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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This program was created by: W. Nijland Rossinistraat 134 1962 EJ Heemskerk The Netherlands FidoNet: 2:280/801.337 CompuServe: 100120,3464 The author. No 'C' here but Modula-2. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Welcome to Aura Mail Reader! AMR is a next-generation offline QWK compatible message manager. AMR allows you to combine incoming mailpackets with an existing message base. This provides you with seamless access to older messages , much like you would have when reading mail on-line. AMR was designed to make you feel right at home from the very first time you use it. Attempt was made to structure the key sequences in a logical manner. An extensive, on-line, context-sensitive, hyper-text, help system is always just one key away. Whenever you have a question, just press (F1) for detailed help. It's like always having the manual open to the right page. Many new features are planned for future versions of AMR. However, they can only be implemented with your support. The registered version of AMR does not require you to enter a 5-digit access code at startup. It removes the ending screen and your registration number will appear in your taglines where [NR] is currently displayed. The cost of AMR is $25 (US funds). Include $5 shipping and handling for orders outside the Netherlands. Add $5 if you require AMR on a 3-1/2" disk. A completed and signed order form MUST accompany each order. The order form is found in the file ORDER.FRM. Orders are processed as they are received. Generally, they are shipped within 7 days. However, please allow 2-8 weeks for delivery from the time your order is mailed. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Quick Installation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This section assumes you are installing AMR onto a hard disk. Since AMR is disk intensive and its message bases require a greater amount of storage than conventional non-message base readers, it is not recommended that you run AMR using floppy disks. Make a subdirectory off the root directory for your AMR files and extract the archive into it. You should NEVER run AMR from the root directory of any drive. If you have registered AMR, make sure your AURA.INI file is in your AMR directory (the same directory where AMR.EXE is). Start AMR by typing: AMR (ENTER) Since AMR will need to access external programs (your editor, lister, compression program etc.) from various directories, these programs should be in a directory included within your path. If these programs are not in a directory included in your path, you will need to include the full pathname to the program in the General Settings section. Next you are greeted with a blank window. It only contains a line with the date and time in Military format and the text "Initial creation of LogFile." It is now time to configure AMR for proper use. Select Setup, General and fill in the required information for each of the fields. Use the up and down arrows to move to another field. Help is available by pressing (F1) or [Help]. The most important information to enter is: o Directory of new packets - This tells AMR where to look for unprocessed mail. o Directory of reply packets - This tells AMR where to put your reply (.REP) files so your communications program can find them to upload. o Execution of ... compress - This version of AMR needs to know what compression programs you are using and where to find them. AMR can work with any OS/2 or DOS program. o Execution of ... uncompress - This version of AMR needs to know what compression programs you are using and where to find them. AMR can work with any OS/2 or DOS program. The four items above are all that you need to start AMR. However, as you become more comfortable with AMR you will want to customize it to meet your personal preferences. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Distribution ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ AMR is distributed as shareware. It is NOT public domain, freeware or "free software". You may evaluate AMR for 30 days, after which you must either register it or stop using it. Registration is required for use in a business, government or institutional setting. Unaltered copies of AMR's original shareware distribution archive may be freely copied and shared with others as long as no fee is charged to do so. It may be uploaded to local and national BBS's. Anyone desiring to distribute AMR by charging a per disk fee (i.e. disk vendors) must obtain written permission from the author, W. Nijland, before doing so. AMR may be distributed via subscription BBS's as long as no inference is made that the subscription in any way pays for the use or evaluation of AMR. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Features ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ AMR treats offline reading like a BBS. It allows you to specify a number of old messages to keep in each conference and each new packet updates the message base. You can seamlessly access old messages while reading new ones. By setting the number of old messages to one you can use AMR much like a conventional offline mail reader. AMR allows you to delete individual messages or mark them for longterm storage. You may easily delete all the messages in a particular conference, or mark them as read or unread. It keeps up with which messages you have read and which messages came in the last packet. The emphasis of AMR is ease of use on small to medium sized message bases. Effort was made to make AMR user-friendly and as automatic as possible. Other features include: Wide/long message support. Default b+tree indexing does not require sort. Support for ARC, ARJ, LZH, ZIP and ZOO compression programs. Conference specific settings (Fido mode and tagline file). Multiple packet import. Ability to save any line of text as a tagline. Automatic Quoting option. Exporting of individual messages. User-defined lists sorted on subject. Advanced threading based on subject or reference number. Support for hundreds of conferences (depending on the system). Fido mode option by BBS, conference and auto-detection. Support for external lister and editor. 10 user-defined Function-keys. Filters, (Twit, Censor, Ignore). Lists (Taglines, Subjects, Persons). Pure PM application. Multi-thread OS/2 facilities used. DDE server facilities. Flexible layouts. Popup menu's. ...and much more. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Using DDE with AMR ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) The Aura Mail Reader supports the DDE protocol as a server. The servername is AMR and the topic name is CONTROL. Hot links are supported. The names of the available fields are identical to the available symbols. If you wish to query the currently selected Mail Database from a Describe document or template, you could enter the following: Program (servername) : AMR File (topic): CONTROL Item (field): BBSNAME It even works from Windows. If you wish to query the name of the currently selected Mail Database from within Word for Windows you could enter the following field: {DDE AMR CONTROL BBSNAME}. Pressing F9 updates the selected field(s). A field is selected if the insertion point is in it, if any part of the field is selected, or if the field is within the selection. An automatic update uses {DDEAUTO AMR CONTROL BBSNAME} The DDE facility has been tested using Describe, Lotus 123/G and ObjectVision. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Setup Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This is some help on the Setup Menubar. The Setup menu has the following items: o General o Fonts o Colors o Buttons o Filters o Lists o Packet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Log-browser bar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The log-list contains a reasonably detailed overview of your activities. Note the list is in descending order: the most recent entry is placed on top. The number of entries in this list is limited to 160. The oldest entries are automatically deleted when you close the program. The highlighted bar is just a visual guide. The file that contains these entries is named Log.AMR. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Select mail ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You choose the Select... option from the Menubar. Behind this option is a dialog that allows you to access and manage your packetdatabases. List of available packetdatabases Dialog support Packet configuration Available information If bulletins are available (the Bulletin checkbox is enabled) and you have enabled Auto Show Bulletins, selecting this database will result in launching a viewer for any available bulletin. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. General ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This selection contains the global configuration items, such as directories, compressors and uncompressors, viewer and probably your favourite editor. See also General Settings Help. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. Filters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This sections contains all necessary filters. See File Management for the location of filters. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4.1. Censored ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ AMR allows you to define up to 1000 words to be censored from all messages. When a word is found in a message that matches an entry in your censor list, AMR replaces each character in the word with an asterisk sign '*'. You may use wildcards in the words. For example: ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ ΓöéCensored WordΓöéExample of censored text Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöédarn Γöédarn (exact match) Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöédarn* ΓöéAny word beginning with "darn"Γöé Γöé Γöé(darn, darnit, ...) Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöé*darn* ΓöéAny word containing the stringΓöé Γöé Γöé"darn" (darn, darnit, Γöé Γöé Γöégoshdarn, goshdarnit, etc.) Γöé Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöé?ow ΓöéAny 3 letter word ending with Γöé Γöé Γöé"ow" (how, cow, etc.) Γöé ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ To enter words in the censor list, press (ALT-L) for the picklist listing. Then select "Censored Words" from the list. The Censor option must be "On" for the censor to function. To toggle this "On" press (ALT-C), select "Toggles/ Options" and then toggle Censor "On". You can have up to 1000 words you want censored from messages. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4.2. Ignore ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ An ignore filter allows you to screen the messages you see. When AMR reads an area's index it compares the message's To: and From: fields with the entries in the ignore list. If a match is found, the message is marked read and skipped over. AMR will really ignore these person's messages, thereby screening out unwanted messages to or from individuals, on a global or BBS specific basis. AMR always tries to skip ignored messages. However, sometimes this is impossible (i.e. if all the messages are ignored). If AMR cannot skip an ignored message, for whatever reason, it will display a blank message and beep at you. To enter items in the ignore list, select Setup, Filters, Ignore from the menubar. The Ignore Filter option must be set to "On" for the Ignore filter to function. To do so select Setup, Conference, select "Filters" and make sure the Ignore Filter toggle is checked. Then press [Save]. You can have up to 1000 names of people you want to ignore. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4.3. Twit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ A twit filter allows you to screen the messages you see. When AMR reads an area's index it compares the message's Subject fields with the entries in the twit list. If a match is found, the message is marked as read. AMR will not display twitted messages, thereby screening out unwanted messages with a particular subject. AMR always tries to skip twitted messages. However, sometimes this is impossible (i.e. if all the messages are twitted). If AMR cannot skip a twitted message, for whatever reason, it will display a blank message and beep at you. To enter items in the twit list, select Setup, Filters, Twit from the menubar. The Twit Filter option must be set to "On" for the twit filter to function. To do so select Setup, Conference, select "Filters" and make sure the Twit Filter toggle is checked. Then press [Save]. You can have up to 1000 subjects you want twitted. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. Lists ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ A list is a convenient way to choose an item. All lists allow you to enter commonly used entries. These include Taglines, To fields and Subject fields. Once a list is chosen, you may add new entries, delete unwanted entries and/or edit existing entries. Use the up and down arrows to highlight the desired item, then press the intended action (Add, Change, Delete) to complete the task. See File Management for the location of lists. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.1. Subject ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list allows you to associate favourite subjects with a specific conference. By doing so you can select from subject that best fits the mood and topic of the conferences of this BBS. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.2. Taglines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list allows you to associate taglines with a specific conference. By doing so you can select a group of taglines that best fits the mood and topic of the conferences of this BBS. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5.3. To ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list allows you to associate persons with a specific conference. By doing so you can select a bunch of people that best fits the mood and topic of the conferences of this BBS. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. General Settings Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This options allows you to modify the AMR specific settings. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. List of configurable items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following options are available from this list: Delete old mail packets When AMR adds a .QWK packet to your message base, it renames the old *.QW* file to a file with an extension of *.Q!?. Once processed successfully, the old .QWK file is no longer needed by AMR. Directory of new packets This item tells AMR where to look for new message packets. Normally this is the same directory as your communications program's download directory. When entering the directory you should use the full path name, including the drive. Directory of reply packets This item tells AMR where to put your reply packets. If your communications program has an upload directory, you should use that, or you may choose to use the same directory as your communications program. When entering the directory you should use the full path name, including the drive. The Quoting string The quote string is the text placed between the initials (if any) and the message text. The most common character used is the '>' symbol. Some BBS networks (such as FidoNet) do not allow high bit characters (those whose ASCII value is greater than 127) and control characters (those less