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NetMail/3000 Menu Interface

Users Guide

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Display Selections

Under the Display menu choice you will find options which control various aspects of

how messages (and the list of messages) are displayed for you. Below, we’ll describe each selec-
tion.

Summary of Contents for NetMail/3000

Page 1: ...NetMail 3000 Menu Interface Users Guide 2 1 Menu Interface ...

Page 2: ...ntended recipient and usually contains a return address in case there is a problem delivering the message Electronic envelopes contain the same information as the traditional paper envelopes though to make it easy for computers to process the information is coded in a specified format NetMail 3000 takes care of formatting the envelope for you and prompts you for the informa tion it needs A paper e...

Page 3: ...computer the person that sent the message and where they sent it from their return address Optionally the heading may also contain the subject of the message a complete list of who was sent the message an identifying number for the message what the message is replying to as well as many other possible items Before you begin there are a few basic ideas you should understand about NetMail 3000 which...

Page 4: ...nt on the screen though messages in the message area below it scroll up and down Each word on the menu bar describes a group of commands which can be displayed by selecting that group To select a group first you must have the menu bar activated by selecting the Menu Bar function key then use the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard until the group you want is highlighted then hit either the R...

Page 5: ... sent by someone on the same system you will only see a simple mail name here If the message came from another system you will see a more typical net work mail address usually consisting of a name followed by an and then the name of a remote computer system 8 This area on the display tells you information about the current listing of mail messages and your mailbox overall In the upper left portion...

Page 6: ...ohn doe O bigcorp ADMD TELEMAIL C US SPRINT COM John_SMITH DESK1 L1 HPDESK COMPANY COM johndoe host1 BITNET hostgate utt edu 01234567 MCIMAIL COM 70901 987 COMPUSERVE COM host1 host2 johndoe host johndoe MAP DAS NET You may even see combinations of some of these if you communicate with outside net works Though you need not be concerned with the details of what these addresses mean you may have to ...

Page 7: ...ox and will be point ing to the list of messages in your INBOX folder You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard up arrow down arrow left arrow right arrow as well as the page up page down or home diagonal arrow keys on your keyboard to move the current message pointer to a message you are interested in Note that the current message pointer is highlighted or inversed and moves up and down as you ...

Page 8: ...ed across the top of the screen and a message display area below where messages in the current folder are listed For those of you used to standard applications on HP3000s you need to be aware that Net Mail 3000 actually lets you use the terminal s arrow keys up down left right you may not be used to using these in an HP3000 application ...

Page 9: ...we don t have ALT keys on HP terminals and on PCs running emu lation packages we still don t have access to it from the HP3000 we use a function key to simu late it In our case the ALT key is simulated by the f3 function key 3 which is labelled as Menu Bar if you are currently in the message listing window and changes to Message List when you have the menu bar activated Each time you hit the f3 ke...

Page 10: ...around the current mes sage will be highlighted and the message display may scroll if you have more than one screen full of messages You ll notice that there is a scroll bar on the right hand side of the message list which graphically shows you where you are in the list useful if you have many pages of messages so you can see how near the top or bottom you are You might also notice the scroll bar ...

Page 11: ...the screen and allows you to select an operation from one of the menu selections Each time the Menu Bar key is hit it toggles you between the menu bar and the message display area The Delete Message f4 key deletes the current message the currently high lighted message in your message display area If you have the delete verify setting enabled described later then a box will pop up to make you verif...

Page 12: ... to it use the down arrow or RETURN key to view the menu Under this selection are the NetMail 3000 commands relating to sending and processing messages in your current folder Options to send delete file etc are all under this selection and you use the up and down arrows to select one of the options or you can jump to a selection by entering the underlined letter in the command you want ...

Page 13: ...ually compose and or send a message Notice that the fast select character for this option is C the underlined character in the selection This means you can merely type a C when the menu is pulled down to invoke this option As soon as you select the Compose send choice a new window will pop up prompting you for information about the message you propose to send ...

Page 14: ...next form either the edi tor to compose your message message attachment prompts or message recipient information depending on settings The On field works in conjunction with the Filename field which appears next The filename field allows you to specify a message in a file which you have previously composed and have it sent to your recipients The On field allows you to specify whether this file res...

