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                            MKQwk Help Information

         Bulletin 42 - The answers to Options, Config Messages, and
           Everything.... <grin>

         This set of instructions will only be included in this packet.
         The option to receive it will automatically be set back to No
         for your next use of the door.  If you wish to receive it again
         sometime, you may choose (I)nclude Help from the main menu.


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                           Configuration Messages

         MKQwk supports both old and new style configuration messages
         which may be addressed to MKQwk, Qmail, or most of the other
         popular Qwk door names.


         Old style config messages have the following options for subjects:

         ADD            Adds the current message area
         DROP           Drops the current message area
         RESET nn       Resets message pointer to message number "nn"
         BLTS On/Off    Turns bulletins on or off
         FILES On/Off   Turns new files list on or off
         WELCOME On/Off Turns screens on or off
         GOODBYE On/Off Also turns screens on or off

         Example:

         TO: MKQWK
         SUBJECT: ADD

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                       New Style Configuration Messages

         New style config messages have a subject of CONFIG and have
         one command on each text line of the message.  The following
         commands are available.

         ADD nn         Adds message area "nn"
         DROP nn        Drops message area "nn"
         RESET nn xx    Resets lastread pointer in area "nn" to number "xx"
         PROTOCOL x     Sets protocol choice to "x"
         PACKER x       Sets archive packer choice to "x"
         MAXNUMBER nn   Sets maximum number of messages per area to "nn"

         Example:

         To: MKQwk
         Subject: Config

         Add 21
         Drop 54
         Protocol Z


         The Qwk readers can create some of these messages on their
         own when certain options are chosen from their menus.  Thus
         users need not be aware that messages are used to pass the
         config information.  The commands listed here are the only
         ones supported currently by MKQwk.

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                             Autoscript Option

         Autoscript is just an alternative way of uploading and
         downloading your messages.  Because it avoids full screen
         menus (and will change the wording less often) it will be
         easier to use for those using Scripts to get their mail
         packets.

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                        Receive Your Mail in All Areas

         Receive your mail in all areas:  Looks for *unreceived* mail
         to you in areas you do not have selected.  This allows you to
         get all your mail, even when you only wish to follow a few
         message areas.  Note that it only finds mail to your real
         name and does not find mail addressed to any handle or alias.
         If you read all your mail at log-on time, it will have been
         marked as received and you won't get it in your QWK packets.

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                           Flag Messages as Read

         Flag messages as read:  Will cause messages to you that are
         successfully downloaded to be flagged as having been received.
         This will keep them from showing up as mail to you at log-on
         time.

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                           Receive Own Messages

         Setting the (O)wn messages option to NO will keep you from
         getting messages that you upload to the MKQWK door in your
         QWK packet.  Note that this is based on mail uploaded and
         user name.  If you enter a message online under an alias
         it will still be included in your packet.

         Note that by not basing this on name alone, uploaded QWK
         echomail packets are also not resent to the caller.

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                       Reset LastRead Message Pointers

         Reset LastRead pointers in all selected areas:  This option
         will allow you to enter a LastRead message number and will
         set your lastread pointers in all areas that you have
         selected for exporting to that number.  This allows you to
         re-receive mail, should you ever want to do that.  (Failed
         transfers do NOT update the lastread pointers, so generally
         you will not need to use this option).  If the transfer
         protocol incorrectly says the transfer was unsuccessful, you
         will want to use this option to reset your lastread pointers
         to avoid getting the messages again.

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                          Maximum Messages Limits

         Maximum messages per QWK packet: This allows you to limit
         the number of messages you receive in one packet to help
         you avoid the dreaded "not enough time to DL" message.

         Maximum messages per message area:  This allows you to limit
         the maximum number of messages in a packet that you receive
         from one message area.  When used with the maximum msgs per
         packet option, this keeps you from using it all up in one
         message area.

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                            Fido style Netmail

         MKQwk does support Fido-style Netmail even though
         the QWK readers were not designed to handle it normally.
         The one thing missing from a normal message that is
         required for netmail is the destination address and
         flags.

         MKQwk interprets the subject of the message as containing
         a destination address if it starts with an "@" sign.  It
         understands both full addresses as well as a variety of
         short-form addresses (where the remaining part of the
         address is based on the main address or AKA for the netmail
         message area.  After the address you may optionally
         include the words CRASH IMM and/or DIR.  These will give
         the message the attributes of crash, immediate and/or
         direct netmail respectively.  Some examples (assuming an
         address of 1:110/290 would be:

         @151/223 IMM       send to 1:151/223 and flag as immediate
         @1:274/40          send to 1:274/40
         @270 CRASH         send to 1:110/270 as crash mail
         @.1                send to 1:110/290.1

         On messages exported from the Bbs, the subject line will
         contain the originating address for netmail areas.  This
         was done to allow you to reply without entering an address,
         since it will already be in the subject line.

         If you want the subject to look normal on the netmail messages
         you write, you need to use the first message text line as the
         subject and start it with "Subj:".  Example:

         Subj: Qwk message readers

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                    For more info on MK software contact

         Mark May                             Mythical Kingdom Tech Bbs
         Mythical Kingdom Software            (513) 237-7737 HST/V32
         P.O. Box 24808                       FidoNet 1:110/290
         Huber Heights, OH 45424              RIME ->MYTHKING

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