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    Return a message to its sender.

    Syntax

      RETURN  [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

    Queued messages may be returned to their originator with the
    RETURN command. The messages to be returned 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.

    The returned message is in two parts. The first part explains the
    reason why the message is being returned; the text of the reason
    is contained in the file RETURN_BOUNCED.TXT file located in the
    PMDF language-specific directory. The second part of the returned
    message contains the original message itself.

3  –  Qualifiers

3.1    /ALL

       /ALL
       /NOALL (default)

    Return 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 returned.

    Unless /NOCONFIRM is specified with /ALL, you will be required to
    confirm any RETURN/ALL operation.

3.2    /CHANNEL

       /CHANNEL=name

    Specifies the name of the channel from which to return messages.
    Wildcards are not permitted.

3.3    /CONFIRM

       /CONFIRM
       /NOCONFIRM (default)

    When /CONFIRM is specified, you will be prompted to confirm each
    message return operation.

3.4    /LOG

       /LOG (default)
       /NOLOG

    Specifies whether informational messages for each message return
    operation are generated.
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