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3.5.4.12 Executing Other Mail Commands: ~: and ~-

You can execute a mail command from within compose mode using ‘~:’ or ‘~-’ escapes. For example, typing 

~: from :t

will display the from lines of all tagged messages. Note, that executing mail-sending commands from within the compose mode is not allowed. An attempt to execute such a command will result in diagnostic message “Command not allowed in an escape sequence” being displayed. Also, when starting compose mode immediately from the shell (e.g. running ‘mail address@domain’), most mail commands are meaningless, since there is no mailbox to operate upon. In this case, the only commands that can reasonably be used are: alias, unalias, alternate, set, and unset.

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