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\chapter{Messages 7.0 and higher: \
A Program for Reading and Sending Messages}
This document contains the following sections on Messages:
\leftindent{What Messages is
The Basics
\leftindent{Starting Messages
Reading new and old messages
Sending messages}
Additional Messages Features
\leftindent{Folders, marking messages, the Punt button
Preferences and Options
Flames: Filtering Language for the \helptopic{AMS}}
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Pop-up menu meanings
More information on the Andrew Message System
Quick Reference
Related Tools
This document contains references to other help documents for more detailed
information. The Related Tools section at the end of this document
contains pointers to other files related to the Andrew Message System.}
\section{What Messages is}
\leftindent{
Messages is an Andrew Message System (AMS) program. All AMS programs
enable you to read and send mail. Messages is designed specifically to run
in the windowing environment of Andrew workstations. \
If you do not have access to a workstation, or want to read your mail from
a different type of terminal, there are other AMS programs available for
different terminal types. See the \italic{\helptopic{mail}} help
document for an overview.
}
\section{Starting Messages
}
\leftindent{To read your mail, type:
\leftindent{\bold{messages}}
in the command window and press Enter. Or, choose \bold{Read News} or
\bold{Read Mail} from the pop-up menus in the Typescript window (if you run
the typescript program). \
If your site uses Messages to read bulletin boards, typing "messages" shows
you new messages on the bulletin boards you subscribe to as well as your
mail. You can also specify a bulletin board to read by typing:
\leftindent{\bold{messages \italic{bboardname}}}
Or, you may want to start Messages sometimes to read only your mail by
typing:
\leftindent{\bold{messages -m}}
in the command widow and press Enter. Or, choose\bold{ Read Mail} from the
pop-up menus in the Typescript window.
}\section{The first time you use Messages
}\leftindent{
Upon startup of Messages, the folders area gives the program version
number, description and lists the program authors. Also, the captions area
is initialized with the /etc/motd file. \
The first time you use Messages, your Messages window is divided into three
horizontal scrollable regions. After initialization, the top region is
the "folder" you are subscribed to which has new messages. \
When you start Messages, the first folder with new messages (in this case,
your mail folder) is automatically selected. When a folder is "selected"
it appears in boldface and its "captions" are displayed in the middle
region of the window. A caption looks something like this:
29-Feb-89 \italic{morning?} - Jello Biafra (385+1)
It is a one-line summary of the date (29-Feb-89), subject (morning?) and
sender (Jello Biafra) for a message. (385+1) tells you that there are 385
bytes and 1 \italic{\helptopic{inset}} contained in the message. \
The lower region of the Messages window contains basic instructions on
reading messages when you start the program. Left clicking on a caption in
the middle region of the window causes its message to appear in this lower
region. }\
\section{Reading new and old messages}
\leftindent{
To read your mail, first you select a folder, then you choose a message to
read by selecting its caption.
\bold{Selecting which folder to see.} In the top region of the Messages
window, click with the left mouse button anywhere \italic{on the name of a
folder}. This causes the folder to become "selected." Several things
happen:
\leftindent{--the name of the folder becomes bold, indicating that it is
selected
--the line (Has New Messages) next to the folder name changes to a
description of the folder, like
\leftindent{(Local Bboard, 3 of 220 new)
}
--the most recent captions of messages in the folder appear in the middle
region of the window.}
\bold{Selecting which message to read.} In the middle region of the
Messages window, click with either mouse button \italic{on the caption} of
the message you want to read. This causes the caption and the message it
represents to become "selected." Several things happen:
\leftindent{--the caption becomes bold, indicating that it is selected
--the message appears in the bottom region of the window
--the caption icon becomes a check, indicating that the message has been
"seen." The caption icon on the left side of the caption is either a
bboard icon (a square that looks like a piece of paper with the bottom
corner turned up) or a mail icon (an addressed letter).
--the underline icon (a small line underneath the last check icon) moves
down beneath the selected caption, indicating to the Messages program to
treat all the messages above the underline icon as "seen." This means that
the next time you run an AMS program, even if you haven't actually looked
at all of the messages above the underline, they will not be shown to you
as "new."}
\bold{Reading the message. } The body of the message is presented in the
lower region of the window. It is preceded by "headers." The headers you
see are the Date:, From:, To:, and Subject: headers. There are more
headers above these that you can scroll up and see, but they are only
relevant to the mail delivery system or people diagnosing problems.
