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- (R)ead Messages - Function Help
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- Subcommands:
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- (#) a message number between 1 and 9999999
- (F) selects only messages left by you
- (Y) selects only messages left for you
- (S) selects messages above the last one you have read
- (A) read messages in all conferences
- (L) read in backwards order from the last message to the first
- (C) capture the messages to a file for download
- (D) implies a (C)apture and immediately downloads
- (Z) implies a (D)ownload but compresses the file before
- (G) goodbye
- (J) join another conference
- (Q) display only message headers (quick scan mode)
- (NS) displays text in non-stop mode
- (RM) re-read previously "memorized" message number
- (RM+) re-read "memorized" message number plus forward read
- (RM-) re-read "memorized" message number plus backwards read
- (+) alone reads messages forward from present position or when
- appended to a number causes forward reading from that message
- number
- (-) alone reads messages backwards from present position or when
- appended to a number causes backward reading from that
- message number
- (TS) search message headers for specific text
- (SET) sets the number of the last message read
- (EDIT) puts the current message into the editor for re-editing
- (NEXT) reads next higher message number available
- (PREV) reads next lower message number available
- (USER) selects only those message to or from the specified user
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- Description: Allows reading messages left on the system. All public messages
- will be displayed, along with private messages left either by you
- or for you. If a message has more display lines than what your
- (P)age Length is set for, a "(H)elp, More?" prompt will appear
- asking for your input. Multiple message numbers to read can be
- entered on the same command line if desired. Additionally,
- combinations of the above commands can be entered on the same
- command line if desired.
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- Examples:
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- * R 1+ <enter>
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- The above command will read all messages from #1 to the end.
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- * R 1 5 10 20 <enter>
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- The above command will read messages 1, 5, 10 and 20 and then stop.
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- * R S <enter>
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- The above command will read all mail that is new for you.
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- * R L <enter>
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- The above command will read all mail in reverse order from beginning to
- end.
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- * TS A 1+ <enter>
- PCBoard & LANtastic <enter>
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- The above commands will search thru every available message in ALL
- conferences areas you are set to scan for any message that has both
- the word "PCBoard" AND the word "LANtastic" in it.
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- * TS A 1+ <enter>
- PCBoard & (LANtastic | DESQview) <enter>
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- The above commands will search thru every available message in ALL
- conferences areas you are set to scan for any message that has both
- the word "PCBoard" AND either the word "LANtastic" OR the word
- "DESQview" in it.
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- The parenthesis tell PCBoard how you want to group your criteria if
- you have a complex search request such as the one above. It will
- allow for nearly any number of parens and any combination of AND's
- (using the "&" character) and OR's (using the "|" character).
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- * TS A 1+ USER JOHN DOE <enter>
- PCBoard & Help <enter>
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- The above command (similar to examples above) adds the keyword USER
- to the command line specifying that only messages that are either
- TO or FROM John Doe should be displayed if they are found to have
- both the words PCBoard and Help in them.
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- * R A Z <enter>
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- The above command will capture all messages in all conferences since
- the last message read, compress the capture file and the begin the
- download procedure.
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- * R SET 100 <enter>
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- Sets the last message read for that conference to 100.
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