Mail help information

You can obtain help information on using the mail program by using the ?, man, or info commands.

Item Description
To get help in the Mailbox

Enter ? or help at the mailbox prompt.

The ? and help subcommands display a summary of common mailbox subcommands.

You can display a list of all mailbox subcommands (with no summary) by entering the (l)ist subcommand.

To get help in the Mail Editor

Type ~? at the mail editor prompt.

The ~? subcommand displays a summary of common mail editor subcommands.

To get help in secret mail

Type ? at the mail editor prompt.

The ? subcommand displays a summary of common secret mail subcommands.

To get help using manual pages

Type man mail at the system command line prompt.

In this example, mail is the command name being searched. The system will provide you with ASCII documentation about the mail command. At the continuation marker (:), press Enter to view the rest of the document.

The man command provides information in ASCII form for reference topics on commands, subroutines, and files.