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- The Blue Wave Offline 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 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 mail door will scan the BBS
- file areas for new files since your last successful mail download. There
- are three 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 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 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 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 mail door operates.
- {PAUSE}
- R)eset Lastread Pointers
- ------------------------
- Allows you to change which messages the 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 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 mail door 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 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 mail door allows you to define three 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".
-
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