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user:mail:index [2026/05/08 13:51] – Create Electronic Mail user page from live Vertrauen capture (Email menu) plus content adapted from docs/user.html (Send local / NetMail / feedback / attachments / Read / Read Sent / forwarding) Claude.Aiuser:mail: [2026/05/08 17:12] (current) – Redirect: namespace → flat page Claude.Ai
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-====== Electronic Mail ======+====== Mail ======
  
-Synchronet's **Electronic Mail Menu** lets you send and receive personal messages — local e-mail to other users on this BBS, NetMail to users on other BBSes (FidoNet, QWKnet, Internet), and feedback to the sysop. The menu is provided by the //Email Section// loadable module (default: stock Synchronet); a sysop may have replaced it. +This page has moved to [[user:mail]].
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-To enter the Email menu, press the key your [[user:shell:|command shell]] binds to the Email Section. In [[user:shell:classic:|Classic]], that's ''E'' from the Main prompt. +
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-===== The Email menu ===== +
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-A live capture from [[bbs:vertrauen]] (Synchronet v3.22, UTF-8 / ANSI): +
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-  ┌──────────────────────┐ +
-  │ Electronic Mail Menu │ +
-  ├──────────────────────┴──── Send Mail ────┐ +
-  │ S Send mail to a local user              │ +
-  │ A Send file attachment                   │ +
-  │ F Send feedback to the sysop             │ +
-  │ N Send NetMail (Fido/QWK/Internet)       │ +
-  ├──────────────────── Read Mail ───────────┤ +
-  │ R Read mail sent to you                  │ +
-  │ U Read your un-read mail only            │ +
-  │ K Read/Kill mail you have sent           │ +
-  ├──────────────────────────────────────────┤ +
-  │ Q Quit the E-Mail Menu                   │ +
-  └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ +
-    Anytime: ^U Users online  ^P Private msg +
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-  E-mail: +
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-The ''E-mail:'' prompt is its own context. ''Q'' returns you to the previous prompt (typically the Main prompt of your shell). +
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-===== Sending mail ===== +
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-==== S — Send mail to a local user ==== +
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-Sends an e-mail to another user on **this** BBS. You're prompted for: +
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-  - The recipient's **user name** or **user number**. Partial matches are searched: if you type just part of the name and the system can identify a unique match (or a short list), it'll help you complete the name. +
-  - The **message title** (subject line). +
-  - The **message body**, composed in your selected [[user:editor:|message editor]] (the built-in line editor by default; the editor's commands are documented on its own page). +
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-In the built-in line editor, ''/S'' saves and sends the message; ''/A'' aborts. (Other editors have their own keys.) +
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-==== A — Send file attachment ==== +
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-Composes an e-mail with a **file attachment**. The flow is similar to S, but you're additionally prompted to select a file from your inbox-attachment area or the BBS's file libraries (depending on what the sysop has enabled). +
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-==== F — Send feedback to the sysop ==== +
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-Shortcut for sending mail to user #1 (the sysop). Same as ''S'' with the recipient pre-filled. //Feedback// is the conventional way to suggest features, report bugs, ask questions, or just say hello to your sysop. +
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-==== N — Send NetMail (Fido/QWK/Internet) ==== +
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-Sends a message to a user on **another** BBS via the appropriate network. You're prompted for: +
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-  - The recipient. The address syntax depends on the network type: +
-    * **Internet e-mail**: ''user@host.example'' (full RFC-822 address) +
-    * **FidoNet NetMail**: ''Username@1:138/110'' or ''Username@1:138/110.0'' (handle + zone:net/node[.point]) +
-    * **QWKnet NetMail**: ''Username@QWKID'' (QWK ID of the destination BBS) +
-  - Subject and body, same as local mail. +
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-The sysop's network configuration determines which networks the BBS can reach. +
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-===== Reading mail ===== +
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-==== R — Read mail sent to you ==== +
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-Lists the messages in your inbox and lets you read them. ''*'' next to a title marks an **unread** message. If only one message is in your inbox, it's displayed directly; otherwise you get a list followed by the **Read Mail prompt**: +
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-At the Read Mail prompt: +
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-  * **#** — read message number //#// (e.g. ''3'') +
-  * **<CR>** — read the next message +
-  * **-** — read the previous message +
-  * **L** — list all message titles and authors +
-  * **R** — re-read the current message +
-  * **D** — delete the current message +
-  * **A** — //automatically reply// to the author of the current message; prompts for whether to remove the original +
-  * **F** — forward the current message to another user (removes from your mailbox) +
-  * **Q** — quit Read Mail and return to the previous prompt +
-  * **?** — display the Read Mail menu +
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-==== U — Read your un-read mail only ==== +
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-Same as ''R'' but skips messages you've already read. Useful when you've fallen behind and just want to catch up on what's new. +
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-==== K — Read/Kill mail you have sent ==== +
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-Reviews mail **you've sent** to others and lets you delete it (typically only allowed if the recipient hasn't yet read the message, depending on sysop policy). The prompt is similar to Read Mail: +
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-  * **#** — read sent message //#// +
-  * **<CR>** — next +
-  * **-** — previous +
-  * **L** — list titles and recipients +
-  * **R** — re-read +
-  * **D** — delete +
-  * **Q** — quit +
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-''*'' next to a sent-message title indicates the recipient hasn't read it yet. +
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-===== Mail forwarding ===== +
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-You can have your local BBS e-mail **forwarded** to your network e-mail address — see [[user:settings:|User Settings]] -> ''M'' (Forward Mail). Useful if you don't log in regularly but want to be notified of mail. +
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-===== See Also ===== +
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-  * [[user:|User Documentation]] +
-  * [[user:editor:|Message editors]] — used to compose mail +
-  * [[user:settings:|User Settings]] — your network e-mail address, mail forwarding, default download protocol for attachments +
-  * [[user:msgbase:|Message Bases]] — public conferences (sub-boards), separate from personal mail +
-  * [[user:qwk|QWK packets]] — read/post mail offline +
-  * [[ref:smb|SMB format]] — the on-disk format Synchronet uses to store mail +
-  * [[howto:emailsec|Securing e-mail]] (sysop how-to) +
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