1 02/11/85  defer_messages, dm
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 3 Syntax as a command:  dm {mbx_specification}
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 6 Function: suspends printing of messages.
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 9 Arguments:
10 mbx_specification
11    specifies the mailbox on which messages are to be accepted.  If not
12    given, the user's default mailbox (>udd>Project>Person>Person.mbx)
13    is used.
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16 List of mbx specifications:
17 -log
18    specifies the user's logbox and is equivalent to
19       -mailbox >udd>Project_id>Person_id>Person_id.sv.mbx
20 -mailbox path, -mbx path
21    specifies the pathname of a mailbox.  The suffix .mbx is added if
22    necessary.
23 -save path, -sv path
24    specifies the pathname of a savebox.  The suffix .sv.mbx is added if
25    necessary.
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28 -user STR
29    specifies either a user's default mailbox or an entry in the system
30    mail table.
31 STR
32    is any noncontrol argument and is first interpreted as -mailbox STR;
33    if no mailbox is found, STR is then interpreted as -save STR; if no
34    savebox is found, it is interpreted as -user STR.
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37 Notes: Deferred messages stay in your mailbox until you issue
38 print_messages.  The immediate_messages command restores printing of
39 messages as you get them.
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41 For a description of the mailbox see accept_messages and print_mail.