Night Owl 6/Night Owl's Shareware - PDSI-006 - Night Owl Corp (1990).iso/033a/pcbhlp_c.zip/HLPR

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@X0C(R)@X0Eead Messages - Function Help
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@X0FSubcommands:

@X0F         @X0C(#)  @X0F      @X0Ba message number between 1 and 9999999
@X0F         @X0C(F)  @X0F      @X0Bselects only messages left by you
@X0F         @X0C(Y)  @X0F      @X0Bselects only messages left for you
@X0F         @X0C(YA) @X0F      @X0Bselects only messages left for you or addressed to "ALL"
@X0F         @X0C(S)  @X0F      @X0Bselects messages above the last one you have read
@X0F         @X0C(A)  @X0F      @X0Bread messages in all conferences
@X0F         @X0C(L)  @X0F      @X0Bread in backwards order from the last message to the first
@X0F         @X0C(C)  @X0F      @X0Bcapture the messages to a file for download
@X0F         @X0C(D)  @X0F      @X0Bimplies a (C)apture and immediately downloads
@X0F         @X0C(Z)  @X0F      @X0Bimplies a (D)ownload but compresses the file before
@X0F         @X0C(G)  @X0F      @X0Bgoodbye
@X0F         @X0C(J)  @X0F      @X0Bjoin another conference
@X0F         @X0C(Q)  @X0F      @X0Bdisplay only message headers (quick scan mode)
@X0F         @X0C(NS) @X0F      @X0Bdisplays text in non-stop mode
@X0F         @X0C(RM) @X0F      @X0Bre-read previously "memorized" message number
@X0F         @X0C(RM+)@X0F      @X0Bre-read "memorized" message number plus forward read
@X0F         @X0C(RM-)@X0F      @X0Bre-read "memorized" message number plus backwards read
@X0F         @X0C(+)  @X0F      @X0Balone reads messages forward from present position or when
@X0F         @X0C          @X0F @X0Bappended to a number causes forward reading from that
@X0F         @X0C          @X0F @X0Bmessage number
@X0F         @X0C(-)       @X0F @X0Balone reads messages backwards from present position or
@X0F         @X0C          @X0F @X0Bwhen appended to a number causes backward reading from that
@X0F         @X0C          @X0F @X0Bmessage number
@X0F         @X0C(TS)      @X0F @X0Bsearch message headers for specific text
@X0F         @X0C(SET)     @X0F @X0Bsets the number of the last message read
@X0F         @X0C(EDIT)    @X0F @X0Bputs the current message into the editor for re-editing
@X0F         @X0C(NEXT)    @X0F @X0Breads next higher message number available
@X0F         @X0C(PREV)    @X0F @X0Breads next lower message number available
@X0F         @X0C(JUMP)    @X0F @X0Bskips to the next conference on a (R)ead (A)ll command
@X0F         @X0C(SKIP)    @X0F @X0Bsets the last message read pointer, skips to next conf.
@X0F         @X0C(USER)    @X0F @X0Bselects only those message to or from the specified user
@X0F         @X0C(SELECT)  @X0F @X0Bselects the current conference for future scans
@X0F         @X0C(DESELECT)@X0F @X0Bdeselects the current conference for future scans

@X0FDescription:  @X0BAllows reading messages left on the system.  All public messages
@X0F              @X0Bwill be displayed, along with private messages left either by you
@X0F              @X0Bor for you.  If a message has more display lines than what your
@X0F              @X0B(P)age Length is set for, a "(H)elp, More?" prompt will appear
@X0F              @X0Basking for your input.  Multiple message numbers to read can be
@X0F              @X0Bentered on the same command line if desired.  Additionally,
@X0F              @X0Bcombinations of the above commands can be entered on the same
@X0F              @X0Bcommand line if desired.

@X0FExamples:

@X0F  * @X0ER S <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command will read all mail that is new since you last read
@X0F    @X0Bmail in this message base.

@X0F  * @X0ER Y S <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command will read all mail that is addressed to you that is new
@X0F    @X0Bsince you last read mail in this message base.

@X0F  * @X0ER 1+ <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command will read all messages from #1 to the end.

@X0F  * @X0ER 1 5 10 20 <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command will read messages 1, 5, 10 and 20 and then stop.


@X0F  * @X0ER L <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command will read all mail in reverse order from beginning to
@X0F    @X0Bend.

@X0F  * @X0ETS A 1+ <enter>
@X0F    @X0EPCBoard & LANtastic <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above commands will search thru every available message in ALL
@X0F    @X0Bconferences areas you are set to scan for any message that has both
@X0F    @X0Bthe word "PCBoard" AND the word "LANtastic" in it.

@X0F  * @X0ETS A 1+ <enter>
@X0F    @X0EPCBoard & (LANtastic | DESQview) <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above commands will search thru every available message in ALL
@X0F    @X0Bconferences areas you are set to scan for any message that has both
@X0F    @X0Bthe word "PCBoard" AND either the word "LANtastic" OR the word
@X0F    @X0B"DESQview" in it.

@X0F    @X0BThe parenthesis tell PCBoard how you want to group your criteria if
@X0F    @X0Byou have a complex search request such as the one above.  It will
@X0F    @X0Ballow for nearly any number of parens and any combination of AND's
@X0F    @X0B(using the "&" character) and OR's (using the "|" character).

@X0F  * @X0ETS A 1+ USER JOHN DOE <enter>
@X0F    @X0EPCBoard & Help <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command (similar to examples above) adds the keyword USER
@X0F    @X0Bto the command line specifying that only messages that are either
@X0F    @X0BTO or FROM John Doe should be displayed if they are found to have
@X0F    @X0Bboth the words PCBoard and Help in them.

@X0F  * @X0ER A Z <enter>

@X0F    @X0BThe above command will capture all messages in all conferences since
@X0F    @X0Bthe last message read, compress the capture file and the begin the
@X0F    @X0Bdownload procedure.

@X0F  * @X0ER SET 100 <enter>

@X0F    @X0BSets the last message read for that conference to 100.

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