=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1,v retrieving revision 1.60 retrieving revision 1.61 diff -u -r1.60 -r1.61 --- src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 2010/11/07 08:05:56 1.60 +++ src/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 2013/07/18 07:11:00 1.61 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.60 2010/11/07 08:05:56 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.61 2013/07/18 07:11:00 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)mail.1 8.8 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 7 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2013 $ .Dt MAIL 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -206,14 +206,30 @@ deletes messages 1 and 2, while .Ic delete 1\-5 deletes messages 1 through 5. -The special name -.Sq * -addresses all messages and -.Sq $ -addresses -the last message; thus the command -.Ic top -which prints the first few lines of a message could be used in +.Pp +Messages may also be selected using one of the following categories: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It * +all messages +.It $ +last message +.It :d +deleted messages +.It :n +new messages +.It :o +old messages +.It :r +read messages +.It :u +unread messages +.El +.Pp +Thus the command +.Ic top , +which prints the first few lines of a message, +could be used in .Ic top * to print the first few lines of all messages. .Ss Replying to or originating mail