[3511] in SIPB bug reports
installed: vmail - tty interface to MH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Sat Feb 13 19:38:46 1993
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 19:38:28 -0500
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@mit.edu>
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ckclark@mit.edu
Here's the beginning of the man page:
NAME
vmail - tty interface to MH
SYNOPSIS
vmail [-inc] [-flush] [-comp] [-forw] [-ans] [+cur_folder]
folders ...
DESCRIPTION
vmail is a tty interface to the MH mail system. It combines
most of the MH features into a single package, and performs
the most frequently-used functions considerably faster than
the MH equivalents. In particular, a folder is only scanned
once in a vmail session; the slow scan-show-rmm-scan cycle
of MH is eliminated. Also, vmail tends to be simpler for
new users to learn than the MH system.
Comments:
It seems to trigger a small (but not crippling) bug in less if you are
using that as your pager. I will try to fix the less bug at some point.
I think I've fixed most of the obvious coredumping bugs in vmail, and
I've added a couple of small features which might make it a bit easier
to use for non-vi users (i.e., use of arrow keys or C-n/C-p in main menu
instead of "rogue" keys is acceptable; the message which says how to get
help is in the banner, etc.)
Though I'm sure there are quite a few kinks remaining (let's face it,
I'm not the best MH tester this side of the Mississippi), but I've
checked and fixed the things that would be likely to cause mail loss on
AFS, etc, so I don't think it's *dangerous* (well, not any more so than
using `inc' is dangerous. I'll let you judge that one for yourselves.
:-)
History:
This program has been in use at some sites in Great Britian for some
time (it was originally used with MH 6.5). It's mentioned in the
comp.mail.mh FAQ, and I got it from a comp.sources.unix archive.
To Use:
If you simply invoke the program as `vmail' it will simply browse
through your MH folders, but will not check for new mail. You can make
in check for new mail by giving it the `-inc' for or by typing `i'
once it has started up.
-Calvin
