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  How to use the AreaLink of IMAIL
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  To use the AreaLink for connecting and disconnecting echoes on my system,
  send a Netmail addressed to ARELINK, IMAIL, AREAFIX or AREAMGR,  
  (Case is not significant) to my system.

  In the Subject-Field you enter the password I've given you, and in the
  message body you enter the echoes which should be connected, disconnected
  or updated. You may place a '+' in front of the echoes to be connected,
  and a '-' in front of the echoes to be disconnected.

  An example:

     From:    John Doe
     To:      AREALINK
     Subject: my_password
     +I.MISC.JUNK         <= connect the echo         
     +I.MISC.JUNK,R-O     <= connect the echo with the status read-only
     +I.MISC.JUNK,W-O     <= connect the echo with the status write-only
     -I.MISC.SCIENCE      <= disconnect the echo      
     =I.MISC.JUNK         <= update the echo        

  Additionally to the use of echotags you may use the following wildcards:

     *                   means one or more of all valid characters       
     ?                   means exactly one of all valid characters
     [a-d]               means any character between a and d
     [!a-d]              means any character not between a and d

  There are several Meta-commands, which may be used in the message body.
  For them the case isn't significant, too:

     %LIST               List of all echoes which are available for you
     %QUERY              List of all connected echoes              
     %UNLINKED           List of all available, but not already linked echoes
     %PAUSE              Pause all echoes                
     %RESUME             Resume all echoes after a %PAUSE command        
     %COMPRESS <method>  Change you packmethod for the ARCmails
                         (list all available packers with '?')
     %PWD <new_pwd>      Change your AreaLink password into <new_pwd>
     %RESCAN             Executes a rescan on the new connected and updated
                         echoes. You can force a rescan of every single echo,
                         if you append an 'R' after a new connected or updated
                         echo as shown below

                                         +I.MISC.JUNK,R
                                         =I.MISC.TEST,R

                         You can specify the number of messages to rescan  
                         as the following example shows (,R=nnn):

                                         +I.MISC.JUNK,R=100
                                         =I.MISC.TEST,R=50

     %RECEIPT <addr>     Send Arealink receipt to <addr>.
     %HELP               Send this Helptext
     %INFO               General Information (used packer, etc.)
     %RULES <ON|OFF>     Switch on|off the sending of rules
     +*                  All echoes will be connected
     -*                  All echoes will be disconnected

  If you want to add a message to the request, you have to begin it after
  the tearline (---) or after the %NOTE Meta-Command, which may only be
  placed after your requests respectively after the remaining Meta-Commands.


