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- @X38│ @X3EHelp: @X3FEnd of Message Command @X3B│@X0B
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- @X0F
- Scan Subcommands
- @X03
- After you read each message, PCBoard will display an End of Message
- Command prompt. From this prompt you can enter numerous subcommands.
- Most often, you will be entering subcommands which allow you to
- continue reading, memorizing the current message number, etc.
- Following is a list of the subcommands you may access most frequently.
- @X0B
- (Message #) Message number to read
- R Read next message in current direction
- + / - Set read direction
- JUMP Jump to the next conference.
- L Begin with the last message.
- M Memorize current message number.
- NEXT Read next message.
- PREV Read previous message.
- RM Read memorized message.
- RM+ Read memorized message and continue reading forward.
- RM- Read memorized message and continue reading reverse.
- RR Read reference message.
- SKIP Skip current conference.
- T+ Thread read (forward direction).
- T- Thread read (reverse direction).
- @X03
- Reply Subcommands
-
- Communications is a two way street. Therefore, you will most likely
- read messages which you wish to respond to. The following is a list of
- reply subcommands that you can use to enter responses to messages.
- @X0B
- RE Reply to current message.
- RO Reply to a message but send reply to a different user.
- @X03
- Capture Subcommands
-
- If you are in the middle of reading messages and decide that you would
- like to capture the rest of the messages that you would have read into
- a text file, you may do so with the following subcommands.
- @X0B
- C Capture current message
- D Capture current message
- Z Capture and compress current message
- @X0F
- Selection Subcommands
- @X03
- While you are reading messages there are a few subcommands you can use
- to change the future messages you will be reading. You can use these
- to make specific searches. For example, if you began reading all new
- messages (R;A;S) and decided that there were too many messages, you
- should restrict your search. If you decided that it would be faster to
- read mail addressed to you or ALL, enter YA at the End of Message
- Command prompt.
- @X0B
- F Read messages from current user.
- S Read new messages.
- TS Search messages for specific text.
- USER Search messages to or from a particular user
- Y Read messages addressed to you.
- YA Read messages to you or to ALL.
- @X03
- General Subcommands
-
- The following subcommands are the remaining commands that are available
- at the End of Message Command prompt.
- @X0B
- / Re-display current message
- ALIAS Toggle use of alias.
- DE De-select current conference
- E Edit message header information.
- EDIT Edit the content of a message.
- FLAG Flag a file for download.
- G Goodbye.
- J Join a conference.
- K Kill the current message.
- LONG Use the extended message header for displaying.
- N Quit reading messages.
- NS Nonstop mode.
- SHORT Use the brief message header for displaying.
- SE Select current conference for scanning.
- SET Set the last message read number.
- V View a downloadable file.
- @X03
- SysOp Subcommands
-
- There are several subcommands that are available only to SysOps at the
- End of Message Command prompt. You can copy or move messages, access
- user records, edit message header information and more.
- @X0B
- COPY Copy a message to another conference.
- F Access the sender's user record.
- FF Access the sender's user record.
- FT Access the recipients user record.
- MOVE Move message to another conference.
- P Make current message private.
- U Make current message public.
- @X0F
- Subcommands: Alphabetical Listing
-
- @X0B(Message #) Message number to read.@X03 This number indicates the
- number of the message that you wish to read. If you
- wish, you may also append either a + or a - to the
- message number to read in the forward or reverse
- direction, starting with the message number specified.
- For example, to read message #3236 and every message
- afterwards, you would enter 3236+ instead of just 3236.
-
- @X0B(ENTER) Read next message in current direction. @X03 When pressed
- at the End of Message Command? prompt, the next message
- is displayed in the direction that you are reading.
-
- @X0B/ Re-display current message. @X03 When this subcommand is
- entered at an End of Message Command prompt the message
- that was just displayed will be re-displayed.
-
- @X0BALIAS Toggle usage of alias. @X03 When you are in a conference
- that allows usage of an alias, you may or may not want
- to enter messages using your alias. This command
- allows you to toggle whether or not your alias will be
- used.
-
- @X0BE Edit message header information. @X03 At times, you may
- want to change who you addressed a message to or the
- subject of a message. If this is the case, use the E
- subcommand to edit those two fields of any message that
- you have entered. If you have SysOp security level,
- you may also change the reference number, whether the
- message has been read yet, and the protection of the
- message. This subcommand is only available at the End
- of Message Command? prompt.