Page 15: ...pick one of the other encodings typically UUENCODE for older Unix or PC mail systems and BINHEX for Macintosh systems which you know are not MIME capable Now if you selected to compose a new message the editor you have selected will be run and you will compose your message If you are using the NETEDIT editor provided with this package you can get further information on how to use it in the chapter...

Page 16: ... it or is even aware that it is there it merely indicates that it was received by his or her e mail system Again if the remote system supports this feature you will likely get an automated message back from that mailer stating that the message you sent was accepted by that mail system for final delivery To select this feature for your message enter an X in the field To skip it hit RETURN or use th...

Page 17: ... the message You can attach as many files as you want to a mes sage just be considerate before overwhelming someone elses mailbox and keep in mind that some other mailsystems do impose limits on the maximum size of received messages For most messages the default Type of USTEXT will suffice USTEXT simply means that your message uses US Ascii characters as opposed to some foreign languages which hav...

Page 18: ...etMail 3000 Menu Interface Users Guide 2 18 If you selected USTEXT then you re done here and you will proceed too either compose your message or attach files If not you will now have the following choice ...

Page 19: ...ur PC or Macintosh which will be attached to the message you are generating The On field allows you to specify whether this file resides on the HP3000 or on your PC or Macintosh Only users running terminal emulators will be allowed to change this field for HP terminal users the field will be set to HP and will be skipped over entirely The Filename field is where you enter the name of a file you wi...

Page 20: ... escape codes select the 8BIT option If it is an HP3000 filetype PROG VFAST etc or a PC filetype that doesn t fall under one of the other selections choose the BINARY type To select a type use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the highlighted entry up or down until it highlights the entry you want then hit RETURN If you chose USTEXT then the other options after this are skipped they don t ap...

Page 21: ...er special character codes you can pick Quoted Printable This is the default encoding for French Spanish German and other languages that use some special charac ters not part of 7 bit USASCII codes If the attachment is some other sort of file which will likely contain more than a few spe cial characters exe files graphics files video audio spreadsheets etc then you should use the BASE64 encoding c...

Page 22: ... end of file record size user labels etc To do this we utilize the formats of the popular PC terminal emula tors WRQ s Reflection LABELLED format and Unison Software s BACKUP format If you are sending to another NetMail 3000 user either format is fine though WRQ s format handles more filetypes If you are sending to another mail system you may want to pick the format that might match the emulator p...

Page 23: ...NetMail 3000 Menu Interface Users Guide 2 23 selecting the DONE field Once you are done specifying file attachments you then proceed to the prompt for mes sage recipients ...

Page 24: ...STEM PUBLIC or private mailing distribution list here All mail addresses on the list will then receive copies of the message Bcc extraneous Recipients NetMail 3000 will send copies of the correspondence to all per sons listed as BCC recipients but their names will NOT appear in the heading of the mail message This is known as a Blind Carbon Copy This feature is often used to pro vide informative c...

Page 25: ... are not sure of the exact spelling or information for a user Once you type a or use the Search for Name function key you will see the box above This gives you the opportunity to narrow the search down if you like You can provide part of a name in the Search For field and can also decide whether you want to include available mailing lists in the choices that will be displayed for you Enter a name ...

Page 26: ...l to users on the same system you are on by name and not using any mailing lists they will receive the messages immediately For users on other systems or messages sent to mailing lists to be dis tributed the delay may range from a few seconds to several days on very remote computer sys tems though delays should normally be no more than a few minutes If you specified delivery receipts and included ...

Page 27: ... current message the message currently high lighted in the message display below all the tagged messages if you have tagged any messages or ALL messages in the current folder At this point if you have the delete verification option enabled you will be prompted with a pop up window asking you to verify that you REALLY want to delete the message where you have one last chance cancel the operation Af...

Page 28: ...delete the message s from your mailbox and thus free up space for new messages while still keeping a copy of important messages on the system For those messages which you desire to keep for future reference filing the message in another folder may make your mailbox easier to manage See the File Away command and folder options later in this chapter ...

