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<H2><A NAME="s9">9. Mail.</A></H2>
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<P>You can send and receive both personal mail and bulletins with DXSpider
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quite easily.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss9.1">9.1 The "directory" command.</A>
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</H2>
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<P>To list mail you would use the <B>DIRECTORY</B> command. On its
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own, this command will output the last ten messages received by the
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node, either to or from yourself or bulletins such as "DX" and "ALL".
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As with other commands you can display more by specifying a number
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with the command. You should be aware that Spider will accept
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these commands by separating with either a slash or a space, so
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<EM>dir new</EM> and <EM>dir/new</EM> work in the same way.
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<P><B>Example:</B>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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directory
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directory/20
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directory 20
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Of course most of the time you will only want to list new mail sent
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to you personally since your last login. However you might also like
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to check for general mail received by the node. In fact if there is
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new mail for you, the cluster will tell you when you login. You will
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also be informed if new mail arrives for you during the time you are
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logged in.
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Mail is not only sent to callsigns though. Mail can also be sent to
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subjects like "all" or "local" or "dx" etc. You can treat these
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bulletins in the same way as personal mail with the directory
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command.
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<P><B>Examples:</B>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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directory/new
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directory/own
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directory/own/10
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directory/all
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directory/from <call>
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>The last option will only show mail from a callsign if it was sent to
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you personally or was sent as a bulletin. There are some additional
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commands and these can be found in the DXSpider Command Reference section.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss9.2">9.2 Reading mail.</A>
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</H2>
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<P>The output of the <B>DIRECTORY</B> command could be something like
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this.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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dir
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20735 2 ALL GW7SMV 21-Feb 1204Z REC 9E1S QSL TDY 50Mhz....
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20823 308 UK G0HDB 22-Feb 2334Z Help - which district code?
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20824 105 ALL W9AE 23-Feb 0349Z S0NY QSL address?
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20825 2 UK G0LRJ 23-Feb 0806Z QSL REC LZ2CJ/1.CARD NO-750.
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20858 2 ALL GW7SMV 24-Feb 0905Z REC S92DX QSL CARD TDY 50Mhz
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20921 200 ALL GM4FDM 27-Feb 2203Z Trip to VP8
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20949 375 ALL K0MN 27-Feb 0428Z ST0P cards are gd @ ARRL
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20950 2 UK G0LRJ 28-Feb 0835Z QSL REC SV9/IZ0CKJ/P EU-187.
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20987 569 ALL GD0TEP 1-Mar 1733Z Portable contests
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21076 2 ALL G4AFJ 3-Mar 1743Z kh6nd/kh5 qsl received
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21184-p 599 GW4HAT G0VGS 4-Mar 1518Z Re: Time
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>The first column is the actual message number. If the message is a
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personal one to you, you will see a letter 'p' after this number. If
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the message has been read, there will be a '-' between the message
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number and the 'p'. This only works for personal messages. The next
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column shows the file size of the message. The third column shows the
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address the message was sent to and the next column shows who sent it.
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The rest is fairly self-explanatory.
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<P>Reading a message is as simple as typing read, followed by the
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message number that you wish to read.
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<P><B>Example:</B>
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<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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read 25
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>will read message number 25. However the mail will be displayed in it's
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entirety unless you specify a page length. You can set your page length
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to any number you like and when the message reaches that number of lines
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you will get a prompt giving you options.
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<P><B>Example:</B>
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<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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set/page 20
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss9.3">9.3 Sending mail.</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Sending mail is done in the time honoured way. First you specify
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a recipient for the message, then you will be prompted for a subject.
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Once you have done this you will be asked to type your message.
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Please remember that there is no automatic word wrap, so unless you
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are using a client that wraps lines automatically, remember to hit
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return at the end of each line.
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<P><B>Example:</B>
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<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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send m0azm
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Enter Subject (30 characters):
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See you Thursday
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Enter Message /EX to send or /ABORT to exit
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Hi Ian,
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Just a quick note to say that I can make Thursday after all. The
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appointment I had has cancelled so we are go!
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Cheers
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Ian
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>At this point you can either hit return and enter /ex to send the
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message or use /abort at any time to abort it. You can now display
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the message in the normal way. There are several send options and
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these are listed in the Command Set section. These include sending
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mail to several recipients and asking for a return receipt.
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<P>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss9.4">9.4 Replying to mail.</A>
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</H2>
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<P>If mail is addressed to you or to a bulletin address, you can use the
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<B>REPLY</B> command to reply to it. Using this command, the
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subject will be automatically set for you as "Re: subject", whatever
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the subject was.
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<P><B>Example:</B>
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<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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reply 2500
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2><A NAME="ss9.5">9.5 Deleting mail</A>
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</H2>
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<P>To delete a message, you use the <EM>delete</EM> command.
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You can only delete messages sent to or received by yourself.
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Bulletins are dealt with automatically or by the sysop.
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