}\bold{\leftindent{Reading old mail and messages}. }\leftindent{Reading
old mail and messages is the same as reading new mail and messages except
you first have to find and select the folder with old messages. You can
find a folder with old messages (if it is not on your list of folders with
new messages) by either exposing your subscription list (or a list of all
the folders) with \bold{Expose Subscribed} (or \bold{Expose All}) or by
choosing \bold{Read By Name} from the \italic{Message Folders} pop-up menu
card.
To see the old captions of a folder you have selected, scroll or
\italic{Search} up through the captions when they appear in the middle
region of the window.}
\section{Sending messages
}
\leftindent{For information related to sending mail and messages using the
SendMessage program, see the \italic{ \helptopic{SendMessage}} help
document. \
}
\section{Accessing, subscribing and unsubscribing to folders}
\leftindent{This section is not particularily relevent unless your site
uses Messages to read bulletin boards. Still, you can subscribe to any of
your personal \italic{ folders } the same way you would subscribe to a
bulletin board.}
\leftindent{\bold{Seeing all the bboards available.} To see all the
available bulletin boards, choose \bold{Expose All} from the
\italic{Message Folders} pop-up menu card. A list of all the bulletin
boards to which you can subscribe appears in the top region of the window.
If you are subscribed to a bboard there is a check icon beside the help
icon (a rectangle with a question mark). Since the All Folders list is so
long, you may want to have more space to look at it.
\bold{To move the region boundaries within the Messages window}, place the
cursor on a boundary, click and hold either mouse button. Drag the cursor
to where you would like the boundary to be and release the mouse button.
\bold{Seeing messages on a bboard without subscribing.} After choosing
\bold{Expose All} from the \italic{Message Folders} pop-up menu card, you
can select any folder (bboard) by left clicking on its name. To find a
specific bboard, choose \bold{Read by Name} from the \italic{Message
Folders} pop-up menu card and type the name of the bboard. Press Enter
when you are finished. Once you have selected a folder by either of these
means, you can read any of the old "posts" (messages) by scrolling or using
\italic{ Search} back up through the captions in the middle region.
\bold{Subscribing and unsubscribing to bboards.} Click with either mouse
button on the help icon (a rectangle with a question mark in it) next to
the bboard. Left click in the area that says "Subscribe" (or
"Unsubscribe") from the dialogue box that comes up. A check icon between
the help icon and the bboard name either appears or disappears. The check
icon means you are subscribed to that bboard, no check means you are not
subscribed. \
\bold{Seeing the bboards you are subscribed to.} Choose \bold{Expose
Subscribed} from the \italic{Message Folders} pop-up menu card. \
\bold{Choosing a different subscription type.} In addition to the normal,
or "full" subscription, Messages offers several other types of subscription
types described below. To change your subscription type, click with either
mouse button on the help icon next to the bboard name. Choose "Alter
Subscription Status" from the dialogue box that comes up. You will then
see a second dialogue box with the options described below. \
\leftindent{\description{Yes (Normal subscription): shows you all the new
messages on the bboard each time you run an AMS program.
No (No subscription): unsubscribes you.
'Ask' subscription (shows new notices optionally): always shows up on your
folder list, and is\bold{ always} skipped over by the advancing mechanisms
-- the space bar, \bold{Show More} or \bold{Show Next} menu options or the
Punt button.
'ShowAll' subscription (shows all notices): always shows up on your
folder list, and is skipped over \bold{if the folder is empty} by the
advancing mechanisms -- the space bar, \bold{Show More} or \bold{Show Next}
menu options or the Punt button.
'Print' subscription (prints new notices): prints all new messages for you
automatically when you select the folder. \
}}}
\section{Folders, marking messages, the Punt button}
\leftindent{\bold{Folders.} Messages has the capability for you to create
personal folders (like your mail folder) in which you can store messages so
that you can find them easily at a later date. The help document called
\italic{ \helptopic{messages-folders}} explains how to create and use
personal folders.
\bold{Marking of messages. } The marking feature of Messages enables you to
operate on many messages at once. You turn on marking of messages by
choosing \bold{Set Options} from the \italic{Other} menu card and then
turning on the appropriate option. Once you have marking turned on, there
are two ways to mark messages:
--right clicking on a caption marks a single message
--dragging over a number of captions while holding down the right button
marks the messages you drag over. Messages that are already marked are
left marked if you do this.
Once you have marked messages, you can use the addition Marked Message Menu
options documented under Menu Options, below.