Page 29: ... where you have say several dozen messages in your mailbox all of which you want to hold onto for some reason or another Scrolling through several dozen mail messages each time you run NetMail 3000 can be time consuming What you might do then is to create a few folders say one for each major topic area or project you re working on or whatever grouping seems logical By creating several folders and ...

Page 30: ...opy on to another person or people you specify You can forward a specific message to as many people as you like The FORWARD command operates on the current highlighted message Once you select FORWARD you will be presented with the following box where you can edit the subject of the message designate return or read receipts the priority of the message and whether you want to attach any additional f...

Page 31: ...le appended to the mes sage See the discussion of the Compose Send command for more details on these fields The next field on the screen is the Attachments box You select this box by typ ing anything in the box to tell NetMail 3000 that you are going to want to attach some file s to your message any file other than the main part of your message For instance you can send a message describing your n...

Page 32: ...just hitting the RETURN key until you get return to the message window Forwarded messages actually create a new message it will have a new message id and heading information and will contain the complete original message as an attachment to the message This allows us to preserve the original message exactly as you received it header lines and all and allows the new recipient s to easily extract th...

Page 33: ...lect the print command you are then prompted with a secondary menu where you can pick to print 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 3 All messages will print all the messages in the current folder read or unread or 4 All the new unread messages in the current fold...

Page 34: ...ption if you have tagged one or more messages otherwise it will not allow you to select it 3 All messages will display the contents of all the messages in the current folder read or unread or 4 All the new unread messages in the current folder again this option will only be available if there are new messages in the folder otherwise it will automatically be skipped over and cannot be selected You ...

Page 35: ...n the manual You may also see messages with attachments as you read them If a message has some kind of special file attached to it you will see a special delimiting message as you are reading the message telling you that there is an attachment in the message Since attachments are not displayable ascii text it is not possible to represent this information on a normal computer ter minal PC users do ...

Page 36: ...hted message in your message list so select the message you want to respond to before activat ing the menu If the message you are REPLYing to has more than one possibility for a return e mail address some messages may have a Sender From Reply To or other similar headers you will be prompted with a window listing all the possible return addresses and asked to select one You select the one you wish ...

Page 37: ... specify that you want to attach files to the new reply NetMail 3000 automatically inserts the message subject for you which is whatever the original subject was with an Re inserted in front of it This is another Internet mail standard which makes conversations easier to follow The screen looks like this The first field you encounter is the Subject field which will be pre filled in for you althoug...

Page 38: ...ally determines the address to reply to based on Internet rules and the message headers in the message you replied to if there are more than one choice you will be presented with a window listing the different potential reply to addresses and you will be allowed to select the one you wish to use You can end the list of recipients with this single address or add any others you like or you can cance...

Page 39: ... 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 messa...

Page 40: ...ile to any floppy hard drive file server disc drives or any writable device accessible from your PC by selecting the On field to be PC When a PC file is specified NetMail 3000 will automatically invoke the terminal emula tor s file transfer facility The user will not have to provide any further information though you must ensure that your file transfer configuration within the emulator is set corr...

Page 41: ... save the attachment or not Whether you save any attach ments or not the data still remains within the message You are free to save the same attachment as many times as you need or to send the message on to another user that can also extract and save the attachments Messages with large attachments take up large amounts of the available mail system database and should be deleted as soon as they are...

Page 42: ...ing the attachment directly to the PC or Macintosh In the On field select the platform where you want the attachment saved to if you are only on an HP terminal you won t have an option here and the cursor skips over the field entirely leaving you at the filename field After selecting the platform On you will then need to provide an appropriate File name Of course select a filename appropriate for ...

Page 43: ... for the file Type as appropriate for the attachment you selected Ascii should be used only for plain text attachments while Binary should be used for all other types of file attachments After choosing the appropriate option hit the RETURN key at which point the message attachment will be saved where you specified ...

Page 44: ... left or right arrow keys to highlight the Options item then use the down arrow or RETURN key to view the menu Included in this group of com mands are selections to specify the signature file for your messages the printer your printed messages will be sent to the file editor you will use to compose messages the password to protect access to your mailbox and several other selections ...

