ms(l)

NAME
ms - Mail User Agent with IMAP/POP3/NNTP Client Capabilities

SYNTAX
ms

DESCRIPTION
ms is a user agent (client) of a distributed electronic mail system using the Internet Message Access Protocol described in RFC 3501. Its interface is a subset of the MM program on Unix and DEC-20s. See the mm(l) man page for more details on this interface.

ms was written using the CCMD package developed at Columbia to mimic the command interface on DEC-20s. Thus, it has copious internal help, completion of partially typed commands on escape, and help on partial commands when "?" is typed.

These are the most useful commands:

GET mailbox

Open the specified local or remote mailbox. Remote mailbox names are in the form {server}mailbox. The default is INBOX. For example, GET {FOO.EXAMPLE.COM} will open your primary mailbox at FOO.EXAMPLE.COM. You will be prompted for your username and password at the host.

SEND address

Send mail to specified address or list of addresses. All addresses may be either local (without an "@") or in RFC 822 format.

HEADERS msgs

Displays a one-line summary of the specified messages.

TYPE msgs

Types the specified messages.

READ msgs

Enters read sub-mode on the specified messages.

DELETE msgs

Delete specified messages from current file.

EXIT

Permanently removes deleted messages from the mail file, closes any network connection, and gets out of MS.

HELP topic

Type a message explaining the specified topic.

Please type "?" to the "MS>" prompt for a complete list of commands. After that you can type "HELP" followed by the individual command name, i.e. "HELP SEND".

SEE ALSO
mm(1), emacs(1), mail(1), sendmail(8), "HELP MM" on any DEC-20

COPYRIGHT
ms is copyright 1988-2005 by the University of Washington.