fl c Ar cc-addr
Send carbon copies to
.Ar cc-addr
list of users.
-.It Fl b
+The
+.Ar cc-addr
+argument should be a comma-separated list of names.
+.It Fl b Ar bcc-addr
Send blind carbon copies to
-.Ar bcc-addr .
-List should be a comma-separated list of names.
-.It Fl f
+.Ar bcc-addr
+list of users.
+The
+.Ar bcc-addr
+argument should be a comma-separated list of names.
+.It Fl f Op Ar mbox
Read in the contents of your
.Pa mbox
(or the specified file)
@@ -808,7 +818,7 @@ Add the given names to the direct recipient list.
.It Ic ~v
Invoke an alternative editor (defined by the
.Ev VISUAL
-option) on the
+environment variable) on the
message collected so far.
Usually, the alternative editor will be a
screen editor.