Page 45: ...company name telephone number or any other information relevant to people whom you might send electronic mail to Many users also include humorous anecdotes in their electronic signatures An example of what a signature file might look like is Internet users will recognize this as the signature used in outgoing electronic messages from 3k Associates electronic mail support line support 3k com availa...

Page 46: ...ppend to your outgoing mail mes sages with the SIGNATURE selection under the Options menu In the Filename field you may provide a filename to enable your signature or blank out the name type spaces over the filename to clear your signature file If you set a signature file then you will normally be prompted whenever you send a mes sage as to whether you want your signature appended to the outgoing ...

Page 47: ... will be prompted to verify that you really want to delete that message If OFF then deletes occur automatically when you specify and there is no further prompting The current set ting of the verify delete option is displayed to the right of the selection To change the setting hit the RETURN key once you have highlighted the Verifydelete line on the menu Each time you hit RETURN the value will chan...

Page 48: ...l Printer is highlighted hit the RETURN key to bring up a window listing all the printer choices available to you and your cur rent printer selection will be highlighted in the list To change the selection use the arrow keys to point to the new print device you want and hit RETURN To simply view the selection but not change it either hit RETURN without moving the selection or hit the CANCEL f8 key...

Page 49: ...ve with all the available options listed and your current selection high lighted You can also see the numeric code for the setting next to the Notification label on the Options menu Values are numbers between 0 and 4 and the meanings of each code are defined below 0 No notification messages are sent 1 Notify users via a TELL message only for URGENT incoming mail no message for normal priority mail...

Page 50: ...ide 2 50 sages only for URGENT mail no message if QUIET and not URGENT 4 Always use interruptive mail notification URGENT or normal 5 Notify users with interruptive message for URGENT mail no notification for normal priority mail messages ...

Page 51: ... changed by the mail administrator Also EDITOR HP s EDITOR PUB SYS program is available to all users as an available file editor for message composition though this can also be changed by the administrator When you select the Editor option under the Options menu you will be pre sented with a list of all the available or allowable editors from which you can pick Once you select the editor you wish ...

Page 52: ...minis trator in fact you won t even be able to select it if you do not have a spelling checker installed and set up by your mail system administrator The current setting is displayed to the right of the label under the menu and you may change the setting by selecting it and hitting RETURN Each time you hit RETURN the value will change between ON and OFF If set on YES then you will be asked each ti...

Page 53: ...enter the appropriate password If the correct password is not supplied access to the mail system will not be granted Passwords can be any combination of letters numbers and special characters with upper and lowercase letters allowed and preserved up to 8 characters long When you select the PASS WORD entry under the Options menu the password if there is one set will not display To remove your passw...

Page 54: ...er interface by choosing the LANGUAGE option If there are other language catalogs available on your system you will be presented a list of the available languages when you select the LANGUAGE selection you can select any language catalog you wish All prompts and commands will then be presented and parsed in that language ...

Page 55: ... mail system automatically generates the return message confirming that you have read the specified message If you set the AUTOREPLY option OFF then you will be asked if it s ok to send the automatic return receipt when you read the message for the first time If you say no you won t be prompted again To change the value of AutoReply highlight that selection under the Options menu and hit RETURN Ea...

Page 56: ...NetMail 3000 Menu Interface Users Guide 2 56 Mailbox Names You can search for mailbox names without having to actually compose or send a mes sage with the MAILBOX NAMES choice under the Options menu ...

Page 57: ...le by using the SPELLCHK A FILE command You provide a filename to spell check and the spelling checker on your system will be invoked to process that file Each spell checker works slightly different but basically you browse through the file being prompted to correct or ignore spelling errors as they are encountered When done you will be returned to the NetMail 3000 prompt ...

Page 58: ...rface Users Guide 2 58 Display Selections Under the Display menu choice you will find options which control various aspects of how messages and the list of messages are displayed for you Below we ll describe each selec tion ...

Page 59: ...ill stop the output of a message being read every 23 lines and prompt you to stop the display display one more line one more page or the rest of the message without further interruptions The current setting for Pause is displayed in the menu following Pause To change the value select the Pause item under the Display menu and hit RETURN Each time you hit RETURN the value will alternate between ON a...

