Chapter
9
MAIL
The Mail application supports a simple message handler.
It
records
important messages along with their dates, times, and authors. You
can write or read
a
message
at
any time. You can also delete
messages or print
a
list of messages
Using Mail
To open the default Mail file, MESSAGES, place the marker over
Mail, and press
(ENTER).
To open an existing file, position the marker over the filename, and
press
(ENTER).
A
listing of the messages in that file is displayed in
ascending dateltime order.
Each message line in the listing includes: the author’s name, the date
and time of the message, and
a
brief description of the message. Use
the arrow keys to scroll through the listing if there are more than
20
messages.
To add
a
message to
a
Mail file or create a new Mail file, use the
Create function. (See “The Mail Functions’’ for more information.)
The Help Screen
The Mail Help screen contains brief summaries of the functions and
ways to use them. Within the Mail application, press
0
0.
0
returns you to the Mail screen.
The
Arrow
Keys
Use the arrow keys to move the marker
a
character or line
at
a
time.
Pressing
(SHIFT)
or
(CTRL)
along with an arrow key moves the
marker more rapidly. See Table
7.
Note that on the Text editor screen, the arrow keys are used in ex-
actly the same way
as
they are in the Text application.
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