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@X38│ @X3EHelp: @X3FPCBWave Main Menu                                                    @X3B│@X0B
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   @X07@X0E@X07The following commands are available from the main menu:
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   @X0F(D)ownload Mail Packet -

      @X03Bundles a mail packet for you using your@X03 current packet format pref-
      erence (Blue Wave or QWK).  PCBWave will build a scan table using
      your current settings.  You can then use bundling commands to dynam-
      ically reconfigure which messages are included in your packet, and
      then have the packet bundled.

   @X0F(U)pload Reply Packet -

     @X03 Allows you to upload either a @X0B.NEW @X03(Blue Wave) or @X0B.REP @X0E@X0E@X03(QWK) packet
      containing your replies and message posts.  PCBWave will detect
      which type you've uploaded, and toss the messages into the system's
      message areas.

   @X0F(C)onfiguration Menu -

      @X0E@X0E@X03Brings you to the configuration menu, where you can configure
      various PCBWave options to suit your personal preferences.

   @X0F(Q)uit to BBS, (G)oodbye -

      @X03Quit PCBWave, and either return to the BBS, or logoff the system.
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   @X0FMore information about PCBWave and the Blue Wave mail system:

   @X07@X0E@X07The @X0FBlue Wave Mail System @X0E@X07is an offline mail reading system designed to
   save you time and money on your favourite BBS system, while still being
   able to actively participate in echomail conferences.  You can download
   selected echos to your computer for later reading and replying at your
   convenience!  This allows you to trim your phone bills, and allow more
   users onto your favourite BBS.  @X0FPCBWave @X0E@X07is a Blue Wave and QWK compatible
   mail door for @X0FPCBoard.

   @X0E@X07You may be wondering "so what makes PCBWave and the Blue Wave format any
   better or different than QWK"?  The answer is quite simple -- the QWK
   format was designed years ago, and is outdated.  The format has never
   really been updated, and as such, doors and readers are often tacking
   on un-official add-ons to the format -- which usually doesn't work too
   well, since some doors and readers handle things differently than
   others.

   The Blue Wave format is more standardized, and in addition provides
   plenty of features -- more importantly, provides them EASILY, without
   you, the user, having to worry about which BBS's your reader is compat-
   ible with.  Some of @X0FPCBWave's @X07@X0E@X07features include:

@X09      @X07@X09@X03@X0B* @X03Full support for the Blue Wave Mail System's offline configuration
        features, allowing you to configure most of your settings offline,
        from the reader.

      @X0B* @X03Dynamic packet bundling system, allowing you to see exactly what
        is going to be in your mail packet @X0F@X0BBEFORE @X03@X07@X03you download it!  You
        can then make changes using @X0F@X0BPCBWave's @X07@X03powerful bundling command
        features.

      @X0B* @X03Ability to only bundle keywords in your packet (or in particular
        message areas), exclude messages matching filters you set up,
        bundle only personal messages, or bundle only personal messages,
        as well as messages to "All".

   @X0E@X07As you can see, @X0FPCBWave @X0E@X07offers many features that you likely have never
   seen in another plain old PCBoard offline mail door!  Don't let anyone
   let you think THEIR offline mail door is a "true" Blue Wave door, just
   because it creates Blue Wave compatible mail packets!  PCBWave is so
   close to the "real thing" that it offers all the features the "real"
   Blue Wave doors do -- and others that they don't!
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