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/EDIT

/PERSONAL_NAME

/SELF

/SUBJECT

ANSWER

ATTACH

BACK

COMPRESS

COPY

CURRENT

DEFINE

DELETE

DIRECTORY

EDIT

ERASE

EXIT

EXTRACT

FILE

FIRST

FORWARD

GETTING_STARTED

HELP

KEYPAD

LAST

MAIL

MARK

MOVE

NEXT

PRINT

PURGE

QUIT

READ

REMOVE

REPLY

SEARCH

SELECT

SEND

SET-SHOW

SPAWN

V5_CHANGES

Folders

MAIL — VMS 5.5

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/EDIT/PERSONAL_NAME/SELF/SUBJECTANSWERATTACH
BACKCOMPRESSCOPYCURRENTDEFINEDELETEDIRECTORY
EDITERASEEXITEXTRACTFILEFIRSTFORWARD
GETTING_STARTEDHELPKEYPADLASTMAILMARK
MOVENEXTPRINTPURGEQUITREADREMOVE
REPLYSEARCHSELECTSENDSET-SHOWSPAWNV5_CHANGES

Folders

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.



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