RAMail Online Help

(1) Bulletin Toggle
        This option will allow you to tell RAMail whether or not you wish
        to receive new bulletins in your mail packet.

(2) New Files Toggle
        This option will enable/disable the New Files Scan during packet
        creation.

(3) Packing Method
        This option allows you to choose which file compression method
        will be used in creation of your mail packets and the processing
        of any reply packets you upload.

(A)NSI Toggle
        This option will enable/disable ANSI while in then RAMail door.
        Any changes made to the ANSI toggle remain effective only while
        inside RAMail.

(C)onference Select
        This option allows you to select which message areas you wish
        RAMail to look at when selecting mail to include in your mail
        packet. In addition, you can select what type of mail to receive,
        i.e. All new mail, mail addressed only to you or All, or mail
        addressed only to you. This function can also be used to modify
        individual last read pointers.

(D)ownload Mail
        This option will begin the process of extracting messages from the
        message bases according to your selections made in the (C)onference
        Select option. If you have flagged any files while in the (F)ile
        Areas function (see below), those files will be sent with your
        packet as well. Upon completion of the message extraction, you
        will be prompted as to whether you wish to (C)ontinue the transfer,
        (G)oodbye after the transfer (logoff) or (A)bort the transfer.

(E)xpress Mail Run
        This option works in similar fashion to (D)ownload except that you
        will not be prompted with (C)ontinue, (G)oodbye, (A)bort. The packet
        will be created and then the transfer will begin immediately. Upon
        completion of the transfer, you will be logged off after a 10 second
        delay, during which you can abort the logoff.

(F)ile Areas
        This is a function you might not expect to see in a mail door.
        Upon selecting this option from the menu, you will be shown a list
        of all available file areas to which you have access. Choosing one
        of the areas by number will begin the display of the list of
        files for that area. At the end of each screenful, you will see a
        prompt "More (Y/n), (F)lag, (U)nflag". By pressing [ENTER] or [Y]
        at this prompt, the listing will continue with the next screenful
        files. If you press [F], you will be prompted to enter the name of
        the file you wish to flag for download with your mail packet. You
        may only flag files one at a time, i.e. you can't enter more than
        one file name at the "Enter File Name to Flag" prompt. If you have
        previously flagged files that you wish to unflag, press [U] and
        enter the file name or enter (*) to unflag all files.

(G)oodbye (Logoff)
        This option will log you off of the BBS.

(H)elp
        This option will display this help file.

(L)ist New Mail
        This option will perform a message scan on all selected message areas
        displaying the number of messages above your last read marker.

(M)odify Last Read Pointers
        RemoteAccess maintains pointers that point to the highest message
        number you have read on each message board. RAMail accesses these
        pointers when exporting messages so it will only export messages
        above the last one you have read. If for some reason you wish to
        change these pointers, either forward to skip mail or backward to
        reprocess older mail, you may use this function. This is a global
        function, meaning whatever pointer value you specify to this
        function will be the new pointer value for ALL message boards. To
        modify individual board pointers, use the (C)onference Select
        function.

(N)ew Files
        This option will display all new files that have been posted since
        your last call to the BBS.

(P)age Sysop
        This option will signal the sysop that you wish to chat with him/her.

(Q)uit to BBS
        This option will exit the RAMail door and return you to the BBS.

(R)estore Last Read Pointers        
        This option will restore your Last Read pointers to the state they
        were in before you did your last mail download. Note that your
        current pointers are saved when you select (D) or (E).

(S)ystem Info
        This option will display information about the BBS, i.e. Message
        Statistics and Last Caller information.

(T)ransfer Protocol
        This option will allow you to select your default transfer
        protocol that will be used in all packet transfers. Your choices are
        Xmodem, Xmodem-1K, Ymodem, Ymodem-G and Zmodem plus any other
        protocols your sysop may have configured (if any).

(U)pload Replies
        This option will allow you to upload replies that you have written
        offline with your offline reader. The replies will be inserted
        into the BBS message bases. You can configure your conference choices
        offline by entering messages addressed to RAMAIL (or QMAIL). In the 
        Subject field, you would enter one of the following to specify what 
        action RAMail should take:

        ADD     - Adds the conference and selects all mail
        ADD A   - Adds the conference and selects all mail
        ADD YA  - Adds the conference and selects mail addressed to you
                  and mail addressed to ALL
        ADD Y   - Adds the conference and selects mail addressed to you only
        DROP    - Removes the conference

        Any message text entered in a configuration message is disregarded.

