In the following example, message 3 is displayed.

 qm.user> READ 3
 Message id: 3

 Transport layer information:
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 Envelope From: address: doej@example.com
 Envelope To: addresses: jones

 Message header:
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 Received: from EXAMPLE.COM by EXAMPLE.COM (PMDF V5.0-1 #8790)
  id <01HNPFR0P5OW9D4GAS@EXAMPLE.COM> for BERNOULLI@EXAMPLE.COM; Fri,
  02 Aug 2012 16:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
 Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2012 16:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
 From: John Doe <doej@example.com>
 To:   jones@example.com
 Subject: sea voyage
 Message-id: <01HNPFR12JYA9D4GAS@EXAMPLE.COM>
 MIME-version: 1.0
 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

 Message content:
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 Would you be interested in taking a short cruise to Nova Scotia?

               - DoeJ
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