mother
Mother is an rc(1) script that provides an experience similar to nedmail(1).
Download it here.
help
usage: mother [ -d ] [ -f mbox ] [ -p msg ] [ -r ]
Commands are of the form [<range>] <command> [args]
<range> := <addr> | <addr>,<addr>
<command> :=
a reply to sender and recipients
b print the next ten headers
d mark for deletion
e ... enter message (args passed to upas/marshal)
g/regexp/cmd grep headlines for regexp and run cmd on matches
h print message headline (,h for all)
help print this help message
m ... forward mail to address(es)
mb ... change to specified mailbox
p print the processed message
P print the raw message
q quit
r reply to message
s ... store message in specified mailbox
u remove deletion mark
y synchronize with mail box
" print message in quoted form, suitable for reply
|cmd pipe the processed message to a command
||cmd pipe the raw message to a command
!cmd run a command
extensions
A script may be used in conjunction with faces(1) and the plumber(4) to open individual messages (or the entire mailbox) by clicking mb1 on a face in the faces(1) window. Each click produces a new window containing the selected message.
The script: facemother <- read and modify as needed before using
The plumber rule:
# faces -> new mail window for message
type is text
data matches '[a-zA-Z¡-0-9_\-./]+'
data matches '/mail/fs/[a-zA-Z¡-0-9/]+/[0-9]+'
plumb to showmail
plumb start window -r 646 117 1366 676 facemother $0
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