Input_Item_Codes

 

MAIL$_MESSAGE_AUTO_NEWMAIL

   When you specify the Boolean item code MAIL$_MESSAGE_AUTO_
   NEWMAIL, MAIL$MESSAGE_GET automatically places a new message
   in the mail folder as it is read. MAIL$_MESSAGE_AUTO_NEWMAIL
   is valid only when specified with the item code MAIL$_MESSAGE_
   CONTINUE.

   Specify the value 0 in the buffer length and buffer address
   fields of the item descriptor.
 

MAIL$_MESSAGE_BACK

   When you specify the Boolean item code MAIL$_MESSAGE_BACK,
   MAIL$MESSAGE_GET reads the message identification number of a
   specified message to return the first record of the preceding
   message.

   Specify the value 0 in the buffer length and buffer address
   fields of the item descriptor.

   Do not specify the item codes MAIL$_MESSAGE_BACK, MAIL$_MESSAGE_
   CONTINUE, MAIL$_MESSAGE_ID, and MAIL$_MESSAGE_NEXT in the same
   call to MAIL$MESSAGE_GET.
 

MAIL$_MESSAGE_CONTINUE

   When you specify the Boolean item code MAIL$_MESSAGE_CONTINUE,
   MAIL$MESSAGE_GET reads the message identification number of a
   specified message to return the next text record of the current
   message.

   Specify the value 0 in the buffer length and buffer address
   fields of the item descriptor.

   Do not specify the item codes MAIL$_MESSAGE_BACK, MAIL$_MESSAGE_
   CONTINUE, MAIL$_MESSAGE_ID, and MAIL$_MESSAGE_NEXT in the same
   call to MAIL$MESSAGE_GET.
 

MAIL$_MESSAGE_ID

   MAIL$_MESSAGE_ID specifies the message identification number of
   a message on which an operation is to be performed. The buffer
   address field of the item descriptor points to a longword that
   contains the message identification number.

   Do not specify the item codes MAIL$_MESSAGE_BACK, MAIL$_MESSAGE_
   CONTINUE, MAIL$_MESSAGE_ID, and MAIL$_MESSAGE_NEXT in the same
   call to MAIL$MESSAGE_GET.
 

MAIL$_MESSAGE_NEXT

   When you specify the Boolean item code MAIL$_MESSAGE_NEXT,
   MAIL$MESSAGE_GET reads the message identification number of
   a specified message to return the first record of the message
   following the current message.

   Specify the value 0 in the buffer length and buffer address
   fields of the item descriptor.

   Do not specify the item codes MAIL$_MESSAGE_BACK, MAIL$_MESSAGE_
   CONTINUE, MAIL$_MESSAGE_ID, and MAIL$_MESSAGE_NEXT in the same
   call to MAIL$MESSAGE_GET.
 

out_item_list

   OpenVMS usage:itmlst_3
   type:         longword
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference
   Item list specifying the information you want the routine to
   return. The out_item_list argument is the address of a list of
   item descriptors, each of which describes an item of information.
   The list of item descriptors is terminated by longword value of
   0.