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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 are¨
potentially more than one MESSAGE AREA; each Area contains¨
messages grouped by Subject.

Enter the first letter of the command; or for specific help,¨
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 the¨
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 makes¨
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 then¨
show "[1 N]".

> Select HIGHEST message and make "P)revious" stick; prompt will¨
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 "Highest¨
Message" if you reach the end of the list. This command "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.

\P
P)revious message. Reads previous message or displays "Lowest¨
Message" if you reach the beginning of the list. This command¨
"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 the¨
header (To:, Subject:, etc); and then you will enter the body of¨
the message with a Word Wrap line editor.

You can make changes after filling in the header; help is¨
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)nter¨
or R)eply.

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

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

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

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

\U
U)pdate (edit) a message that you previously saved. You can use¨
the same commands to edit the message as you did when you created¨
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 ¨
message, but it also fills in the To: and Subject fields for you,¨
and links your new reply to the original message.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

\G
G)oodbye! Log-off of Fido. Depending upon the implementation of¨
Fido on this system, you may be prompted to optionally enter a¨
Private message to the SYSOP before you are logged off. After¨
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 commands¨
you see when you first log into Fido. From there, you can return¨
to the MESSAGE SECTION or go into the FILE SECTION.