Listener action variables for Palm

The following action variables can be used in an action or a filter. The value is substituted into the action variable prior to initiating the message handler.

Action variables start with a dollar sign ( $ ). The escape character is also a dollar sign, so use two dollar signs ( $$ ) to specify a single dollar sign as plain text.

Action variable

Description

$subject

The subject of a message.

$content

The content of a message.

$message

An entire message, including subject, content, and sender.

$message_start

The beginning portion of a message, as specified by the message_start filter keyword. This variable is only available if you have specified the message_start filter keyword. See Listener keywords for Palm.

$message_end

The portion of a message, excluded from the message_start filter keyword. This variable is only available if you have specified the message_start filter keyword. See Listener keywords for Palm.

$sender

The sender of a message.

$time

This is the current time in seconds since 12:00 AM, January 1, 1904.

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