af(1)

NAME

af - emacs-like mail reader.

SYNOPSIS

Arraytent-type ] [ destination ... ]

DESCRIPTION

Arrayto the specified destinations, just as if you had executed the
command send-mail from within af. Once the message has been sent (or if you abort the message), then af exits.
Other arguments are options influencing the behaviour of

af.

OPTIONS

Arrayspecified folders) and then exit. The exit status is zero if
there is mail in any of the folders; one if not.
This option is ignored if destinations were specified.

Arraygiven, any specified folders) is empty. Otherwise, af will start
up normally.
This option is ignored if destinations were specified.

Arraymay be given. -f and -u may be intermixed. More than one -f or -u causes each named folder to be read into its own buffer.
This option is ignored if destinations were specified.

Arraynecessary access permissions to read the mailbox. Multiple -u
options may be given. -u and -f may be intermixed. More than
one -u or -f causes each named file to be read into its own
buffer.
This option is ignored if destinations were specified.

Arraysubject to the maximum number of windows that will fit on the
screen (usually about four or five).
This option is ignored if destinations were specified.

ArrayThis option is ignored if destinations were not specified.

Arraygiven.
This option is ignored if destinations were not specified.

FINDING OUT MORE

Array(control-H). The first command you'll probably want to use is

C-h C-i

to browse the af user manual.

FILES

/usr/spool/mail/user (or similar)

incoming mail for user; the incoming mailfile

$HOME/.signature

default signature file

$HOME/dead.letter

repository for unsent mail read from standard input

$HOME/.afrc

personal startup file

/etc/af/afrc

global startup file

$HOME/.afalias

personal alias file

/etc/af/afalias

global alias file

/usr/lib/af/af.help

help file

/usr/lib/af/readmbox

program to read mailboxes

/usr/lib/af/writembox

program to write mailboxes

/tmp/aftmp*

temporary file used when editing

ENVIRONMENT

SHELL

Shell to run as an inferior shell

VISUAL, EDITOR

editor for outgoing mail

PAGER

program to page text

MAIL

location of your incoming mailbox

FOLDER

directory for your folders

SAVEDIR

directory for your news folders

HOME

your home directory

MAILCAPS

location of mailcap files to read

NAME

your real name

ORGANIZATION

your organisational affiliation

TMPDIR

directory for temporary files

EXIT STATUS

Arraystatus two for things that are just plain wrong.

AUTHOR

Af was written by Malc Arnold, with assistance from Kay

Dekker and Ian Dickinson.

SEE ALSO

afack(1), afalias(5) ``The Af User Manual''.

BUGS

Running out of memory causes ungraceful termination.

AF(1)