PMDF has eight interactive utilities on OpenVMS, CONFIGURE, DB, MAIL, MOVEIN, MSGSTORE, POPSTORE, and QM. Further details on use of CONFIGURE may be found in the PMDF Installation Guide, OpenVMS Edition. DB and MAIL are both described in the PMDF User's Guide, OpenVMS Edition. POPSTORE and MOVEIN are described in the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide. MSGSTORE is described in the PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide. QM is described in Section 29.2.1.

29.2.1 QM: Queue Management Utility

PMDF QM is a utility program which allows inspection and manipulation of queued messages. PMDF QM has two modes: maintenance mode and user mode. Maintenance mode can be used to inspect and manipulate the channel queue directories and the messages contained in them. Privileges sufficient to read, create, and delete files in the channel queue directory tree as well as read and update the queue cache database are required to use maintenance mode. User mode is a very restricted version of maintenance mode which allows unprivileged users to read their own messages from the queues and to return them (bounce them) back to their originator if desired. Users' own messages are messages which they themselves have sent or were posted to a list they own. They are not messages destined for the user. User mode is documented in the PMDF User's Guide, OpenVMS Edition.

To run PMDF QM in maintenance mode, issue the command

$ PMDF QM/MAINTENANCE

Use the EXIT or QUIT command to exit PMDF QM.

The commands accepted by this utility ² are summarized in Table 29-2 below.

Table 29-2 Summary of PMDF QM Maintenance Mode Commands

CLEAN	Hold or delete message files matching specified criteria
COUNTERS	Control aspects of the channel counter caches and database
DATE	Show current date and time
DELETE	Irrevocably delete the specified messages
DIRECTORY	List currently queued messages
EDIT_FAX	Edit a queued PMDF-FAX message
HELD	List messages which have been marked as held
EXIT	Exit the utility
QUIT	Exit the utility
HELP	Obtain help
HISTORY	Display message delivery history information
HOLD	Mark a message as held
READ	Display message envelope and header information
RELEASE	Release held message
RETURN	Return a message to its originator
SPAWN	Spawn a subprocess
SUMMARIZE	Display a summary listing of message files
TOP	Display frequently occurring strings from PMDF queue area message files
VIEW	Control whether the channel queue directory tree or queue cache database is viewed