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Message Listing


The ' C9  Ldialog is used to select and display a list of the messages contained in theLfolder currently shown in the selector adjacent to the button. Changing the6folder selection will change the message list.** N

Messages are listed from most to least recent, with a user optional numberMper page. If the total number of messages in a folder exceeds that which canbe displayed on a single page a' A=8A  Hdialog is displayed. A specific range of messages may then be selected,Nautomatically changing the displayed message list.**  The messages buttonNalso may be used to refresh or select the displayed message range list. On theGleft and right of the range dialog are the two buttons which select the1previous and next range of messages respectively.E

The listed messages each have individual controls and information"associated with them. A checkbox,“  Obutton, received date/time, message originator and subject line. A message canMbe opened by selecting the numbered button, or by clicking on any part of the7date, originator or subject** . See help from thea  page.

The1C(checkbox) is used to select one or more messages for action by the' AA7;:;  dialog.O

The checkbox just above the very first message listed can be used to toggleHall the other checkboxes on the page (and therefore select/deselect theLmessages).**  A checkbox at the very bottom of the list can be used to@select all messages in the folder (not just the page - CAUTION!)

Using theF  $button moves the selected message(s)Minto a folder named "Waste Items". This functions in the role of aGwaste-basket, allowing subsequent access and retrieval, or final+disposal of messages moved there (using itsF  Obutton). It should be periodically emptied. The user option "Waste ItemsGFolder" allows an alternate name for this folder to be set. (This+folder is is not the VMS Mail WASTEBASKET).

CAUTION: G  Lcompletely removes the message. There is no way subsequently to retrieve it.

TheM  andM  Lbuttons are used in conjunction with the adjacent folder selector to copy orNmove selected messages into the specified folder. The text entry field to theNright of the folder selector can be used to enter the name of a new folder formessage storage.

Folder Buttons*

An optional setting available from the^  Kpage provides a series of buttons representing the message folders down the=left side of the message listing page. These buttons have twoL"short-cut" functions complementing the folder selector dialog and'the move dialog described above.?%
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  • They may be used to directly move to and display the contents of the!folder represented by the button.J

  • When messages are selected for action using one or more checkboxesMthese folder buttons will move the selected messages directly to that folder.
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Multiple MAIL FilesJ

These are also known as drawers in DECwindows Mail terminology.MThe default VMS mail collection is stored in the primary file MAIL.MAI, whileOVMS can use multiple <name>.MAI files to store independent messageLcollections. When multiple collections are present folder selection dialogsNpresent the file name with a trailing "/" and the currently selectedAfile folders with a leading "/". In this example dialog'   N"MAIL/" is the primary file, containing folders "/NEWMAIL"Mand "/example", with "OTHER/" a separate file, containing#folder "/FolderInOther". 

The message listing' C9  dialog, and the message read' AA7  dialog described in thea  Khelp, display only the folders of the currently selected mail file. If theOdesired target file's folders are not currently visible selecting the file nameDwill refresh the list displaying the folders contained in that file.*

An optional setting available from the^  9page suppresses display of all but the primary mail file.

6**When JavaScript is available and enabled.FWhen unavailable the associated button can be used (where applicable).