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--- s-mailx [2022/02/07 19:25] – zilog
+++ s-mailx [2022/02/10 19:04] – added system-wide config file reference zilog
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   * all Heirloom-mailx features: POP3/IMAP/SMTP, folder hooks, macros, threading, etc.
   * Maildir support
+  * readline (cmd history)
   * optional coloration
   * enhanced spam filtering
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 ==== Configuration ====
+Several S-mailx options are pre-set via ''/usr/pkg/etc/s-nail.rc'', the system-wide S-mailx configuration file; worth checking out to see what the defaults are before making customizations.
 The default user configuration file for S-mailx is ''~/.mailrc'' , unfortunately also used by the native NetBSD mail(1) and Heirloom-mailx clients.  If you never plan to use the other clients then you can go ahead and put all your settings in ''~/.mailrc'' ; chances are the native NetBSD mail(1) will just ignore any settings it doesn't understand; Heirloom-mailx likely will complain more.  A somewhat better option which maintains settings separation is to create a minimal ''~/.mailrc'' and add the following to it:
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 </file>
-Note that this technique is also used for the Heirloom mailx client via the NAIL_EXTRA_RC variable; having both ''NAIL_EXTRA_RC'' and ''mailx-extra-rc'' set in ''~sdfuser/.mailrc'' will likely produce ignore-able but annoying errors when S-mailx is run.
+Note that this technique is also used for the Heirloom mailx client via the NAIL_EXTRA_RC variable; having both ''NAIL_EXTRA_RC'' and ''mailx-extra-rc'' set in ''~sdfuser/.mailrc'' will likely produce ignore-able but fairly annoying errors when S-mailx is run.
 <file config ~/.s-nailrc>
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 # see s-nail(1) for details:
 set v15-compat=yes
-# always start even if no new messages:
-set emptystart
 # set EDITOR if different than default:
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 # Typical Gmail IMAP/SMTP w/ SSL setup (enable IMAP on your acct first);
-# note use of "URL encoding" syntax in some settings, i.e. '%40' = '@' :
+# note use of "URL percent encoded" chars in some settings, i.e. '%40' = '@' :
 account gmail {
         set hold
         set folder="imaps://gmail.user%40gmail.com@imap.gmail.com/INBOX"
-        set password-gmail.user%40gmail.com@imap.gmail.com="********"
+        set inbox="imaps://gmail.user%40gmail.com@imap.gmail.com/INBOX"
+        set password-gmail.user%40gmail.com@imap.gmail.com='********'
         set shortcut sent="imaps://gmail.user%40gmail.com@imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
         set shortcut trash="imaps://gmail.user%40gmail.com@imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Trash"
         set from='Gmail User <gmail.user@gmail.com>'
-        set replyto='Gmail User <gmail.user@gmail.com>'
+        set reply-to='Gmail User <gmail.user@gmail.com>'
         set record=+Sent
         shortcut saved +Saved
         shortcut sent +Sent
-        ## Gmail SMTP stuff:
+        ### Gmail SMTP stuff ###
-        set smtp=smtps://smtp.gmail.com
+        # => reserved chars in SMTP pwd need to be URL percent encoded <=
-        set smtp-auth-user="gmail.user@gmail.com"
+        set mta="smtps://gmail.user%40gmail.com:*********@smtp.gmail.com
-        set smtp-auth-password="********"
         }
 </file>