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ÄMESSAGE HELP: ïType the letter of the command that you need help with.
ÄAï)rea Change ÄNï)ext Message
ÄRï)eply to message Ä=ï)Read Nonstop
ÄLï)ist Messages ÄUï)pload Message
ÄKï)ill Message ÄEï)nter Message
ÄPï)rior Message Ä+ï)Read Reply
Ä-ï)Read Original ÄGï)oodbye (log off)
ÄBï)rowse Messages ÄTï)ag Areas
Ä*ï)Current Message ÄFï)orward Message
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Ä AREA CHANGE
ÅThe Area Change command lets you change to another message area.
The messages on this BBS are divided into categories, usually by subject.
Before entering a message, make sure that you are in the right message area,
since some special areas are sent via telephone at great cost to other
bulletin boards (these type of areas are usually called `EchoMail' areas),
and people may get upset if you leave an inappropriate message in the
wrong area. V07326
Ä READ NEXT MESSAGE
ÅThe Next Message command will display the next message in the
current area. To keep reading messages in this direction, you can press
the ENTER key at the next prompt. V07326
Ä READ PRIOR MESSAGE
ÅThe Prior Message command will display the previous message in the
current area. To keep reading messages in this direction, you can press
the ENTER key at the next prompt. V07326
Ä ENTER A MESSAGE
ÅThe Enter Message command allows you to send a message to someone
else on this system. After you select this command, the BBS will prompt
you for some information it needs to know to send the message -- Such
as who the message is to, the subject of the message, and whether or not
the message is private. After entering this information, then you will
be placed into one of the message editors; either the BORED line editor,
or the MaxEd full-screen editor. (Your configuration in the Change Setup
menu will determine which editor is started.) Once you're in the editor,
you can enter your message. If you decide that you didn't really want to
send the message, you can choose the ABORT command; otherwise, you can
choose the SAVE command to write the message to disk. V07326
Ä REPLY TO A MESSAGE
ÅThe Reply command allows you to send a response to the author
whose message you read last. The reply command is similar to the Enter
command, except some of the message fields will be filled in for you
(the author of the message you're replying to will be automatically inserted
into the "To:" field of the message you're writing), and you can agree
to those defaults by pressing ENTER. Also, once in the editor, you can
also QUOTE the previous message, which helps to preserve message-thread
continuity. V07326
Ä READ NON-STOP
ÅThe Non-Stop Read command allows you to read all of the messages
in the current area (starting with the current message), without
pausing between each message. This is useful if your terminal program has a
`capture' or `buffer' command, which will let you save the messages to disk
for later perusal. V07326
Ä READ ORIGINAL
ÅThe Read Original command will display the message which the
current message is a reply of. (You can tell if a message is a reply
to another, since there will be a "*** This is a reply to #xx" tag at the
bottom of the message.) V07326
Ä READ REPLY
ÅThe Read Reply command will display any replies to the current
message. (You can tell if a message has any replies, since there will be
a "*** There is a reply. See #xx" tag at the bottom of the message.) V07326
Ä LIST
ÅThe List command will show a list of all of the messages in the
current area (starting with the specified message) in a brief format, so you
can quickly select the message you want to read, without having to see the
full text of each message. You can also use the "LV" command, which will
also display the subject of each message, in addition to the other header
information. V07326
Ä GOODBYE
ÅThis option logs you off the system and hangs up the phone. V07326
Ä KILL A MESSAGE
ÅThe Kill command allows you to delete a message in the current area.
However, you can only kill messages which are TO or FROM you; you cannot
delete someone else's mail unless you are the SysOp. V07326
Ä UPLOAD A MESSAGE
ÅThe Upload command allows you to directly upload a message
to the current area. This is identical to the Enter Message command,
except instead of invoking the editor, MaxEd will start an Xmodem upload.
Instead of typing in your message, you should tell your terminal to upload
the pre-typed file containing the message text. This is much easier than
doing an ASCII upload into the BORED editor, since you don't have to fiddle
with pace characters, line delays, etc. V07326
Ä FORWARD
ÅThe Forward command allows you to make a copy of a message in the
current area, and send it to someone else. Just type in the message number
to forward, and enter the name of the person you wish to send the message
to. You can also forward a message directly into another area by typing
the area number when prompted. V07326
Ä BROWSE
ÅThe Browse command allows you to perform many sophisticated
search and retrieval commands on the message base. Browse can display
all new messages, search for keywords, pack messages into QWK bundles,
list messages one to a line, and more. For more information, select
the Browse command and choose "?" at the first menu. V07326
Ä TAG AREAS
ÅThe Tag Areas command allows you to select a set of
messages areas which interest you. The set of areas that you select
can be referenced through either the browse command or the QWK mail
packer. Tagging and then browsing is a quick way of finding messages
that you're looking for. V07326
Ä READ CURRENT
ÅThe Read Current option allows you to reread the current
message. Maximus will display the message currently pointed to by
your lastread pointer. The current forward/reverse reading direction
will not be modified by this command. V07326
Ä EDIT USER
ÅThis command allows you to invoke the user editor
based on the "From:" address of the current message. When selecting
this command, Max will perform a search on the user who created the
message. If this user is found, Max will display the user in the
user editor, ready for changes to be made. This command is only
available to SysOps. V07326
Ä JUMP TO FILES
ÅThis command will take you directly to the file
areas. Instead of going back to the main menu and then selecting
F)iles, the Jump command allows you to directly switch between
the message and file sections. V07326
ÅT
ÅThis area is a newsgroup conference, which is similar
to an `EchoMail' area, but the conference originates in the Internet,
not in Fidonet. Messages in this area will be sent to other bulletin
boards participating in this conference. There may be a large number
of systems hooked up to this particular area (and some possibly
overseas!), so you should try to stay on-topic. This should NOT be
used for sending private messages to friends; private messages aren't
permitted in newsgroup areas. In addition, the conference moderator
may get upset if you post off-topic material.
There are some special considerations for posting in
newsgroup areas. First, if the BBS does not offer you the option to
post messages in this area, it may be that the newsgroup is moderated,
and you'll have to send any replies to the conference moderator via
netmail (contact the sysop for more information). Second, if you are
allowed to post here, and if you are replying to a message and quoting
a portion of that message, put a line containing ONLY the characters
Ä%R Å(just those two characters) on a line just above your first quoted
line. This will be expanded by the software to a line that reads:
ïIn article Ä<message-ID> ïdated Ä<date>ï, Ä<user> ïwrote:
Å...where the information in the angle brackets is taken from the
message you are replying to. This is considered good form in
newsgroup conferences, and will save you a lot of manual typing, BUT
it ONLY WORKS ON REPLIES, when you've chosen the ÄRï)eply to message
Åoption from the message menu. It does NOT work if you enter the
message any other way! Also note that this expansion of the Ä%R
Åmacro will not happen until some time after you log off, so don't
panic when it doesn't change in front of your eyes.V07326