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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 can>be opened by selecting the numbered button. 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!)

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

Using theF  $button moves the selected message(s)Einto a folder named soyWASTE. This functions in the role of aOwastebasket, allowing subsequent access and retrieval, or final disposal"of messages moved there (using itsF  4button). It is not the VMS Mail WASTEBASKET.

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 theRKpage 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 Files@

The default VMS mail collection is stored in file MAIL.MAI, Mwhile VMS can use multiple <name>.MAI files to store independentLmessage collections. When multiple collections are present folder selectionMdialogs present the file name with a trailing "/" and the currentlyJselected file 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  Ihelp, display only the folders of the currently selected mail file. If aFfile's folders are not available any copy or move to it will be into aNsoyTEMP folder created in that file for the purpose. They subsequently can be redistributed from there.

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