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- Caller Documentation for SMLNET ver 1.F [06/01/89] by Darwin Collins
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-
- This program was created to allow Remote callers (and Sysops)
- to add, download, edit, read, and search thru Messages quickly.
-
- Remote Callers can:
- Add Public/Private Messages
- Search thru all messages based on criteria categories
- Check for New Mail in All Conferences
- Download all Unread Mail
-
- Sysops can:
- File Attach, File Request, CrashMail messages to any Zone
- Import Textfiles to the message editor
- Copy and Delete any message in any conference
-
-
- Caution: The Echos are circulated around the nation(and world), so
- do not leave a message to the SYSOP here, nor any BBS Ads.
- Thank You
-
-
- [[[ ]]]
- [[[ Pressing ESC will normally exit from the current prompt ]]]
- [[[ and return you to the Previous Screen. ]]]
- [[[ Q will also work at most prompts. ]]]
- [[[ ]]]
- [[[ Some of the commands may be stack via a Space or ; symbol. ]]]
- [[[ Example: J WHO will first do the J (Join Conference) and ]]]
- [[[ then try to join the 'Who' conference. ]]]
- [[[ ]]]
-
-
-
- [[Commands in Very Brief]]
-
- + < Join the NEXT conference that is on your 'sequence' list
- - < Join the PRIOUSE conference that is on your 'sequence' list
- L < Select/DeSelect conferences to be on your 'sequence' list
-
- J < Join a Conference
- The program will access the selected conference for
- message reading and entering.
- R < Read Messages
- Read the Messages of the Current conference
- E < Enter Messages
- Enter a message to specified caller
- G < GoodBye. Return to RBBS
- N < Check for New Mail
- Will search thru conferences, and notify you of
- any new mail that is for You.
- D < Download Xtract File
- Using Xmodem,Ymodem, or Zmodem you can download the
- file that contains all messages that you may have
- extracted into.
- H < Help File
- View this Help file.
- C < Default Screen Color
- Change the default screen foreground color
-
-
-
- ___________________ Description of the Commands _____________________________
-
-
- <J> Join a Conference
-
- Using a displayed list of available conferences the remote caller
- will select the one to try to 'Join' to.
-
-
- <R> Read Messages
-
- This option will allow the normal caller or sysop to read the
- message base using a more complex search criteria.
-
- During the actual display of the messages, the Prompt commands
- are similar to RBBS, except that there are a few differences and
- additions.
-
- Commands commonly available:
-
- <ESC> Stop reading Messages
- ENTER It will default to Bracketed option.
- ### You can type the Message number to goto directly to
- + or - Change the Direction of the message display
- * Redefine Search Keys
- C (Sysop Level) Copy Current message into Editor to 'copy'
- D Goto to the 'Reply From' Message
- K Kill current Message (Sysop Level if Echomail conference)
- M Read next message that to/from you in current direction
- N Stop reading Messages
- R Reread the current message
- RE Reply to the Message
- Q Quit reading messages and return to Main Menu
- U Goto to the 'Reply To' Message
- X Xtract the Message into an Extract file
- Y Continue reading Messages
-
- Some options may stacked. for example
- 123- will start reading backwords from Message #123
- X+ will extract current message and change the
- message number direction to increment (positive).
- U*+ will start reading messages forwards
- will go 'U'p to the message # specified in 'Reply Next'
- will null any current search keys used in searching
-
- Private Messages will be displayed, if it is From or To you.
-
- The searches are more complex. Whatever is in a search criteria
- the message must have that in it, or else it won't be displayed.
- For example, if you specify, SYS for the From: criteria then
- only messages that are from those containing the letters SYS like
- SYSOP or PARALYSYS will be displayed.
-
- To null out a specified search request you would type * at the
- prompt to be deleted. (You would only need to * it, if the
- bracketed default is not already null).
-
- [For search purposes, Upper and Lower Case letters are the same.]
-
- Example 1:
- You want to read all messages that are from John Smith to you
- (John Doe). You could Specify:
-
- Search on From: JOHN SMITH
- Search on To : JOHN DOE
-
- then this program will only display messages that are from
- John Smith to John Doe.
-
- Example 2:
- You want to read all messages that have the subject of
- SWAP MEET then you may specify:
-
- Search on Topic: SWAP
-
- then smlnet will only display messages that have the word
- SWAP anywhere in the Topic heading.
