Mark one or more messages as being held.

Syntax

HOLD [message-id[,...]]

Command Qualifiers	Defaults
/ALL	/NOALL
/CHANNEL=name	None
/CONFIRM	/NOCONFIRM
/LOG	/LOG

Parameters

message-id[,...]

A comma separated list of one or more message identification numbers shown with a previous DIRECTORY command. Ranges are allowed.

Description

Use the HOLD command to mark as held any messages which should temporarily be placed on "hold". PMDF will not attempt to deliver any messages which are marked as held. To resume processing of a held message, use the RELEASE command. Messages which have been held can be listed with the DIRECTORY/HELD command.

The messages to be held are specified by their message identification numbers shown by the most recent DIRECTORY command. That number appears in the leftmost column of the DIRECTORY command listing. Ambiguous message numbers must be qualified by the proper channel name with the /CHANNEL qualifier.

Qualifiers

/ALL

/NOALL (default)

Hold all messages shown by the last DIRECTORY command. When used in conjunction with the /CHANNEL qualifier, only those messages shown by the last directory command for the specified channel will be held. Unless /NOCONFIRM is specified with /ALL, you will be required to confirm any HOLD/ALL operation.

/CHANNEL=name

Specifies the name of the channel from which to hold messages. Wildcards are not permitted.

/CONFIRM

/NOCONFIRM (default)

When /CONFIRM is specified, you will be prompted to confirm each message hold operation.

/LOG (default)

/NOLOG

Specifies whether informational messages for each message hold operation are generated.

EXAMPLES

In the following example, the DIRECTORY command is used to list the messages in the local, l, channel. Then, the HOLD command is used to hold messages 1, 3, 20, 21, and 22. A range specification, 20-22, is used to specify message numbers 20, 21, and 22.

qm.maint> DIRECTORY L Fri, 15 Nov 2012 13:43:39 PDT Data gathered from the queue directory tree Channel: l Size Queued since -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ZZ01HNP17LSUWY9D4DNR.00 4 15-NOV-2012 01:10:23 2 ZZ01HNP1RP3B6G9D4DNR.00 10 15-NOV-2012 01:10:24 3 ZZ01HNP42MAMAI9D4DNR.00 3 15-NOV-2012 01:10:24 4 ZZ01HNP4MEWC8G9D4DNR.00 8 15-NOV-2012 06:18:57 ... 24 ZZ01HNP90X63ZG9D4DNR.00 6 15-NOV-2012 13:21:14 -------------------------------------------------------------- 24 total messages queued qm.maint> HOLD 1,3,20-22 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP17LSUWY9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP42MAMAI9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP76RTGHY9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP82HTXYB9D4DNR.00 %QM-I-HELD, held the message file PMDF_QUEUE:[L]ZZ01HNP83JPOCV9D4DNR.00 qm.maint>