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