                              GenMsg version 4.15
                            Copyright (c) G.K. Pace
                               Help Information

 MAIN MENU:
     When at the main menu, you can select from the following single ALPHA 
 commands:

 Goodbye      G will end this session, and exit GenMsg!

 ESC          ESC Will end this session, and exit GenMsg!

 Area         A will allow you to select another message area.

 Back         B will allow you to return an In-Transient Message you
                cannot deliver.  Works only if the message is In-Transient.

 Next         N will display the next message and set the direction forward.

 Previous     P will display the previous message and set direction reverse.

 Create       C allows you to Create a new message.

 Reply        R allows you to Reply to the message displayed.

 Edit         E allows you to Edit or Forward the message displayed.

 Kill         K will Kill (DELETE) the message displayed.

 Decode       D will call PGP to decrypt the message displayed. Note that
                This is command to use for testing Clear-Text signatures,
                Ascii-Armor Signatures, Encrypted Messages, and to add
                Public Keys to your Key-Ring.

 List         L will create a SUMMARY list of the messages in the current
                message area, and allow you to scroll thru it.

 Over-ride    O will over-ride the "hide message text" for a private message
                Useful for a message you receive that has a problem in the
                addressing resulting in it being handled as intransit when
                it isn't, or a private message in an echo area...

 Shell        S will Shell to DOS. You can then do about anything DOS will
                allow. When ready to return to GenMsg enter the command
                "EXIT" at the DOS command prompt.

 Write        W will allow you to write the displayed message to a file or
                printer.  If printing, you must have printer ready to accept
                the data. If writing to a file, you must enter the name of
                the file to create. This function allows you to select if
                you want to Append-To or Over-Write the specified file.

 #            # will allow you to select the message number you want to view.

 .            a period will re-display the message last displayed.

 ?            ? The Question mark brings up this help file.

 ->             The Right Arrow acts the same as "N".

 <-             The Left Arrow acts the same as "P".

 +            + will change the message area one position higher.

 -            - will change the message area one position less.

 CR             Simply hitting the ENTER KEY will display the next message in
                the direction currently in effect.

 CTRL-A      "Show-All" Control-A will show Kludges and Seen-bys for the
             Message you are viewing.  This is a temporary over-ride of the
             Configuration specified in GenMsg.ini.

 CTRL-P      Toggle use of your PGP pass-phrase.  The PGP pass-phrase is
             DISABLED by default.  You must enable it to use it, each
             time GenMsg is started.  This is a Toggle: if the PGP
             pass-phrase is enabled, CTRL-P will disable it.

 F10         F10 will end this session, and exit GenMsg!


 MESSAGE ATTRIBUTES:

 Private      P restricts viewing of message to the addressee.
 Crash        C will cause some mailers to expedite sending message.
 Hold         H will cause some mailers to hold the message for pickup.
 Attach       A used to attach a file to message when sent.
 Freq         F used to File-Request from the system message is sent to.
 Kill         K will cause some mailers to Kill the message after being sent.
 audiT        T creates an Audit request message, supported by some.
 rEcpt        E creates an Received receipt requested, supported by some.
 Update       U creates a special Freq - supported by some systems.
 hub-Route    R will cause some mailers to Host route the message.
 Xmail        X will cause some mailers to Archive the message.
 Direct       D will cause some mailers to send message direct.
 Immediate    I will cause some mailers to send message immediately.
 archive/sent S will cause some mailers to Archive a copy of message.
 Zone-gate    Z will format the message for sending thru a Zone-gate.

 These attributes are "toggles" and can be turned on or off.  Note that
 some of these are not used in local or Echo messages.  Note: there are 
addtional attributes which are automatically set, and thus cannot be set 
from this menu.


 EDITING MESSAGES:

 Edit-text    E will allow you to Edit the text of the message.

 Copy/forward C will allow you to forward the message. Message can be
                forwarded to another area, or duplicated in current area.

 Header       H will allow you to Change the Header of the Message.

 Pgp          P will envoke PGP to process the message text.

 Save         S will Save the changes you have made.

 Abort        A will Abort leaving the message unchanged.

 ESC            When at most message editing prompts, the ESC key will abort
                the creation/changes to the message.  

 When you edit a message you can alter it most any way you desire.  GenMsg
 will place a string in the message indicating you've edited it unless you
 are the originator of the message.


 GENERAL INFORMATION:

 MESSAGE FORMATS:

 GenMsg formats messages differently depending on their purpose.  NetMail is 
 different from Echo-Mail and Local-Mail, and messages destined for the 
 Internet via a gateway is a NetMail message formatted in another fashion.

 Echo-Mail messages are not "addressed" to anyone, but they do bear the 
 address of the originator, and a MSGID kludge which contains the originating 
 address and a unique number used for comparing messages in DUP testing.  
 Echo-Mail messages also have an Origin line with your personalized message to 
 identify it as well.

 NetMail messages are fully addressed.  The header of a FidoNet message 
 contains the Net/Node address, but in todays FidoNet this is not always 
 enough so an INTL kludge is also added which provides full 
 Zone:Net/Node.Point addressing of both the originator and recipient.  Some 
 Editors do not support the addition of POINT extentions to the INTL, so two 
 other kludges may be found TOPT (to point) and FMPT (yep you guessed it, From 
 point).

 Internet messages are sent thru a "gate-way".  They are NetMail messages 
 addressed to the gate-way, which contain the "uucp" or "Internet" address as 
 the first visable (not hidden behind a CTRL-A) string of the message, 
 followed by a blank line to be used for other purposes by the gate-way 
 software which must convert it to Internet format and pass it on.  You must 
 have this option enabled in your GenMsg.ini to use this feature.

 When properly setup, GenMsg does all of this for you. <grin> so you don't 
 have to try and remember it all...

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