In the following example, the DIRECTORY command is used to list the messages in the local, l, channel. Then, the HOLD command is used to hold messages 1, 3, 20, 21, and 22. A range specification, 20-22, is used to specify message numbers 20, 21, and 22. qm.maint> DIRECTORY L Fri, 10 Mar 2012 13:43:39 PDT Data gathered from the queue directory tree Channel: l Size Queued since -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ZZ01HNP17LSUWY9D4DNR.00 4 15-NOV-2012 01:10:23 2 ZZ01HNP1RP3B6G9D4DNR.00 10 10-MAR-2012 01:10:24 3 ZZ01HNP42MAMAI9D4DNR.00 3 10-MAR-2012 01:10:24 4 ZZ01HNP4MEWC8G9D4DNR.00 8 10-MAR-2012 06:18:57 ... 24 ZZ01HNP90X63ZG9D4DNR.00 6 10-MAR-2012 13:21:14 -------------------------------------------------------------- 24 total messages queued qm.maint> HOLD 1,3,20-22 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP17LSUWY9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP42MAMAI9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP76RTGHY9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP82HTXYB9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP83JPOCV9D4DNR.00 qm.maint>