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Offline Mail Help
Offline mail is a very convient way for you to read/ reply or
simply post a message. You can download a packet (compressed messages),
extract it and use a offline mail reader such as bluewave to read the mail.
Then when you are through you can upload the replies back to the BBS.
Renegade supports the QWK packet system so it is very important to remember
to either rename or delete your QWK packets before downloading another
packet. Also it is equally important to remember to delete your REP reply
packet after sucessfully uploading it to the BBS. Here is a list of commands
with discriptions for each.
(A)rchive Config : You always need to do this one first. First it will ask
you for an archive type to use (ZIP, ARJ, ARC, ZOO)
after selecting that you will be asked if you want your
own replies included in your packet. If you are unsure
if your replies are getting to the BBS set this to YES,
otherwise I suggest NO. Next is "Do you want a new files
listing included?", this is a very nice feature but be
forwarned it will scan EVERY file directory for new
files and may take quite some time to complete. Next is
"Private mail in QWK packet?" I suggest YES, this way
you can select NO when the BBS first asks you if you
want to read your email and read it offline!
(B)ase Selection : This should be next, this function allows you to select
what message areas will be packed up and sent to you.
(D)ownload : This allows you to create and download your packet.
(U)pload : This is how you upload your REP packet with your replies
in it back into the message areas.
(P)ointer Date : Allows you to reset the last date you downloaded mail.
This comes in handy if the first packet is just too big
to get, you might reset it to a few days ago, or yesterday
and try the (D)ownload again.
Note, some systems limit the number of messages from a single area you
can download at once and/or limit the total number of messages. If you think
you have exceeded the maximum, you can user the pointer date or base
selection to reduce the number of messages. Then after you download that
packet you can reset the base selections and do a second.