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READ
Displays your messages. It can be entered with or without parameters.
Pressing the RETURN key is the same as entering the READ command without
parameters. If you enter the READ command without parameters or press RETURN
immediately after MAIL is invoked, MAIL displays the first page of your oldest
unread message in your NEWMAIL folder.
If there are no unread messages, MAIL displays the oldest message in the MAIL
folder. Each time you enter the READ command without parameters, or press
RETURN, MAIL displays the next page, or the next message if there are no more
pages in the current message.
If a new message arrives while you are in MAIL, you can enter READ/NEW to read
the message, and then return to the previous MAIL activity.
Format: READ [folder-name] [message-number]
Parameters: folder-name
Indicates the name of the folder containing the messages to be
read. If a folder name is specified, MAIL displays messages from
that folder. If no folder name is specified, MAIL displays
messages from the current folder.
message-number
Indicates the number of the message to be read. The message
number represents the position of a message in a folder. If you
specify a number greater than the number of messages in the
folder, MAIL displays the last message in the folder.
Therefore, to read the latest message in a folder, specify a
large message number or enter the LAST command.
Qualifiers: /BEFORE
/BEFORE=date
Displays mail messages received before the specified date.
/CC_SUBSTRING
/CC_SUBSTRING=text
Selects messages which contain "text" in the CC field of the
message.
/EDIT
Invokes the editor to read the message.
/FROM_SUBSTRING
/FROM_SUBSTRING=text
Selects messages that contain "text" in the FROM field of the
message.
/MARKED
/[NO]MARKED
Selects messages which have been marked. The /NOMARKED qualifier
selects messages that are not marked.
/NEW
Displays new mail messages received while you are in MAIL.
/REPLIED
/[NO]REPLIED
Selects messages which have been replied to with the REPLY
command. The /NOREPLIED qualifier selects messages that
have not been replied to.
/SINCE
/SINCE=date
Displays mail messages received on or after the specified date.
/SUBJECT_SUBSTRING
/SUBJECT_SUBSTRING=text
Selects messages which contain "text" in the SUBJECT field of
the message.
/TO_SUBSTRING
/TO_SUBSTRING=text
Selects messages that contain "text" in the TO field of the
message.
Examples:
1.
MAIL> READ/BEFORE=16-MAY
This example shows how to use the /BEFORE qualifier with
the READ command to display all the mail messages received
before May 16, 1988 in the current folder.
2.
MAIL> READ/SINCE=13-OCT
This example shows how to use the /SINCE qualifier with the
READ command to display all the mail messages received on
or after October 13, 1988 in the current folder.
3.
MAIL> READ/NEW
This example shows how to read new mail received while you
are in MAIL.
4.
MAIL> READ/SUBJECT_SUBSTRING= REVIEW
# From Date Subject
1 JONES 13-APR-1988 Your Review
This example shows how to use the /SUBJECT_SUBSTRING
qualifier to find messages that contain the text REVIEW.