Elm is a verstitile command line mail package that is useful when you do not have access to a GUI environment. It can be used as a menu-based mail handler, to view a single message, and in scripts with command line redirection. How To Use Elm As A Menu-based Mail Handler 1. Elm is invoked from the command line of any Unix shell with the command elm . When elm is first started, the user is shown a menu of all current mail.
New mail is marked with a 'N' before each new message.
To read a message, you must first select that message as the current message. There are 3 ways to do so. You may use the arrow keys to scroll the cursor up and down the list of messages until the cursor is highlighting the message you wish to read. You may use the 'j' and 'k' keys to scroll the cursor instead of the arrow keys. You may enter the message number and press Enter.