than 32). While in Fido mode, AMR will replace a quote string containing high bit characters with the quote string "> ". Warning: NEVER USE VALUE 227 (the pi symbol), THIS IS A QWK CONTROL CHARACTER High bit and control characters are entered by holding down the (ALT) key and entering the desired character's ASCII value using the numeric key pad. For example, to generate the "block" character, press the (ALT) key, enter 254 on the numeric keypad and then release the (ALT) key. For a complete list of available values please refer to an ASCII chart located in most computer manuals. Execution of editor Enter here the command needed to start your text editor including all command line options (see below). If you are using a batch file to call your editor, preface the command with "CMD.EXE /C " (or "4OS2.EXE /C ", if you are using 4OS2 ). If your editor is not located within your PATH, the full path should be included along with the program's name. This is checked for! The editor should read and write pure ASCII text files. The standard OS/2 system editor E.EXE file is a good example. You should always have at least 1 command line option, %1. Use %1 where the file name to edit would go. AMR will replace %1 with the actual file name. EXAMPLES: Editor: MYEDITOR.EXE %1 Editor: 4OS2.EXE /C ED-BAT /bw %1 Editor: E.EXE %1 Execution of viewer Enter here the command needed to start your external file lister including command line options (see below). If the lister is not located within your PATH, the path should be included along with the program's name. A lister allows you to view text files. The lister is not necessary to use AMR. You should always have at least 1 command line option, %1. Use %1 where the file name to list would go. AMR will replace %1 with the actual file name. The %1 MUST be included, even if the lister does not accept command line options. EXAMPLES: Lister: MYLISTER.EXE %1 Lister: C:\UTILITY\MYLISTER.EXE /bw %1 Lister: C:\UTILITY\MYLISTER.EXE %1 -ems Personal beep If you want AMR to beep each time the displayed message is addressed to you, the " On" must be checked. Present header before edit When entering a new message, or replying to an existing one, AMR needs to know certain information such as addressee, the subject of the message, message status, conference area, etc. This information is specified in the Message Header (Envelope) d ialog. This toggle lets you determine when this information should be specified before the editor is started. Present header after edit Please refer to the previouse section. In this particular case (when checked "On") you are prompted after having edited a message. It is allowed to check both options to "On", which shows you the Envelope dialog before AND after writing the message itself. If both options are unchecked ("Off"), AMR will use default values, which are derived from the message you acted on. In this case you can popup the Envelope dialog by selecting Edit=>Envelope (<G> using the internal editor...) Note: use the Present header after edit option to get an opportunity to abort a write/reply session, especially when using an external editor! Otherwise, the returned errorcode must return 0 for a successfull completion. Tagline use This option defines whether taglines are used or not. Off No tagline is added to your replies. ΓêÜ On A tagline is randomly selected from the entire tagline pool. A Fido tagline is created if the Fido Tags filter is turned on in the conference the message was created in. Save unread messages When this option is "On", messages will continue to accumulate until they are read, irrespective of the Keep Old setting. If you do not want to purge unread messages, then toggle this option to "On". If you want to limit the size of your message base toggle this option "Off". Mark on import to mail By selecting "On", AMR will automatically mark messages addressed TO you as read when they are imported. Mark on import from mail By selecting "On", AMR will automatically mark messages addressed FROM you as read when they are imported. Execution of ARC, ARJ, LZH, ZIP, ZOO compress Enter here the command including command line options, needed to execute the specific compressor. If the program is not located in a directory specified in your OS/2 search PATH, the full path should be included. It is necessary to specify an extension. This is checked for. You should always have at least 1 command line option, %1. Use %1 where the archive filename would go. AMR will replace %1 with the actual filename(s). Examples of compressing are: arc2.exe a %1 \dos\utils\arj.exe a -e %1 lh.exe a %1 zip.exe -j -k %1 zoo.exe a:qqq %1 Note: The procedure of creating REPLIES packets should return 0 when no errors occurred. You can find this returncode back in the log. Execution of ARC, ARJ, LZH, ZIP, ZOO uncompress Enter here the command, including command line options, needed to execute the specific uncompressor. If the program is not located within your PATH, the full path should be included. It is necessary to specify an extension. You should always have at least 1 command line option, %1. Use %1 where the archive filename would go. AMR will replace %1 with the actual filename(s). Examples of uncompressing are: arc2.exe e %1 unarj.exe e %1 lh.exe e /o %1 unzip.exe %1 zoo.exe x:qO %1 Or if you prefer to use the DOS pkunzip command: \dos\utils\pkunzip.exe %1 Note: The procedure of reading QWK packets will only take place if the uncompressing procedure returned 0 as a return code. You can find this returncode back in the log. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. On / Default setting ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This checkbox allows you to specify the default behaviour for the chosen setting. If a ΓêÜ (checkmark) is visible, the item is "On" or activated. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. Modify Path or Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Please press this button to change the path or text shown next to it. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4. Path / Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Enter the required path. It does not need to end with "\", but it does not hurt. AMR automatically checks and retains the new value when it exists, or alerts you on error. The Change Text specification allows you to enter the way you want your quoted text shown. The default text is @INITIALS@> This lets AMR automatically determine the initials of the Quoted person, and replaces the text @INITIALS@ with them. Most available keywords can be used. See Using DDE with AMR for all available keywords. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The available dialog actions are: o Save If you press this button, all made changes are stored in memory. These changes are written to the file AURA.INI on disk when you stop using AMR. o Cancel If you press this button, all changes you made are discarded. o Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Packet Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This is some help on the Packet Menubar. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. List of available databases ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list contains all available BBSes you communicate with. It contains the following columns: BBS - Shows the filename of the packet. Personal - Shows the total of messages written to you of this database. Replies - Shows the total amount of replies of this database. Unread - Shows the total amount of messages you did not read yet. Totals - Shows the sum of messages in this database for this particulier BBS. You can use the second mouse button to obtain a popup menu. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2. Configure Mail database ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option starts a new dialog, that allows you to configure the default settings. These default settings are used whenever a new conference is added to this database. It is advised to add new Mail Databases as follows: 1. Be sure that Setup General and Setup Packet configuration is properly setup. 2. Dial the system you want add to the database. 3. Download a packet of messages, and log off. 4. Now the packet should automatically be added to the database by AMR. Wait for the Logscreen to be updated (this can take quite a while, because the entire message packet must be processed.) 5. Configure the settings for this database. These settings will be used for any new conference you add later to this particular database. 6. You might configure all conferences you just downloaded, because not all conferences need filters or Fido options. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.3. Delete Packetdatabase ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option allows you to delete the entire BBS including all its mail. You are prompted before the DESTRUCTION takes place. Note that this includes ALL files you might have created specifically for this BBS. It deletes the directory dedicated to this BBS. Warning: Be sure to backup any private copies of filters and lists located in that directory! They are deleted too. After the delete is completed, you have to select a new BBS packet, because no BBS packet is selected. (highlighted) This event is logged. Even if you decide to ignore this option, please remember that AMR currently does not use existing directories, even if they are empty. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4. Mark entire packet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This options marks all new messages as being read. You are prompted before marking takes place. If you select OK, All messages are marked as read. At the same time, the number of messages is recalculated to reflect the actual state of the database. This event is logged. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.5. Info on BBS and packet ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option presents you a list with specific BBS and packet information. Press Select or Cancel to dismiss this dialog. The file that generates this information is named Info.AMR. It is possible to modify this information report by modifying it's layout. Put the modified version in the directory of this BBS and it is used instead of the default layout. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.6. Available Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If any of these buttons is available, you can click it to view its contents. The checkmark is only used as an indication that you have viewed this item. All opened files are automatically closed when you stop using AMR. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.7. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Press the Select button to use the highlighted Mail database for further actions. Press the Cancel button to dismiss this dialog without making any changes. Pressing Help shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Mail Database Configuration Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This sections deals with specific options you need to configure. It allows you to modify any of the following items: o Filters o Auto Show o Sort On o Keep Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.1. Filters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The filters modify the behavior of the message-viewer. o Censor Check this button to apply the Censor filter to any conference area that is added to this BBS area. For a detailed explantion of filter see censored. o Fido Tags Check this item to use Fido tagline filtering. o Ignore Check this option if you want to use the Ignore filter for newly added conferences. See also Filters o Twit Check this button to apply the Twit filter to any conference area that is added to this BBS area. See also Filters o View All The default view of AMR does hide all conferences that do not contain any messages. Check this button to show all conferences of the BBS selected, even if they are empty. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.2. Auto show ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following parts of a .QWK packet can be automatically shown on screen when selecting the database you are currently configuring: o Welcome This option is only available if there is a Welcome file located in the directory of the database. AMR signals for presence of this file and places it in the database directory. o New files This option is only available if the last download packet contains a NewFiles. DAT file. This file contains a list of all new files available on the BBS since the last time you retrieved an QWK packet. o News This option is only available if the last package contains a News file. o Bulletins This option is only available if any of the available conferences has one or more bulletins present. o Goodbye This option is only available if a Goodbye file is present. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.3. Sort On ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ All packets are automatically indexed. With this option you can specify which index to use while browsing your messages. o Number Press this radio button to browse the conference on numeric order. o From Press this radio button to browse the conference on order of the originator. o To Press this radio button to browse the conference on order of the addressee. o Subject Press this radio button to browse the conference on order of subjects. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.4. Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This section allows you to modify the default behaviour of the database management. Normally, each message in a messagearea you receive should have an unique messagenumber. Some mailmanagers however are renumbering each packet, starting at 1. The Keep amount entryfield contains the number of messages that should be kept on disk. The actual total that is kept on disk is the amount you specified plus all messages from the last packet. If you also checked the Save unread messages option, the actual amount of messages should be the same as the number of unread messages and kept messages cumulated. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.5. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Save Save the envelope as it is now and dismisses this dialog. Cancel Dismisses this dialog without making any changes to the envelope (header) of this message. Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. List of Messages Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The list is shown in order determined from the Conference Settings. The rightmost column shows the amount of messages for the topic. If UNREAD mail is available, a second number is shown with the amount of unread mail. The Skip option from the messageviewer automatically updates the counts and builds another list of messages. Note: Due to space considerations all colums are truncated! Note: If the list is not shown on numeric order you get a compressed list. Only one entry is shown for each subject, To, or From person. This is done to keep the list as short as possible. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. Skip ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option shows you all mail from the last packet AND all unread mail. Otherwise an index is shown for the entire database. If you selected a sorting order, the amount column contains the total amount of messages for the particular topic (the left most column). If two numbers are shown, the right most one contains the number of UNREAD messages. If no unread mail remains for this topic, only the total amount is shown. Note: The numbers shown are related to the topic AND the skip option. Toggling between the two lists does not rebuild the lists. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Edit a list Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This selection gives you the opportunity to modify any of your lists. Note: editing is done on a location dependent list. If you edit a list from the LOG screen (YOU HAVE NOT SELECTED A DATABASE YET), AMR uses the global list. This list is located in the AMR root directory. If you edit a list from the messageviewer or from the internal editor, you edit a list that is private to the selected database. If this list does not exist yet, AMR copies the global list and saves it to the database directory whenever you press the SAVE button. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.1. Line-editor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ On this line it is possible to Change the currently highlighted item from the shown list, Add the entered line of text to the list or Delete the line from this list. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.2. List of available items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list shows you all available items. The entryfield might contain the highlighted item, but it might also contain a marked item from the messageviewer or the internal editor. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.3. Edit Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use the Add button to add the line to the list. It is not allowed to add empty lines. The Change allows you to replace the highlighted line from the list with the (possibly edited) contents of the entryfield. Press the Delete button to remove the currently highlighted line from the list. You are not prompted so be careful! Note: It is possible to discard all your additions, changes and deletes by pressing the Cancel button. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.4. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Save Button saves the contents of the list. Pressing the Cancel Button: changes you made during this session are not written back to the configuration file. It discards all your changes. Pressing the Help button shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Conference Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This dialog allows you to make any changes to any of the available conferences of this bbs. Initially you get a list of conferences. This list might contain ALL available conferences (when View All filter is checked in the bbs packet configuration) or it shows you all conferences that currently contain messages (default setting). Settings are kept for each conference. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.1. List of available Conferences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following items are shown for each conference in the list: o Name Name of this conference. o Area Number of this conference on the BBS o Totals Shows you the total number of messages in the conference. o Keep Shows the amount of message to be kept for this conference. o Last Amount of messages in last packet for this conference. o Unread Shows the amount of messages you did not read (yet). ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.2. Add Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This item is enabled when the View option is configured for Unused or All conferences. Also the BBS must support this option. It allows you to join a conference to the list of used conferences. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.3. Bulletins ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If the highlighted conference has (one or more) bulletins available, the Bulletins button is enabled. Pressing this button activates a viewer for each of the available bulletins. You can specify the viewer in General Settings, the option is named 'Execution of viewer' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.4. Configure Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option allows you to change the settings for this particular conference. Any of the following items can be modified: o Filters o Sort On o Keep Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.5. Delete Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Allows you to Delete (DESTROY) the conference from the database. All messages of this conference are removed. You are prompted before this action takes place. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.6. Mark Conference ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Allows you mark all messages within this conference to be marked as being read by you. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.7. View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This group of buttons allows you to select a view on the available conferences of this BBS. All conferences are shown (including the ones you are not (yet) interested in) Used shows only the conferences containing messages. Unused shows all conferences that have no messages. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.8. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Press any of the Select, Cancel or Help buttons. Pressing Help shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Configure Conference Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option allows you to change the settings for this particular conference. Any of the following items can be modified: o Filters o Sort On o Keep Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.1. Filters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The filters modify the behavior of the messageviewer. o Censor Turns the Censor filter on. o Fido Tags Toggles the Fido filter. o Ignore This button toggles the Ignore filter. o Twit This button toggles the Twit filter for this conference. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.2. Sort On ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ All packets are automatically indexed. With this option you can specify which index to use while browsing your messages. o Number Press this radio button to browse the conference on numeric order. o From Press this radio button to browse the conference on order of the originator. o To Press this radio button to browse the conference on order of the addressee. o Subject Press this radio button to browse the conference on order of the subject. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.3. Keep Old Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Enter the required number of messages you want to keep in this conference. This number does not include the latest package of messages. The actual number of messages is probably higher, because unread messages are always kept until you have read them, or until you marked them being read. If you do not want to keep old messages, you can set this value to 0. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.4. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Save Press this button to save your button definitions and dismiss this dialog. In this release only one button bar is defined. Cancel This aborts and dismisses this dialog without making any changes. Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Find Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This is some help on the Find dialog. It contains the following items: o A listbox with formerly used words. o A group of options that modify the search behaviour. Note: Mark the text you want to find for, before selecting the find option. This will automatically transfer the selected text to the Find dialog. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.1. Enter Search text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ In this box you can specify the text to search for. The textlength is restricted to a maximum of 64 characters. All entryfield items are saved into the listbox above it. Use the Clear option to empty the listbox. The results are also shown in the listbox. These resultlines are not kept for future reference however. Resultlines annotate the locations the find was successful. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.2. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use the following options to modify the search behaviour: o Case sensitive search With this button you can specify whether the search should be performed case- sensitive (button checked) or not. o Search entire area This option allows you to search through the entire message area. After pressing the Find button, all results are listen in the listwindow. If none of the other options is checked, only the message text will be searched for. You can select one of the found items, and view the message in the messagebrowser without have to leave the find dialog. o Include From field Turn this option "On" to include the From field into the area wide search. o Include To field Turn this option "On" to include the To field into the area wide search. o Include Subject field Turn this option "On" to include the Subject field into the areawide search. o Ignore Filter settings Turn this option "On" to IGNORE the Filter settings from this conference. All search actions do take into account the filter settings of this conference. Ignoring the filter settings allows you to do a search through all messages in the area. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.3. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following Dialog buttons are available: o Find Pressing this button activates the search procedure. o Cancel Pressing this button aborts the search process and returns you to the Messagebrowser or the Reply/Message editor. o Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. o Select Press this button to view the selected (Highlighted in the listbox) message in the messagebrowser. o Clear Press this button to clear the entire listbox. This clears all searchresults as well as phrases to find for. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Font Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ On the left side of the dialog is a list of all the fonts (including installed ATM fonts) that have been installed on the system for use with OS2. The highlighted bar indicates the font currently in use. Immediately to the right of the fontnames is shown the fontsize. For any of the bitmap fonts only the available sizes will be shown. On the right side of the dialog box are several options that affect the style of the font currently in use. These style options currently include: o Bold. o Italic. Towards the bottom of the box (next to the buttons) is an example of the currently selected font. Note: The styles are not shown in the Example window. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.1. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Available actions are: The Select button will apply the currently selected font to the text of the selected section and dismiss the dialog. The Cancel button dismisses the dialog without updating any of the font selections. The Help button shows you help information about the item that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Color Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This facility allows you to select any of the available colors. After pressing Set, the selected colors are used. The settings are saved in the AURA.INI settings files. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.1. Sections ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ For each of the sections listed you can specify the colorsettings. o Log Select this button to change the colors of the Loglist. This list is shown when you start AMR. o List Select this button to change the colors of the Listbox areas. This effects the following windows: General settings, Fonts available, Button definitions, All defined Filters and Lists, Packets, Conferences and finally the Find list. o Browser Select this button to change the colors of the Message Browser. o Editor Select this button to change the colors of the Message text editor. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.2. Items ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select any available item you want to change the color of. The color of the selected item is shown in the example window. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.3. Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ In this section you specify the components Red, Green and Blue with the spinbuttons. Release the spinbuttons to see the results in the example window. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.4. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you press the Set button all selected colors are used and remembered for future use. Pressing the Cancel button will cancel all made color selections, and resumes operation without modifying any of the color settings. The current font, and colors selected are saved in the file AURA.INI and thus should this file be located on a private (local) diskdrive. This file is automatically updated when you stop using AMR. Pressing Help shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Button Definitions Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This dialog allows you to define your own function keys. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.1. Defined Buttons ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list shows you the configured buttons. The '~' in front of most descriptions defines the Accelarator Key. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.2. Available Functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This list shows you the available functions you can assing to function buttons. It is allowed to assign a specific function more than once. If you do not want to use a specific function button, please specify it the " Unused Button" function. An unused button is not drawn. You should specify Cancel, Index, Next, Prior and Top Function for convenience. Available functions are: General Settings This functions presents you with the Settings Dialog. Font Settings This function presents you with the Font Dialog. Color Settings This function presents you with the Color Dialog. Button Settings This function presents you with the Buttons Dialog. Censor Filter This function presents you with the Censor List Dialog. Twit Filter This function presents you with the Twit List Dialog. Subject List This function presents you with the Subject List Dialog. Taglines List This function presents you with the Taglines List Dialog. To List This function presents you with the To Dialog. This list contains all persons you e.g. frequently write messages to. Configure This function presents you with the Configure Conference Dialog. Export to Clipboard This function copies the selected block of Text to the PM Clipboard. The current settings of the Export To Dialog are used. Export to Printer This function copies the selected block of Text to the Printer. The printer is the one you defined in the Export To Dialog. Export to File This function copies the selected block of text to the file Export.ASC; The current settings of the Export To dialog are used. Append to File This functions allows you to copy the selected block of text to the file Export.ASC; The current settings of the Export To dialog are used. Write Message This function allows you to write a new message. Please consider the options Present Envelop Before/After edit. Reply to Message Reply to the message you are currently viewing. Keep Message Keep the message in the database. Delete Message Delete the