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- ┌──────────────────────────┐
- │ Message Reading Commands │
- └──────────────────────────┘
-
-
- A)rea Change Lists directory of available message areas.
- From the resulting menu, you can select a desired
- message area.
-
- C)heck Scans the current message area and displays the
- the message number of any message that are either
- TO or FROM you. Messages FROM you are shown
- enclosed in [].
-
- S)can messages Displays header information only (Subject, date,
- addressor, addressee, etc.) for all messages in
- the current message area starting with the last
- message that you have read or the specific message
- number you enter at the prompt.
-
-
- K)ill Message This will delete a message that is presently being
- viewed. If the message is "kill protected", you
- must be the addressor or addressee in order to
- kill the message.
-
- N)on-Stop NON STOP mode. This command will scroll through
- Display all messages in the current message area, starting
- with the last message you've read, without pausing
- after each one. Great to use with your comm
- program's capture buffer if you want to save
- everything for later reading. CTRL-K will usually
- terminate NON STOP display.
-
- a(G)ain Displays the last message you've read again. You
- must have read a message during this session for
- this to function.
-
- E)nter Message This will create a message entry in the currently
- selected message area. You must identify who the
- message is to be sent to, the subject of the message
- and the security access level. Available security
- access levels are:
-
- P)rivate message is only readable by addressor,
- addressee, and the SysOp
-
- K)ill public message which can only be
- Protect deleted by the addressor, addressee,
- and the SysOp
-
- N)one public message and has no kill
- protection
-
- R)eply Reply to the current message. This will optionally
- retain the Subject of the current message and
- automatically address your reply to the user who
- posted the message you are replying to.
-
-
- T)hread Displays the message threading sub-menu. Threading
- allows you to read through the current message
- area based on certain criteria. A "thread" is a
- set of messages that are all tied together, ie.
- they started from a certain message and are all
- replies to either the ORIGINAL message or
- subsequent replies. The Thread sub-menu contains
- the following options:
-
- Current topical thread: None
- Current textual thread: None
- Current address thread: None
- Current read direction: Forward
-
- 1. Define a new topical thread.
- 2. Clear the topical thread.
-
- 3. Define a new textual thread.
- 4. Clear the textual thread.
-
- 5. Define a new address thread.
- 6. Clear the address thread.
-
- 7. Reverse the reading direction.
-
- Q. Quit this menu.
-
- Enter thread option:
-
-
- Thread commands operate as follows:
-
- 1. Define a new topical thread:
-
- Allows you to enter a specific topic, or
- subject, thread value. For example, if you
- are reading a message and want to read the
- rest of the messages in the current area
- containing the same SUBJECT heading, you
- would use this command to do so. If the
- original message had a subject heading of
- "OS/2", you would enter "OS/2" as the
- Topical Thread. When you return to the
- message sub-menu, ONLY messages that contain
- the SUBJECT heading of "OS/2" would be
- displayed on any further reading.
-
- 2. Clear the topical thread:
-
- Clears the current TOPICAL THREAD. If you
- have previously set a topical thread, and
- you want to resume "normal" message reading,
- use this command to clear the currently
- stored TOPICAL THREAD. Upon your return to
- the message sub-menu, "normal" reading
- operations will be restored.
-
- 3. Define a new textual thread:
-
- This command works the same as the TOPICAL
- THREAD, but instead of searching the MESSAGE
- HEADER information it searches the actual
- TEXT of the messages in the current area.
- For example, if you wanted to ONLY read
- messages in the current message area that
- contained the word "WINDOWS", you would
- enter "WINDOWS" as the TEXTUAL THREAD. Upon
- your return to the message sub-menu, ONLY
- those messages that contain the word
- "WINDOWS" in their text will be displayed on
- any read functions. A VERY handy command.
-
- 4. Clear the textual thread:
-
- Clears the current TEXTUAL THREAD. If you
- have previously set a textual thread, and
- you want to resume "normal" message reading,
- use this command to clear the currently
- stored TEXTUAL THREAD. Upon your return to
- the message sub-menu, "normal" reading
- operations will be restored.
-
- 5. Define a new address thread:
-
- The same as the topical thread command, but
- instead allows you to display only those
- messages to or from a certain USER. For
- example, if you are reading a message from
- John Doe and want to read the rest of the
- messages that contain the same ADDRESS
- heading, you would use this command to do
- so. If the original message had an ADDRESS
- heading of "JOHN DOE", you would enter "JOHN
- DOE" as the ADDRESS Thread. When you return
- to the message sub-menu, ONLY those messages
- that contain the ADDRESS heading of "JOHN
- DOE" in either the TO: or FROM: fields would
- be displayed on any further reading.
-
- 6. Clear the address thread:
-
- Clears the current ADDRESS THREAD. If you
- have previously set a textual thread, and
- you want to resume "normal" message reading,
- use this command to clear the currently
- stored ADDRESS THREAD. Upon your return to
- the message sub-menu, "normal" reading
- operations will be restored.
-
- 7. Reverse the reading direction:
-
- Allows you to read through the current
- message area in reverse. Any other Thread
- options that are active remain in effect.
- i.e hitting the [ENTER] key will show the
- previous message instead of the next
- message.
-
- Q. Quit this menu:
-
- Quits the Thread Options sub-menu and
- returns you to the message sub-menu.
-
- Msg(#) Displays a specific message number. If you wanted
- message number 500 in the current message area,
- merely enter "500" at the message sub-menu prompt
- and that particular message will be displayed for
- you.
-
- M)ove Allows you to move a message to an alternate
- message area and optionally add additional comments to that
- message. This function is controlled by your
- access level, and you may not have the appropriate
- access to use this function.
-
- Q)uit Terminates reading of the current message area
- and returns you to the main system menu.
-
- (+) (-) ADJACENT AREA - The + and - keys will move you to
- the next highest message area and the next lowest
- message area, respectively. For example, if you
- are in message area #20, entering a "+" move you
- to message area #21. Entering a "-" would move you
- to message area #19. If you were not Joined to an
- area, these commands will Join you to the new
- area.
-
- [RETURN] Pressing ENTER at the message sum-menu prompt will
- automatically display the next message in the
- current message area. You do not have to enter the
- actual message number if you are reading forward
- or backwards through the messages in sequential
- order...only if you wish to jump to a particular
- message.
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