PCBoard 15.1 Demo/PCBoard v15.1 DEMO - Clark Dev. Co (1994) - Disk 1 of 1.imd/PCBDISK.EXE/HELP/HLPQ

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      This command will list message header information.  The information
      pertaining to a message is listed on one line for easy viewing.
@X0F
   Display Subcommands
@X0B
      +               Scan in forward direction.
      -               Scan in reverse direction.
      L               Begin with last message in message base.
      NS              Display in nonstop mode.
@X0F
   Message Selection Subcommands
@X0B
      [beg. msg.  #]  Beginning message number.
      A               Scan selected conferences.
      ALL             Scan all conferences.
      F               Messages from you.
      FROM            Read messages from a user.
      N               New Messages by date.
      S               Messages that you have not read yet.
      TO              Read messages to a user.
      WAIT            Scan messages in conferences where you have mail waiting.
      TS              Messages that contain particular text.
      U               All unread messages.
      USER            Messages from a particular user.
      Y               Messages addressed to you.
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   Subcommands: Alphabetial Listing

      @X0B[beg. msg.  #]  Beginning message number. @X03 This is the message number
                      that you wish to begin the scan with.  The default scan
                      direction is in the forward direction.  If you wish to
                      go in the reverse direction, use the - subcommand.

      @X0B+               Scan in forward direction. @X03 When appended to the
                      beginning message number you can set the direction in
                      which PCBoard scans the message base.  For example if
                      you enter 762+, PCBoard will begin scanning at message
                      number 762 in the forward direction.

      @X0B-               Scan in reverse direction. @X03 When appended to the
                      beginning message number you can set the direction in
                      which PCBoard scans the message base.  For example if
                      you enter 3569-, PCBoard will begin scanning at message
                      number 3569 in the reverse direction.

                      NOTE:  PCBoard defaults to searching in the forward
                      direction.

      @X0BA               Scan selected conferences.@X03  Scans not only the current
                      conference but also those conference which you have set
                      for scanning via the SELECT command or the S conference
                      flag in the users record.

      @X0BALL             Scan all conferences.@X03  Scans all conferences you are
                      registered in even if you have not marked the
                      conference for scanning.

      @X0BF               Message from you. @X03 Only messages that are from you, the
                      user currently online, will be displayed.

      @X0BFROM            Read messages from a user. @X03 If you wish to read mail
                      that is from a particular user, use this subcommand.
                      When you use this subcommand, PCBoard will prompt you
                      for the user you wish to read mail from.

      @X0BL               Begin with last message in message base. @X03 Sets the
                      beginning message number to the last message in the
                      message base.  When you use this subcommand you may
                      omit the beginning message number.

      @X0BN               New messages by date.@X03  The first message that is read
                      is the one that matches the date that you specify.
                      This enables you to read only messages that were left
                      after a certain date.

      @X0BNS              Display in non-stop mode. @X03 The listing of messages will
                      be displayed in non-stop mode.  This means that there
                      will be no more? prompts to pause each time the screen
                      becomes full.

      @X0BS               Messages that you have not read yet.@X03  Searches only
                      those messages that you have not read yet.

      @X0BTO              Read messages to a user.@X03  If you wish to read mail that
                      is addressed to a particular user, use this subcommand.
                      When you use this subcommand, you will be prompted for
                      the username that you wish to read mail from.

      @X0BTS              Messages that contain particular text.@X03  This subcommand
                      enables you to search for text in the message body, the
                      TO: field, and the FROM: field.  You can search for a
                      word/phrase or you can use any Boolean search.  For
                      more information on searching for text please access the
                      online help at the @X0EEnter the Text to Scan for prompt@X03.

      @X0BU               All unread messages.@X03  If a message has not yet been
                      read then it will be displayed.

                      NOTE:  A message that is addressed to ALL will always
                      show up in such a search because the read status is not
                      maintained on a message addressed to all users on the
                      system.

      @X0BUSER            Messages from a particular user. @X03 You may search the
                      message header for a particular user.  When PCBoard
                      searches for a particular user it will search both the
                      TO: and FROM: fields in the message header.  You must
                      enter a full user name.  Partial matches cannot be made
                      with this command.

      @X0BWAIT            Scan messages in conferences where you have mail
                      waiting.@X03  Messages are read from only conferences that
                      you currently have personal mail waiting to be read.
                      For example, if you login and see that you have mail
                      waiting in conferences 2,3, and 25 you could read all
                      new messages in only those conferences by entering
                      R;WAIT at the conference command prompt.

      @X0BY               Messages addressed to you.@X03  Only messages that are
                      addressed to you will be listed.
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   Description
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      You may analyze a brief list of messages that may be read by you if you
      use the Q user command.  When executed, PCBoard will display the
      following information about each message:
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          Message number
          Reference number
          Sender
          Addressee
          Subject
          Read Status
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      The reference number indicates the previous message to which a reply
      was entered to.  This command can be used to quickly search message
      headers for information.
@X0F
   Format of the list
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          @X0FScanning Chatter (1) Conference
          Msg#    Ref#    To              From            Subject
@X0B          *124248         LYLE MAY        DALE KIRKMAN    Software
          ~124247         SYSOP           STEVE WILLIAMS  COMMENT (6)
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      The list that is produced by the format contains the following information:

      @X0BMsg #. @X03 The actual message number in the message base.  Just before the
      message number is a status code that shows if the message has been
      read, etc. For a list of status codes please see the section titled
      Status Codes.

      @X0BRef #. @X03 If the message is a reply, this field will contain the message
      number which was replied to.

      @X0BTo. @X03 Displays who the message is addressed to.  Only the first 16
      characters of who a message is address to is displayed in this list.

      @X0BFrom. @X03 Displays who the message is from.  The first 16 characters of
      who the message(s) are from will be displayed.

      @X0BSubject. @X03 Displays the subject of the message.  Even though a subject
      may be quite long, only the first 25 characters of the subject is
      displayed with this command.
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   Status Codes
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      Next to each message number is a status code.  You can use these status
      codes to determine if the message has been read, if it has replies, etc.
      The following is a list of all valid message status codes:

          @X0B[blank]@X03     A message which can be read by anyone.
          @X0B*@X03           A private message to a specific person which has not
                      been read by the person it was addressed to.
          @X0B+@X03           A private message which has been read by the person it
                      was addressed to.
          @X0B-@X03           A message to a specific person, which was readable by
                      anyone, which has been read by the person it was
                      addressed to.
          @X0B~@X03           A comment to the SysOp which has not been read by the
                      person defined as SysOp record #1.
          @X0B`@X03           A comment to the SysOp which has been read by the person
                      defined as SysOp record #1.
          @X0B%@X03           A message protected by sender password which has not
                      been read.
          @X0B^@X03           A message protected by sender password which has been
                      read.
          @X0B!@X03           A message protected by group password which has not been
                      read.
          @X0B#@X03           A message protected by group password which has been
                      read.
          @X0B$@X03           A message protected by group password which is addressed
                      to ALL.
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   Examples
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      To display the header information for all messages in the current message
      base in reverse order you would issue the following at the command prompt:
@X0E
          Q L
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      To search for all messages (beginning with the first message in
      the message base) either to or from a user named Wally Peterson
      you would issue the following at the command prompt:
@X0E
          Q USER WALLY PETERSON 1+
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