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- The Blue Wave Mail Door Configuration Menu Help
-
- C)hoose Message Areas for Download
- ----------------------------------
- Allows you to select and deselect which message areas you want to
- download through The Blue Wave Mail Door. When selecting areas, you are
- presented with a choice to download ALL messages in the area, only
- personal messages in the area, or Personal message *and* those addressed
- to "All".
-
- P)rotocol
- ---------
- Allows you to define the transfer protocol (Zmodem, Xmodem, ect.) that
- you would like to use to transfer mail packets between your computer and
- the BBS.
-
- A)rchiver
- ---------
- Allows you to select the compression method you would like to use when
- downloading your mail packet. (ZIP, ARC, LZH, ARJ, etc.)
-
- {PAUSE}
-
- N)ew File Listings in Packets
- -----------------------------
- After packing your messages for download, The Blue Wave Mail Door will
- scan the BBS file areas for new files since your last successful mail
- download. There are 3 choices for this option:
-
- NO - Do not bother building a new file listing.
- YES - Build a new file listing (text, no color).
- COLOR - Build a new file listing, and include ANSI colors.
-
- *** NOTE ***
- The Sysop may have disabled this option on the configuration menu.
-
-
- U)se Numerical Packet Extensions
- --------------------------------
- When The Blue Wave Mail Door builds your mail bundles, it normally names
- the packet extensions with the day of the week and the number of the
- packet for the day (MO1, TU2, WE7, TH1, etc). If you would like you
- packets to have sequential numeric extensions (001, 002, 003, etc), turn
- this option ON.
-
- {PAUSE}
-
- G)raphics Mode (On/Off)
- -----------------------
- Normally, The Blue Wave Mail Door will use color if you have selected
- to use color within the BBS. However, you may turn COLOR off in the
- door, if you like.
-
- H)otkey Menu Selections
- -----------------------
- The Blue Wave Mail Door allows you to input most menu selections without
- having to press [ENTER] to accept the command. You may need to turn
- Hotkeys off if you have frequent line noise.
-
- B)undle Messages From You
- -------------------------
- If you turn this option OFF, the door will not bundle any messages into
- your mail packet that have either your name or alias in the FROM: field.
-
- X)pert Menu Mode
- ----------------
- Enables the door's EXPERT menus. You should not use this option if you
- are not familiar with the way The Blue Wave Mail Door operates.
- {PAUSE}
- R)eset Lastread Pointers
- ------------------------
- Allows you to change which messages The Blue Wave Mail Door thinks you
- have read. If you reset your pointers 3 days, this means the door will
- attempt to send you 3 days worth of mail on your next download.
-
- L)imit Download Packet Size
- ---------------------------
- The Blue Wave Mail Door allows you to define the MAXIMUM size of your
- UNcompressed mail packet. Set this option to "0" (Zero) if you do not
- wish to limit your mail packet size. Otherwise, you may set this to any
- number greater than 50. When the uncompressed size of your mail packet
- exceeds your limit, the door will cease bundling and allow you to
- download as much mail as will fit into your "packet size window".
-
- S)et Password Options
- ---------------------
- The Blue Wave Mail System allows you to define a password as an "extra"
- security measure against other people accessing your mail. This command
- will allow you to define your password and HOW the mail system is to USE
- this password (door, reader, or both).
- {PAUSE}
- K)eyword Selection
- ------------------
- Allows you to define up to 10 keywords of up to 20 characters apiece.
- When The Blue Wave Mail Door scans the BBS's message base for mail, you
- will be informed of any keywords that are present in the various message
- bases. You can then use The Blue Wave Bundling Commands to download
- ONLY the messages that contain these keywords. Please see the reader's
- documentation for more details.
-
- F)ilter Selection
- -----------------
- Filters perform very similarly to the K)eywords option, but instead the
- door will allow you to FILTER out the messages that you do not want to
- download. Again, please see the reader documentation for more details.
-
- M)acro Definitions
- ------------------
- The Blue Wave Mail Door allows you to define 3 macros that you can use
- for often-entered Bundling Commands. Instead of typing a long,
- cumbersome string each time you download mail, simply define a Macro!
- At the command prompt, you can then simply type "M1", "M2", or "M3".
-