-
- Example 3:
- You remember a message from John Blake, and that he talked
- about a Compaq 386 but don't remember the rest of it.
- So, you would specify:
-
- Search on From: JOHN Blake
-
- You may specify 386 or COMPAQ for the 'text' criteria.
- What the Text criteria is, that if a text is specified, then
- the message must have that fragment somewhere within the
- body of the message, for it to be displayed.
-
- Note. Just remember to deactivate the search keys after you are
- done with them.
-
-
- <E> Enter a Message
-
- This command will allow you to create a new message into the
- current Conference.
-
- You can create a message by using the Message Editor or you
- may insert message text from a text file. You have up to
- 300 messages lines to store the message in.
- (Only conference sysops are allowed to import textfiles into
- the current conference/message base.)
-
- Options within Message Editing are:
- ! (Sysop level) Crash Mail, File Attach/Requests
- A Abort entry of current message
- C Continue entry after last line
- D Delete specified lines
- E Edit specified line
- F (Sysop level) Append a Textfile to end of current message
- H Quicky Help Text
- I Insert and enter a message at specified number
- J Change the Topic(Subject) line
- K Netmail only. Toggle between KillSent and standard flag
- L List all lines in message
- P Active in Netmail conference Only!
- Toggle between Public/Private message mode
- Is this message to be saved as a Private
- or Public message. When replying to a
- Private message your created message will
- default to Private unless you 'toggle it'
- to a Public message before you save it.
- R Replace specified line
- (allows you you retype the line.)
- T Change destination of message
- S Save the message
-
-
- Conference sysops in the Netmail conference are also allowed
- to do 'Crash', 'File Attach' and 'File Request' operations.
- Be sure, to type in the full directory path that the file is in.
- It is the repsoniblity of the sysop to ensure the Filenames
- are correct, exist, and syntax is correct.
-
- <H> Display Help Documention
-
- This Command will print out the SMLNet.TXT file onto the screen.
- (What you are reading now.)
-
- <G> GoodBye!! Quit Program Return to BBS
-
- <C> Change Foreground Text color
- for example, have the characters White instead of [default] Cyan.
-
-
- <X> Extract Messages
-
- Somewhat similar to Read Messages but all specified messages
- are appended to the eXtract file. (downloadable).
-
- Smlnet will not allow a remote user to create an 'extract'
- file that is bigger then the time needed to download the
- file. BUT, it will allow the remote user to download the
- 'extract' file no matter how much time he has left.
-
- The 'Extract' file is always re-started upon startup of Smlnet
- program and call also be re-started when the extract file has
- been downloaded.
-
- <D> Download the Extract file
-
- You can choose to have your extract file squished by packers such
- as ARC, PKPAK, LHARC, or PKZIP. Though, of course, you can just
- download the straight text file.
-
- For the Download process:
- SmlNet Shells to a program called DSZ.COM by Chuck Forzberg.
- If you haven't ever tried DSZ.COM, then please treat yourself
- to this excellent Communication program.
- Zmodem is excellant over the long distance lines!
- I encourage you to register DSZ.COM for it is the best file
- transfer program so far as I have seen in ShareWare.
-
- You can choose Xmodem, Ymodem (1K Packet), or Zmodem for Transfers.
-
- After selecting the Protocal (xmodem, ...) then you would toggle
- your communication program to download the file.
-
- If you wish to abort the download, you must type in a dozen CTRL-X
- for DSZ.COM to recognize your abort.
-
- Now... you can read all your mail offline...
-
-
- <N> Check for new messages
-
- Question: Check all conferences (Y/[N]) ?
-
- Pressing Q or ESC will abort the New Message search.
- If Smlnet is actively checking a conference, then it
- will return to the Main menu once it is done processing
- the current conference.
-
- Answer: N or Enter
- Smlnet will check thru only conferences that are on
- your 'sequence' list. If you select this option,
- you will also be given a prompt that will to ask
- if all unread mail should be extracted so that you
- can then download it.
-
- In this mode, you can also tell Smlnet to download
- your new mail when it finds some in each conference.
-
- Answer: Y
- Smlnet will then search thru All conferences that you
- have access to.
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