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2
3
4
5 :Info: old_file:
6
7 Type the name of the mail file you wish to use. To get a list of your
8 files, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
9
10
11 :Info: old_mail_file:
12
13 Type the name of the mail file you wish to use. To get a list of your
14 files, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
15
16
17 :Info: new_file:
18
19 Type a name for the new mail file you wish to create. Conclude by
20 pressing RETURN.
21
22
23 :Info: new_mail_file:
24
25 Type a name for the new mail file you wish to create. Conclude by
26 pressing RETURN.
27
28
29 :Info: file:
30
31 Type the name of the existing mail file you wish to use, or a name for
32 a new mail file you wish to create. To get a list of your files, type
33 two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
34
35
36 :Info: mail_file:
37
38 Type the name of the existing mail file you wish to use, or a name for
39 a new mail file you wish to create. To get a list of your files, type
40 two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
41
42
43 :Info: which_message:
44
45 Specify the messages you want by pressing a single number, several
46 numbers separated by blank spaces, a range of numbers, a keyword
47 first next prev new last all seen unseen the word "search", or
48 the word "date". If you type the word "search," you then are asked to
49 supply a word, words, or part of a word that you want to be searched
50 for in the headings and texts of all the messages in the current
51 mailbox. All the messages in which those search characters are found
52 become the current messages. Typing "date" prompts you for two dates,
53 and all messages created between those two dates become the current
54 messages. To get a list of your messages, type two question marks
55 ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
56
57 You may also set the seen switch "on" or "off" for any message in the
58 mailbox by typing "switch_on seen" or "switch_off seen" before the
59 message specification. The short form of "switch_on" is "swn" and the
60 short form of "switch_off" is "swf". If a message's seen switch is
61 off, the message appears when you specify "unseen" messages, and it is
62 not marked with an "S" following the message number in message lists.
63 If the seen switch is on, the message number is followed by "S" and the
64 message is included when you type the "seen" specifier.
65
66
67 :Info: forward_recipients:
68
69 Type the names of the people who are to receive this message. When
70 listing recipients, you can use a user name and project e.g.
71 Lee.Pubs a name from the system's mail table i.e. a name that equals
72 a mailing address, a Forum meeting pathname, a user on another
73 computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list e.g. managers.
74 Names must be separated by commas. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
75
76
77 :Info: new_mailing_list:
78
79 Type the name you wish to give to the mailing list you are about to
80 create. Characters you can use are uppercase and lowercase letters,
81 digits, underscore _, dash -, and slash /. Conclude by pressing
82 RETURN or the equivalent of carriage return on your keyboard. Type
83 two question marks ?? followed by RETURN to see the names of the
84 mailing lists that are already defined.
85
86
87 :Info: new_list:
88
89 Type the name you wish to give to the mailing list you are about to
90 create. Characters you can use are uppercase and lowercase letters,
91 digits, underscore _, dash -, and slash /. Conclude by pressing
92 RETURN or the equivalent of carriage return on your keyboard. Type
93 two question marks ?? followed by RETURN to see the names of the
94 mailing lists that are already defined.
95
96
97 :Info: new_name_list:
98
99 Type the new name you wish to give to this mailing list. Characters
100 you can use are uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, underscore
101 _, dash -, and slash /. Conclude by pressing RETURN or the
102 equivalent of carriage return on your keyboard. Type two question
103 marks ?? followed by RETURN to see the names of the mailing
104 lists that are already defined.
105
106
107 :Info: old_mailing_list:
108
109 Type the name of the desired mailing list. To get a list of your
110 mailing lists, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing
111 RETURN.
112
113
114 :Info: old_list:
115
116 Type the name of the desired mailing list. To get a list of your
117 mailing lists, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing
118 RETURN.
119
120
121 :Info: discard_list:
122
123 Type the name of the mailing list you wish to discard. To get a list
124 of your mailing lists, type two question marks ??. Conclude by
125 pressing RETURN.
126
127
128 :Info: rename_list:
129
130 Type the name of the mailing list you wish to rename. To get a list of
131 your mailing lists, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing
132 RETURN.
133
134
135 :Info: mailing_list:
136
137 Type the name of the existing mailing list you wish to use or a name
138 for a new mailing list you wish to create. To get a list of your
139 mailing lists, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing
140 RETURN.
141
142
143 :Info: list:
144
145 Type the name of the existing mailing list you wish to use or a name
146 for a new mailing list you wish to create. To get a list of your
147 mailing lists, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing
148 RETURN.
149
150
151 :Info: message_subject:
152
153 Type the subject of the message you intend to write. You need not
154 supply one if you prefer. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
155
156
157 :Info: recipients:
158
159 Type the names of people to whom you wish to address your message.
160 When listing recipients, you can use a user name and project e.g.
161 Smith.Pubs a name from the system's mail table i.e. a name that
162 equals a mailing address, a Forum meeting pathname, a user on another
163 computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list e.g. managers.
