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When using the mail command, I automatically get the list of the emails received:

user@server:~ $ mail
"/var/mail/user": 4 messages 4 unread
>U  1 mail1      Tue Dec 17 13:13   18/628   junk_mail
 U  2 mail2      Tue Dec 17 13:14   18/628   junk_mail
 U  3 mail3      Tue Dec 17 13:15   18/628   very important!
 U  4 mail4      Tue Dec 17 13:16   18/628   blabla
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How can I get that list again, without relaunching?
The print command shows the content of the mail.

Example:
I want to delete mail1 - junk_mail, I type ? delete 1. OK.
If I want to delete mail2 - junk_mail, I need to type ? delete 1 again. Because after typing the first command, the mail list changed to:

user@server:~ $ mail
"/var/mail/user": 3 messages 3 unread
>U  1 mail2      Tue Dec 17 13:14   18/628   junk_mail
 U  2 mail3      Tue Dec 17 13:15   18/628   very important!
 U  3 mail4      Tue Dec 17 13:16   18/628   blabla
?

I'm OK with that too. However, if I made a mistake, I could possibly delete an important mail. If I typed ? delete 2, I would have deleted mail3 - very important! because the mail index changed. I could do the math in my head, but that is not the point here.

TomatoGuest
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I don't have references, but from memory try h (for headers).

There is also ? for other misc commands.

Archemar
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