Page 60: ...under which we operate it is not necessarily useful to casual readers and for this reason the listing of all these special header lines can be suppressed automatically To suppress all the mes sage headers except the traditional From To Cc Date and Subject set the HEADING option MIN Otherwise all headers in the messages are displayed when you read them To change the selection highlight the Headings...

Page 61: ... can be ON where any attachments encountered in a message you read which can be handled by your PC will be automatically downloaded and launched If AutoMM is OFF then you will be asked each time such an attachment is encountered whether you want it pro cessed Note that this setting is ignored unless you are using a PC and running a supported version of WRQ s Reflection for Windows and have done th...

Page 62: ...that all messages in the current folder are listed or that only unread messages are listed Listing can be ALL where all messages in the current folder are listed and NEW where only new unread messages are listed To change the value of the setting use the arrow key to point to the Listing line so it is highlighted and hit the ENTER key The value will toggle between NEW and ALL each time you hit RET...

Page 63: ...rface option under the Display menu Move the cursor to the Interface item and hit RETURN to switch the program into com mand line mode For instructions on operating the program from the command line see the Net Mail 3000 Command Line Interface Users Manual Once you change the interface to the command line mode it will remain that way even if you exit and run NetMail 3000 again until you change the...

Page 64: ... for encoding message attach ments The MIME Display option however allows the user to disable MIME encoding when reading messages temporarily This option is for debugging and its use is discouraged but it can allow a malformed MIME message possibly from a broken MIME mailer somewhere to be viewed in raw form ...

Page 65: ... user to disable the interpretation of UUENCODED message attachments when reading messages temporarily This option is for debugging and its use is discouraged but it can allow a malformed attachment possibly from a broken mailer somewhere to be viewed in raw form Uuencode is a format commonly used by Unix systems and some PC based mail systems that don t understand MIME ...

Page 66: ...ption however allows the user to disable the interpretation of BINHEX mes sage attachments when reading messages temporarily This option is for debugging and its use is discouraged but it can allow a malformed attachment possibly from a broken mailer somewhere to be viewed in raw form Binhex is a format commonly used by Macintosh computers ...

Page 67: ...but you can have as many dif ferent folders as you wish and can keep as many messages in each folder as you wish though keeping messages in folders still uses up mailsystem database space By default the INBOX folder is created for you and all incoming mail is deposited into that folder for you automatically it is up to you to create other folders and file messages from the INBOX into other folders...

Page 68: ...ed in the current folder you ll find this useful if you need to keep and organize many old mail messages for future reference To switch to another folder you must have created that folder at some point with the Create folder command Once you select the GOTO option you will be presented with a list of all your folders You can use the arrow keys or page up page down to select the folder you would li...

Page 69: ...automatically upshifted You will be prompted to supply a name and a description for the folder which will be available whenever you GOTO another folder in the list that is provided for you There is no set limit on the number of folders any individual can have though there is a fixed limit per system available space for all users After you provide the infor mation requested the folder will then imm...

Page 70: ...ed All created folders use some disc space so it helps all if unused folders are removed when they re no longer needed Note that you cannot delete the system folder INBOX When you select the DESTROY option under the folders menu you will be presented with a list of your mail folders and their descriptions and you can use the arrow keys to select the folder you want to delete When you have the appr...

Page 71: ... people a mailing list can save you time and pre vent errors mistyped addresses or redundant lookups In NetMail 3000 there are several types of mailing lists Individuals can create and main tain their own private mailing lists and the mail administrator can set up public mailing lists which anyone can subscribe to as well as system owned lists which anyone can reference but only the mail administr...

Page 72: ...create the list by simply selecting the ADD command under the mailing list menu and fill in the name and description of the mailing list you want to create Note that mailing list names are NOT case sensitive Upon entering the command you will then be prompted to provide a name and description for the mailing list The description is only for your benefit and is displayed when you SHOW ALL MAILLISTs...

Page 73: ...sers Guide 2 73 ence the list by using it when sending a message You can view the entries you have entered on a list at any time with the EXPAND com mand and can add or remove entries from a list with the EDIT mailing list command ...

Page 74: ... private mailing lists and you can then select the list that you want to delete use the arrow keys til you have the proper entry highlighted The mailing list will ONLY be deleted if there are no more entries on the list just in case you accidentally try to remove it If there are entries in the mailing list which you want to remove use the EDIT mailing list command to remove addresses from the list...

