This section describes Version V04-000  of  the  VAX/VMS  Personal  Mail
  Utility  (MAIL).   The following technical changes are new with this
  release.

  Mail files, by default, are indexed sequential (ISAM) files.  V3 format
  sequential files may be created or messages filed into existing old
  mail files by using the EXTRACT/MAIL command.

  With Version 4.0 of VAX/VMS, MAIL maintains a  single-key ISAM  file
  (SYS$SYSTEM:VMSMAIL.DAT)  containing  the  following information for
  each user:

  o  Username
  o  Forwarding address (SET FORWARD)
  o  Personal name (SET PERSONAL_NAME)
  o  Copy SEND/REPLY flags (SET COPY_SELF)
  o  Autopurge flag (SET AUTO_PURGE)
  o  Mail file subdirectory name (SET MAIL_DIRECTORY)

  New MAIL commands:

       ANSWER
       ATTACH
       COMPRESS
       COPY
       CURRENT
       DEFINE/KEY
       EDIT
       EXTRACT
       FIRST
       MAIL
       MOVE
       PURGE
       SEARCH
       SELECT
       SET [NO]AUTO_PURGE
       SET COPY_SELF
       SET FILE
       SET FOLDER
       SET [NO]FORWARD
       SET [NO]MAIL_DIRECTORY
       SET [NO]PERSONAL_NAME
       SET WASTEBASKET_NAME
       SHOW ALL
       SHOW AUTO_PURGE
       SHOW COPY_SELF
       SHOW FILE
       SHOW FOLDER
       SHOW FORWARD
       SHOW KEY
       SHOW MAIL_DIRECTORY
       SHOW NEW_MAIL_COUNT
       SHOW PERSONAL_NAME
       SHOW WASTEBASKET_NAME
       SPAWN

  Changes to existing MAIL commands:

  o  DELETE command - VAX/VMS Version 4.0 provides two ways to use the
     DELETE  command.   As  in Version 3.0 of VAX/VMS, you can use the
     DELETE command to remove the message you are  currently  reading.
     Or,  (new  with  Version  4.0),  you can enter the DELETE command
     followed by the number of the message you want to remove.

  o  DIRECTORY command - With Version 4.0 of  VAX/VMS,  the  DIRECTORY
     command lists a summary of all the messages in the current folder
     (instead of the current message file).  The new DIRECTORY command
     can take six new qualifiers:

          /BEFORE=date
          /FOLDER
          /FULL
          /NEW
          /SINCE=date
          /START=start-point

  o  FILE command - With Version 4.0 of VAX/VMS, the behavior  of  the
     FILE command has changed.  Instead of moving a mail message to an
     outside file (where you could access  it  from  the  DCL  command
     level),  the  FILE  command  now  moves a mail message to another
     folder, keeping the message within MAIL.  If you do want to  make
     a  mail  message  accessible  outside  of  MAIL,  use the EXTRACT
     command.   To  add  a  message   to   an   existing   file,   use
     EXTRACT/APPEND.  To  add  a  message to an existing V3 sequential
     mail file, use the EXTRACT/MAIL (PF3, on the VT100/LK201 keyboard)
     command.

     You can use the new  MAIL  command  MOVE  and  the  FILE  command
     interchangeably.   Both  commands  copy  a  mail  message  to the
     specified folder and delete it from the current folder.

  o  FORWARD command -  With  Version  4.0  of  VAX/VMS,  the  FORWARD
     command can take two new qualifiers:  /EDIT and /NOHEADER.

  o  HELP command - With Version 4.0  of  VAX/VMS,  the  HELP  command
     provides   information   about  topics,  such  as  "Folders"  and
     "Getting_started" as  well  as  detailed  information  (including
     examples) about all the available MAIL commands.

  o  PRINT command - With Version 4.0 of VAX/VMS,  the  PRINT  command
     can take three new qualifiers:

          /COPIES=n
          /NOTIFY
          PRINT

  o  READ command - With Version 4.0  of  VAX/VMS,  the  READ  command
     reads messages from the specified folder instead of the specified
     message file.  Three new qualifiers can be  used  with  the  READ
     command:

          /BEFORE=date
          /NEW
          /SINCE=date

  o  REPLY  command  -  Version  4.0  of  VAX/VMS  provides  two   new
     qualifiers for the REPLY command:  /EXTRACT and /SELF.

  o  SEND command - Version 4.0 of VAX/VMS provides two new qualifiers
     for the SEND command:  /SELF and /SUBJECT.