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  2. |001|001|plus|minus|range|set counter|view|delete|save|                                     | 
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  5. |001|incr|select|reply to sender|reply to all|edit|create|mail to list|status|clear status|update|help|
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  7.             ^
  8.         |---select box
  9.  
  10. select:  select a list of messages for viewing, deleting, replying. Can be tuned off by the set counter 
  11.      box. For example if you want to view the two messages with message
  12.      numbers 21 and 51 and if the current values for all counters are 001 as shown above,
  13.      you can perform the following steps:
  14.  
  15.      1. Set the increment box value to 010 by selecting the incr box once:
  16.  
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  18. |001|001|plus|minus|range|set counter|view|delete|save|                                     | 
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  21. |010|incr|select|reply to sender|reply to all|edit|create|mail to list|status|clear status|update|help|
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  23.       ^
  24.       |----incr box
  25.  
  26.      2. Set the message counter to 021 by selecting the plus box twice:
  27.  
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  29. |021|001|plus|minus|range|set counter|view|delete|save|                                     | 
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  32. |010|incr|select|reply to sender|reply to all|edit|create|mail to list|status|clear status|update|help|
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  34.  
  35.      3. Select the "select box" to select this message number.
  36.  
  37.  
  38.      4. Set the message counter to 051 by selecting the plus box three times:
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  41. |051|001|plus|minus|range|set counter|view|delete|save|                                     | 
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  44. |010|incr|select|reply to sender|reply to all|edit|create|mail to list|status|clear status|update|help|
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  46.  
  47.      5. Select the "select box" to select this message number.
  48.  
  49.      6. Select the view box to see the two messages with message number 21 and messages number 51.
  50.