Mark one or more messages as being held.
Syntax
HOLD [message-id[,...]]
Command Qualifiers Defaults
/ALL /NOALL
/CHANNEL=name None
/CONFIRM /NOCONFIRM
/LOG /LOG
1 – Parameters
message-id[,...]
A comma separated list of one or more message identification
numbers shown with a previous DIRECTORY command. Ranges are
allowed.
2 – Description
Use the HOLD command to mark as held any messages which should
temporarily be placed on "hold". PMDF will not attempt to deliver
any messages which are marked as held. To resume processing of a
held message, use the RELEASE command. Messages which have been
held can be listed with the DIRECTORY/HELD command.
The messages to be held are specified by their message
identification numbers shown by the most recent DIRECTORY
command. That number appears in the leftmost column of the
DIRECTORY command listing. Ambiguous message numbers must be
qualified by the proper channel name with the /CHANNEL qualifier.
3 – Qualifiers
3.1 /ALL
/ALL
/NOALL (default)
Hold all messages shown by the last DIRECTORY command. When used
in conjunction with the /CHANNEL qualifier, only those messages
shown by the last directory command for the specified channel
will be held.
Unless /NOCONFIRM is specified with /ALL, you will be required to
confirm any HOLD/ALL operation.
3.2 /CHANNEL
/CHANNEL=name
Specifies the name of the channel from which to hold messages.
Wildcards are not permitted.
3.3 /CONFIRM
/CONFIRM
/NOCONFIRM (default)
When /CONFIRM is specified, you will be prompted to confirm each
message hold operation.
3.4 /LOG
/LOG (default)
/NOLOG
Specifies whether informational messages for each message hold
operation are generated.
4 – Examples
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>