Read a message.
Syntax
READ [message-id[,...]]
Qualifiers Defaults
/ALL /NOALL
/CONFIRM /NOCONFIRM
/CONTENT /CONTENT
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 can be used to read one or more queued
messages. The messages to display are specified by their message
identification numbers shown by the most recent DIRECTORY
command. Those numbers appear in the leftmost column of the
DIRECTORY command listing.
3 – Qualifiers
3.1 /ALL
/ALL
/NOALL (default)
Display all messages shown with the last DIRECTORY command.
3.2 /CONFIRM
/CONFIRM
/NOCONFIRM (default)
When /CONFIRM is specified, you will prompted to confirm whether
or not to display each selected message.
3.3 /CONTENT
/CONTENT (default)
/NOCONTENT
Specify /NOCONTENT if you only want to read the message envelope
and header.
4 – Examples
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
qm.user>