message from the database. Find Text Find the marked or entered text. Find Again Find the next occurrence of the text. Next Message This function presents you with the next message of this conference. If no more messages are available an audible beep will sound, and the Next button is disabled for use. Go to Reference This function allows you to transfer to the referenced message-number. Message Index This functions gives a list of all item in the messagebase, but note that only one entry is shown for each To, From or Subject. Skip Old Messages This is a toggle that allows you to toggle between browsing ALL messages or browsing UNREAD messages. Note that this toggle is context sensitive. Word Wrap Toggle Use the wrap function if the messagelines are too long or whenever you like. Help on Topic Should list you some information on the topic you needed help about. About AMR Shows you some product information. Repeat last Button Use this function to repeat the previous Function button you pressed. Stop Reading Use this function to stop reading the current conference. Unused Button Specify this function to avoid drawing a button. Top Go to the first (unread) message in this conference, using the default index. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.3. Button text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This entryfield allows you to modify the default button text. Next to this field you see the final appearance on a sample button. This gives you a good idea how the final layout will be. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.4. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Interacting with the Button dialog you have the following buttons available : o Save Press this button to save your button definitions and dismiss this dialog. In this release only one button bar is defined. o Cancel This aborts and dismisses this dialog without making any changes. o Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. o Button Text Demo This button shows the defined button text ontop of a real button. Press this button to save this button text in the defined button list. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Envelope Header Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use this dialog to edit your message routing. This allows you to modify any of the following items: Person you send the message to. The subject of the message. The conference area the message belongs to. The tagline that is to be inserted at the bottom of the message. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.1. Send message To ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Enter or select the name of the person you want this message to be send to. All entries of the file To.AMR are shown in the list. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.2. Subject of message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Enter or select the subject of this message. The listbox contains a list of subject you have available from the Subject list. (Subject.AMR) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.3. Destination area of message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select the required destination conference area of the message. Note: You can not crosspost this message to another BBS. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.4. Tagline for message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Select a relevant tagline to be tagged to this message. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.5. Private message toggle ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ On some BBSes it is allowed to send Private messages. These messages can only be accessed by the sender, the adressee and all sysops in the mailing route! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.6. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following dialog buttons are available: o Save Save the envelope as it is now and dismisses this dialog. o Cancel Dismisses this dialog without making any changes to the envelope (header) of this message. o Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Export Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This dialog allows you to export a message to a file, the Clipboard or the specified printer. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20.1. Destination ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This action puts the selected block of text into the Clipboard. Select any of the available export options: o Clipboard Allows you to transfer the selection to the clipboard in standard text format. o Append to File Transfer the selection to a file without overwriting existing text. Output to file is send to the file named Export.ASC. The location of this file is shown in the titlebar of this dialog. o Overwrite File Transfer the selection to a file, DESTROYING anything already in there. You are not prompted for verification. Output to file is send to the file named Export.ASC. The location of this file is shown in the titlebar of this dialog. o Printer LPT1 Transfers the selection to the default system printer connected to LPT1. o Printer LPT2 Transfers the selection to the secondary printer. On some systems this might e.g. be a Fax device. o Printer LPT3 Transfers the selection to the third printer device if available. This release does not check any printer ports! Note: Consider using the Template facility. Settings you define are saved for future use. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20.2. Use Template ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can specify if you wish to use a template to be processed for output. Check this option to use template processing. The template is named Export.AMR. See File Management for the location of templates. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20.3. Dialog Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use one of these actions: o Export Area This option is only available if you made a selection. It transfers the selected block to the specified destination. Output to file is send to the file named Export.ASC. The location of this file is shown in the titlebar of this dialog. o Export All o Cancel o Help Shows you the information related to the window that currently has the Focus. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. This is Help For Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You have selected the Help For Help default action. This message reader runs from within the PM-environment. It is compatible with OS/2 version 1.21 thru 2.1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.1. Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Please note the item that has the FOCUS. This is really important, because the help facility is very context sensitive. If you find this dialog unhelpful, please note the locations where you got this Extended help and please remember to write down about WHAT you wanted help. Perhaps the best place to make such a note is AMR itself. Please don't forget to send this reply to us. Thanks for your cooperation! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.2. Keys Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Available accellarator keys are: F1 Access the help system. F11 Show help index. F12 Show product information. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.3. Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This options provides you with an index of available keywords. The index is not implemented yet. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.4. View Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This window allows you to mark its text. Use the standard clipboard functions (Ctrl+Insert) to paste it to the clipboard. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.5. Button Bar Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You pressed one of the user-definable buttons. Please refer to the section about button definitions. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Message Browser Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ While using the message browser the following function keys are available : Home Position cursor at the start of the current line. End Position cursor at the end of the current line. Page Up Go one page towards the top of the message (if possible). Page Down Go one page towards the end of the message (if possible). Insert Toggles the message between storage (KEEP) or read. Pressing Delete while in KEEP mode will toggle to DELETE mode. Delete Toggles the message between removal (DELETE) or read. Pressing Insert while in DELETE mode will toggle to KEEP mode. Ctrl+Home Position cursor and screen to the start of the message. Ctrl+End Position cursor and screen to the end of the message. Arrows Just moves the cursor around in the direction specified. Precedence: The accellarator keys on the Button bar precede before menuitems. You can mark a piece of text to transfer it either to the Find dialog or to the Clipboard, Printer or a File, but also to transfer it to a filter or list. You can mark text from either the Viewer (including To, From, Subject and date fields), or the internal editor. A not so obvious example is the stealing of a TAGLINE. 1. Mark the tagline. 2. Select the taglines list; Setup=>Lists=>Taglines 3. The marked text is shown in the entry field. 4. Press Add to insert the line into the taglines list. 5. Press Save to save this copy of the taglines file (TAG.AMR) in the current database directory. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Editor Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The build-in editor is based on a multi-line entryfield. Menu-items allow you to insert the specified item into the text you are editing. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. File Management ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ A short note on file use. AMR tries to retrieve the filters, lists and templates from the same directory your database is located. If the file cannot be found here, AMR uses its default directory. This implies some subtleties you might not be aware of. When you modify filters or lists from the Setup menu while in the startup screen, you are updating the default filters/lists. This is NOT so when you select Setup from the VIEWER. (after you selected a messagedatabase). Only the first time you access a filter or list, you inherit a copy of the default filter/list! Then, after pressing the SAVE button, this modified copy is saved into the directory of the selected messagedatabase. These implications also apply to the templates, but you must put the (modified) templates into the relevant directory by yourself. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Template Processing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ AMR uses template processing whenever possible. Within the template you can specify embedded items which are preprocessed by AMR. These symbols are listed in Available Symbols. To let AMR recognize these symbols, you must surround them with the @ sign. You can align or adjust items. The symbol @SUBJECT>25@ substitutes with the subject of the current message, and pads it (on the right side) with spaces up to a total length of 25 positions. @SUBJECT<25@ pads the subject (on the left side) with spaces up to a total length of 25 positions. In any of those cases if the subject had a length of e.g. 30 positions, it was truncated to a total length of 25 positions. The following files are templates and can be modified by you: 1. Export.AMR This template is used on every export. 2. Import.AMR This template is used on importing a message written in an external editor. 3. Info.AMR Is shown to you when you press the Info button from the Packets Dialog. 4. Message.AMR Is used when you write a new message. This template is processed before entering the editor. 5. Reply.AMR Will be used when you reply to a message. This template is also processed before entering the editor. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Available Symbols ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following symbols are currently implemented. Please note that a lot of these symbol are only valid after a maildatabase, conference and message have been selected. All symbols return strings. An invalid update returns an empty string CLREOL Returns an empty string DATE Returns the date of the current message (using format of OS/2 settings) SYSDATE Returns the current date (using format of OS/2 settings) TIME Returns the time of the current message (using format of OS/2 settings) SYSTIME Return the current time (using format of OS/2 settings) TO Returns the addressed person of the current message. FROM Returns the write of the current message. SUBJECT Returns the subject of the current message. GOODNAME Identical to USER. USENETNAME Returns an empty string. EDIT Full string contains command to run the specified external editor. LIST Full string containing command to run the specified external viewer/browser. ORIGINAL Returns an empty string. REPLY Returns an empty string. BBSID Returns ID (short name) of the BBS. MEMORY Returns the string 644000. VERSION Returns the version string of AMR. PHONE Returns the phone number of the BBS. CONF Name of current conference. CONF2 As CONF, returns name of current conference. BBSNAME Name of BBS. USER Name of user as known on this BBS. PASSWORD Returns an empty string. SYSTEMDIR Returns directory of AMR.EXE. PACKETDIR Full path of directory to this packet. DLDIR Full path of directory that is periodically scanned for new QWK packets. REPDIR Full path of directory AMR puts the .REP (reply) files into. PROGDIR Directory of AMR.EXE (same as SYSTEMDIR). LANGUAGE Returns an empty string. QMAIL Returns the name of the BBS Mailing processor. COMMAND Returns an empty string. CONFERENCE Returns the number of the current conference. GRAPHICS Returns an empty string. FIRST Returns the FIRST name/word of the USER name. CLS Returns an empty string. NUMMSG Returns total number of messages received in LAST packet of selected database. NUMPER Returns the total number of personal messages in selected database. NUMREP Returns the total number of replies in selected database. NUMCNF Returns the total number of conferences in selected database. (used and unused!) NUMUNREAD Returns the total number of unread messages in selected datebase. NUMTOTAL Returns the total number of messages available in selected database. BBSSYSOP Name of Sysop of BBS. BBSCITY City of BBS. BBSSTATE State of BBS. NUMBER Number of the current message REFERENCE Number of message the current message is refering to. CLIPBOARD Contents of the PM Clipboard. MSGTEXT Text of current message, without tagline. MSGBLOCK Contents of the AMR Clipboard, without tagline. QUOTATION Contents of the AMR Clipboard, without tagline, indented, formatted and quoted. INITIALS Returns the initials of the current FROM field. MILDATE Date in YY-MM-DD format (Military notation) MILTIME Time in HH:MM:SS format (always 24 hours notation) PACKETDATE Date of last packet. (format uses OS/2 settings) PACKETTIME Time of last packet. (format uses OS/2 settings) PRODUCT Returns the name of this product, AMR. VERSION Returns the current version of this product, 1.0. REGISTRATION Returns the registration number of this product. Future releases will support even more symbols... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26.1. Info on BBS ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This option presents you a list with specific BBS and packet information. Press Select or Cancel to dismiss this dialog.