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Caller Documentation for SMLNET.EXE ver: 1.D [12/25/88] by Darwin Collins
This program was created to allow Remote callers (and Sysops)
add, edit, read, and search thru NetMail/EchoMail Conferences.
You can:
Add Public/Private Messages into upto 100 Conferences.
Have program look for new mail for You in all conferences.
Extract messages onto a downloadable Archived file.
Download via Xmodem/Ymodem/Zmodem the Archived eXtraction File.
Search thru all messages based on numerous criteria categories.
Sysops are capable of doing File Attaches/Requests.
Most Important! It keeps track of Last Message Read !!!
[[[ ]]]
[[[ 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]]
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
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 '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 RBBS
<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-initialized upon startup
of Smlnet program.
<D> Download the Extract file
Upon entering this command, Smlnet will Squash your Extract file
into a smaller downloadable file. The sysop will notify you
of the Packing program that he has setup to use for this.
(He may have also disabled this packing feature.)
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 have an
active Last Msg pointer in them.
If your Last Msg pointer for a specific conference is
older then the beginning message, then Smlnet will
Warn you that the Last Msg pointer is no longer active,
and that you will need to Join that conference, If you
want to re-activate the Last Msg pointer for the
conference.
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 for new messages, and any mail that is
for you.
Of course, you would still need to Join that conference to
read any new mail.
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