MAIL SEARCH — MicroVMS 4.5B

  Searches the currently selected folder for  the  message  containing
  the first occurrence of the specified text string.

   Format:

       SEARCH [search-string]

Additional information available:

ParametersExamples

Parameters

 [search-string]

  Indicates the text string that MAIL searches for  in  the  currently
  selected  folder.   The  search  starts  from  the  beginning of the
  messages in  the  current  folder.   If  a  "search-string"  is  not
  specified,  a  search  is  made for the previously specified string,
  starting after the message you are currently reading (or  have  just
  read).

Examples

  1.
       MAIL> SEARCH "under the"

       From:    BURT
       To:      ANTON
       Subj:    Coal Mines

       They commute under the earth...

       MAIL>

  This example shows how to search for the string "under the".