You can send and receive both personal mail and bulletins with DXSpider -quite easily. -
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To list mail you would use the DIRECTORY command. On its @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ node, either to or from yourself or bulletins such as "DX" and "ALL". As with other commands you can display more by specifying a number with the command. You should be aware that Spider will accept these commands by separating with either a slash or a space, so -dir new and dir/new work in the same way. -
Example: +dir new and dir/new work in the same way.
+Example:
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ directory/20
directory 20
Of course most of the time you will only want to list new mail sent to you personally since your last login. However you might also like to check for general mail received by the node. In fact if there is @@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ logged in. Mail is not only sent to callsigns though. Mail can also be sent to subjects like "all" or "local" or "dx" etc. You can treat these bulletins in the same way as personal mail with the directory -command. -
Examples: +command.
+Examples:
@@ -58,16 +59,16 @@ directory/all
directory/from <call>
The last option will only show mail from a callsign if it was sent to you personally or was sent as a bulletin. There are some additional -commands and these can be found in the DXSpider Command Reference section. -
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The output of the DIRECTORY command could be something like -this. +this.
@@ -85,36 +86,39 @@ dir
21184-p 599 GW4HAT G0VGS 4-Mar 1518Z Re: Time
The first column is the actual message number. If the message is a personal one to you, you will see a letter 'p' after this number. If the message has been read, there will be a '-' between the message number and the 'p'. This only works for personal messages. The next column shows the file size of the message. The third column shows the address the message was sent to and the next column shows who sent it. -The rest is fairly self-explanatory. +The rest is fairly self-explanatory.
Reading a message is as simple as typing read, followed by the -message number that you wish to read. -
Example: +message number that you wish to read.
+Example:
read 25
will read message number 25. However the mail will be displayed in it's entirety unless you specify a page length. You can set your page length to any number you like and when the message reaches that number of lines -you will get a prompt giving you options. -
Example: +you will get a prompt giving you options.
+Example:
set/page 20
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Sending mail is done in the time honoured way. First you specify @@ -122,8 +126,8 @@ a recipient for the message, then you will be prompted for a subject. Once you have done this you will be asked to type your message. Please remember that there is no automatic word wrap, so unless you are using a client that wraps lines automatically, remember to hit -return at the end of each line. -
Example: +return at the end of each line.
+Example:
@@ -138,35 +142,37 @@ Cheers
Ian
At this point you can either hit return and enter /ex to send the message or use /abort at any time to abort it. You can now display the message in the normal way. There are several send options and these are listed in the Command Set section. These include sending -mail to several recipients and asking for a return receipt. -
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If mail is addressed to you or to a bulletin address, you can use the REPLY command to reply to it. Using this command, the subject will be automatically set for you as "Re: subject", whatever -the subject was. -
Example: +the subject was.
+Example:
reply 2500
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To delete a message, you use the delete command. You can only delete messages sent to or received by yourself. -Bulletins are dealt with automatically or by the sysop. -
+Bulletins are dealt with automatically or by the sysop.
+