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READ - read messages
Usage: READ [message-sequence]
Unless specified, the message-sequence is "unseen".
The READ command is used to read a message or set of messages. After each
message is displayed, you will be in READ mode (Read> prompt), at which
point you can take action on the current message, like DELETE, REPLY,
FORWARD, and so on. Compare to TYPE, which only displays messages.
Examples:
MM>read #reads unseen messages
MM>read 4:9 #reads messages 4 to 9
MM>read subj meeting #reads messages with "meeting" in subject
Good use of message-sequences gets useful results, such as:
MM>read from walter after 4/1/90 subj mail
You could use HEADERS first, and then READ PREV (previous sequence).
For more help type "help" and one of these topics:
review type headers message-sequence basic read-mode help
set default-read-command set dont-type-headers set only-type-headers
review |
type |
headers |
message-sequence |
basic |
set default-read-command |
set dont-type-headers |
set only-type-headers |
Read Mode |
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