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- MESSAGE-SEQUENCE
-
- A message-sequence is any expression used with an MM Top-Level command to
- define a set of messages. For example, in "headers all", "all" is the
- message-sequence. MM has a wide variety of message-sequences that allow
- you to review and handle your mail efficiently.
-
- Some of the message-sequences are used alone, like "all", while others
- take further values or text. "before" for example takes a date.
-
- Message-sequences can be combined. For example: "from howie since tues",
- "before Aug 6 1990 subject meeting", "recent from sue", "55:*" (messages
- 55 to last), "1:40 text comput from jo".
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-
- MESSAGE NUMBERS:
- n message number "n" (3= message 3)
- n,m messages number "n" and "m" (3,5= messages 3 and 5)
- n:m messages "n" to "m" inclusive (3:5= messages 3 to 5)
- n-m messages "n" to "m" inclusive (3-5= messages 3 to 5)
- n+m "m" messages, starting with message "n" (3+5= messages 3 to 7)
-
- ALL, INVERSE: All messages in the mail file. all = starting with the
- oldest, inverse = starting with the latest.
-
- CURRENT or . (period): The message most recently read or otherwise acted
- upon by an MM command. Can be used as a number, like ".+20"
-
- LAST [number]: For example, "last 3"= the last 3 messages in the mail file.
- LAST or * (asterisk): The last message in the mail file.
-
- AFTER, BEFORE, ON, SINCE [date or day]: For example, "before Sept 1 1990",
- "before Mon". SINCE = both ON and AFTER.
-
- FROM, TO [userid/address or name]: For example, "from jb51" or "from jo".
- Searches the FROM or TO lines of messages. The name can be just part of
- the name, like "jo" for John or Joseph. If the name includes spaces,
- use quotes around it: from "John Doe" .
-
- SUBJECT, TEXT [text]: For example, "subject comput". If the text contains
- spaces, use quotes around it: subject "New York" . Searches the subject
- line or the message text, respectively.
-
- The following sequences are based on message status. Message status is
- shown by letters in the output of the HEADERS command. Use the FLAG and
- KEYWORD commands to mark messages for retrieval later with the message-
- sequences FLAGGED or KEYWORD [word].
-
- ANSWERED, UNANSWERED: Status A (answered: you sent a reply) or not.
-
- DELETED, UNDELETED: Status D (marked for deletion) or not.
-
- FLAGGED, FLAGGED: Status F (flagged as important) or not.
-
- KEYWORD, UNKEYWORD [keyword]: For example, "keyword bird" refers to
- messages with the keyword "bird".
-
- NEW: Status N (new [RECENT and UNSEEN]) or not.
-
- RECENT: Status R (recent: arrived during this MM session) or not.
-
- SEEN, UNSEEN: "unseen" is status N or U (unseen: messages you have not
- seen yet); "seen" is any message you have seen with the READ, TYPE or
- BROWSE commands.
-
- LONGER, SHORTER [number]: For example, "longer 500"= messages longer than
- 500 characters. Searches by length of message including header fields.
-
- PREVIOUS-SEQUENCE: The message-sequence most recently used. Abbreviate as
- "pr" or even "p". For example, if you try "headers from mel since mon",
- and that is the correct set of messages, you can read them by typing
- "read pr" or even "r p", rather than retyping the message-sequence.
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