:Info: old_file: Type the name of the mail file you wish to use. To get a list of your files, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: old_mail_file: Type the name of the mail file you wish to use. To get a list of your files, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: new_file: Type a name for the new mail file you wish to create. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: new_mail_file: Type a name for the new mail file you wish to create. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: file: Type the name of the existing mail file you wish to use, or a name for a new mail file you wish to create. To get a list of your files, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: mail_file: Type the name of the existing mail file you wish to use, or a name for a new mail file you wish to create. To get a list of your files, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: which_message: Specify the message(s) you want by pressing a single number, several numbers separated by blank spaces, a range of numbers, a keyword (first, next, prev, new, last, all, seen, unseen) the word "search", or the word "date". If you type the word "search," you then are asked to supply a word, words, or part of a word that you want to be searched for in the headings and texts of all the messages in the current mailbox. All the messages in which those search characters are found become the current messages. Typing "date" prompts you for two dates, and all messages created between those two dates become the current messages. To get a list of your messages, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. You may also set the seen switch "on" or "off" for any message in the mailbox by typing "switch_on seen" or "switch_off seen" before the message specification. The short form of "switch_on" is "swn" and the short form of "switch_off" is "swf". If a message's seen switch is off, the message appears when you specify "unseen" messages, and it is not marked with an "S" following the message number in message lists. If the seen switch is on, the message number is followed by "S" and the message is included when you type the "seen" specifier. :Info: forward_recipients: Type the names of the people who are to receive this message. When listing recipients, you can use a user name and project (e.g., Lee.Pubs) a name from the system's mail table (i.e., a name that equals a mailing address), a Forum meeting pathname, a user on another computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list (e.g., managers). Names must be separated by commas. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: new_mailing_list: Type the name you wish to give to the mailing list you are about to create. Characters you can use are uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, underscore (_), dash (-), and slash (/). Conclude by pressing RETURN (or the equivalent of carriage return on your keyboard). Type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN to see the name(s) of the mailing list(s) that are already defined. :Info: new_list: Type the name you wish to give to the mailing list you are about to create. Characters you can use are uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, underscore (_), dash (-), and slash (/). Conclude by pressing RETURN (or the equivalent of carriage return on your keyboard). Type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN to see the name(s) of the mailing list(s) that are already defined. :Info: new_name_list: Type the new name you wish to give to this mailing list. Characters you can use are uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, underscore (_), dash (-), and slash (/). Conclude by pressing RETURN (or the equivalent of carriage return on your keyboard). Type two question marks (??) followed by RETURN to see the name(s) of the mailing list(s) that are already defined. :Info: old_mailing_list: Type the name of the desired mailing list. To get a list of your mailing lists, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: old_list: Type the name of the desired mailing list. To get a list of your mailing lists, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: discard_list: Type the name of the mailing list you wish to discard. To get a list of your mailing lists, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: rename_list: Type the name of the mailing list you wish to rename. To get a list of your mailing lists, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: mailing_list: Type the name of the existing mailing list you wish to use or a name for a new mailing list you wish to create. To get a list of your mailing lists, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: list: Type the name of the existing mailing list you wish to use or a name for a new mailing list you wish to create. To get a list of your mailing lists, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: message_subject: Type the subject of the message you intend to write. You need not supply one if you prefer. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: recipients: Type the names of people to whom you wish to address your message. When listing recipients, you can use a user name and project (e.g., Smith.Pubs) a name from the system's mail table (i.e., a name that equals a mailing address), a Forum meeting pathname, a user on another computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list (e.g., managers). Names must be separated by commas. You must list at least one recipient. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: copies: Type the names of people whom you want to receive copies of your message. When listing recipients, you can use a user name and project (e.g., Smith.Pubs) a name from the system's mail table (i.e., a name that equals a mailing address), a Forum meeting pathname, a user on another computer system, and/or the name of a mailing list (e.g., managers). Names must be separated by commas. You need not list any recipients. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: message: Type the message you wish to send. :Info: which_message_discard: Specify the messages you want to discard by pressing a single number, several numbers separated by blank spaces, a range of numbers, or a keyword. To get a list of messages in this file, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: search_string: Type a word or any string of characters you want to be searched for in the headers and texts of messages in this mail file. Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: which_discarded_message: Type the number or numbers of the discarded messages you wish to retrieve. You can also use ranges of numbers or keywords. To get a list of messages that have been discarded, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: getting_help: If you want help with an option in the above menu, type the number or letter of that option, but do NOT press RETURN. If you want help with a function key, press that function key, (again, do NOT press RETURN). For example, if you want help with function key F2, press function key F2. If you are using escape sequences, type the two character sequence ("ESC" followed by another character) that is used in place of the particular function key you want. In the above example, instead of responding with function key F2, press and release the "ESC" key followed by the letter "f". Finally, if you want to know about something other than a menu option or a function key you can respond to the request for the specific help desired by pressing two question marks (??). This provides a menu of general information items that you can choose to get an explanation of. :Info: more_help: Answer "yes" or "y" to see the general help menu again; "no" or "n" to stop getting help and return to the menu. :Info: incoming_mbx: Type the name of the incoming mailbox you wish to process. To get a list of your incoming mailboxes, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: old_mailbox: Type the name of the incoming mailbox you wish to process. To get a list of your incoming mailboxes, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: new_mailbox: Type the name of the incoming mailbox you wish to process. To get a list of your incoming mailboxes, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: old_deferred_message: Type the name of the deferred message you wish to use. To get a list of your deferred messages, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: deferred_message: Type the name you wish to assign to the message you are deferring. If you use the name of an existing deferred message, the message currently identified by that name is discarded. To get a list of your deferred messages, type two question marks (??). Conclude by pressing RETURN. :Info: yes_or_no: Type "yes", "y", "no", or "n". :Info: path_name: Type the name of the file you wish to write the current message(s) to. Conclude by pressing RETURN (or the equivalent of carriage return on your terminal). If the file does not exist, it is created for you. If it does exist, the current message(s) are appended to the end of the existing file. :Info: date_selection: To select messages by date, type a date at the earliest date and the latest date prompts. Conclude each entry by pressing RETURN. Messages created between those two dates become the current messages. If you want to select messages created on one date, enter that date at one prompt, and just press RETURN at the other prompt. Pressing RETURN at both prompts selects messages created on the current date. Examples of dates: February 15, 1985 15 Feb 1985 02/15/1985 2/15/85 1985-02-15 85-2-15 today yesterday now :Info: user_mailbox: Type the user name of the mailbox you wish to process. It can be the name of a different user on the system, or the name of a special mailbox set up on the system. ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated Multics principles. Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. . ----------------------------------------------------------- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,provided that the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and historical background and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of MIT, HIS, BULL or BULL HN not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the programs without specific prior written permission. Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc. 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