READ
This command reads a particular mail message on the local PacketCluster node. By default, all mail messages are public messages and may be read by anyone.
You may specify a message number if you want to read a specific message; a READ command without a number reads the oldest unread mail message addressed to you. This is handy if you have several new mail messages to read, or if you receive notification from the Cluster that new mail for you has arrived from another user. A simple READ command then reads that new mail.
The READ command defaults to reading messages by page. This means that after 20 lines of output, the user is sent a message indicating he should press ENTER to continue or /EXIT to abort the operation This allows the user to abort long mail messages that he is not ready to read in their entirety. If, however, you want to read a message without the continuation prompts (for instance, if you are storing it in a buffer or sending it to your printer), then use the /NOPAGE qualifier.
Syntax Read
Read message#
Read/nopage message#
The REPLY command may be used immediately after a READ command to reply to a previously-read message. If you attempt to do a REPLY command without having previously read a message, an appropriate error message is displayed.
The REPLY command puts you into message-send mode, the mail is sent to the originator of the message you just read, and the subject is the same as that of the previous message except that it is prefaced with the text "Re:". Operation of this command is demonstrated by the following example:
READ 123
Message #123 From: W4AAA Subject: Topic
REPLY
Message #124 To: W4AAA Subject: Re: Topic
Note that the subject field is guaranteed to have the expected text only if the reply is done immediately after having read the mail message. Other intermediate operations may alter this information.
Syntax REPly
/DELETE This command is identical to the normal REPLY command, except that, after the message reply is sent, the mail message to which the user was replying is deleted.
Syntax REPly/Delete
/RR This qualifier causes a return receipt message to be sent back to the sender when the message is read by the addressee.
Syntax REPly/rr