Page 75: ...ll be presented with a list of all the mailing lists you own and you can then select one of the mailing lists to work on using the arrow keys until the list you want is highlighted Note that you can only edit private mailing lists lists which you have created If you select a mailing list that doesn t have any entries in it yet you will be prompted to add an entry to it Here s an example of what ha...

Page 76: ...address you can enter the real name of the person whom you are adding to the list The real name is used only as a descriptive comment for you to identify the address Once you have entered all the information for the e mail address that you are adding hit the Done Go On key f6 to accept the values and add the entry Once there are entries on the mailing list you can then elect to edit the mailing li...

Page 77: ...an elect to add another entry to the list with the Add a New User function key f4 Once you are done modifying this list select the Back function key f8 to return to the previous menu When you select an entry and choose to modify it Edit Entry function key or hit RETURN you will be provided with a window just like the window displayed previously used to add new entries In this case it will be fille...

Page 78: ...ily communicate with each other To un join a public NetMail 3000 mailing list you are subscribed to use the UNSUBSCRIBE command For example if you selected the Subscribe mailing list command as shown in the sample above the window would list the names of the public mailing lists which are available AND which you are not already subscribed to If there are no lists available that you are not already...

Page 79: ... list command When you select the Unsubscribe command you will be presented with a list of all the public mailing lists which you belong to simply select the one you want to unsubscribe from by using the arrow keys then hit RETURN or the Select List func tion key f6 If you re not currently subscribed to any public lists then the unsubscribe command won t do anything ...

Page 80: ... the Expand command you will see a window like the following listing all the public private and system owned mailing lists from which you can pick Once you select a mailing list that you want to view you will then be presented with a window like the following where all the members of the list you selected are listed for you Once you have viewed the entries you must hit the Go Back f8 key to return...

Page 81: ...nu In this example we selected the mailing list called FRIENDS to expand You then see the window overlay pop up that lists the three members of the mailing list If there were more entries you could scroll up and down the list with the arrow or page up page down keys to view all the entries on the list ...

Page 82: ...ose lists that you could use as recipi ents for a message with the Show All mailing list command This will present you with a list of all the public system owned and your own private mailing lists basically the same list ing as you would get from the expand command though here you only get a list of the mailing list names ...

Page 83: ...n keys to get an index of all help topics the Index function key f1 as well as the Cancel key f8 which will return you to the program where you left off and a few other selections Once you are in a help window certain words may be accented in half bright or inversed video as above Each of these accented words are hyper text links What this means is that when you see one of these accented words in ...

Page 84: ...NetMail 3000 Menu Interface Users Guide 2 84 program where you left off You can select the Index key at any point to return to the main help index window ...

Page 85: ...Mail 3000 Menu Interface Users Guide 2 85 Exit By selecting the Exit menu option you will end the program returning you to the MPE prompt or menu system or whatever you were in before running NetMail 3000 ...

Page 86: ...ll need to recognize the batch job s logon and associate it with a valid mailbox so any recipient of a batch generated message can tell WHO the message came from So be sure to verify that the logon which the batch job uses is linked via an ALIAS to a mailbox name In batch mode for the most part the same prompts appear as you would see if you were using the program interactively Exceptions are the ...

Page 87: ...y to the prompt asking for a file to attach Lines 4 through 8 are editor commands and text being supplied to generate the text of the message The E ends the editor and in batch mode there is no OK TO PURGE OLD prompt so no YES is required Line 9 is the prompt for a file to include This prompt continues asking for filenames until a blank line or carriage return with no data if interactive is entere...

Page 88: ...can be added to the SEND command even in batch mode to signify crit ical messages In fact any of the SEND parameters can be used including PURGE REPLY REPLY3 or REPLY4 As a more detailed example here s a job stream that uses MPEX to check for files that haven t been accessed in 30 or more days and sends a mail message to the owner MGR listing the files and asking him her to review the files Just t...

