
Message System Commands - Help
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[E]nter A Message - Help
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    If you wish to leave a message to another user, type [E] at the
    command line.  You will then be asked to enter the NAME of the user
    you wish to address your mail to.  

    Note: If the sysop has the NAME VERIFICATION option enabled, GAP
    will check the user database and verify that that person exists.
    If that person isn't a user on the BBS, or, if you are leaving the
    message in a forum and that user isn't a member, you will be given
    the appropriate message.

    The default (carriage return) Name field is to ALL.  By pressing
    the [Enter] key, you will address your mail to EVERYONE, whether you
    are entering the message on the Main Board, or in one of the Forums.

    After you have entered a NAME (or ALL), you will be asked to enter a
    SUBJECT.  This can be up to 20 characters long.  If you don't enter a
    subject, Gap will return you to the command line. All messages must
    have subjects.
                     
    After you have entered a subject, you will be shown a list of security
    options for your message:

      Security - [P]rivate, [S]ecure, [H]elp, [Enter]=none?

    If you wish the message to be private, press [P] and only the person
    you are sending the message to will be able to read it.  Please note
    that you cannot make a message to ALL a Private message.

    If you use the [S]ecure option, you can assign the message a password
    so that only you can kill it later. This option prevents the user to
    whom the message is  addressed from killing the message after reading
    it.

    If you press [Enter], the message will be public.

    Note that the sysop has the option of making all mail private, or
    in the case of forums, making all mail either private or public. In
    either case, you will be given an appropriate message if any of these
    options are set.

    After you have chosen a security for your message, you can now enter
    your text.  Each line is numbered and is 72 characters long.  The
    number of lines per message is determined by the sysop.  If you enter 
    more than 72 characters in any given line, your text will "wrap" down
    to the next line.  To complete entering text, merely type [Enter] alone
    on a blank line and Gap will display a new command line and ask you what
    you want to do:

      [A]bort, [C]ont, [D]elete, [E]dit, [I]nsert, [L]ist, [S]ave, [H]elp

      [A]bort  = The program will ask you if you wish to abort.  If you
                 answer yes, the message will be aborted and you will be
                 returned to the command line.

      [C]ont   = Continue entering text.  GAP will return you to the exact
                 place you left off.

      [D]elete = The Program will ask you which line you wish to delete.
                 If you delete a line, all the text entered AFTER that
                 line, will move up one line.

      [E]dit   = The Program will ask you which line you wish to edit. 
                 After you enter a number, it will place your cursor at the
                 beginning of that line.

                 The Editor Sub-Functions Are:

             [Ctrl F] = Forward  [Ctrl B] = Backward  [Ctrl Y] = Delete Line
             [Ctrl D] = Delete   [Ctrl I] = Insert     [Enter] = End Edit

               Ctrl F will move the cursor forward one character.
               Ctrl B will move the cursor back one character.
               Ctrl Y will delete the line and place the cursor at the
                      beginning of the empty line.
               Ctrl D will delete the character under the cursor.
               Ctrl I will insert a space at the current cursor position.
               Enter  will terminate the editing process.

               Please keep in mind that if your communications program
               filters out control keys you will NOT be able to utilize
               the editor functions.

               Also, if your communications program ALWAYS adds a line
               feed to each carriage return that it receives, then the
               line being edited may appear on your terminal more than
               once.


      [I]nsert = The Program will ask you where you wish to insert a line.
                 After you have entered a number, GAP will place your cursor
                 on a clean line and move the text AFTER that line down
                 accordingly.

      [L]ist   = GAP will show you what you have entered so far, line
                 by line.

      [S]ave   = By typing [S], your message will be saved. After you use
                 this option, you cannot change your message.

      [SC]     = Save Carbon.  If the sysop has enabled this feature, you
                 may send your message to a number of people by "carbon
                 copying" the message.  GAP will ask you who you wish to
                 send a carbon to.  You may then enter a name and a carbon
                 copy will be sent.  If you don't wish to send a carbon,
                 just press [Enter] and only the person the message is 
                 addressed to will receive it.
                    
                 NOTE :

                   It is not possible to send carbon copies AFTER the 
                   [S]ave command has been used.                 

                   Only Private messages may be carbon copied.

                   If the sysop has turned on the name validation feature
                   the person receiving the carbon copy must be a user
                   of the BBS.


      [H]elp   = Will display this help file.

      In addition, if you are replying to a message, there will be an
      additional command which will allow you to "re-display" the
      message you are replying to.  This is handy if the original 
      message was lengthy and you need to re-read portions of it.


    If you wish to UPLOAD an ascii text to the message base, make sure you
    keep your text lines to a maximum of 72 character. There can be no
    blank lines or GAP will assume that you are finished and ask you what
    you wish to do with the message.  To simulate a blank line, put a
    space as the first character of the "blank" line.

    Some sysops may allow ansi graphic messages and some may not.  If not,
    GAP will abort the message save and issue a message telling you that
    the sysop does not allow ansi messages.

    If the sysop does allow ansi messages please observe these guidelines:

      Try to keep the total width of the message (including the ansi
      escape codes) under 72 characters.  Try to keep the message under
      23 lines long.  Most definately make sure you use the reset code at
      the end of your message.