Note that once you select a different folder, the marks for the previous
folder are removed. If you return to a folder and want to see the marks
again, use \bold{Restore Old Marks} from the \italic{Search }menu card.
\bold{The Punt button.} This feature is also turned on using \bold{Set
Options} on the \italic{Other} menu card. It enables you to skip over many
messages that you don't want to read by moving the underline icon within a
folder. You use the Punt button in the following way:
\leftindent{\italic{Left} clicking on the Punt button moves the underline
icon down below the last message in the current folder \italic{and }selects
the next folder on the list. All the messages above the underline icon
will not be shown to you as new the next time you want to read that folder.
\italic{Right} clicking on the Punt button \italic{only} moves the
underline icon down below the last message. It does not move you on to the
next folder.
}}\indent{When the folders area is very narrow, the Punt/Commit buttons
should be on the top. This is automatically adjusting, with a preference
to set the threshold for the adjustment. You can alter the threshold by
using \bold{Set Options} on the \italic{Other }menu card. }\
\section{Preferences and Options
}
\leftindent{There are two different types of preferences which affect
Messages. There are preferences which you set yourself by editing your
preferences file, and many, many other "options" which you do not need to
edit your preference file to set.
All but one of the preferences are explained in the
\italic{\helptopic{preferences}} help document. The other preference
allows you to change the order in which your folder appear, and is
documented in the \italic{\helptopic{ams-subsorder}} help file.
The other type of preferences are referred to as "options." Options are
set from within the Messages program itself, and are documented inside the
program, as well as in the the \italic{\helptopic{messages-customization}}
help document. You set options by choosing \bold{Set Options} from the
\italic{Other} menu card in Messages. \
}
\section{Flames: Filtering Language for the AMS}
\leftindent{FLAMES is a language that lets you do automatic Mailbox
processing to do things like automatically sort messages into folders. You
do not have to be a programmer to use FLAMES; the
\italic{ \helptopic{flames}} help file has useful cut-and-paste examples
that anyone can do. The help file also explains what FLAMES can (and can
not) do and points to more detailed documentation, so it is also useful for
programmers.}
\section{MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions}
\indent{MIME is a proposed Internet standard for multipart, multimedia
mail. Messages, version 8.1.5 and higher, supports MIME-compliant format.
There are advantages of MIME-compliant format mail using messages. Other
mail systems that support MIME-compliant mail are able to interpret your
multi-media messages. You must set preferences to control whether you
wish to send and receive MIME-compliant format messages. \
The preferences you should add are \bold{mailsendingformat}: and
\bold{forcemetamail: <MIME type [,MIME type] ...>}. These preferences are
documented in the preferences help file. \
}
\section{Pop-up menu meanings
}
\leftindent{Messages has several pop-up menus, and many menu options only
appear after you have turned on an option using \bold{Set Options} within
the program. The menu options are presented here grouped by functionality
into \
\leftindent{Main Menus
This Message Menus
Folder Manipulation Menus
Marked Message Menus
Other Menus}
\bold{Main Menus}
When ever you don't have a message displayed in the message body region of
the Messages window, you can press both mouse buttons (or the middle mouse
button) to see the Main menus. Here are some of the Main menu selections
and what they do:
\italic{Front menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Read Mail}\italic{:} Checks your mailbox for mail and
then reads your mail folder,displaying the captions of any new mail you
have received. \
\bold{Send/Post Message:} Creates a SendMessage window in which you can
compose a mail message or a bboard post. See the
\italic{\helptopic{SendMessage}} help document for information on how to
send a message.
\bold{Delete Window: }Deletes window. If you only have one window (you are
not using the "-w" switch), this acts as Quit.
\bold{\italic{
}}\bold{Quit}: Quits Messages. Also quits the SendMessage window started
from within Messages, if you have one. If you have deleted messages,
Messages asks in a dialogue box whether you want to purge the deletions
(permanently remove them).}
\italic{Other Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Check New Messages:} Starts the program over from the
beginning.
\bold{Purge Deletions: } Purges all deleted messages from all folders.
Note that it does not prompt for selective purging if deleted messages
exist in more than one folder.
\bold{Set Options:} Brings up list of options with switches to set them in
the body region of the Messages window. In the captions region is a list
of switches of the options. A click list appears in the captions region to
let you move easily within the list of options. Clicking on an option in
the captions region scrolls the body region to that option. See the
\italic{\helptopic{messages-customization}} help document for descriptions
of the options.
