1 10/20/83 send_mail request: write_original, wo
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3 Syntax: wo message_specifiers path -control_args
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6 Function: writes the printed representation of the messages being
7 answered by this invocation of send_mail to the end of an existing
8 segment.
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11 Arguments:
12 message_specifiers
13 identifies which messages are to be written. If no
14 message_specifiers are supplied, the messages being answered by this
15 invocation of send_mail are written. For more information on
16 message specifiers, type:
17 help message_specifiers.gi
18 path
19 is the pathname of the segment to which the messages are written.
20 The suffix "mail" is added if necessary.
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23 Control arguments:
24 -extend
25 writes the messages at the end of the segment if there is already
26 data present in the segment. Default
27 -truncate, -tc
28 truncates the segment before writing the messages.
29 -include_deleted, -idl
30 includes all messages in the mailbox whether or not they have been
31 deleted when processing the message_specifiers to determine which
32 messages will be written.
33 -only_deleted, -odl
34 includes only those messages which have been deleted.
35 -only_non_deleted, -ondl
36 includes only those messages which have not been deleted. Default
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39 -reverse, -rv
40 writes the messages in descending numeric order.
41 -no_reverse, -nrv
42 writes the messages in ascending numeric order. Default
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45 Notes:
46 Any message in the read_mail invocation in which the reply request
47 that created this send_mail was issued may be listed by this request.
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49 If the segment identified by the path argument does not exist, it will
50 be created automatically.
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52 This request will acknowledge any messages requiring acknowledgement
53 unless -no_acknowledge is specified on the read_mail command line.