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Section 5 -- CompuServe Mail
CompuServe Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Activating CompuServe Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Write A CompuServe Mail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Finish the Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Send Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Transmit the Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
<O>nline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Getting New Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Reading CompuServe Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Saving the Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Reply to a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Other Methods of Adding to the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Writing Using Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
CompuServe Mail Multiple Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Addresses Entered Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Address Book Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
CompuServe Mail File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Sending Binary Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Receiving Binary Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Using the Binary File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Binary File Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Receiving ASCII Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
CompuServe Mail Delivery Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
FAX Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Postal Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Telex/MCI Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
B+ Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Feedback to CompuServe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
90-Day Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Congressgrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Executive News Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
TAPCIS(tm) Documentation Copyright (c) 1990, Support Group, Inc.
800-USA-GROUP, 301-387-4500
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CompuServe Mail
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CompuServe Mail is an electronic mail service. It is not really a "forum"
since it is used exclusively for private communication between individual
users. For convenience TAPCIS makes Mail look like a forum so that you'll only
need to learn one set of commands. Reading and writing messages in both Mail
and the forums is very similar.
CompuServe Mail does have a few features that the forums do not such as Return
Receipts (that tell you when the recipient read your message), multiple
addresses (in a forum you can address a message to All or to one user ID; Mail
allows multiple addresses) and the ability to send and receive binary files.
Your CompuServe mailbox can handle up to 100 messages at a time. The average
delivery time for a mail message is 1.5 minutes although it can be up to 20
minutes if the system is heavily loaded.
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Activating CompuServe Mail
The <F>orums menu allows us to activate Mail. Press <F> from the main TAPCIS
menu and the forums menu will appear. In the left hand box the name appears
next to the letter A. Press <A> and an asterisk <*> will appear next to the A
(Mail should always be A. Do not move it to a different letter or delete it).
If you press <A> again, the asterisk will toggle off. Make sure the asterisk
is next to the A and press <F7-Exit> to leave the forum screen.
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Write A CompuServe Mail Message
When you returned to the main menu, you may have noticed that Mail is listed
in the <F>orums box as #1. The command to write a message is <W>rite, so press
the letter <W> then press the number <1> for Mail at the Forum: prompt. The
next TAPCIS prompt is To:. Enter your name followed by your CompuServe user
ID. CompuServe cannot deliver your message unless the user ID is included. You
can omit the name; the user ID is required. Press return after entering your
user ID and then enter the subject "1st TAPCIS Mail Msg". Your screen should
look similar to Figure 0. Notice that TAPCIS shows you the maximum length that
CompuServe allows for the subject of a Mail message (24 characters). If you
overwrite the vertical bar <|> then your subject is too long.
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Finish the Message
For this test message, type in a paragraph or two of text. Press <F7-Send>
when you're finished composing. The Send menu will appear on the bottom line.
Figure 0 is an example message after the <F7-Send> key is pressed.
Send Options
The menu at the bottom of the screen in Figure 0 offers four choices. Notice
that the 1 repeated at the end of the line is the default choice. If you press
return or 1, the message will be sent via Mail normal delivery. Option 2
requests a return receipt. A surcharge of $0.25 is charged for a return
TAPCIS CompuServe Mail 5-1
receipt. In return you get a message providing the date and time the message
was received.
If after you press <F7-Send> you want to resume editing the message, press
zero <0>. To cancel and discard the message altogether, press the letter <X>.
For this example, press <1> to send the message normally through Mail. The
main menu will reappear.
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Transmit the Message
You wrote a message using the offline editor. You stored the completed message
on disk. The next step is to transmit the message to CompuServe. The message
cannot be delivered until TAPCIS calls CompuServe and sends the message. You
must command TAPCIS to do this; the program will not connect with CompuServe
on its own.
Looking at the main menu in Figure 0, did you notice the indicator above the
MAIL entry? Look for the double headed arrow next to the 1. It indicates an
action in the outbox waiting to be performed online.
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<O>nline
The command to send the message is <O>nline. Press <O> from the main menu.
TAPCIS will call CompuServe, log in, GO MAIL, and send the message. When it is
done, TAPCIS sends the command LOG to end the call. The last commands on your
screen should look similar to that shown below. The "LOG" is sent by TAPCIS to
CompuServe to logoff; however, if you are online interactive you should use
"OFF" instead. The other items in bold are provided by TAPCIS for your
information.
Mail! LOG
Thank you for using CompuServe!
Off at 18:49 EDT 15-Sep-90
Connect time = 0:01
Actual time = 00:19 1059 characters transmitted -- 55 cps
Pausing 30 seconds -- press any key to continue
The connect time shown is the amount that you will be billed for by
CompuServe. The actual time is the time tracked by TAPCIS. In this example at
2400 bps, it took TAPCIS 19 seconds to logon, go to Mail, send the message,
and logoff. The total characters transmitted is listed at 1059 which, divided
by 19 seconds, gives 55 characters per second (cps). This cps value will range
between just a few cps up to the maximum of 240 cps at 2400 bps. Its value
depends on many different factors, and it's difficult to say what is a "good"
or "bad" figure.
5-2 CompuServe Mail TAPCIS
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