MAIL — VMS 5.4
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Folders
All mail files are subdivided into folders. By default, your mail
file (MAIL.MAI) contains a folder named MAIL. The MAIL folder
contains messages that you have already read. When you receive new
mail messages, they automatically enter into a folder named NEWMAIL.
After you read the messages in the NEWMAIL folder, they
automatically move into the MAIL folder and the NEWMAIL folder
disappears.
When you delete a message it automatically moves into the
WASTEBASKET folder. Deleted messages collect in the
WASTEBASKET folder until you empty it. To empty the WASTEBASKET
folder, enter one of the following commands:
o EXIT
o PURGE
You can create as many folders as you want. You always know
which folder you are currently in because the name of the folder is
displayed at the top right corner of the screen when you enter the
READ or DIRECTORY command. You can enter the DIRECTORY/FOLDER
command to see a display of the existing folders in the current mail
file. (See the MOVE command for information about creating
folders). You can remove a folder by deleting all the messages it
contains.
MAIL contains the following hierarchy:
Personal Mail Utility (MAIL)
mail file { [+++++] [+++++] [+++++] }
folder [+++++]
message +
As the previous diagram shows, you can have one or more mail files.
A mail file contains folders. A folder contains mail messages.