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Feathernet Message Commands
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(+) or (-) sets direction.
(*) Global Read of New Messages.
(A)rchive New Mail (Global Scan or current conference) for downloading.
(E)nter new message.
(G)oodbye.
(J)oin a conference, enter new areas.
(Enter Conference # or Conference Name to Join).
(JY or J Y) Read any New Private mail addressed to you.
(K)ill current message.
(Q)uit to main bbs command prompt.
(RG or R G) Read All New Mail addressed to you. (Public or Private)
(RS or R S) Read New Mail since last read.
(S)et your global scan for reading, archiving.
(X)pert on/off toggle.
(RY or R Y) Read new mail addressed to you.
(T)hreading - read higher messages with the same subject.
(#) Jump to specified message number.
Feathernet Mail Mail Command Details
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(R+) or (R-) These commands set the direction of the read. An R- alone will
and deliver messages from the highest message in the conference
(R#-) or (R#+) to the lowest message. R+ will cause the opposite, message
reading begins at the lowest message.
`R123-' causes a message delivery from message # 123 towards
message 1. Correspondingly, R123+ reads from # 123 towards the
high message.
(R#) or (R #) This command is for reading a specific message. If this message
is deleted the next higher message wil be displayed.
(RY) or (R Y) Searches and displays any NEW mail addressed to you. This is a
conference command and does not perform a global read. Look for
this to become a global command in an upcoming release.
(RN) or (RN) Read any NEW mail in the current conference. This command is for
private and public mail.
(RS) or (R S) Identical to the RY or R Y Command. Read new mail addressed to
you.
(N) This command will deliver new messages(public and private)
Note that Feathernet always displays a "new message" notice
if the currently joined conference has new mail since your last
read.
(H) This command is for setting your high message read pointers to
any legitimate value. Options are:
(1) Reset Current Conference to any value.
(2) Reset Current Conference to the Low Message Number.
(3) Reset EACH Conferences to its LOW message Number.
(4) Reset EACH Conferences to its HIGHEST message Number.
(S) This command lets you customize (very easily) your global
message scan. All conferences you are Registered in may be
flagged for global reading or archiving.
(T) Performs a text search of entire messages in the current
conference. Any text string may be entered,
(*) Global Message read command. All global scan conferences are
included in this read command. New messages both public and
private wil be delivered.
Displayed Message Commands
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(#) Enter the number of a message you want to read. If a valid
number is entered then Feathernet tries to retrieve that
message. If the message is deleted the next message in the file
will be displayed. Your forward or reverse message read counter
is reset by this command.
(/) Re-read the current message.
(K) Kill a message you have written or which is addressed to you.
Please do not kill public messages which could benefit others.
(N) This aborts the message reading function and returns you to the
conference main menu.
(P) Read the previous message in either a reverse or forward read
mode.
(R) Reply to the last read message. Your reply may be public or
private. You may choose to type in the text or upload it ascii.
Uploading a message in the (T)ype it in mode could result in
lost data.
(T) Provides message threading keyed on the message subject. This
option is available on a forward reading mode only.
Message Editor Commands
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(A)bort the message. "N)ew A)bort C)ont E)dit L)ist Q)uote S)ave
(C)ontine writing a message after editing.
(E)dit message text.
Message Edit Commands
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(D)elete a line. You can delete a single line with this command.
(E)dit a line in the message. Edit syntax is `olddata;newdata'. The
semi-colon seperates the data to be searched from the data to be
inserted.
(I)nsert a line of text into the message.
(L)ist the message contents.
(Q)uit the editor and return to the main message entry command prompt.
(R)eplace an entire line. Allows you to retype an entire line without
having to perform a search/replace operation.
(L)ist the contents of your message.
(N)ew message entry. Begin the message edit session from the beginning. All
previously entered text will become history.
(Q)uote the message you area REPLYING to. This allows you to copy text from the
message you are replying to which will be inserted into your message at the
present edit line. The initials of the person leaving the replied to message
will automatically be inserted into the copied text. ex: RP>Copied text....
(S)ave the message. You are through with the message entry and wish to Post the
message.