Current as of: July 1993 ================================ Display Queue of GE Mail Letters ================================ Display information about each unread letter in your GE Mail mailbox! Information including the address of the sender, the date the letter was sent and the "subject" of the letter will be displayed on your screen. ============ Read GE Mail ============ Read all the new letters waiting in your GE Mail mailbox! Be sure you have your printer on or a disk capture file open so you can review your mail offline. You don't have to worry about missing important mail, either. GEnie saves your mail for up to 30 days after it was sent, so if you can't logon for a few days, your mail will still be waiting. Letters you have already read will also remain in your mailbox for up to 5 days after you read them! =============================== Read Letters From Specific User =============================== GE Mail allows you to read your electronic mail from a specific user. By just entering their GE Mail address, letters from that user will be displayed to you. =============================== Read Letters From Specific Date =============================== GE Mail will also allow you to list your mail by entering a specific date. All you need to do is enter the date in YYMMDD format and the letters sent on that date will be there for you to read. ============================= Compose & Send GE Mail Online ============================= Send letters to other GEnie users! Select this option and be prompted for the "TO:" address (make sure the recipient's GE Mail address before you start), a "Carbon Copy:" (send a carbon copy to yourself as a "file copy" if you wish) and "Subject:". The system will then prompt for the first line of text with "1>". Just begin typing your letter at the "1>" prompt. Make sure to press at the end of every line and wait for the next line-number prompt before continuing. And don't worry if you notice a mistake after you move on to the next line ... there are editing commands available, too. You can use the following editing commands at line-number prompts in GE Mail enter mode (note - the command MUST be the first entry on a line): *ACC,addr - Adds addresses "addr" to the Carbon Copy: list. *ATO,addr - Adds addresses "addr" to the TO: list. *CC,addr - Replaces addresses in the Carbon Copy: list with "addr". *COPY,nnnnnnn - Copies an existing letter into the current letter. *DELETE,n - Deletes line n from the current letter. *HELP - Prints commands available in ENTER mode. *INSERT,n - Inserts new line of text after line "n". Insert mode continues until is pressed on a blank line. *LIST - Lists the current entered letter. *LOCATE - Editing command to locate text in the current letter. *MODIFY - Changes text in the current message. Can change text on a specific line, perform global changes, etc. The format for the *MODIFY command is: *M,#/s1/s2/* - where - # - (optional) specifies the line number to be changed. s1 - is the "string" of text to be changed. s2 - is the new "string" of text. * - (optional) indicates to change s1 to s2 globally. *NEXT - Sends the letter to addressees and prompts with another TO: prompt. *n,text - Replaces line n in the current letter with text. *PASS - Provides extra security protection to the current letter. *RESEQUENCE - Resequences the line numbers in the current text. *SEND - Sends the current letter to addressees and returns user to the previous command level. *SUB,desc - Replaces the Subject: of the letter with "desc". *TO,addr - Replaces the addresses in the TO: list with "addr". *UPLOAD - Accepts ASCII (X-on/X-off) upload from your disk. Make sure your telecommunications software will expand blank lines or that you have put a before each on each blank line. *X - Erases the text of current letter and returns to previous command level. ==================== Upload a Text Letter ==================== Create a letter offline using your personal computer and the word processing software you're familiar with! Then, upload the finished letter and send it to other GEnie subscribers. Keep the following tips in mind to make the process go more smoothly. When creating the letter in your word processor, make sure NOT to use any special formatting characters (like TABS or 'curled quotes'). Put a before the on every blank line (GE Mail will ignore a by itself on a line in text upload mode). Do NOT allow an asterisk "*" to be the first character on any line (GE Mail will interpret the asterisk as an editing command an will reject that line of text). When you save the letter in your word processor, make sure you save it as TEXT ONLY. The format of most word processor documents is not compatible with GE Mail. Once the letter is ready to send, log on to GEnie and select "Upload a Text Letter" from the menu. You'll be prompted for TO:, Carbon Copy: and Subject:, just the same as with a letter created online. Then, instead of a line number prompt, you'll see "READY FOR INPUT". When you receive the "READY FOR INPUT" message, instruct your telecommunications software to perform an ASCII upload (this could appear in your software as "send a text file" or "X-on/X-off" as well). When the file transmission is complete, press your key (you set this up the first time you logged on to GEnie). After a few seconds you'll receive a line number prompt. At this point you can *LIST the letter to confirm that the upload was successful or *SEND it. ======================== Search GE Mail Directory ======================== Don't know someone's GE Mail address? Don't panic! You can use Search GE Mail Directory to find the GE Mail address of any GEnie subscriber. Select this option and you'll be prompted to "Enter Last Name". If you're not sure of the exact spelling, you can also enter a fragment of the name (e.g., "William" would find "Williams", "Williamsen" and "Williamson"). Next, you'll be prompted to enter "First Name" or " for all". The system searches the GE Mail address database and a list of names and addresses will be displayed on your screen. If your search finds more than 20 possible matches, you'll receive a message showing the number of matches and you will be given the option of "refining" your search using First Name, State/Province or Country. If the search was too broad, you'll be prompted to start over again. ==================== GE Mail Command Mode ==================== GE Mail Command Mode is a powerful tool for the more advanced subscriber. This is where you can review letters which you've already read (they're no longer flagged as "new") but are still less than 5 days old, display letters using several different options (for example, letters FROM a specific user or FROM you; letters sent on, before or after a specified date; etc.), upload a batch of letters which you prepared offline all in one text file and forward letters to other people. For a complete list of the capabilities of GE Mail Command Mode, please type HELP at the "Command?" prompt in GE Mail Command Mode or consult your GEnie User Guide. ============== Attached Files ============== Attached Files allows you to send and receive binary files via electronic mail. You can send spreadsheets, scripts, or text files to any GEnie user, using an error-checking protocol. Use the Send (Upload) Attached Files to transmit a file using XMODEM, use the Receive (Download) Attached Files to receive a file using XMODEM, YMODEM, or ZMODEM. The Receive Attached Files option allows for batch downloads and can download up to 16 files during one session. You will receive a normal GE Mail message that will tell you that you have an attached file waiting, if a user has sent you one. Attached Files is an easy, fast way to send data (of any sort) to another GEnie user.