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- (E)nter a Message - Function Help
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-
- Subcommands: NONE
-
- Description: Allows leaving a message to another person for them to read at a
- later date.
-
- Full Screen
- Editor: After selecting (E), you will be asked if you want to use the
- Full Screen Editor. To use the Full Screen Editor your software
- must be capable of interpreting ANSI cursor position commands.
- The default answer to the question will be NO if the system did
- not detect ANSI on your end or if you are in novice mode.
-
- Addressing
- the Message: Then you will be prompted to enter the name of the person the
- message is being addressed to. If the system operator has
- enabled message name verification on this system, the name
- entered will be checked against all names in the user's file to
- insure a proper match. If the user's name is not found, or the
- user is not registered in the same conference or board area where
- the message is being left, you will be advised of such to avoid
- leaving a message to a non-existent individual. However, a
- SOUNDEX search to locate a name that sounds like what you entered
- can be performed or you can override the verification and answer
- (C) to continue and use the name that you have entered which
- might be done to facilitate leaving a message to a group of
- people. By not entering a username at the "To:" prompt, it will
- automatically address the message to "ALL".
-
- Brackets will be displayed either above the line or surrounding
- the area on the screen in which you are allowed to enter text.
-
- Entering a
- Subject: Next, up to a 25 character subject must be entered. If no
- subject is entered you will be returned to the main menu
- and command line prompt.
-
- Message
- Security: A security prompt will next appear looking something like this:
-
- Security: (G)roup, (R)eceiver, (S)ender, (H)elp, (N)one
-
- (N)one means that the message will be open for all to read.
-
- (G)roup allows assigning a password to the message which
- only other callers who know the common password will be
- allowed to read the message.
-
- (R)eceiver makes the message private to all except you - the
- person leaving it - and the person to whom it is addressed.
-
- (S)ender allows you to assign a password to the message so
- that only you can kill it later. This prevents the other
- person to whom the message is addressed from killing it.
-
- Note that you can NOT assign (R)eceiver protection to a message
- which has been addressed to ALL.
-
- All Messages
- Private? A message base can be set up such that all messages are initial
- flagged as private. In this case the above security prompt is
- skipped and the message will be saved using (R)eceiver security
- so that only you and the person to whom the message is addressed
- can read it.
-
- Entering a
- Message: After completing the above steps, you can enter your text. Each
- line you enter will be preceeded by it's line number. Up to 72
- characters per line is allowed. Typing beyond the 72 character
- limit will cause your text to automatically "word-wrap" down to
- the next line.
-
- Exiting the
- Editor: There are two modes in which text can be entered which you will
- have already chosen by the time you get to the editor. One of
- them is the Line Editor mode where only one line at a time can
- be entered or edited and the other is Full Screen Editor mode
- in which the entire screen is used as the workspace for message
- entry.
-
- To exit the Line Editor, press (Enter) alone on a blank line.
- To exit the Full Screen Editor, press (ESC) or (Ctrl-U).
-
- After you exit the Line Editor or the Full Screen Editor you will
- be prompted for message completion subcommands as described
- below:
-
-
- Message Completion Subcommands
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-
- A)brt,C)ont,D)el,E)dit,F)ullScr,H)elp,I)nsert,L)ist,Q)uote,S)ave,U)pldMsg
-
- (A)brt abandons or cancels your message entry.
- (C)ont allows you to continue using the Line Editor.
- (D)el allows you to delete a line of text from the message.
- (E)dit allows you to edit a line of text.
- (F)ull allows you to continue using the Full Screen Editor.
- (H)elp displays this Help file.
- (I)nsert allows inserting a line of text in front of another.
- (L)ist relists your text entry so far to the screen.
- (Q)uote allows you to quote a portion of the replied-to message.
- (S)ave actually writes the message to disk.
- (U)pld allows you to upload ASCII text without echo.
- (SC) allows saving the same message to another individual.
- (SK) save your message, kill replied to message (if applicable)
- (SN) save your message, skip redisplay of replied to message
-
- Note: The format to (E)dit a line of text is:
-
- old text;new text
-
- where the "old text" is the text you wish to replace, followed by
- a ";" followed by the new text. The old text search is case
- sensitive - so capital letters must match exactly. If your new
- text causes that line to exceed 72 characters, the characters
- beyond 72 will be truncated from the line.
-
- When "uploading" Ascii text to the message base, insure your text lines are 72
- characters or less in length.
-
- Note: while in the full screen editor you can press CTRL-Z to get help on the
- editing keys available in the full screen editor.