1 READ Displays your messages. The READ command can be entered with or without parameters. Pressing the Return key is the same as entering the READ command without parameters. If you press Return immediately after Mail is invoked, Mail displays the first unread message in your NEWMAIL folder. If all messages have been read or you have no new messages, Mail displays the first message in the MAIL folder. Each time you enter the READ command without parameters or press Return, Mail displays the next message. If a new message arrives while you are in Mail, enter the READ /NEW command to read the message and then return to the previous Mail activity. You create a new set of selected messages every time you use any of the following qualifiers: /BEFORE /CC_SUBSTRING /FROM_SUBSTRING /MARKED or /NOMARKED /NEW /SINCE /SUBJECT_SUBSTRING /TO_SUBSTRING If no folder selection has been made when you enter one of these qualifiers, Mail will select messages from the MAIL folder. Format READ [foldername] [message-number] 2 Parameters foldername Specifies the name of the folder from which to select messages. If you omit the foldername, the folder to be used is determined in the following order: 1. The current folder is used, if any (unless the /NEW qualifier is specified) 2. The NEWMAIL folder is used if: o You specify the /NEW qualifier o You omit selection qualifiers and you have new mail 3. The MAIL folder is used. 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. 2 Qualifiers /BEFORE /BEFORE=date Selects all the mail messages received before the specified date. If you do not specify a date, Mail selects all of the mail messages received before the current day (today). You can also specify the keywords YESTERDAY and TODAY. For example, the command READ/BEFORE=YESTERDAY would select all mail messages received before yesterday. /CC_SUBSTRING /CC_SUBSTRING=text Selects messages containing the specified text in the CC: field of the message, where the specified text is usually a node name or user name. /EDIT Invokes a text editor. Unless you have selected a different editor by entering the SET EDITOR command, the DECTPU-based EVE editor is invoked. Use your editor to peruse the current message. When you are done, enter the appropriate command to quit from your selected editor. If you decide to edit the message and want to keep a copy of the newly edited message, enter the appropriate command to exit (use the EXIT command in EVE) and supply a file name. /FROM_SUBSTRING /FROM_SUBSTRING=text Selects messages containing the specified text in the From: field of the message, where the specified text is usually a node name or user name. This command searches only the node name and user name of the sender; it does not search the personal name field. /MARKED /MARKED /NOMARKED Selects messages that have been marked. The /NOMARKED qualifier selects messages that are not marked. /NEW Selects the NEWMAIL folder and displays new mail messages received while you are in Mail. If there are no new messages, Mail displays the message "%MAIL-W-NONEWMAIL, no new messages". When a mail file other than your default mail file is open, Mail closes the file and opens your default mail file. /PAGE /PAGE[=keyword] /NOPAGE (default) Controls the display of information on the screen. You can use the following keywords with the /PAGE qualifier: CLEAR_SCREEN Clears the screen before each page is displayed. SCROLL Displays information one line at a time. SAVE[=n] Enables screen navigation of information, where n is the number of pages to store. The /PAGE qualifier allows you to navigate through a maximum of 5 screens containing up to 255 columns of information. When you use the /PAGE qualifier, you can use the following keys as well: Key Sequence Description Up arrow (^ ), Ctrl/B Scroll up one line. Down arrow (v ) Scroll down one line. Left arrow (< - ) Scroll left one column. Right arrow (- > ) Scroll right one column. Find (E1) Specify a string to find where the information is displayed. Insert Here (E2) Scroll right one half screen. Remove (E3) Scroll left one half screen. Select (E4) Toggle 80/132 column mode. Prev Screen (E5) Get the previous page of information. Next Screen (E6), Get the next page of information. Return, Enter, Space F10, Ctrl/Z Exit. Do (F16) Toggle the display to oldest/newest page. Ctrl/W Refresh the display. /REPLIED /REPLIED /NOREPLIED Selects messages that have been replied to with the REPLY command. The /NOREPLIED qualifier selects messages to which you have not replied. /SINCE /SINCE=date Selects all of the mail messages received on or after the specified date. The format for the date is dd-mmm-yyyy. If you do not specify a date, Mail selects all of the mail messages received on the current day. You can also specify the keywords YESTERDAY and TODAY. For example, the command READ /SINCE=YESTERDAY would select all mail messages received since yesterday. /SUBJECT_SUBSTRING /SUBJECT_SUBSTRING=text Selects messages containing the specified text in the Subj: field of the message. /TO_SUBSTRING /TO_SUBSTRING=text Selects messages containing the specified text in the To: field of the message, where the specified text is usually a node name or user name. The /TO_SUBSTRING qualifier will not search the personal name field. 2 Examples 1.MAIL> READ/SUBJECT_SUBSTRING= MEETINGS MAIL # From Date Subject 1 BILL 11-DEC-1994 Future Meetings This example shows how to use the /SUBJECT_SUBSTRING qualifier with the READ command to find messages that contain the substring MEETINGS. 2.MAIL> READ/BEFORE=11-DEC-1994 This example shows how to use the /BEFORE qualifier with the READ command to display all the mail messages in the current folder received before December 11, 1994. 3.MAIL> READ/SINCE=11-DEC-1994 This example shows how to use the /SINCE qualifier with the READ command to display all the mail messages in the current folder received on or after December 11, 1994. 4.MAIL> READ/NEW This example shows how to read new mail received while you are in Mail.