\bold{Set Printer:} Prompts you for a printer name in the message line at
the bottom of the window. Type in the name of the printer you want to use
and press Enter. The messages you send to be printed will be queued for
the printer you set.}
\italic{Search Menu Card
}See the \italic{ searching} help document for more detailed information
on searches.
\leftindent{\bold{Folders Forward:} Searches among the folders displayed
from the current cursor position forward (i.e. - down). If the search is
successful, Messages scrolls to display and highlight the item that is
matched. \
\
\bold{Folders Backward:} Searches among the folders displayed from the
current cursor position backward (i.e. - up). If the search is successful,
Messages scrolls to display and highlight the item that is matched.}
\leftindent{\bold{Captions Forward:} Searches the currently selected
folder's message captions from the currently selected caption forward (i.e.
- down). If the search is successful, Messages scrolls to display and
highlight the item that is matched.
\bold{Captions Backward:} Searches the currently selected folder's message
captions from the currently selected caption backward (i.e. - up). If the
search is successful, Messages scrolls to display and highlight the item
that is matched.
\bold{Body Forward:} Searches the currently selected message forward
(i.e. - down). If the search is successful, Messages scrolls to display
and highlight the region that is matched.
\bold{Body Backward:} Searches the currently selected message backward
(i.e. - up). If the search is successful, Messages scrolls to display and
highlight the region that is matched.
}\italic{Message Folders}\italic{\italic{ }Menu Card}\bold{
}
\leftindent{\bold{Expose Changed:} Exposes a list of the folders to which
you are subscribed which have new messages in them since you last used
Messages. \
\bold{Expose Subscribed}: Exposes a list of folders to which you are
subscribed.}
\leftindent{\bold{Expose All:} Exposes the list of all the folders to
which you might consider subscribing.
\bold{Expose Tree:} Brings up an \italic{org} window that you can use to
see in a heirarchical manner what bulletin boards are available. Clicking
with the right button on a node in the org window causes its corresponding
folder to become selected in the Messages window.
\bold{Read By Name:} Prompts you for the name of a folder. Type in the
full name of the folder you want to read and press Enter. Messages selects
that folder and presents its captions in the captions region.}
\bold{Message Menus}
These menu options appear only when you have a message displayed that you
can act upon. The Message Menus do not include Marked Message Menus or
Folder Manipulation Menus.
\italic{Front Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Copy:} (appears when you have selected a region of text)
Copies the selected text into the cutbuffer. You can put the text you
copied most recently back into any document by choosing \bold{Paste}.
\bold{Delete / Undelete:} Deletes or undeletes the currently selected
message, if you have access to delete or undelete it. In general, you can
delete or undelete messages in your mail and personal folders, but not
messages on bboards. \
Deleted messages are not permanently removed until they are "purged."
Purging occurs when you quit the program, or when you click on the help
icon for that folder and choose "Update."
\bold{Reply to Sender:} Creates a SendMessage window in which the To:
header is automatically filled in with the sender of the current message's
address. The Subject: header is also filled in, with the addition of "Re:
".
\bold{Reply to All:} Creates a SendMessage window in which the To: and CC:
headers are automatically filled in with the headers of the currently
selected message's headers. \
Messages determines whether or not to include the sender in the recipient
list based on whether you have administrative access to the folder in which
the selected message appears. If you have administrative rights (like to
your personal mail folders) \bold{Reply To All} includes the sender's
address in the To: header. If you do not have administrative rights to the
folder (like most bboards) \bold{Reply To All} only includes the addresses
which appeared in the original To: and CC: headers (like the bboard
address); it does not add the sender's address to that list.
\bold{Reply to All} is generally correct, but if you need more precision,
you can turn on an Option to get \bold{Reply to Readers} and \bold{Reply to
Both}.}
\italic{Search Menu Card}
See the \italic{searching} help document for more detailed information on
searches.
\leftindent{\bold{Bodies Forward:} Searches forward in the body of the
message from the position of the text caret for the set of characters you
specify.
\bold{Bodies Reverse:} Searches backward in the body of the message from
the text caret for the character string that you specify.}
\italic{This Message Menu Card
}
\leftindent{\bold{Forward To:} Inserts the currently selected message into
a SendMessage window. If the messages was sent with SendMessage, then
formatting information is preserved and the delivery headers are placed in
a tiny font. "Fwd:" is inserted into the Subject: header. You enter the
recipient(s) at the To: header.
