Displays  your  messages.   It  can  be  issued  with   or   without
  parameters.

  Pressing the RETURN key is the same as  entering  the  READ  command
  without   parameters.    If  you  issue  the  READ  command  without
  parameters or press RETURN immediatedly after MAIL is invoked,  MAIL
  displays  the  first  page  of  your  oldest  unread message in your
  NEWMAIL folder.  If there are no unread messages, MAIL displays  the
  oldest  message  in  the  MAIL folder.  Each time you enter the READ
  command without parameters, or press RETURN, MAIL displays the  next
  page,  or the next message if there are no more pages in the current
  message.

  If a new message arrives while  you  are  in  MAIL,  you  can  enter
  READ/NEW  to  read the message, and then return to the previous MAIL
  activity.

   Format:

       READ [folder-name] [message-number]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiersExamples

 folder-name

  Indicates the name of the folder containing the messages to be read.
  If  a  folder  name  is  specified, MAIL displays messages from that
  folder.  If no folder name is specified, MAIL displays messages from
  the current folder.

 message-number

  Indicates the number of the message to be read.  The message  number
  represents  the position of a message in a folder.  If you specify a
  number greater than the number  of  messages  in  the  folder,  MAIL
  displays  the  last  message  in the folder.  Therefore, to read the
  latest message in a folder, specify a large message number or  enter
  the LAST command.

Additional information available:

/BEFORE/EDIT/NEW/SINCE

 /BEFORE=date

 Displays mail messages received before the specified date.

 /EDIT

 Invokes the editor to read the message.

 /NEW

 Displays new mail messages received while you are in MAIL.

 /SINCE=date

 Displays mail messages received on or after the specified date.

  1.
       MAIL> READ/BEFORE=16-MAY

  This example shows how to use the /BEFORE qualifier  with  the  READ
  command  to  display  all  the mail messages received before May 16,
  1985 in the current folder.

  2.
       MAIL> READ/SINCE=13-OCT

  This example shows how to use the /SINCE  qualifier  with  the  READ
  command  to  display  all  the  mail  messages  received on or after
  October 13, 1985 in the current folder.

  3.
       MAIL> READ/NEW

  This example shows how to read new mail received while  you  are  in
  MAIL.