Display message envelope and header information.
Syntax
READ [message-id[,...]]
Command Qualifiers Defaults
/ALL /NOALL
/CHANNEL=name None
/CONFIRM /NOCONFIRM
/CONTENT /NOCONTENT
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
The READ command may be used to display envelope and header
information for one or more queued messages. To also view the
message content, use the /CONTENT qualifier.
The messages to display 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)
Display all messages shown with the last DIRECTORY command.
When used in conjunction with the /CHANNEL qualifier, only those
messages shown with the last DIRECTORY command for the specified
channel will be shown.
3.2 /CHANNEL
/CHANNEL=name
Specifies the name of the channel from which to display messages.
Wildcards are not permitted.
3.3 /CONFIRM
/CONFIRM
/NOCONFIRM (default)
When /CONFIRM is specified, you will be prompted to confirm
whether or not to display each selected message.
3.4 /CONTENT
/CONTENT
/NOCONTENT (default)
When /CONTENT is specified, the content of the message will also
be shown.
4 – Examples
In the following example, the envelope and header information
for message number 1 is displayed.
qm.maint> READ 1
Filename: PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNPFR2FUN89D4GAS.00
Message id: 1
Transport layer information:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Envelope From: address: fresnel@example.com
Envelope To: addresses: bernoulli
Message header:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Received: from EXAMPLE.COM by EXAMPLE.COM (PMDF V6.1-1 #8790)
id <01HNPFR0P5OW9D4GAS@EXAMPLE.COM> for BERNOULLI@EXAMPLE.COM; Fri,
15 Nov 2012 16:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fresnel the tabby cat <fresnel@example.com>
To: bernoulli@example.com
Subject: catnip and catnaps
Message-id: <01HNPFR12JYA9D4GAS@EXAMPLE.COM>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
qm.maint>