[comp.mail.misc] Help, with printing messages from mail.

abed@saturn.wustl.edu (Abed M. Hammoud) (04/11/91)

	Hello, 

	I am new to this news group. So sorry if my question was a
very common one. I would like to know how (if possible) to write
macros that I can execute from within mail. Some macros to for example
send a copy of the letter I want to the printer..etc..

	I am working on a sun station; I also do some work on a vt240
compatible terminal. I use Unix of course.

	thanks a million, in advance

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	| Abed  M. Hammoud			abed@saturn.wustl.edu|
	| Washington University.	        office:(314)726-7547 |
	| Electronic Systems & Signals Research Laboratory.          |
	| Dept. of Electrical/Biomedical Engineering.		     |
	| St.Louis Mo U.S.A                                          |
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ylee@csl.dl.nec.com (Ying-Da Lee) (04/12/91)

You can do that without macros. Get into mail and note the messgae
number that you want to print, let's say 7. Enter

m |lpr	(NOTE the space before | and no space after it)

Respond with anything you like to the Subject: prompt, then enter

~f 7	(or whatever the message number is)
.

and that's it.


	Ying-Da Lee