fsimmons@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Frank Simmons) (07/05/88)
Is it possible to extract a message from the mailer without having to read /display a portion or all of it? Frank Simmons
macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener) (07/06/88)
In article <371@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> fsimmons@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Frank Simmons) writes: > Is it possible to extract a message from the mailer without having to read > /display a portion or all of it? Yes it is. I have received a DCL command file which does just that. Can't dig out the exact code from memory, but it sets sys$output to NL:, then calls up mail and extracts just as many messages as indicated by the new mail count. -- Danny +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mail : Danny Schwendener, ETH Macintosh Support Center | | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zuerich | | Bitnet : macman@czheth5a UUCP : {cernvax,mcvax}ethz!macman | | Ean : macman@ifi.ethz.ch Voice : yodel three times | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
helen@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Helen Rapozo) (07/07/88)
In article <371@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> fsimmons@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Frank Simmons) writes: > > Is it possible to extract a message from the mailer without having to read > /display a portion or all of it? > > Frank Simmons You don't have to read all of the message but you might have to read at least the first portion before you can issue the EXTRACT command to get that message. -- BITNET address: helen@uhccux UH Admin Network: HCCADA::CS_RAPOZO US Mail Address: 874 Dillingham Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96817, Ph# (808) 845-9202 PLATO address: helen rapozo/honcc/hawaii
davis@pacific.pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis") (06/14/90)
Hi, I would like to convert a VMS MAIL file from its ISAM format to ordinary text. That is, I want to write my own extraction routine that extracts new mail and appends it to an ordinary ascii file. This way I don't have to enter mail and type extract at the VMS mail prompt but insted do it from the DCL level. Is this possible? Is there an existing routine that will do the extraction for me? Thanks, -- --John bitnet: davis@ohstpy internet: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu
kaiser@cheese.enet.dec.com (06/15/90)
In article <DAVIS.90Jun14025403@pacific.pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>, davis@pacific.pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis") writes... >I would like to convert a VMS MAIL file from its ISAM format to ordinary >text. That is, I want to write my own extraction routine that extracts new >mail and appends it to an ordinary ascii file. This way I don't have to enter >mail and type extract at the VMS mail prompt but insted do it from the DCL >level. Is this possible? Is there an existing routine that will do the >extraction for me? Unless you have in mind something complex involving callable mail, how about doing it the obvious way with a command procedure? Something like this: $ set noverify $ mail select /new extract /all /append SEQUENTIAL-FILE delete /all exit Or is that too simple for what you had in mind? ---Pete kaiser@cheese.enet.dec.com +1 508 480 4345 (machine: +1 617 641 3450)