BSD Mail appears to be the default mail program used by SDF where I keep my web pages and my memory is pitiful so here's a cheat sheet For example: Delete message 1 & 3 of a list of 3 messages d 13 BAM that's it! Send a new mail Type mail joe@blow.com type Subject then the text of the message To send type d that's it t[message list] type messages n go to and type next message e [message list] edit messages f [message list] give head lines of messages d [message list] delete messages s [message list] file append messages to file u [message list] undelete messages r [message list] reply to messages(to sender and recipients) R [message list] reply to messages(to sender only) pre [message list] make messages go back to /usr/mail m [user list] mail to specific users q quit, saving unresolved messages in mbox x quit, do not remove system mailbox h print out active message headers ! shell escape ch [directory] chdir to directory or home if none given A [message list] consists of integers, ranges of same, or user names separated by spaces. If omitted, Mail uses the last message typed. A [user list] consists of user names or distribution names separated by spaces. Distribution names are defined in .sendrc in your home directory. & ~? Display list of ~ (tilde) commands, for information about added features and operations