1
2
3
4 :Info: Display: Display
5
6 This option displays the current messages, those messages listed
7 after "Current messages:" in the upper part of the terminal screen.
8
9
10
11 :Info: Print: Print
12
13 This option produces a printed copy of the current messages. The
14 Personalize Exec Mail menu lets you specify where the copy is printed,
15 delivered, and what heading is placed on it.
16
17
18
19 :Info: Discard_Messages: Discard Messages
20
21 This option discards the current messages from the file you are
22 working in.
23
24
25
26 :Info: Forward: Forward
27
28 This option enables you to forward the current messages to other
29 users. After selecting this option, you are asked for a list of
30 recipients. If there is more than one current message, each one is
31 processed separately, and you are asked for a list of recipients for
32 each one. You can add comments to the messages before forwarding.
33
34
35
36 :Info: Reply: Reply
37
38 This option enables you to reply to the current messages. After this
39 option is chosen, the recipient lists are set, the original message is
40 put in place of the menu, and the mail editor is ready for you to write
41 the reply.
42
43 The recipient lists are set as follows: 1) the author list of the
44 original message becomes the list of primary recipients and 2) the
45 recipient lists of the original message becomes the list of secondary
46 recipients. You can change these lists if you wish. When there is
47 more than one current message, each one is processed separately, and
48 you can skip replying to any one of them as you wish.
49
50 When you finish composing the reply, you may either send the reply or
51 choose to defer it, that is, send it at some later time. In the latter
52 case the reply is saved and it is automatically available to you when
53 you try to reply to the message the next time. If you have not used
54 the saved reply in over 30 days, the message is automatically made
55 available for review, or deletion, just before you exit Executive Mail.
56
57
58
59 :Info: File_Original: File Original
60
61 This option enables you to store the current messages in a selected
62 mail file. After selecting this option, you are asked for the name of
63 a mail file. At this point you can type two question marks ??
64 followed by RETURN to get a list of your mail files and then select the
65 file from the displayed list. This list is automatically displayed
66 without a prompt, if you have set the personalize mail option "Display
67 Lists As Menus" to yes.
68
69 After filing the original messages in the specified file, the
70 messages are discarded from the file in which you are currently
71 working.
72
73
74
75 :Info: File_Copy: File Copy
76
77 This option enables you to store a copy of the current messages in a
78 selected mail file. After selecting this option, you are asked for the
79 name of a mail file in which to place a copy of the messages. At
80 this point you can type two question marks ?? followed by RETURN to
81 get a list of your mail files and then select the file from the list
82 displayed. This list is automatically displayed without a prompt, if
83 you have set the personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to
84 yes.
85
86 The original messages are retained in the file in which you are
87 currently working.
88
89
90
91 :Info: List_All_Messages: List All Messages
92
93 This option displays a summary of all messages. Current messages, the
94 ones listed after "Current messages:" at the upper part of the terminal
95 screen, are marked by an asterisk *.
96
97
98
99 :Info: List_Current_Messages: List Current Messages
100
101 This option displays a summary of the current messages only, those
102 messages listed after "Current messages:" at the upper part of the
103 terminal screen.
104
105
106
107 :Info: Select_Messages: Select Messages
108
109 This option enables you to specify which messages are to be
110 considered the current messages. After choosing this option, you are
111 asked for a message number or numbers, a range of numbers, a keyword,
112 the word "search", or the word "date". If you type the word "search,"
113 you are then asked to supply a word, words, or part of a word that you
114 want to be searched for in the headings and texts of all the messages
115 in the current file. All the messages in which those search characters
116 are found become the current messages. Typing "date" prompts you for
117 two dates, and all messages created between those two dates become the
118 current messages. To get a list of your messages, type two question
119 marks ?? followed by RETURN. After messages are selected, an
120 automatic List Current Messages is performed.
121
122
123
124 :Info: Next_Message: Next Message
125
126 This option makes the next message the current message. If there is
127 more than one current message, then this option makes the message after
128 the highest numbered current message the new current message. If the
129 highest numbered message in the mailbox is already the current message,
130 then the lowest numbered message becomes the current message. After
131 the message is selected, an automatic List Current Messages is
132 performed.
133
134
135
136 :Info: Select_New_File: Select New File
137
138 This option enables you to select and examine a new mail file. After
139 selecting this option, you are asked for the name of the file you wish
140 to examine, unless you have only one file, in which case that one is
141 chosen automatically. At this point you can type two question marks
142 ?? followed by RETURN to get a list of all of your mail files, and
143 you can then select one from the displayed list. This list is
144 automatically displayed without a prompt, if you have set the
145 personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
146
147
148
149 :Info: Retrieve_Messages: Retrieve Messages
150
151 This option enables you to retrieve messages previously discarded while
152 working in this menu. After choosing this option, you are asked for a
153 message number or numbers, a range, or a keyword. At that point you
154 can type two question marks ?? followed by RETURN to get a list of
155 the discarded messages. When retrieved, these messages become the
156 current messages. discarded.
157
158
159
160 :Info: Write: Write
161
162 This option writes a copy of the current messages to a file other
163 than the mail files. After selecting this option, you are asked to
164 specify the name of the file limit 32 characters that you wish to
165 write to. If the file does not exist, it is created for you. If it
166 does exist, the current messages are appended to the end of the
167 existing file.