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/NOHEADER

MAIL FORWARD — MicroVMS 4.5B

  Sends a copy of the message you are currently reading (or have  just
  read) to a user or users.  MAIL prompts you for the name of the user
  or users to whom you want to forward the message.

   Format:

       FORWARD

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/EDIT/NOHEADER

/EDIT

 /EDIT

 Determines whether or not the EDT  editor  is  invoked  to  edit  the
  message you are forwarding.

/NOHEADER

 /NOHEADER

 Enables  you  to  forward  a  message  without  the  original  header
  information  supplied  from  the  user that sent it.  The default is
  /HEADER.

Examples

  1.
       MAIL> 3
       From:       PRESTON
       To:         MARLEY
       Subj:       Snakes

       Beasts, under the earth, crawling...

       MAIL> FORWARD/NOHEADER
       To:      SOUND::BURTON
       Subj:    Snakes Again
          .
          .
          .
       MAIL> READ
       From:       MARLEY
       To:         SOUND::BURTON
       Subj:       Snakes Again


       Beasts, under the earth, crawling...

  This  example  shows  how  to  forward   a   message   to   a   user
  (SOUND::BURTON)  without  the  original  header  information  (From:
  PRESTON, To:MARLEY, Subj:  Snakes).

  2.
       MAIL> 7
       MAIL> FORWARD/EDIT
       To:         FOLEY
       Subj:       The Thatched Roof

       (The text of mail message 7 is displayed here, ready to be
       edited.)


  This example shows how to edit a mail message before  forwarding  it
  by using the FORWARD/EDIT command.

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