Hi Michele,

 MMD> Well as far as Oracle goes I may have been think of 
 MMD> something else. Still I would like to try to use it 
 MMD> for browsing the many .mec files I found on the 
 MMD> internet for maximus. Found lots .mex files as well 
 MMD> but I still cannot seem to find a check for new mail 
 MMD> .mex file. 

Its been many many years since I last touched a Maximus MECCA or MEX file,
however there are a number of ways of doing this.

 MMD> would like to give the users the ability to 
 MMD> get their mail before they get lost in the many echos 
 MMD> I am configuring up.

I run a Mecca file during login like this -
==========================================================
[ifkey]M [keyoff]M
[key_poke]1;
[menu_cmd msg_area]
[clear_stacked]
[gray cls]

[white] Select one of the following -

[yellow]    0 [gray]Continue without checking for your mail,
[yellow]    1 [gray]Check for mail in your [lightcyan]TAG[gray]ged areas only,
[yellow]    2 [gray]Check for mail in [lightcyan]ALL[gray] message areas,
[yellow]      [white]  (WARNING! This may take several minutes!)[gray]

[clear_stacked]
[white ] Select: [menu]012
   [choice]0[gray cls quit]
   [choice]1[goto chktag]
   [choice]2[goto chkall]

[goto chkagain]

[/chktag]
[clear_stacked]
[key_poke]TYL;
[goto chkdoit]

[/chkall]
[clear_stacked]
[key_poke]AYL;
[goto chkdoit]

[/chkdoit]
==========================================================
This forces a check for mail in only LOCAL message areas, 
        [key_poke]1;
        [menu_cmd msg_area]
then prompts for any further areas the user may wish to check.

Cheers.............pk.


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