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 Moving Among Messages
 =====================
 
    The most basic thing to do with a message is to read it.  The way to
 do this in Rmail is to make the message current.  The usual practice is
 to move sequentially through the file, since this is the order of
 receipt of messages.  When you enter Rmail, you are positioned at the
 first message that you have not yet made current (that is, the first one
 that has the `unseen' attribute;  Rmail Attributes).  Move
 forward to see the other new messages; move backward to reexamine old
 messages.
 
 `n'
      Move to the next nondeleted message, skipping any intervening
      deleted messages (`rmail-next-undeleted-message').
 
 `p'
      Move to the previous nondeleted message
      (`rmail-previous-undeleted-message').
 
 `M-n'
      Move to the next message, including deleted messages
      (`rmail-next-message').
 
 `M-p'
      Move to the previous message, including deleted messages
      (`rmail-previous-message').
 
 `j'
      Move to the first message.  With argument N, move to message
      number N (`rmail-show-message').
 
 `>'
      Move to the last message (`rmail-last-message').
 
 `<'
      Move to the first message (`rmail-first-message').
 
 `M-s REGEXP <RET>'
      Move to the next message containing a match for REGEXP
      (`rmail-search').
 
 `- M-s REGEXP <RET>'
      Move to the previous message containing a match for REGEXP.
 
    `n' and `p' are the usual way of moving among messages in Rmail.
 They move through the messages sequentially, but skip over deleted
 messages, which is usually what you want to do.  Their command
 definitions are named `rmail-next-undeleted-message' and
 `rmail-previous-undeleted-message'.  If you do not want to skip deleted
 messages--for example, if you want to move to a message to undelete
 it--use the variants `M-n' and `M-p' (`rmail-next-message' and
 `rmail-previous-message').  A numeric argument to any of these commands
 serves as a repeat count.
 
    In Rmail, you can specify a numeric argument by typing just the
 digits.  You don't need to type `C-u' first.
 
    The `M-s' (`rmail-search') command is Rmail's version of search.
 The usual incremental search command `C-s' works in Rmail, but it
 searches only within the current message.  The purpose of `M-s' is to
 search for another message.  It reads a regular expression (
 Regexps) nonincrementally, then searches starting at the beginning of
 the following message for a match.  It then selects that message.  If
 REGEXP is empty, `M-s' reuses the regexp used the previous time.
 
    To search backward in the file for another message, give `M-s' a
 negative argument.  In Rmail you can do this with `- M-s'.
 
    It is also possible to search for a message based on labels.  
 Rmail Labels.
 
    To move to a message specified by absolute message number, use `j'
 (`rmail-show-message') with the message number as argument.  With no
 argument, `j' selects the first message.  `<' (`rmail-first-message')
 also selects the first message.  `>' (`rmail-last-message') selects the
 last message.
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