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- GEnie Reminder Service
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-
- Do you have trouble remembering IMPORTANT dates? Like your anniversary? Or a
- parent's birthday? Or a dinner date with someone special?
-
- Now GEnie helps you remember those important dates with the GEnie Reminder
- Service! Never again will you need to experience that sinking feeling when
- someone says, "You forgot AGAIN?"
-
- Through GEnie Reminder you can enter important information about ANY upcoming
- event ... whether it's next week, next month or next year. Just tell GEnie the
- date you want to be reminded and on that date the reminder you entered will be
- delivered to your GE Mail address.
-
- And theres's more! You won't have to pay anything extra for using the GEnie
- Reminder Service. It's included at GEnie's STANDARD CONNECT RATES!
-
- Don't ever miss an important date again. Take time NOW to enter *your*
- important events in the GEnie Reminder Service!
-
-
- GEnie Reminder Service Instructions
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-
- The GEnie Reminder Service allows you to create a message to yourself regarding
- important dates or events in the future and specify a date on which the letter
- will be delivered in GE Mail. Reminders can also be queued for other GEnie
- members.
-
-
- The GEnie Reminder Service menu on Page 202 looks like this:
-
- GEnie Page 202
- GEnie Reminder Service
-
- 1. About GEnie Reminder
- 2. Reminder Service Instructions
- 3. Enter a Reminder
- 4. Display all your Reminders
-
- Enter #, <P>revious, or <H>elp?
-
-
- 1 - About GEnie Reminder
- ------------------------
-
- Lists a text file with descriptive information about the GEnie Reminder
- Service.
-
-
- 2 - Reminder Service Instructions
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-
- Lists this instruction file.
-
-
- 3 - Enter a Reminder
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-
- When you select Option 3 from the GEnie Reminder Service menu GEnie will prompt
- you for the date the reminder is to be delivered. You may specify a date up to
- three years in the future. The format for the delivery date is:
-
- YYMMDD
-
- - where -
-
- YY = Year
- MM = Month
- DD = Date
-
- GEnie will then request the GE Mail address which is to receive the reminder.
- You will also be given the option of adding other GE Mail addresses to the
- Carbon Copy list. (Note - Only one address may be specified for the TO:
- address.)
-
- Once addressing is complete you will be prompted to enter your
- reminder/message. You will enter your reminder using the same line editor
- available in GEnie's bulletin board. Wait for the 1> prompt before beginning
- to type. Make sure you press <RETURN> at the end of each line (don't type more
- than 80 characters for any one line) and wait for the next line number prompt
- before continuing with your reminder. You may also elect to compose your
- reminder offline and upload it.
-
- For help with commands in the GEnie Reminder Service editor, type *H as the
- only two characters at a line-number prompt. When your reminder is complete,
- type *S as the only two characters as a line-number prompt to save your
- reminder.
-
-
- 4 - Display all your Reminders
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-
- The "Display all your Reminders" option allows you to view any reminders that
- are queued for delivery. You can either display or delete reminders with this
- option.
-
- Don't miss another birthday, anniversary, or any occasion! Enter your events
- into the GEnie Reminder Service NOW!
-
- To access this service just enter REMIND at any GEnie main menu prompt.
- Please remember that this service is not included in the GEnie*Basic
- Services.
-
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