\bold{Resend To:} Prompts you for a recipient to whom Messages will resend
the currently selected message, without bringing up a SendMessage window.
The message is sent with the addition of new Resend Date:, To:, and From:
headers at the top of the delivery headers. The default after the first
message is the last address to which you resent a message.
\bold{Append to file:} Stores an unformatted version of the currently
selected message into the file you specify. You can use the tilde ~ in
filenames. If the file you specify already exists, Messages appends the
displayed message to it. If the file does not exist, Messages creates it.
The initial default file is "~/SavedMessages". After the first time you
use this command, the default is whatever file to which you last appended.
You can append more than one message to a file, as long as the file is
made up of other messages. Appending a message to a file containing
anything other than previously appended messages is not recommended. \
\bold{Descramble:} (this menu option does not appear unless you have turned
it on using \bold{Set Options}) Reformats the current message according to
the "rot13" netnews convention. If you then print the message, it will be
printed as it appears in the Messages window.
\bold{Fixed Width:} (this menu option does not appear unless you have
turned it on using \bold{Set Options}) Reformats the current message into
fixed width font. This is useful when the sender assumed you would be
seeing the message in fixed-width font and has set things up in columns.
If you then print the message, it will be printed as it appears in the
Messages window.
\bold{Print:} Prints the currently selected message. \
}
\bold{Folder Manipulation Menus
}
These menu options do not appear until you have turned on basic folder
addition and manipulation options. See the
\italic{\helptopic{messages-folders}} help document for information on
how to turn on and use the folder features.
\italic{This Message Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Restore Draft:} Inserts currently selected message,
complete with headers and message body, into a SendMessage window. }\
\italic{File Into... Menu Card}\bold{ \
}These menu options file messages into folders sorted by received date.
\leftindent{\bold{<folder names>:} Copies the currently selected message
into the folder whose name you choose and deletes the message from the
current folder (if you have write access on that folder). The names on the
card are by default the names of your first eight folders (in alphabetical
order) appear on this menu card. You can specify the names of folders and
the number of the folders on this menu card by using \bold{Set Options}.
\bold{By Name:} Files the selected message into folder you specify. If
you supply the name of folder that does not exist, you are asked whether
you want to create it. The folder will be created if it doesn't exist.
The last folder you filed a message into is the default setting.
\bold{Expand/Shrink Menu: } "Expand" puts all of your personal folders on
the \italic{File Into...} menu card. "Shrink" puts only your designated
folders on the \italic{File Into ...} menu card.
}
\italic{Message Folders Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Expose Personal:} Exposes a list of your personal
folders (the folders you have created and your mail folder). \
\bold{Create:} Creates a new folder. You are prompted for the name of the
folder that you want to create. If you give a one-word name, such as
"foobar," you create a new folder parallel to the main mail folder, "mail."
You can create subfolders of your folders by giving two-word names with
dots, such as "mail.friends." See the help on
\italic{\helptopic{messages-folders}} for more information on naming
personal folders.
\bold{Delete:} Deletes a folder. You are prompted for the name of the
folder that you want to delete. If there are any messages in the folder
you are trying to delete, you are told how many messages there are and
asked whether or not you want to remove them all. It does this
\italic{before} checking to see if you actually have the right to delete
the folder. It will not delete a folder you do not have access to delete.
\bold{Rename:} Renames a folder. You are prompted for the name of the
folder that you want to rename, then for the new name that you want to give
it. You may rename whole trees of folders, so that if your mail is (for
some reason) being delivered to a folder called "misc," and you have
sub-folders of "misc," you can rename your "misc" folder to be called
"mail" and all the sub-folders will be renamed, also.}
\bold{Marked Message Menus
}
These menu options do not appear until you have turned on the marking
messages options, using \bold{Set Options}. These menu options allow you
to find and manipulate many messages within a folder at the same time.
\italic{Search Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Mark by Keyword:} Searches among the message captions of
the currently selected folder from the beginning to end, \italic{marking}
all messages that contain the string for which you are searching. It
clears out all old marks before beginning the search. \
\bold{Mark Related Messages: } (This menu option only shows up when you
have a message on display.) Searches through all the captions in the
currently selected folder, marking all the messages which are part of the
same in-reply-to/references chain as the displayed message.
\bold{Restore Old Marks: } Restores the last set of marks that were
removed.
\bold{Mark By Date: } Prompts you for a "beginning" date, and and "end"
date, and marks all messages within the date range. Many forms of dates
are accepted (i.e. "July 4 1987," and "7/4/87" as well as other forms of
dates will work).}
\italic{Marked Messages Menu Card} \
This menu only appears after you have marked at least one message.
