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Date:      Thu, 15 Aug 1996 14:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Scott Grigsby <grigsby@citizen1.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /usr/bin/[Mm]ail and including new
Message-ID:  <199608152127.OAA24203@jules.citizen1.com>
In-Reply-To: <199608151955.MAA23041@jules.citizen1.com> from Scott Grigsby at "Aug 15, 96 12:55:44 pm"

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Hello again!

Well, nevermind this question.  Alex and I just wrote an include() function
into the mail source code to do what I wanted.  As I said, I think it's
pretty standard in /usr/bin/mail, so I think I'll send it to those folks
at FreeBSD for the next release.

Scott


I wrote and said...
>From: Scott Grigsby <grigsby@jules.citizen1.com>
>Message-Id: <199608151955.MAA23041@jules.citizen1.com>
>Subject: /usr/bin/[Mm]ail and including new
>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 12:55:44 -0700 (PDT)
>Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org
>Precedence: bulk
>
>
>Hello all,
>
>I prefer to use the regular-ol' /usr/bin/[Mm]ail (instead of elm
>or pine or Netscape or whatnot), but the version in FreeBSD
>seems to be missing a vital command: include.  In all the other
>BSD-type unixes I've used, you can re-read your spool mail file
>by typing "inc" at the prompt.  But not with FreeBSD (which, otherwise,
>is great.)  Any suggestions?  Am I missing something?  I don't mind
>compiling some other source code if you could point me to a version
>of mail that makes use of the "include" command.
>
>Thanks very much!
>
>Scott



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