Useful mail variables

For a complete list of mail variables, see the manual page for the mail(1) command.

   Variable             Default       Action


   askcc                noaskcc       Prompts you for the
                                      names of the users you
                                      to send carbon copies to.

   editheaders                        Include the message
                                      headers when writing a
                                      mail message using an editor.

   folder=directory                   the directory to save
                                      mail files in.

   hold                 nohold        keep messages that have
                                      been read in the system
                                      mailbox, not the mbox file.

   keepsave             nokeepsave    do not delete messages
                                      that have been saved.
                                      Keep them in the system
                                      mailbox.

   PAGER                more          the pager used to paginate
                                      output when a message is
                                      longer than the screen.

   sign=signature                     defines the "signature"
                                      inserted in the mail message
                                      by the ~a command.

   Sign=signature                     defines the "signature"
                                      inserted in the mail message
                                      by the ~A command.

   topline=number       5             the number of lines of
                                      the top of each message
                                      to print with the ~t command.

   VISUAL=editor                      the name of the editor called
                                      by the ~v command. editor
                                      is given as a full pathname.

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