"mailbox: " does it Do the Right Thing?

[Rob Warnock]

In article <srp.676916226 at babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu> srp at babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu
(Scott R. Presnell%Cohen) writes:
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| shenkin at cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes:
| >I have one other mail question that was raised some time ago, but I forget 
| >the answer.  If new mail arrives while I am reading mail (from Mail [BSD]),
| >can I bring it into the existing session?  Suns have an option to do
| >this, but I don't see an option for this on the Iris man page.  I think
| >someone once mailed me a workaround, but I've forgotten it.
| 
| At the '&' say: "folder /usr/mail/<usrname>" and Mail will reread your
| spool file.
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Try "file %". Does the same thing, but fewer keystrokes.

Note: You probably want to "set hold" in your ~/.mailrc, so that held messages
are merged with your spool file. Otherwise, when you "file %", Mail will save
your "held" messages in "mbox", and only show you new ones. Not convenient...


-Rob

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