 C86Net Mail Handling
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   You may send Mail to other systems both locally and, possibly, long distance
from this system.  In order to do this, you must first .goto Mail (if you're
not there already).  The command is

  .Enter Net-message

   You will then be asked for destination system.  An empty C/R here aborts the
message, while a question mark ('?') will print out a list of systems that are
currently on the net; this is a convenience in case you don't quite know the
spelling of a system's net name or can't remember.

   ******NOTE: Recipient's name for net mail CAN NOT be checked.  Therefore,
be VERY VERY careful when spelling the recipient's name.  Mail to the 'sysop'
of another system works, too.  You will* be told after the next successful
net session with that system if your Mail> didn't have a recipient.  If it did,
then you'll hear nothing.  If there was no recipient, you will have Mail> from
Citadel stating that fact.

   In order to use the networking capabilities of Citadel AT ALL, you must
acquire permission from the sysop.  Leave mail to 'Sysop' to request
permission if you don't seem to yet have it.

   You may also cause a non-network Mail> message to become a network Mail>
message simply by touching 'N' at the entry cmd: prompt of Message Entry; you
will be prompted for the system to send the Mail> to.  If you fail to type in
a correct node, you will not lose your message, but the message won't be
netted anywhere.

   Domains are supported in ^variantname for both implicit and explicit
routing.  "Implicit" just means the system will use the domain system to
deliver your Mail.  If you can't seem to send net Mail to some node which
you know is out there, and you happen to know the domain the system resides
in (most net messages should in fact display the domain the system resides
in), you can explicitly specify the domain of the system you're shooting
for by using the .EN command and replying to the system name prompt with

   systemname _ domainname

or, if you don't like underscores, you can use a period.

   systemname.domainname

   For example, if you were on some other system and wanted to get to send
Mail to this system, you could simply type in

    ^nodename _ ^nodedomain

   and in most cases your Mail would eventually get to this system.

   You may use the <W>ho Else option of Mail> in conjunction with
the network.  If you want to send a copy of your Mail, whether or not the
Mail is meant for another system or for a user on ^nodename, to someone on
another system, simply access <W>ho Else as usual ('W' at the entry cmd:
prompt), and when asked for Who Else, type "user @ system name".  ^nodename
will notice the "@" and attempt to identify the name of the system following
the "@".  If it can't, your Who Else will be rejected; otherwise, a copy of
the Mail> will be delivered to the user on that system.  You can explicitly
designate the domain of the target system in Who Else.

   Finally, there is an alternative to the .Enter Net command.  Instead, you
can use the <E>nter single stroke command, and when prompted for a recipient,
type "user @ system name".  Just as noted in the paragraph on <W>ho Else,
if system name can be identified, the Mail will be delivered to the named
person on that system.  This is more of a convenience option unless you find
you have a message in your Held buffer which needs to be sent to someone on
another system, in which case this option becomes necessary.  You can use
domain designations here, too.


 %ADVANCED Back to the advanced commands help menu.
 %HELPOPT Get a list of all help files in the system.
 %DOMAINS What are domains in C86Net, anyways?
 %MAINHELP First level of help system.

