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- The Main Screen
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- The Main Screen is made up of four elements;
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- ╒══════ 1 ══════╕ 1 = Title and Menu lines
- │ ┌────────┐ 2 │
- │ └────────┘ │ 2 = Incoming Mailbox
- │ ┌────────┐ │
- │ └────────┘ 3 │ 3 = Outgoing Mailbox
- └────── 4 ──────┘
- 4 = User Information line
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- 1 - Title and Menu lines
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- The top line on the screen, or Title Line,
- displays the program name and version number.
- The second line, or Menu Line, displays the
- currently available menu options. The
- highlighted letter of each option is the one
- which invokes the action. For example, pressing
- <I> at the Main Screen pops up the Incoming
- Mailbox.
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- HINT: The first option of every menu may be
- also selected be pressing <Enter>.
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- 2 - Incoming Mailbox
- ────────────────────
- Mail which others have sent to you is stored in
- personal print settings.
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- 3 - Outgoing Mailbox
- ────────────────────
- Mail which you have created is stored in the
- Outgoing Mailbox.
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- 4 - User Information line
- ─────────────────────────
- Listed on the bottom line of the screen are
- several informational items. These include;
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- * Your Full Name as stored on the Network
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- * One or more Connection numbers for the
- workstation(s) where you are logged in.
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- * Today's Date (based on File Server date)
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- * Current Time (based on File Server time)
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- Main Screen Menu
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- The four options on the Main Screen menu are
- explained below:
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- Incoming Mail
- ─────────────
- Brings up the Incoming Mailbox Screen. Please
- select Incoming Mailbox on the Help Index Menu
- for additional information.
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- Outgoing Mail
- ─────────────
- Brings up the Outgoing Mailbox Screen. Please
- select Outgoing Mailbox on the Help Index Menu
- for additional information.
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- File Cabinet
- ────────────
- Brings up the File Cabinet Screen. Please
- select File Cabinet on the Help Index Menu for
- additional information.
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- Quit
- ────
- Exits program
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- Automatic Polling Feature
- ─────────────────────────
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- When the Main Screen is displayed,
- approximately every five seconds polling for
- new mail and acknowledgements takes place.
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- When someone sends you mail, you will receive a
- notification message at the bottom of the
- screen. When you press <Ctrl-Enter> to remove
- the message, within five seconds the Incoming
- Mailbox will be redrawn and the Incoming
- Mailbox Statistics will be updated.
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- When a new acknowledgement is received, no
- message appears, but within five seconds the
- Outgoing Mailbox will be redrawn and the
- Outgoing Mailbox Statistics will be updated.
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- If you happen to be in a Mailbox or the File
- Cabinet when new mail or an acknowledgement is
- received, within five seconds of the time you
- return to the Main Screen polling will occur.
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- End of Help Screen