NetMail/3000 Menu Interface
Users Guide
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Write to File
To save a copy of a message as a permanent disc file you may use the ‘
Write to file
’
command. This command makes a copy of the mail message and writes it to a disc file that will be
created for you. This command only writes the text part of the message to the file - if there are any
non-text attachments with the message, an indicator will be included in the file that “there was a
non-text attachment here”, but the attachment will not be copied. Once you select this option, you
will be presented with another menu of choices where you can pick to copy 1) the
current
(highlighted) message, 2)
All tagged messages
(you can only choose this option if you
have “tagged” one or more messages - otherwise it will not allow you to select it), or 3)
All
messages
(will copy all the messages in the current folder - read or unread). Note that if you
select more than one message, all the messages you select will be copied to the same file (with
messages appended to the end of the previous message(s). Once you select the message or mes-
sages you want to copy, you will then be prompted to select the file you want the message(s) cop-
ied into. You will see a window like the following:
