
Message System Commands - Help
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[R]ead a Message - Help
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Subcommands:

  [#], [F]rom, [T]o, [S]ince, [+-], [M]arked, [H]elp

Sub-subcommands: 

  More - [Y]es, [No], [C]ont, [O]rig, [T]hread, [#], [+-], [R]eply, [E]dit


  At the command line, whether on the Main Board or in any one of
  the available forums, by typing [R], for Read, you will be given
  the Message Read command line.

  [1 - 9999] = Available message numbers

  [#]        = By typing a specific number,that specific message will
               be displayed.  If it doesn't exist you will be given
               the appropriate message.
  [F]rom     = Read message(s) FROM you.
  [T]o       = Read message(s) TO you  ([Y]ours also works).
  [S]ince    = Read message(s) SINCE last logon.
  [+]        = Read the NEXT message.
  [-]        = Read the PREVIOUS message.
  [Marked]   = Read those messages that have been Marked by the
               Text Search function.
  [H]elp     = Help with the READ function.

  [A]ll      = This command does not appear on the Command Prompt. It
               allows you to read the mail in ALL areas. If selected,
               after reading the mail in the area you are currently
               in, GAP will autojoin each of the Forums you have
               access to, and will display the mail from those Forums.
               You will actually BE in a Forum while GAP is displaying
               the mail so any Mail Commands you issue will pertain
               to the message base of the Forum you are reading (not
               the Area where you first issued the 'A' command).

               Prior to moving on to the next area, GAP will display the
               following prompt:

               Auto Reading Messages (Area)
               [Enter] = Continue Reading, [Q]uit, [R]eset, or [S]kip :

               "Area" will be the name of the Area GAP is about to read.
               At this point, you have 4 choices.  You may continue
               reading messages in the Area displayed (the default), or
               you may Quit and be returned to the Area where you started,
               or you may Skip the Area displayed and move on to the next
               Area.

               The Reset Command is similar to the Skip Command. If
               selected, GAP will skip the Area displayed but will set
               your last read message pointer to the highest message
               number in that Area.

  Pressing [Enter] will end the message read function and return you
  to the GAP command line.

  You may stack any of these commands.  For instance, if you wish to
  read all the mail addressed TO you since last logon, at the command
  line you can type:

       R T S (or R;T;S)    (R Y S  also works).

  If you would like to read all the mail addressed TO you since last
  logon, in ALL areas, type:

       R T S A  (or R;T;S;A;)  (or R Y S A)


  As you READ messages, after each message you will be displayed
  the READ MORE command line:

    [Y]es       = Yes, you want to continue. This is the default 
                  response so you may simply press [Enter] instead
                  of typing the [Y] key.
    [N]o        = No, you don't want to continue.  The program will return
                  you to the READ prompt.
    [C]ont      = Yes you want to read in Continuous mode.
    [O]rig      = When reading a message, if you wish to refer to
                  the source of this message, by typing O, the original
                  message will be displayed. You then have a choice to
                  [K]eep Going Back along the thread or [R]eturn Home to
                  the message you were reading.  As you thread using the
                  this command, you can [R]eply to a message at any time.
    [T]hread    = Messages are saved with specific SUBJECTS. If you wish
                  to follow a specific Message Thread, or subject, by
                  typing T, GAP will display all the messages in that
                  specific thread.
    [#]         = You may type in a specific message number to read.
                  If that message is PRIVATE, and not addressed to you,
                  you will be told that the message is private.
    [+-]        = You may type + and GAP will show you all messages after
                  the one you are reading.  If you type -, GAP will show
                  all the messages prior to the one you are currently
                  reading.
    [R]eply     = Reply to the message you are currently reading. If you
                  decide to reply, you will be asked whether you wish
                  the message to be public or private.
    [E]dit      = This prompt may or may not appear depending upon your
                  security level. If you left a message, you may Edit
                  that message providing that the person you left it to
                  has not read it or, if the message was to ALL, no one
                  has replied to it.

    The commands can be stacked at the command line:

      R 1230+ = Read message 1230 plus all the messages after. 

      R 1230- = Read message 1230 and all messages PRIOR to it.

   If you wish to move back and forth along a specific message thread,
   by typing either T- or T+, GAP will move you in the appropriate
   direction.

  GAP keeps track of your default direction.  If you are reading forward
  thru the messages, then pressing T to begin reading threads will move
  you forward from the current thread until there are no more messages
  with that particular subject.  

  If you are not reading threads then simply pressing return will bring
  up the next available message either forwards or backwards depending
  on which direction you are going.


