The READ command lets you read messages on the current subboard. You must
enter the number of the first message you want to read. Notice that messages
are always numbered sequentially; ie. if there are active 56 messages on a
particular subboard, the first message is always number 1 and the last is
number 56, regardless of the fact that message deletions may have taken
place in the past.
After reading a message, you have several options. You may type 'N' (or
simply press RETURN) to read the next message. You can re-read the message
by pressing 'A'. You may reply to the message, either publically or
privately; if the reply is public, it is appended to the current subboard,
otherise the Mail facility is invoked to send the reply directly to the user
who wrote the original message.
The message forwarding option can be invoked by pressing 'F'. This
facility allows you to send a copy of the message you've just read to
another place on the BBS; the destination can be a user's mailbox or a
public message subboard. The forward command prompts you for the required
information. Please do not abuse the forwarding facility by sending many
copies of the same message.
For more information, refer to: List and Jump for selecting other
message subboards, Scan for scanning message titles, and New for reading new
messages.