}\leftindent{\leftindent{\bold{Next:} Selects the next marked message in
the current folder.
\bold{Previous:} Selects the previous marked message in the current
folder..
\bold{Delete All:} Deletes all the currently-marked messages.
\bold{Undelete All:} Undeletes all the currently-marked messages which were
deleted.
\bold{Print All:} Sends all the currently-marked messages to the printer.
\bold{Clear Marks: } Removes the marks from all the currently-marked
messages.
\bold{Count Marks:} Tells you how many messages are currently marked.}
\italic{Send/File Marked Menu Card}
This menu card only appears when you have at least one message marked.
\leftindent{\bold{File All Into:} Copies all the currently-marked messages
in a folder you specify. Deletes all the marked messages in the current
folder once they are copied.
\bold{Append to File: }Appends all marked messages to a file you specify.
\bold{Reply to Senders:} Opens a SendMessage window, if one is not already
open, and inserts the addresses of the senders of all the marked messages
at the To: header.
\bold{Reply to All:} Opens a SendMessage window, if one is not already
open, and inserts the addresses of the senders of all the marked messages,
and the bulletin board the messages are on, at the To: header.
\bold{Resend All: } Prompts you for an address in the message line of the
window. Type in the address to which you want all the marked messages
resent and press Enter.
\bold{Excerpt All:} Opens a SendMessage window, if one is not already
open, and inserts the bodies of all the marked messages into the body area
of the SendMessage window, formatted to make replying easier (indented and
italic).}}
\leftindent{\bold{Other Menus}
These menu options do not appear until you have turned them on using
\bold{Set Options}.
\italic{Front Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Show More: } If you have more text in a message that you
need to scroll to see, this option scrolls one screenful for you. If you
do not have more text, this functions like \bold{Show Next}.}
\leftindent{\bold{Show Next:} When you have read the last message in a
folder, this option will select the next folder with new messages and
select the first unread message in that folder. When you have not reached
the last message in a folder, this options selects the next (non-duplicate)
message.}
\italic{This Message Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Mark as Unread:} In a folder that you have write access
to (your mail or personal folders), this changes the icon of the currently
selected message from a check into a mail or bboard icon. When you move to
another folder, the "unread" mail or bboard icon becomes a check again.}
\italic{Marked Messages Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Copy All Into: }Copies all the currently-marked messages
in a folder you specify. Does not delete the marked messages in the
current folder once they are copied.
\bold{Append to Folder:} Appends all marked messages to a file you specify
by placing them at the very end of the folder, instead of placing them in
the folder by date.
\bold{Append to File: } Appends all marked messages to a file you specify. }\
\italic{Other Menu Card}
\leftindent{\bold{Set Quit Here:} Moves the underline icon above the
currently selected message.
\bold{Punt:} Moves the underline icon to the end of the captions and
selects the next folder with new messages. If you have reached the end of
your folders, but still have unread folders left, Punt will loop back and
selected them.}}
\section{Additional information on the Andrew message system}
\leftindent{For information on the structure of the Andrew message system
programs, or about the SNAP and no-SNAP version of Messages, see the
\italic{ \helptopic{ams}} help document. There are also documents about
the message system in
/usr/andrew/doc/ams}
\section{Quick Reference}
\leftindent{Syntax: messages [-m] [-w] [-s] [-S] [-N]
-m reads only mail, not bulletin boards.
-w brings up folders, captions and body regions of the Messages window in
separate windows. See the \italic{\helptopic{preferences}} help file for
specifying placement and size of the window.
-s reads ~/.sendmessageinit on start up.}
\section{Program author}
\leftindent{Nathaniel Borenstein}
\section{Related Tools
}
Select (highlight) one of the italicized names, and choose "Show Help on
Selected Word" from the pop-up menu to see the help document for:
\leftindent{
\italic{\helptopic{+}}\italic{
\helptopic{Andrew} } (The Tour)
\italic{\helptopic{ams-subsorder}}
\italic{\helptopic{CUI}
\helptopic{flames}
\helptopic{bboards}
\helptopic{forward}
\helptopic{mail} \
\helptopic{messages-customization}
\helptopic{messages-folders}
\helptopic{messages-keys}
\helptopic{ms-aliases}
\helptopic{ms-mailinglists}
\helptopic{SendMessage}
\helptopic{VUI}
}
}
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