-
- @X0BEDIT Edit the content of a message. @X03 The current message
- will be placed in the editor for modification. You may
- want to re-edit a message if you accidentally lost
- carrier while entering a message or changed your mind,
- etc.
-
- @X0BF Access the sender's user record. @X03 As a SysOp, you may
- be reading a message and want to access the user record
- of the user who left the message. This command will
- display the user record of the user who left the
- message. The format of the user record and the
- commands that are available when the user record is
- displayed are all discussed in the description of the 7
- SysOp command.
-
- @X0BFLAG Flag a file for download. @X03 Enables you to flag a
- file for download later during the session. This
- subcommand is identical to the FLAG user command.
-
- @X0BFF Access the sender's user record. @X03 See the F
- subcommand for more details.
-
- @X0BFT Access the recipients user record. @X03 Like the F
- subcommand, this subcommand allows you to access user
- records while you are reading messages. The
- difference, however, is that the user record of the
- whom the message is addressed to will be displayed.
-
- @X0BK Kill the current message. @X03 If the message is
- to/from you then you may kill it. When you kill a
- message, you make it inactive in the message base.
- The SysOp may recover any message which has been
- killed but not yet packed out of the message base
- by using the 4 SysOp command. If you do not issue
- this command at an End of Message Command prompt,
- you will be asked to enter the message number that
- you wish to kill.
-
- @X0BM Memorize current message number.@X03 When executed,
- PCBoard memorizes the current message number. PCBoard
- will only remember one message number. If you try to
- memorize another message number, the previous one will
- be lost. When you want to return to the memorized
- message number, you may type RM, RM+, or RM-.
-
- @X0BMOVE Move message to another conference. @X03 This subcommand
- for SysOps will move a message to another conference.
- Moving implies that the message will be copied to the
- conference that you specify and then the original
- message will be deleted. When you use this subcommand
- you will be prompted to enter the conference you wish
- to move the message to. If you enter the number of the
- conference you are currently in, the message will be
- moved to the end of the current conference's message
- base.
-
- @X0BN Quit reading messages. @X03 At the End of Message command
- prompt, reading ends and you are returned to the
- conference command prompt.
-
- @X0BNEXT Read next message. @X03 The next message in the message
- base is displayed.
-
- @X0BP Make current message private. @X03 A quick way to make any
- message security RECEIVER ONLY is to use this
- subcommand. This subcommand is available to SysOps only
- and is quite useful when you need to make a message
- private but do not want to use the E subcommand to edit
- all of the message header information.
-
- @X0BPREV Read previous message. @X03 The previous message in the
- message base will be displayed.
-
- @X0BRE Reply to current message. @X03 When you wish to respond to
- an individual's message you enter a message called a
- reply. To enter a reply to the current message you use
- the RE command which will create a new message
- addressed to the sender of the original message. This
- is the command you will be using most often when
- replying to a message because the message that you want
- to respond to is the message you are currently reading.
- Therefore, you will not have to enter a message number
- to respond to because you are currently reading the
- message. See the REPLY to Message command for
- additional information.
-
- @X0BRR Read reference message. @X03 If the message you are
- reading displays a message number in the REFER#
- field of the message header, you may read the
- reference message by typing RR and pressing the
- ENTER key. This is also where the memorize a
- message command (M) comes in handy. Using that
- command you can memorize the current message, read
- the reference message and then quickly return to
- the original message by returning to the memorized
- message number.
-
- @X0BT Thread read. @X03 PCBoard allows you to read only messages
- that have the same subject in the message header. This
- is called reading messages by thread. You may choose
- to read forward or reverse in the thread by appending a
- + or a - next to the T (e.g. T+, T-). Normally, you
- memorize your current position (by using the M command)
- and use the RM command to return to the original
- message after the thread read is complete.
-
- @X0BU Make current message public. @X03 Like the P subcommand,
- this subcommand allows you to quickly change the
- message security of the current message. However, this
- subcommand will make a message a PUBLIC message. This
- subcommand is only available to SysOps since it is able
- to change the security of the current message.
-
- @X0BV View a downloadable file.@X03 Enables a downloadable file
- to be viewed online via PCBVIEW.BAT. This subcommand
- is identical to the V subcommand for the F user
- command. In other words, it is identical to typing F;V
- at a conference command prompt.
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- @XFF
