Terminal - You have new mail

Ok, I'm very new to the terminal... I'm testing...

I have new mail...
From Reese I now know that I can type mail to see the messages...
U 1 colin@Computer-van-c Wed May 17 16:13 20/763 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 2 colin@Computer-van-c Wed May 17 16:22 20/763 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 3 colin@Computer-van-c Wed May 17 16:23 20/826 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 4 colin@Computer-van-c Thu May 18 15:26 20/823 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 5 colin@Computer-van-c Thu May 18 15:29 20/823 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 6 colin@Computer-van-c Thu May 18 15:31 20/822 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 7 colin@Computer-van-c Tue May 23 11:40 21/957 "Cron <colin@Computer-"
U 8 colin@Computer-van-c Wed May 24 08:03 21/966 "Cron <colin@Computer-"

I have 8 messages... Are this real emails?
Or just messages from cron to me?
Where can i find more information about this?
How can I view 1 message?
I would like to know some bassic commands.

G5 dual X -2Gh OS 10.3.9// G4 dual MAC OS 9 - OS 10.3.9 // G5 server - OS 10.3.9, Mac OS X (10.3.9), 2X1,5 Ghz Ram - 2x22 inch Lacie + G4 LAcie OS 9 -19 inch + Mini mac OS X 10.3.9

Posted on May 24, 2006 1:04 AM

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May 24, 2006 1:47 AM in response to Colin @ mac.com

OK - this are now emails just tasks I did before.

and with typing ?
you get a list of commands... yes.

t <message list> type messages
n goto 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 message senders
r <message list> reply to message senders and all recipients
pre <message list> make messages go back to /var/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
cd [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 aliases separated by spaces.
Aliases are defined in .mailrc in your home directory.

still no easy to navigate...

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