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 (End of Message) Command
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 Commands Available to All:

            (Enter) contines on with message read function
            (N)    stop reading messages
            (NS)   continue reading messages in non-stop format
            (T)    thread read (forward) (or T+)
            (T-)   thread read (backwards)
            (#)    a specific message number between 1 and 9999999
            (+)    alone reads messages forward from present position or when
                   appended to a number causes forward reading from that
                   message number
            (-)    alone reads messages backwards from present position or
                   when appended to a number causes backward reading from
                   that message number
            (F)    selects only messages left by you
            (Y)    selects only messages left for you
            (S)    selects messages above the last one you have read
            (A)    read messages in all conferences
            (L)    read in backwards order from the last message to the first
            (C)    capture the messages to a file for download
            (D)    implies a (C)apture and immediately downloads
            (Z)    implies a (D)ownload but compresses the file before
            (G)    goodbye
            (J)    join another conference
            (Q)    display only message headers (quick scan mode)
            (RE)   enter a reply to the message just read
            (RR)   read the referenced message
            (M)    memorize that message number for later return
            (RM)   return to a previously "memorized" message number
            (TS)   begin a text search of message header information
            (SET)  sets the number of the last message read
            (NEXT) reads next higher message number available
            (PREV) reads next lower message number available
            (USER) begins a search for messages to/from a specific user

 Additional Commands Available if Message is To/From You:

            (K)    kill the message
            (E)    edit the "To:" and "Subj:" of the message header and
                   'Echo' flag if applicable

 Additional Commands Available for Sysops ONLY!

            (P)    "protect" the message (make it "private")
            (U)    "unprotect" the message (make it "public")
            (F)    find caller's USERS file record and display
            (O)    read messages in "read only" mode
            (MOVE) Move the message to another conference
            (COPY) Copy the message to another conference

 Comments:  If you do not have a security level necessary to perform the
            Sysop functions above, do NOT attempt to enter those commands
            as excessive attempts to do so may lock you out of this system!
            Commands can be stacked together at this prompt if desired.

 Examples:

   * R 1+ <enter>

     The above command will read all messages from #1 to the end.

   * R 1 5 10 20 <enter>

     The above command will read messages 1, 5, 10 and 20 and then stop.

   * R S <enter>

     The above command will read all mail that is new for you.

   * R L <enter>

     The above command will read all mail in reverse order from beginning to
     end.

   * TS A 1+ <enter>
     PCBoard & LANtastic <enter>

     The above commands will search thru every available message in ALL
     conferences areas you are set to scan for any message that has both
     the word "PCBoard" AND the word "LANtastic" in it.

   * TS A 1+ <enter>
     PCBoard & (LANtastic | DESQview) <enter>

     The above commands will search thru every available message in ALL
     conferences areas you are set to scan for any message that has both
     the word "PCBoard" AND either the word "LANtastic" OR the word
     "DESQview" in it.

     The parenthesis tell PCBoard how you want to group your criteria if
     you have a complex search request such as the one above.  It will
     allow for nearly any number of parens and any combination of AND's
     (using the "&" character) and OR's (using the "|" character).

   * TS A 1+ USER JOHN DOE <enter>
     PCBoard & Help <enter>

     The above command (similar to examples above) adds the keyword USER
     to the command line specifying that only messages that are either
     TO or FROM John Doe should be displayed if they are found to have
     both the words PCBoard and Help in them.

   * R A Z <enter>

     The above command will capture all messages in all conferences since
     the last message read, compress the capture file and the begin the
     download procedure.

   * R SET 100 <enter>

     Sets the last message read for that conference to 100.

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