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- Reading messages
- ----------------
-
- After activating the message-read command, you will be first shown the
- message in the base where your lastread pointer is set to. At the bottom of
- the screen, a small prompt line will be shown which will give you the
- following options:
-
- [N]ext Message
- Attempt to go to the next message in the base. If possible, the
- message pointer will be incremented to the next message in the
- area. It will be displayed to you and the prompt line will once
- again be shown to you.
-
- [P]revious Message
- Attempt to go to the previous message in the area. If possible, the
- message pointer will be decremented to the message preceding the
- one that you just read.
-
- Enter Message number
- Jump to message number. Just type the number of the message you
- want to display.
-
- [R]eply to a message
- This will allow you to enter a reply to the message that you are
- currently reading. For more information on entering messages, see
- the "Writing Messages" topic for more information.
-
- [A]ll message display
- This will cause EchoDor to start sending you each message without
- pausing. You can use this function if you wish to "capture" the
- messages for reading offline. If you wish to stop the sending
- press ANY key and EchoDor will stop at the end of the current
- message.
-
- [Q]uit to main menu.
- This will bring you back to the EchoDor main menu.
-
- [K]ill current message
- If the current message is either to or from you, then you will be
- presented with the kill option. The kill option will physically
- erase the message from disk. It will be no longer readable and
- CANNOT BE UN-KILLED.
-
- [S]ave the message for download
- This command will capture the current message to a file which you
- download. Download may be available from the Pack Mail section or
- it may be provided as a file in the file areas of your bbs.
-
- [C]hange current message
- If the current message is either to or from you, then you will also
- be presented with this option. It will allow you to change the
- content of the current message.
-
- [E]nter a message
- This command will allow you to enter a new message in the current
- area. For more information see the "Writing messages" topic.
-
- [M]ine
- This commands will restrict messages to only those that are either
- from you or addressed to you. When you select [M]ine, Echodor will
- say "Reading only messages To/From You". The read menu will also
- say "Next Message to you" or "Prior Message to you". To cancel
- enter [M]ine again. EchoDor will say "Reading all messages."
-
- Reading Threads
- ---------------
-
- A thread is nothing more than a topic being discussed within a message
- base. The topics are linked togeather forming a chain of messages. Because
- a single message base may contain many threads the messages of one thread
- may be mixed with the messages of another thread.
-
- EchoDor provides three commands which will allow you to more easily read
- threads within a message base.
-
- + - Read next message in thread. If the message your reading is part
- of a thread and is not the last message in the thread, this
- command will appear in your menu. By pressing the plus key (+),
- EchoDor will skip to the next message in the thread.
-
- Once you begin reading a thread, you can read the next message in
- the thread by pressing the <enter> key. EchoDor will tell you
- when you reach the last message in the thread. By pressing
- <enter> key one more time, you will be returned to the message
- where you pressed the plus (+) key.
-
- - - Read previous message in thread. If the message your reading is
- part of a thread and is not the first message in the thread, this
- command will appear in your menu. By pressing the minus key (-),
- EchoDor will skip back to the previous message in the thread.
-
- Once you being reading backward through a thread, you can read
- the prior message in the thread by pressing the <enter> key.
- EchoDor will tell you when you reach the first message in the
- thread. By pressing the <enter> key one more time, you will be
- returned to the message where you pressed the minus (-) key.
-
- * - Reposition to last read message. When you being reading a thread
- by using the plus key (+) or minus key (-), EchoDor remembers the
- place in the message base where you did this. By pressing the
- asterisk key (*) you can immediately return to that message.
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