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4 :Info: New_Message: New Message
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6 This option enables you to write a message, which may be sent to the
7 recipients when completed, or may be saved to be sent later. When you
8 choose this option, the mail editor is set in place so that you can
9 specify the subject and recipients and write the message.
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11 When entering recipients, you can use a user name and project e.g.
12 Smith.Pubs, a name from the mail table within Multics i.e. a name
13 that equals Name.Project, a Forum meeting pathname, a user on another
14 computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list e.g. managers.
15 Be sure to place a comma between each name. Depending on how you exit
16 the mail editor, the prepared message is either sent to the
17 recipients immediately, or it is deferred. In the latter case, you
18 are asked to give a name to the deferred message, and the message is
19 saved until you either send it or discard it.
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22 :Info: Deferred_Message: Deferred Message
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24 This option enables you to send a previously prepared and deferred new
25 message. After selecting this option, you are asked for the name of
26 the deferred message. At this point you can type two question marks
27 ?? followed by RETURN to get a list of your deferred messages. You
28 can then select a message from the displayed list. This list is
29 automatically displayed without a prompt, if you have set the
30 personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
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32 The previously prepared message is displayed and you may add to or
33 change the message before sending it.
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36 :Info: File_Sent_Message: File Sent Message
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38 This option enables you to store a copy of the last message sent in a
39 selected mail file. After selecting this option, you are asked for the
40 name of a mail file. At this point you can type two question marks
41 ?? followed by RETURN to get a list of your mail files, and you can
42 then select a file from the displayed list. This list is automatically
43 displayed without a prompt, if you have set the personalize mail option
44 "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
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47 :Info: Print_Sent_Message: Print Sent Message
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49 This option produces a printed copy of the last message sent, even if
50 you have already filed it.
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53 :Info: Print_Deferred_Msg: Print Deferred Msg
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55 This option enables you to print a copy of a previously prepared and
56 deferred message. After selecting this option, you are asked for the
57 name of the deferred message. At this point you can type two question
58 marks ?? followed by RETURN to get a list of your deferred messages.
59 You can then select a message from the displayed list. This list is
60 automatically displayed without a prompt, if you have set the
61 personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
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64 :Info: Mailing_Lists: Mailing Lists
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66 This option enables you to create, review, and update mailing lists. A
67 mailing list is a list of addresses that can be used again and again
68 when you are sending, replying, or forwarding mail. When you choose
69 this option, another menu is displayed giving you options to create,
70 review, and/or change a mailing list. When you create a mailing list
71 you are asked for a new mailing list name. The mail editor is then set
72 for you to enter addresses.
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74 When entering addresses, you can use a user name and project e.g.
75 Smith.Pubs, a name from the mail table within Multics i.e. a name
76 that equals Name.Project, a Forum meeting pathname, or a user on
77 another computer system.
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79 When you elect to review a mailing list, you are asked for the name of
80 one of your lists, unless you have only one, in which case that list is
81 chosen automatically. If you type two question marks ?? followed by
82 RETURN when you are asked for the name, you get a list of all your
83 mailing lists, and you can then select one from the displayed list.
84 This list is automatically displayed without a prompt, if you have set
85 the personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
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88 :Info: Process_Incoming_Mail: Process Incoming Mail
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90 This option enables you to read incoming mail. The Incoming Mailbox
91 includes messages that have been sent to you since you last processed
92 your mail; it also includes messages that you left in the Incoming
93 Mailbox when you last read it.
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95 After you choose this option, a new menu of choices is presented to
96 help you process the mail.
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99 :Info: Process_Filed_Mail: Process Filed Mail
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101 This option enables you to review the messages previously stored in one
102 of the mail files. After selecting this option, you are asked for the
103 name of the mail file you wish to see, unless you have only one mail
104 file, in which case that one is chosen automatically.
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106 If you type two question marks ?? followed by RETURN when you are
107 asked for the file name, you get a list of all your mail files, and you
108 can then select a file from the displayed list. This list is
109 automatically displayed without a prompt, if you have set the
110 personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
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112 After the file name is chosen, you are given another menu from which
113 you can work on this mail file.
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116 :Info: Discard_Deferred_Msg: Discard Deferred Message
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118 This option enables you to discard a new message which was prepared and
119 then deferred. After selecting this option, you are asked for the name
120 of the message you wish to discard. At this point you can type two
121 question marks ?? followed by RETURN to get a list of your deferred
122 messages, and you can then select a file from the displayed list. This
123 list is automatically displayed without a prompt, if you have set the
124 personalize mail option "Display Lists As Menus" to yes.
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126 To ensure that you do not discard a deferred message by mistake you are
127 asked to verify that you really wish to discard it.
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