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WHAT IS A MAIL DOOR
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What is a mail door? - A mail door is a program that allows the user to
download mail in a compressed form, for use with other programs that are
called 'offline' mail readers. You can select message areas that are of
interest to you, and tell the mail reader what types of messages you are
interested in downloading. This allows you to 'weed' out many of the
unwanted messages, and since the messages are compressed, and you do not
have to read them while logged on, you save yourself much time.
HOW DO I GET STARTED
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First you will need an "offline mail reader". There are many... however
if you cannot locate one, your Sysop will most likely be able to help
you out. Then you select your areas to download. Next you download your
messages and logoff the system. After replying to the messages with your
offline mail reader, you call back the system, and upload your replies.
REMOTE CONTROL
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There are a few features you can access by writing special messages that
will make your life very easy...
Anytime you write a message to "OLMS", the mail door knows you are going
to perform some sort of special command. These commands are entered on
the subject line of your message like this:
From: YOUR NAME
To: OLMS
Subject: COMMAND
There are 6 special commands...
ADD Adds the current conference to your selection.
DROP Drops the current conference from your selection.
RESET Resets the current conferences message pointers.
You can specify RESET by itself to start back at
the first message, or RESET <number>, like RESET 100
to select the last 100 messages in that conference.
KEYWORD Adds/removes a keyword to your keywording list.
Specify it like KEYWORD <word>, where <word> would be
the word you wanted to add to your list. Also, you
can put a negative sign in front of the <word> and it
will remove it from your keyword list. Like this:
KEYWORD GOOD STUFF or KEYWORD -GOOD STUFF
FILTER Filter works exactly like the KEYWORD examples above
except it adds/removes filters from your filter list.
TWIT Again, TWIT is like the above two examples, but works
on your twit list setup.
NETMAIL
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For netmail, use @zone:net/node in the subject line (replacing zone, net
and node with the actual netmail address) and as the first line in your
message, you can put "Subject:" followed by a real subject if you wish.
Here's an example:
From: YOUR NAME
To: PETE ROCCA
Subject: @1:2401/123
Now when OLMS inserts this message into the message base,it will use the
the address 1:2401/123 to send it to. Also, if you want to put a subject
into the message base, just put it on the first line of the message like
this:
Subject: Hi there!
Hi Pete, how are you doing today? Etc...
If you have anymore questions about the mail door, your Sysop will most
likely be more than happy to help out.
Happy mailing!
Pete Rocca
Multiboard Communications Centre
1:2401/305
support@mbcc.com