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- Message System Commands - Help
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- [E]nter A Message - Help
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- If you wish to leave a message to another user, type [E] at the
- command line. You will then be asked to enter the NAME of the user
- you wish to address your mail to.
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- Note: If the sysop has the NAME VERIFICATION option enabled, GAP
- will check the user database and verify that that person exists.
- If that person isn't a user on the BBS, or, if you are leaving the
- message in a forum and that user isn't a member, you will be given
- the appropriate message.
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- The default (carriage return) Name field is to ALL. By pressing
- the [Enter] key, you will address your mail to EVERYONE, whether you
- are entering the message on the Main Board, or in one of the Forums.
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- After you have entered a NAME (or ALL), you will be asked to enter a
- SUBJECT. This can be up to 20 characters long. If you don't enter a
- subject, Gap will return you to the command line. All messages must
- have subjects.
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- After you have entered a subject, you will be shown a list of security
- options for your message:
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- Security - [P]rivate, [S]ecure, [H]elp, [Enter]=none?
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- If you wish the message to be private, press [P] and only the person
- you are sending the message to will be able to read it. Please note
- that you cannot make a message to ALL a Private message.
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- If you use the [S]ecure option, you can assign the message a password
- so that only you can kill it later. This option prevents the user to
- whom the message is addressed from killing the message after reading
- it.
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- If you press [Enter], the message will be public.
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- Note that the sysop has the option of making all mail private, or
- in the case of forums, making all mail either private or public. In
- either case, you will be given an appropriate message if any of these
- options are set.
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- After you have chosen a security for your message, you can now enter
- your text. Each line is numbered and is 72 characters long. The
- number of lines per message is determined by the sysop. If you enter
- more than 72 characters in any given line, your text will "wrap" down
- to the next line. To complete entering text, merely type [Enter] alone
- on a blank line and Gap will display a new command line and ask you what
- you want to do:
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- [A]bort, [C]ont, [D]elete, [E]dit, [I]nsert, [L]ist, [S]ave, [H]elp
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- [A]bort = The program will ask you if you wish to abort. If you
- answer yes, the message will be aborted and you will be
- returned to the command line.
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- [C]ont = Continue entering text. GAP will return you to the exact
- place you left off.
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- [D]elete = The Program will ask you which line you wish to delete.
- If you delete a line, all the text entered AFTER that
- line, will move up one line.
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- [E]dit = The Program will ask you which line you wish to edit.
- After you enter a number, it will place your cursor at the
- beginning of that line.
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- The Editor Sub-Functions Are:
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- [Ctrl F] = Forward [Ctrl B] = Backward [Ctrl Y] = Delete Line
- [Ctrl D] = Delete [Ctrl I] = Insert [Enter] = End Edit
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- Ctrl F will move the cursor forward one character.
- Ctrl B will move the cursor back one character.
- Ctrl Y will delete the line and place the cursor at the
- beginning of the empty line.
- Ctrl D will delete the character under the cursor.
- Ctrl I will insert a space at the current cursor position.
- Enter will terminate the editing process.
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- Please keep in mind that if your communications program
- filters out control keys you will NOT be able to utilize
- the editor functions.
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- Also, if your communications program ALWAYS adds a line
- feed to each carriage return that it receives, then the
- line being edited may appear on your terminal more than
- once.
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- [I]nsert = The Program will ask you where you wish to insert a line.
- After you have entered a number, GAP will place your cursor
- on a clean line and move the text AFTER that line down
- accordingly.
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- [L]ist = GAP will show you what you have entered so far, line
- by line.
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- [S]ave = By typing [S], your message will be saved. After you use
- this option, you cannot change your message.
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- [SC] = Save Carbon. If the sysop has enabled this feature, you
- may send your message to a number of people by "carbon
- copying" the message. GAP will ask you who you wish to
- send a carbon to. You may then enter a name and a carbon
- copy will be sent. If you don't wish to send a carbon,
- just press [Enter] and only the person the message is
- addressed to will receive it.
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- NOTE :
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- It is not possible to send carbon copies AFTER the
- [S]ave command has been used.
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- Only Private messages may be carbon copied.
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- If the sysop has turned on the name validation feature
- the person receiving the carbon copy must be a user
- of the BBS.
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- [H]elp = Will display this help file.
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- In addition, if you are replying to a message, there will be an
- additional command which will allow you to "re-display" the
- message you are replying to. This is handy if the original
- message was lengthy and you need to re-read portions of it.
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- If you wish to UPLOAD an ascii text to the message base, make sure you
- keep your text lines to a maximum of 72 character. There can be no
- blank lines or GAP will assume that you are finished and ask you what
- you wish to do with the message. To simulate a blank line, put a
- space as the first character of the "blank" line.
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- Some sysops may allow ansi graphic messages and some may not. If not,
- GAP will abort the message save and issue a message telling you that
- the sysop does not allow ansi messages.
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- If the sysop does allow ansi messages please observe these guidelines:
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- Try to keep the total width of the message (including the ansi
- escape codes) under 72 characters. Try to keep the message under
- 23 lines long. Most definately make sure you use the reset code at
- the end of your message.
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