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M E S S A G E    S E C T I O N

N ... Display Next Highest Message
P ... Display Previous Message
E ... Enter a New Message
K ... Kill (Delete) a Message
T ... Display Mail Addressed TO YOU
A ... Select a MESSAGE AREA
U ... Update (Edit) a Message You Entered
R ... Reply to a Message
C ... Continuous Display
L ... List Message Headers
S ... Search Message Headers for Text
W ... Write current msg to the editor BUFFER
G ... Goodbye (Log-off)
M ... Return to MAIN SECTION

From here you can display or enter messages. There areì
potentially more than one MESSAGE AREA; each Area containsì
messages grouped by Subject.

Enter the first letter of the command; or for specific help,ì
enter:

"N?" for help with the "N)ext" command
"E?" for help with the "E)nter" command
.
.
* And so on for all the commands you see in the menu.

(Don't enter the quotes, just the command letter and theì
questionmark.)

- Control-C Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-K Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-S Pauses Commands/text display -
press any key to continue.

READING MESSAGES
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The last line of the command prompt looks like:

(menu of commands available)
or Message Number 1-23 (?=help) [4 N]:

The "[4 N]" tells you two things:
* "[4 x]" - 4 is the LAST MESSAGE read (or 0 first time)
* "[x N]" - pressing [CR] reads "N)ext" message
* "[x P]" - pressing [CR] reads "P)revious" message

(When you use the "N)ext" or "P)revious" commands, Fido makesì
them "stick" so you can use the shorthand method above)

You can then enter:
- Any command displayed
- The specific number of a particular message
(in this example, any number 1 to 23)
- One of the Special Commands listed below
- Just a [CR].


SPECIAL COMMANDS
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The following special commands are always available:

< Select LOWEST message and make "N)ext" stick; prompt will thenì
show "[1 N]".

> Select HIGHEST message and make "P)revious" stick; prompt willì
show "[x P]". x will be the HIGHEST message number.

. Re-read the SAME message


- Control-C Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-K Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-S Pauses Commands/text display -
press any key to continue.

\N
N)ext Highest message. Reads next message or displays "Highestì
Message" if you reach the end of the list. This command "sticks"ì
so that [CR] causes Fido to repeat the last message.

- Control-C Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-K Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-S Pauses Commands/text display -
press any key to continue.

\P
P)revious message. Reads previous message or displays "Lowestì
Message" if you reach the beginning of the list. This commandì
"sticks" so that [CR] causes Fido to repeat the last message.

- Control-C Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-K Aborts Commands/text display
- Control-S Pauses Commands/text display -
press any key to continue.

\E
E)nter a new message. You will "fill in the blanks" for theì
header (To:, Subject:, etc); and then you will enter the body ofì
the message with a Word Wrap line editor.

You can make changes after filling in the header; help isì
available when entering messages.

Use R)eply if you want to Reply to a message.

Use U)date to change a message you previously created with E)nterì
or R)eply.

\K
K)ill (delete) the current message whose number is shown in theì
prompt, assuming that you wrote it or that it is addressedì
specifically to you.

If your prompt shows "[17 N]", entering "K" will delete messageì
#17.

\T
T)o_You searches for messages addressed "To: (your name)"; theì
names must match EXACTLY for this to work. Once you have read theì
message, you can "K)ill" it or "R)eply" to it normally. Useì
repeated "T)o_You" commands until it finds no more.

\A
A)rea-Change command gives you a menu of available Message Areasì
from which you choose one. Messages are grouped generally byì
subject. Each Message Area is totally self- contained.

\U
U)pdate (edit) a message that you previously saved. You can useì
the same commands to edit the message as you did when you createdì
it. The message is marked [EDITED] after you U)pdate it.

\R
R)eply is similar to E)nter, in that it lets you create a new ì
message, but it also fills in the To: and Subject fields for you,ì
and links your new reply to the original message.

The "+" and "-" commands let you read replies and original ì
messages directly.

\C
C)ontinuously read ALL MESSAGES starting with the current ì
message number, and the current "sticky" direction, until the endì
is reached or you manually abort it.

\L
L)ist only the message headers, starting at the current messageì
number and "sticky" direction.

\S
S)earch prompts for a pattern to match, then searches eachì
message header, starting with the current message and directionì
until it finds a match.

For example, a pattern of "ART" will display the next messageì
containing the three letters "art" in either the To: , From: , orì
Subject: fields.

\O
O)verride-Path lets the SYSOP specify a disk subdirectory fromì
which to read/enter messages; this is most useful when there is aì
.MSG file you wish to read, which is not in a regular messageì
area; such as when another SYSOP "file attaches" a message toì
you.

\W
W)rite-Buffer stores a copy of the message you just read in aì
temporary "EDIT BUFFER". When you later E)nter (R)eply, orì
U)pdate) a new message, you can read the contents of the EDITì
BUFFER into your message. This is very useful when you want toì
reply to a message, and refer to what the author wrote. Theì
contents of the buffer are lost when you logoff.

\G
G)oodbye! Log-off of Fido. Depending upon the implementation ofì
Fido on this system, you may be prompted to optionally enter aì
Private message to the SYSOP before you are logged off. Afterì
log-off, you will be disconnected.

It is safe to "Hang Up" on Fido; it is never harmful.

\M
M)ain-Menu returns you to the MAIN SECTION, the menu of commandsì
you see when you first log into Fido. From there, you can returnì
to the MESSAGE SECTION or go into the FILE SECTION.
