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MAIL QUIT — MicroVMS 4.5B

  Exits you from MAIL without emptying the WASTEBASKET folder.   Thus,
  if  you  accidentally  issue the DELETE command to delete a message,
  you can cancel the  DELETE  command  by  issuing  the  QUIT  command
  instead  of  the EXIT command to exit from MAIL.  (QUIT performs the
  same function as <CTRL/Y>.)

  If you DELETE a message, press RETURN and enter  the  QUIT  command,
  your deleted message will be in the WASTEBASKET folder.  Whereas, if
  you DELETE a message and press  CTRL/Y  (instead  of  RETURN),  your
  deleted message will remain in the MAIL folder (instead of moving to
  the WASTEBASKET folder).

   Format:

       QUIT

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Examples

Examples

  1.
       MAIL> 2
       MAIL> DELETE
       MAIL> 6
       MAIL> DELETE
       MAIL> QUIT
       $ MAIL
       MAIL> SELECT WASTEBASKET

       %MAIL-I-SELECTED, 2 messages selected

       MAIL> DIRECTORY

                                               WASTEBASKET
       #   From     Date             Subject

       1   FRANCO   20-APR-1985      Swiss Chocolates
       2   ZEUS     22-APR-1985      Austrian Pastry


  This example shows how to use the QUIT command to avoid emptying the
  WASTEBASKET folder.

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