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    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:
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Envelope From: address: doej@example.com
 Envelope To: addresses: jones

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

               - DoeJ
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