The Elm Reference Guide

A comprehensive list of all commands, options and such to the Elm mail system.

Introduction

There are many parts to a complex software system and The Elm Mail System is no different. This document describes fully all the options available in the mailer, including the command line options, the commands (in considerably more detail than in The Elm Users Guide) and the .elm/elmrc file. To be more explicit, this document covers:

• a discussion of the .elm/elmrc file
• command line options of elm
• outgoing mail processing
• responses of various commands
• sending mail
• builtin editor
• the alias system
• system aliases etc.
• a section for expert mail users

Contents

Without any further ado, then, let's get this show on the road!!

See also the elm user's guide