164 Names must be separated by commas. You must list at least one
165 recipient. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
166
167
168 :Info: copies:
169
170 Type the names of people whom you want to receive copies of your
171 message. When listing recipients, you can use a user name and project
172 e.g. Smith.Pubs a name from the system's mail table i.e. a name
173 that equals a mailing address, a Forum meeting pathname, a user on
174 another computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list e.g.
175 managers. Names must be separated by commas. You need not list any
176 recipients. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
177
178
179 :Info: message:
180
181 Type the message you wish to send.
182
183
184 :Info: which_message_discard:
185
186 Specify the messages you want to discard by pressing a single number,
187 several numbers separated by blank spaces, a range of numbers, or a
188 keyword. To get a list of messages in this file, type two question
189 marks ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
190
191
192 :Info: search_string:
193
194 Type a word or any string of characters you want to be searched for in
195 the headers and texts of messages in this mail file. Conclude by
196 pressing RETURN.
197
198
199 :Info: which_discarded_message:
200
201 Type the number or numbers of the discarded messages you wish to
202 retrieve. You can also use ranges of numbers or keywords. To get a
203 list of messages that have been discarded, type two question marks
204 ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
205
206
207 :Info: getting_help:
208
209 If you want help with an option in the above menu, type the number or
210 letter of that option, but do NOT press RETURN. If you want help with
211 a function key, press that function key, again do NOT press RETURN.
212 For example, if you want help with function key F2, press function key
213 F2. If you are using escape sequences, type the two character sequence
214 "ESC" followed by another character that is used in place of the
215 particular function key you want. In the above example, instead of
216 responding with function key F2, press and release the "ESC" key
217 followed by the letter "f". Finally, if you want to know about
218 something other than a menu option or a function key you can respond to
219 the request for the specific help desired by pressing two question
220 marks ??. This provides a menu of general information items that you
221 can choose to get an explanation of.
222
223
224 :Info: more_help:
225
226 Answer "yes" or "y" to see the general help menu again; "no" or "n" to
227 stop getting help and return to the menu.
228
229
230 :Info: incoming_mbx:
231
232 Type the name of the incoming mailbox you wish to process. To get a
233 list of your incoming mailboxes, type two question marks ??.
234 Conclude by pressing RETURN.
235
236
237 :Info: old_mailbox:
238
239 Type the name of the incoming mailbox you wish to process. To get a
240 list of your incoming mailboxes, type two question marks ??.
241 Conclude by pressing RETURN.
242
243
244 :Info: new_mailbox:
245
246 Type the name of the incoming mailbox you wish to process. To get a
247 list of your incoming mailboxes, type two question marks ??.
248 Conclude by pressing RETURN.
249
250
251 :Info: old_deferred_message:
252
253 Type the name of the deferred message you wish to use. To get a list
254 of your deferred messages, type two question marks ??. Conclude by
255 pressing RETURN.
256
257
258 :Info: deferred_message:
259
260 Type the name you wish to assign to the message you are deferring. If
261 you use the name of an existing deferred message, the message currently
262 identified by that name is discarded. To get a list of your deferred
263 messages, type two question marks ??. Conclude by pressing RETURN.
264
265
266 :Info: yes_or_no:
267
268 Type "yes", "y", "no", or "n".
269
270
271 :Info: path_name:
272
273 Type the name of the file you wish to write the current messages to.
274 Conclude by pressing RETURN or the equivalent of carriage return on
275 your terminal. If the file does not exist, it is created for you. If
276 it does exist, the current messages are appended to the end of the
277 existing file.
278
279
280 :Info: date_selection:
281
282 To select messages by date, type a date at the earliest date and the
283 latest date prompts. Conclude each entry by pressing RETURN. Messages
284 created between those two dates become the current messages. If you
285 want to select messages created on one date, enter that date at one
286 prompt, and just press RETURN at the other prompt. Pressing RETURN at
287 both prompts selects messages created on the current date. Examples of
288 dates:
289
290 February 15, 1985 15 Feb 1985 02/15/1985
291 2/15/85 1985-02-15 85-2-15
292 today yesterday now
293
294
295 :Info: user_mailbox:
296
297 Type the user name of the mailbox you wish to process. It can be the
298 name of a different user on the system, or the name of a special
299 mailbox set up on the system.
300