This is the "help file" for the message system.

The functions supported are: Enter, Kill, Scan, and Read.

E: Enter: (requires access level 2 or higher - new users are level 1)
  - Aborts if message table is full: you must delete messages 
before you can enter any new messages;
  - Requests all information (addressee, section, etc.) to fill 
in the message header;
  - Accepts the message text, up to 20 lines of 80 characters per 
line;
  - NOTE: due to the "No-wrap" terminal width feature of this 
system, the end of an edited line MOST LIKELY will not correspond 
to the end-of-line on a reader's terminal! To force a new line in 
a message, place a period (".") in the FIRST position of an 
editor input line. No-wrap can be defeated by saving a 
"preformatted" message using the editor "P" command;
  - Editor subcommands:
     A - Abort message and return to BBS command level;
     C - Continue entering lines in message;
     D - Delete a given line from message;
     E - Edit string in a certain line;
     L - List message starting at a certain line;
     P - Save message as formatted in editor;
     R - Replace a line entirely;
     S - Store message in No-wrap format.
  - POLICY: keep it clean and legal (ie. no cursing, exchanges of 
stolen programs, etc. There are plenty of other systems dedicated 
to such behaviour).

K: Kill:
  - Asks for message number;
  - Deletes message if user is in either the "To" or "From" field;
  - Updates message table.

S: Scan:
  - Scans the messages starting at message number entered. Lists 
only those messages you have access to.
  - '*' can be used to start scanning at new messages since last 
call.

R: Read:
  - Allows selective or individual message reading;
  - Read Subcommands:
     A - Read All messages starting from given number;
     I - Read individual messages (prompts for number);
     F - Read messages from a certain user;
     T - Read messages to a certain user;
     S - Read messages in a certain message section.
  - '*' can be used as a message number, representing new messages 
since previous call. eg. A* will read all new messages.

Sections:
  Due to the number of special interests represented on this 
board, the messages can be put into any one of several sections. 
If you have a favourite (computer-related) topic you would like 
to see in its own section, leave a non-private message to me 
(SYSOP or BOB MAXWELL) about it. If someone else likes the idea, 
he/she should also send me a message (Poor man's public opinion 
poll).

Any ideas, suggestions or complaints cannot be acted upon if they 
aren't presented to me!

Regards, from Bob Maxwell, System Operator.