DTMAIL(1X)

NAME
Dtmail — the desktop mail program

SYNOPSIS
dtmail [ -hc ] [ -f mailfile ] [ -a file1 ... fileN ]
[ generic-tool-arguments ]

DESCRIPTION
The dtmail program is a mail application program for use on the desktop. It provides an easy-to-use interface for viewing, filing, composing and sending electronic mail folders and mail messages.

dtmail provides a GUI-based interface for manipulating electronic mail messages that can have attachments. Use the interface to compose a message, view a message or a folder holding messages, load new mail, copy or move messages from one folder to another, delete messages, reply to messages, add and delete attachments to a message when composing, and view contents of attachments in a message. dtmail also provides a mail-pervasive desktop environment by providing a public Tooltalk API. Other clients can use the Tooltalk API to compose and send messages.

OPTIONS

-a file1 ... fileN
    Bring up a Compose window with file1 through fileN as attachments.

-c  Bring up an empty Compose window.

-f filename
    Specify the mail file to be loaded in at start up time. Ordinarily, the mail file pointed to by the environment variable MAIL is read in as the user's inbox. Use of the -f option overrides the use of the MAIL variable.

-h  Display help for command line options.

RESOURCES
dtmail provides the following resources:

Dtmail*Message_List*doubleClickInterval
    The double click time out (in milliseconds) for the scrolling message header list. Default is 400 milliseconds.

Dtmail*Message_List*background
    Color to use for the scrolling message header list background. Default is system dependent.

Dtmail*Message_List*foreground
    Color to use for the scrolling message header list foreground. Default is system dependent.

Dtmail*Message_List*fontList
    The list of fonts to use in the scrolling message header list. The list must contain two fonts. The first must be tagged "plain" and is the font used to render the header text. The second must be tagged "attach" and is used to render the attachment indicator. Default is to use system-dependent, fixed-width fonts.

Dtmail*Work_Area*Text*background
    Color to use for the View and Compose window text background. Default is system dependent.

Dtmail*Work_Area*Text*foreground
    Color to use for the View and Compose window text foreground. Default is system dependent.

Dtmail*Work_Area*Text*fontList
    The list of fonts to use in the View and Compose windows. Font tag "plain". Default is to use a system-dependent, variable-width font.

MAIL VARIABLES

dtmail recognizes the following mailx(1) commands: unset, alias, group, set, ignore, source, if, else, endif, alternates. See man page for mailx (1) for more information. dtmail also recognizes the variables listed below. They can be set by editing your .mailrc file; however, since most of the variables are accessible through the dtmail Options menu, we strongly recommend that you modify them there to reduce the chance of error. Unless otherwise noted, the default for the following variables is off.

additionalfields
    A list of header fields to access via the Format menu. This variable can be set through the Custom Fields, Header Field, and Default Value portions of the Compose Window category in the Mail Options dialog box.

bell
    The number of times to ring the bell when new mail arrives. This variable can be set through the Signal New Mail portion in the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box. The default is 0.

cachedfilemenusize
    Specifies the maximum number of entries that are appended to the Move and Copy To menus. The default is 10.

cdenotooltalklock
    When set, network aware mail file locking is disabled. This variable can be set using the "Use network aware mail file locking" check box under the Advanced category of Mail Options dialog box. By default, cdenotooltalklock is not set.

composeinterval
    The interval in seconds for saving to the dead.letter file. Default is every 600 seconds (10 minutes).

deaddir
    The folder in which the dead letter file will be saved. The default is ~/dead_letter.

dontautosave
    Setting this variable means dtmail will not automatically save changes made to your mailbox.

dontdisplaycachedfiles
    Specifies whether to append filenames to the Move and Copy To menus.

dontlogmessages
    Controls whether or not the Log Message item is selected in the File Menu in the Compose window. The default is to log messages. This variable can be set through the Log all sent messages item in the Message Filing category of the Mail Options dialog box. If the Log all sent messages item is selected but there is no log file specified in the Mailbox for sent messages item, dtmail will log all messages to a file called ~/sent.mail.

expert
    Set expert mode in which minimal confirmations are requested. This variable can be set through the Show confirmation notices check box in the Advanced category of the Mail Options dialog box.

filemenu2
    A list of files from which to initialize the Move and Copy To menus. These can be absolute pathnames or pathnames relative to the directory specified in the folder variable. filemenu2 can be set through the Move Menu and Copy To Menu scrolling list in the Message Filing category of the Mail Options dialog box.

filemenusize
    Specifies the maximum number of entries in the Move and Copy To menus. The default is 10.

flash
    The number of times to flash the window or icon when new mail arrives. This variable can be set through the Signal New Mail portion of the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box. The default is 0.

folder
    The directory for saving mail files. This variable can be set through the Start Looking In item in the Mail Filing category of the Mail Options dialog box.

