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s-mailx [2022/02/10 18:50] – editted feature list zilogs-mailx [2022/02/10 19:04] – added system-wide config file reference zilog
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 ==== Configuration ==== ==== 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.
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 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: 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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-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> <file config ~/.s-nailrc>
s-mailx.txt · Last modified: 2022/06/26 15:15 by zilog