(a2ps.info)Interfacing With a Mailer

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2.5.1 Interfacing With a Mailer
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When you print from a mailer (or a news reader), your mailer calls a
tool, say a2ps on a part of the whole mailbox.  This makes it difficult
for a2ps to guess that the file is of the type 'mail'.  Therefore, for
better results, make sure to tell a2ps the files are mails.  The user
option 'mail' (or 'longmail' for longer inputs) encapsulates most
typical tuning users want to print mails (for instance, don't print all
the headers).

   Most specifically, if your mailer is:
'elm'
     Once you are in elm, hit 'o' to enter in the options edition menu,
     hit 'p' to edit the printer command, and enter 'a2ps -=mail %s -d'.
     The option '-d' means to print on the default printer.

'pine'
     Jan Chrillesen <jan@chrillesen.dk> suggests us how to use a2ps with
     the Pine mail-reader.  Add the following to '.pinerc' (of course
     you can put it in 'pine.conf' as well):
          # Your printer selection
          printer=a2ps -=mail -d

          # Special print command
          personal-print-command=a2ps -=mail -d