Page 89: ...y not know in advance what editor the user has chosen and the effects of whatever potential editor is invoked should be accounted for i e some editors may clear the screen go into block mode etc NetMail 3000 will list all mail messages currently in the INBOX folder when invoked if AUTOLIST is on which is the default so your application should be able to accommodate that Messages may also be listed...

Page 90: ...be automatically downloaded to your PC and Excel launched with the spreadsheet loaded for you An animation or graphics or sound excerpt could be attached to a message and when you read the message an appropriate application on your PC is launched to display or play the seg ment To accommodate these new features several new user interface options were added as well as a separate but very easy insta...

Page 91: ...message attachments you wish to process i e you ll need Excel if you plan on working with Excel spread sheets a video viewer if you want to process real time computer video segments Net Mail 3000 automatically recognizes standard Windows utilities and links them i e use Windows Paintbrush to view bmp files Windows Write to view wri files Notepad to view txt files etc In addition NetMail 3000 autom...

Page 92: ...than 250K bytes of space so you ll need to ensure that you have at least this much free space available on the drive you designated for the NETMAILMM directory above Note though that if you plan to do any serious multimedia processing you re likely to encounter some rather large files These files get stored at least temporarily on the TEMP directory within the NETMAILMM directory you defined so be...

Page 93: ...ocess the segments In addition many of the standard multime dia file types can be handled by software which comes with Microsoft Windows For example Windows Paintbrush can handle some graphics files Windows Write can process WRI files and the Sound recorder can handle WAV files if you don t have another sound player installed Standard HP terminals have no sound capability and most in fact have no ...

Page 94: ...attachment you simply attach a pc file to any message you compose at the ATTACH FILE window Specify a fully qualified PC file name a file name with an appropriate extension If you send a WAV file but the file is named soundz jnk not WAV NetMail 3000 will not be able to identify and classify it and it will not be processable See the section on attaching files for details on how to attach PC files t...

Page 95: ...appears at any position of any line the remainder of the line is considered a comment and is ignored as is an entirely blank line rc1 c r1win r1win exe rcl c r1win r1win exe rcf c r1win r1win exe cal calendar exe crd cardfile exe trm terminal exe txt notepad exe ini notepad exe bmp pbrush exe wri write exe rec recorder exe hlp winhelp exe not notepad exe The file is easily modifiable using any PC ...

Page 96: ...ss them to the PC to be played Also if once you have setup your PC for multimedia operation you need to run NetMail 3000 and want to disable the capability and initial start ups temporarily you can set the follow ing job control word before running NetMail SETJCW NETMAILMMOFF 1 This will disable the start up inquiries and multimedia auto processing capabilities until you exit NetMail 3000 and rese...

Page 97: ...ke full advantage of the display enhancements NetMail 3000 uses issue the following MPE command before running NetMail 3000 SETJCW NETMAILHPTERM 1 This will override the terminal type checking and force NetMail 3000 to go ahead and issue the necessary escape sequences to recognize HP terminals or emulators In addition you can utilize NetMail 3000 s MENU interface on many non HP terminals To do so ...

Page 98: ...or saving them to the PC Users of AdvanceLink for Windows or other platforms should see the section on using Unison Software s Business Session product as those products are identical To enable your PC to allow automatic file transfers from NetMail 3000 1 Create a control file on your PC preferably in the ADVLINK directory using any PC file editor and enter the following in the file hp3000 on host...

Page 99: ...ail 3000 and have all the capabilities of an HP terminal but will not have the option of attaching files from your PC or saving them to the PC To enable these features perform either of the following 1 In the MS92 terminal configuration CONFIG heading in the Windows version then under the SPECIAL selection set the Serial Numbers fields to start with MS92 9 character MS92 14 character MS92 OR 2 Set...

Page 100: ...ness Session terminal emula tors for Windows or Macintosh will not need to perform any special setup other than that men tioned in the multimedia installation section earlier All capabilities are automatically enabled and all current Business Session software versions are automatically recognized by NetMail 3000 whether using a serial or a network connection ...

Page 101: ...eflection 7 terminal emulators will not need to perform any special setup other than that mentioned in the multimedia installation section ear lier All capabilities are automatically enabled and all current Reflection software versions are automatically recognized by NetMail 3000 whether using a serial or a network connection ...

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