PMDF User's Guide
OpenVMS Edition
PMDF-USR-VMS-6.0

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DIRECTORY

List currently queued messages.

Syntax

DIRECTORY [type]

Command Qualifiers Defaults
None. None.

PARAMETERS

type

An optional parameter specifying the type of messages to display (e.g., FAX, Internet, cc:Mail, etc.). Wild cards are permitted.

DESCRIPTION

Use the DIRECTORY command to list any messages which you've sent but which have not yet been delivered. The optional type argument may be used to restrict the listing to certain types of messages such as messages sent to the Internet or other TCP/IP connected machines such as UNIX workstations, cc:Mail users, FAX machines, etc. A complete list of the available types are shown below. You can also use the ? key to obtain a listing of the available types as shown in the examples below.³
Type Message types listed
all_in_1 Messages sent to ALL-IN-1 users
bitnet Messages set to BITNET users
ccmail Messages sent to Lotus cc:Mail users
decnet Messages sent to DECnet users
fax Messages sent as FAXes via PMDF-FAX
groupwise Messages to GroupWise Office users
internet Messages sent to Internet users
local Messages sent to local VMS MAIL users
lotus_notes Messages sent to Lotus Notes users
mailbus_400 Messages sent to MAILbus 400 users
mailworks Messages sent to MailWorks users
message_router Messages sent to Message Router users
microsoft_mail Messages sent to Microsoft Mail users
netdata Messages sent to Netdata (PROFS) users
novell_mhs Messages sent to Novell MHS users
ovvm Messages sent to OV/VM (PROFS) users
pager Messages sent to personal pagers
popstore Messages sent to popstore users
snads Messages sent to SNADS users
tcpip Messages sent to TCP/IP users
teamlinks Messages sent to TeamLinks users
uucp Messages sent to UUCP users
wordperfect Messages sent to WordPerfect Office users
x400 Messages sent to X.400 users

In the directory listing, each message is assigned a message identification number, or "message id" for short. The message id appears in the leftmost column. These identification numbers may be used with the READ, RETURN, and EDIT_FAX commands to identify which messages to read, return, or edit.

It is important to note that when you send a message to more than one recipient, the message may bifurcate into multiple message copies. Consequently, the same message may appear multiple times as being queued to different networks (or possibly even for the same network). Such would be the case for a message sent both to local users and remote users.

EXAMPLES

#1 
qm.user> DIRECTORY ?
Optional keyword, must be chosen from:
 (1) all_in_1             Messages sent to ALL-IN-1 users
 (2) bitnet               Messages sent to BITNET users
 (3) ccmail               Messages sent to cc:Mail users
 (4) decnet               Messages sent to DECnet users
 (5) fax                  Messages sent as FAXes with PMDF-FAX
 (6) groupwise            Messages sent to GroupWise Office users
 (7) internet             Messages sent to Internet users
 (8) local                Messages sent to local users
 (9) lotus_notes          Messages sent to Lotus Notes users
(10) mailbus_400          Messages sent to MAILbus 400 users
(11) mailworks            Messages sent to MailWorks users
(12) message_router       Messages sent to Message Router users
(13) microsoft_mail       Messages sent to Microsoft Mail users
(14) netdata              Messages sent to Netdata (PROFS) users
(15) novell_mhs           Messages sent to Novell MHS users
(16) ovvm                 Messages sent to OV/VM (PROFS) users
(17) pager                Messages sent to personal pagers
(18) popstore             Messages sent to popstore users
(19) snads                Messages sent to SNADS users
(20) tcpip                Messages sent to TCP/IP users
(21) teamlinks            Messages sent to TeamLinks users
(22) uucp                 Messages sent to UUCP users
(23) wordperfect          Messages sent to WordPerfect Office users
(24) x400                 Messages sent to X.400 users
qm.user>

This example shows how to obtain a list of the recognized message types. Whenever you are entering a command, you can always press the question mark key, ?, to obtain help on what to type next.

#2 
qm.user> DIRECTORY
Sun, 12 Mar 1998 18:49:40 PDT
Id Network           From          To                  Size Queued since
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  service@innosoft.com   8 12-MAR 17:31
                                   service@internode.co
 2 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  ietf-822@dimacs.rut    8 12-MAR 15:07
 3 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  mwalnut@cnri.reston   16 12-MAR 15:26
 4 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  jbakin@adoc.xerox.c    8 12-MAR 17:18
 5 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  klensin@MAIL1.RESTO   16 12-MAR 15:26
 6 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  MAILSERV@INNOSOFT.C    8 12-MAR 15:38
 7 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  ned@INNOSOFT.COM       8 12-MAR 17:18
 8 Message Router    bob@acme.com  ned%doof@am.sigurd.    8 10-MAR 12:25
 9 Local delivery    bob@acme.com  ned                    8 11-MAR 16:11
10 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  mailserv@innosoft.c    8 12-MAR 12:43
11 Internet (TCP/IP) bob@acme.com  MARKJOSEPH@delphi.c    8 12-MAR 15:07
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total size:                                             104
qm.user>

In this example, the DIRECTORY command is used to list all queued messages. When a message has more than one envelope To: recipient, the additional recipients are shown on additional lines of the listing as with message 1 which is addressed to service@innosoft.com and service@internode.com.au.

Note

³ Note for system managers: unlike QM's maintenance mode, in user mode the directory listing is always generated from the queue cache database.

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