HP manual NetMail/3000 Menu Interface Users Guide

NetMail/3000 Menu Interface

Users Guide

MPE filename (traditional MPE syntax or Posix/HFS syntax if you are on MPE/iX 4.5 or later). If the “On” field specifies “PC” then you may enter a fully qualified path and filename for the file to be retrieved off your PC (or Macintosh). PC files (as HP files) MUST be ascii text files (WordPer- fect or other graphical or native word processing documents are not valid as the body of a message

-if you want to send a file created in a word processor as a message, keep it in ASCII/plain text format). (PC binary or word processing files CAN be sent by NetMail/3000, but should be “attached” to the main message - see message attachments later in this section).

After entering the filename (or just hitting return) the next field you will be prompted for is the “ Read Receipt” field. A read receipt indicates that you would like a return message

when the message you send is read by the recipient. Not all mail system support this type of receipt, and among those that do, some allow the user to disable it, so it is by no means guaranteed to let you know that your message is read, but can be convenient among systems that support it. If supported by the recipients mail system, you will get an automated mail message back stating that the message you sent was read by the recipient. To select this feature on your message, type an “X” in the box. To skip over it, use the “RETURN” key (or use the “GO ON” function key to skip all remaining prompts if appropriate).

The next field you encounter is the “ Delivery Receipt” field. This operates much like the read receipt above, except that it is intended merely to indicate that the message reached the recipients mail system - it has no bearing on whether the user has read 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 the “GO ON” function key to skip all remaining prompts if appropriate).

The next field is the “ URGENT” priority flag. Messages are typically sent with “normal” priority, however, many mail systems support the flagging of messages as higher prior- ity (or urgent). In NetMail/3000 for example, urgent messages are listed with “URG” in front of the message in the message list, and when delivered, notifications indicate “urgent” mail has been delivered (as opposed to merely mail being delivered). Again, type an “X” in this field to make this message “Urgent”, or hit “RETURN” to skip past it.

The “ Purge after send” field is automatically turned on if you decide to compose a message “on the fly”. This field means that the file which is to be sent as a message will be purged as soon as it is sent (messages composed in the message editor are kept as permanent files with pseudo-random names so should normally be purged when they have been sent). If you actu- ally specified a filename to send (in the filename field above) then this field defaults to disabled (no “X”), though you can enable it by typing an “X” in the field if you do want to have the file purged when you have sent it. Note that this option only works for files on the HP3000 - it does not purge files loaded from a PC or Macintosh.

The next field on the screen “ Add Signature” will be skipped over unless you have designated a signature file (see the Set Signature selection under the Options menu). If you do not have a signature file specified, you will skip directly to the “Type” field. If you DO have a

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