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The MainMail System Help - Select Forums
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This is where you decide which forums you wish to extract mail
from. When you entered MainMail the first time, you had no forums
selected. Therefore you must select the forums you wish to extract
messages from if you wish to receive any messages.
When you choose the [S]elect forums option, you are provided a list
of the first 30 forums in the bbs. To select a forum, simply enter
its number. If you press <enter> alone, MainMail will display the
NEXT 30 forums. If you enter a number that is not being displayed,
MainMail automatically displays a new page of forums containing the
number you entered.
When you choose a forum by entering its number, MainMail displays
a sub menu like this one:
Selected Forum: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Currently: Not Selected
High Message Number: xxxxx Select [N]one, [A]ll, [Y]our,
Last Read Pointer: xxxxx or [YA] for Yours and TO: ALL ?
NOTE: Once you have selected a forum by number or by name, The
MainMail System will create a record in Gap for this forum if
one os not already there. What this means is that from this
point forward, Gap will scan for new mail in this forum, even
though you have never accually JOINED this forum.
You then choose one of the four options based on how much mail you
wish to extract out of this forum. Here are the options in detail:
[N]one - Deselects this forum, removes it from your list
[A]ll - Tells MainMail to extract ALL messages
[Y]our - Extracts only messages sent to YOU
[YA] - Extracts messages only to YOU and to ALL
Once you have decided which of the above you wish, enter the
selection followed by <enter>, and MainMail will display the sub-
menu shown here:
High Message Number: xxxxx Input New Pointer
Last Read Pointer: xxxxx or [Enter] for no change?
MainMail displays the highest message in the forum, and displays
the last message you read in the forum, and asks you for a new
pointer. By default, MainMail leaves your pointer alone, and will
extract all mail since then. If you wish less mail, enter a number
higher than your current pointer. If you wish more, enter a number
lower than your current pointer. CAUTION should be used when
entering a pointer. If you have not read any messages in this
forum before now, or if you haven't read any messages in a while,
MainMail is likely to extract an enormous number of messages from
this forum. A good rule of thumb is to set your pointer to the
high message number minus about 100.