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to: KEN HRYNCHUK
from: Monica Neufeld
date: 2004-02-07 05:06:00
subject: Pointers

> KEN HRYNCHUK wrote to MONICA NEUFELD <

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>MONICA NEUFELD wrote to MILES MAXTED on 02-01-04 14:47:

> -=> Miles Maxted wrote to Monica Neufeld on 02-02-04 05:37 <=-

> MN> Is it possible to set the pointers on conferences in Fidonet
> MN> with your offline mail reader?  I already know how to add or
> MN> drop a conference.

> MM> How do you do that ?  Is there some sort of command scripting
> MM> that is available for managing one's Maximus messages and echo
> MM> tags ?

> MN> I'm not familiar with Maximus at all.  As I mentioned, you can
> MN> add or drop a conference by using your offline mail reader.  The
> MN> message, itself, can be blank because no one is going to see it.
> MN> In the To: field of your offline reader, type WCMAIL; then the
> MN> subject can be either ADD or DROP.  Then upload your packet to
> MN> the bulletin board.

>According to DOOR.ID (found in MM's "work" folder, when a packet is
>open), WCMAIL 5.4 supports the RESET command, and, IIRC, older
>versions of WCMAIL will, too. RESET -10 should set your pointers 10
>messages back from current, and automatically subscribe you to the
>echo, if you aren't already subscribed. DOOR.ID can be useful in
>determining a mail door's capabilities.

Did I reply to this ... in any case, I stored the information.  
Thanks.

... Mickey / Monica Neufeld

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