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- COPY - copy the current message into another mail file
-
- Usage: COPY [/type] filename
- Unless specified, /type is "mbox".
-
- The COPY command copies the message to another mail file, and also leaves
- it in the current mail file (compare to MOVE).
-
- If the mail file named exists, COPY adds a copy of the message to the end
- of the file. If the mail file does not exist, COPY creates it, unless
- the variable auto-create-files is set to NO. If a directory is not
- specified with the filename, COPY assumes the MAIL-DIRECTORY, which by
- default is your home directory.
-
- If a type is not specified, /mbox is used for new files and the existing
- type is retained for existing files. Use the type /mbox unless you also
- use another mail system that needs another format. /babyl and /mtxt
- are the other types.
-
- Example:
- Read>copy oldmail #copies to a file named oldmail
-
- For more help type "help" and one of these topics:
- move headers filing
- set auto-create-files set default-mail-type set mail-directory
-