headerlines
    The number of lines to display in the scrolling header list. This variable can be set through the Display item in the Message View category of the Mail Options dialog box. The default is 15.

hideattachments
    Hide the attachments pane in the Compose Message window by default. This variable can be set through the Show Attachment List item in the Compose Window category of the Mail Options dialog box. The default is to show the attachment pane ( hideattachments is off).

inactivityinterval
    The number of seconds between keystrokes before a new mail is incorporated or an auto save is considered. The default idle interval is 30 seconds.

indentprefix
    When indentprefix is set, the string that it is set to is used to mark indented lines from included messages. The default indentprefix is "> ". This variable can be set through the Indent String item in the Compose Window category of the Mail Options dialog box.

keepdeleted
    Don't purge the mailbox of deleted messages when closing (exiting) dtmail. The default is to ask the user if they would like to purge the mailbox on exit. This variable can be set in the Destroy Deleted Messages portion in the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box. See quietdelete.

quietdelete
    Don't ask for confirmation when purging the mailbox of deleted messages when exiting dtmail. This variable can be set in the Destroy Deleted Messages portion in the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box. See keepdeleted.

record
    The mail file in which to record outgoing messages. You can control recording of outgoing mail on a per message basis by the Log Message item in the Compose window's File menu. The dontlogmessages variable controls whether or not this item is selected by default. The record variable may be set through the Mailbox for Sent Messages item in the Message Filing category of the Mail Options dialog box. If record is not set and the user chooses to log a message then the message will be saved in ~/sent.mail.

retrieveinterval
    The interval in seconds that dtmail waits to check for new mail in your inbox. This variable can be set through the Check for New Mail Every item in the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box. The default is 300 seconds.

saveinterval
    The length of time, in seconds, between saving the state of the mail box to disk. Default is 1800 seconds (30 minutes). This variable can be set using the Update Mailbox State item in the Advanced category of the Mail Options dialog box. The dontautosave variable turns off the saveinterval variable. Add set dontautosave to your .mailrc file to turn off autosaving. saveinterval cannot be set through the dtmail GUI interface, so you must edit your .mailrc file directly.

showmsgnum
    Show message numbers in the scrolling list of message headers. This variable can be set using the Display message numbers item in the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box. Default is to not show message numbers.

showto
    Show the "To" field of mail messages in the Header Window if the mail is from the same user that is reading mail (eg. you). This variable is set using the Show To: recipient when mail is from me item in the Message Header List category of the Mail Options dialog box.

signature
    Specifies a string consisting of a path and file name. The file contains text that will be included by default into the Compose window.

strictmime
    Use strict MIME character encoding for outgoing mail. In this case all lines longer than 72 characters are broken with a newline (and a trailing "=" is appended to the line), and all trailing spaces are encoded (appearing as "=20"). Any time character encoding takes place all "=" must be protected and are therefore encoded as "=3d". Note that 8-bit characters are always encoded, even if strictmime is not specified. If you typically send mail to users of non-MIME-compliant mail readers you may want to consider not specifying strictmime. This variable can be set by selecting the Use strict MIME character encoding item in the Advanced category of the Mail Options dialog box. The default is to use more relaxed character encoding (for example, don't break long lines and don't protect trailing spaces).

templates
    A list of name:path pairs to access via the Templates item in the Format menu of the Compose window. name appears in the menu; path is the file included when name is selected. This variable can be set in the Template category of the Mail Options dialog box.

toolcols
    Default width of the primary windows (in columns). This variable can be set through the Display item in the Message View category of the Mail Options dialog box.

MAIL COMMANDS

dtmail recognizes the following mailx(1) commands: unset, alias, group, set, ignore, source, if, else, endif, alternates.

ignore [header-field...]
    Suppress displaying of the specified header fields. Examples of header fields to ignore are Status and Received. The suppressed fields are also ignored when the message is printed. This variable can be set through the Abbreviated Header item in the Message View category of the Mail Options dialog box.

ENVIRONMENT

The following are environment variables taken from the execution environment and are not alterable within dtmail.

HOME=directory
    The user's home directory.

MAIL=filename
    The name of the initial mailbox file to read (in lieu of the standard system mailbox). The default is system dependent. See FILES section.

MAILRC=filename
    The name of the start-up file. Default is $HOME/.mailrc.

FILES

/var/mail/* (Sun)

/var/spool/mail/* (IBM)

/usr/mail* (HP)
    System mailboxes

/etc/mail/mailx.rc
    System setup file that is read in before ~/.mailrc.

~/.mailrc
    Start-up file for dtmail.

/usr/dt/bin/dtmail
    Executable for dtmail.

/usr/dt/app-defaults/<LANG>/Dtmail
    Application defaults for dtmail.