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3.31 The Microdot Menu
Check for new mail logs onto your selected POP3 mailbox (you can select a user and download from more than one mailbox) and collects any mail available.
A GUI will then appear which will show the transfer of mail into your account. Microdot-II will delete all mail on the server if you set this option within the settings.
Check for new news logs onto your news server and collects news for any newsgroups you have subscribe to. A GUI will appear and monitor the collection of news which is similar to the mail transfer GUI as shown above. If you have any newsgroups which (currently) have no news messages you will be presented with a GUI which asks whether you want to download "all articles" or the "last 100" - last 100 is recommended or transfer will take a long time!
You will now be presented with a GUI the shows you the transfer of news per newsgroup. Check for news & mail this will carry out both the above tasks - checking for new mail and news. Hotkey: Amiga-N Send queued messages when you create a new message you can choose whether you want to send it or queue (to send at a later date). If you have any queued messages this option will send these messages. Hotkey: Amiga-S Autocheck for new mail? will allow you to automatically check your POP3 server for new mail every five minutes. Cleanup database allows you to cleanup and enhance the current Microdot database. When you 'delete' mails within Microdot, they don't actually delete from your hard drive until run 'cleanup database'. The process is as follows:
Empty TRASH clears the 'TRASH' group of its contents. Search... enables you to do a search through the entire Microdot database. Enter a key word and Microdot will search through your mail folders and will display all mails relevant to this key word.
There are additional options - 'selected groups' allows you to highlight group headings (ie. within the group overview) and Microdot-II will only search within those groups. Searching within a 'message' rather than the index will search within the text of that message. This will take a long time, however. Help... if you select this option the online AmigaGuide help file will be launched. Hotkey: HELP About Microdot... this launches a GUI which gives information about the Microdot-II programmer, copyrights, version number etc. Hotkey: Amiga-? Iconify will put Microdot-II into an iconified state (ie. will reduce the GUI to an icon size). Hotkey: Amiga-I Quit exit from Microdot-II Hotkey: Amiga-Q
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3.32 The Edit Menu
Copy this will copy any selected text selected within the message read window. You can then paste it into your own message. Select all selects all the text within a message read window and copies it to the clipboard. Dselect all deselects all the selected text in the message read window. Select by pattern... allows you to select group headings or individual messages by patterns. ie. if you wanted to show messages with 'netconnect' within the subject, enter this within the pattern box and press search.
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3.33 The Groups Menu
Open group(s)... open the contents of the group into a window - the same as double clicking a group. Hotkey: RETURN Edit group(s) parameters... you can edit the parameters of a group - signature file, name of the group and, most importantly, the reply-to address used when replying to mail within this group.
You can set the topic for the mail folder (basically a longer version of the group name). Select a signature for the group - the signatures are created within the settings. Auto expire will automatically delete mails from your folder after a certain time period. ie. "auto expire after 30 days" will delete and mail/news that is over 30 days old. Information about filter option can be found here! Create new newsgroup... allows you to create a newsgroup "by hand" (ie. without using the group manager. If, however, your ISP does not support this newsgroup, you will not receive any news! Create new mail folder... you can create a new mail folder for storing incoming mail (other than in PRIV). These mailboxes can have filters assigned to them so that incoming mail is directed to the correct mailbox. Remove group(s)... remove a group from the group list. Hotkey: DEL Subscribe to group(s) you can subscribe to a newsgroup within the groups list. Say, for example, you had unsubscribed previously, you can subscribe at any time with this option. You can tell if a newsgroup has been subscribed as Microdot will insert an S in the next box after the newsgroup name. Unsubscribe from group(s) when you select a newsgroup(s) from the group manager you automatically subscribe to those groups. If, however, you decide you have had enough (maybe temporarily) you can unsubscribe with this option. A U will be placed in the box next to the newsgroup name. The next time you go to collect the latest news, unsubscribed newsgroups will be ignored. Group manager... stores all the newsgroups available from your ISP. This is where you select new groups for subscription.
Show Newsgroups's FAQ will launch Voyager and locate the FAQ for that particular newsgroup.
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3.34 The Message Menu
Read... when you are within a group you can read a message by pressing return or by selecting this option. Hotkey: RETURN Write new... create a new message with this option. Will launch a GUI where you can insert the message information Hotkey: n Move to folder... select some mail messages and choose this option and you will be presented with a GUI which allows you to move the messages to another folder Hotkey: m
Delete... allows two options. Firstly to delete a message or messages from a group. ie. highlight the messages you want to delete and then press the 'DEL' key or delete option from the menu. The second option is to delete groups. If you are in the group overview window (main window), you can choose to delete the contents of a group or the group itself. Hotkey: DEL
Archive - archive (or de-archive) email so that it doesn't expire. Edit... allows you to edit already written mail within the SPOOL drawer within Microdot-II.
Fold thread - when working within newsgroups (or mailing lists) you may come across large threads (a conversation normally about the same subect). You can fold a thread by clicking on the source of the thread and choosing this option. This will save a lot of space within your message list. Private reply... reply privately to a message. This option is mainly for mail messages but you can also reply privately to a news message (and the message will be sent to the author) Hotkey: r Public followup... this option is only for news messages. You can select a news message and then respond and your response will be sent to the newsgroup where everyone can read it Hotkey: f Forward... forward either a mail or a news message to another person. You can choose whether you want to edit this message before it is sent, or simply forward in an unaltered state. Hotkey: w
Add to addressbook enables you to highlight an email and add the senders address your addressbook (as well as the senders name where available). Note that if you are using the Contact Manager the email address/name will be added to this instead of the internal addressbook. Print... prints the current message. Download downloads full bodied news messages (ignoring whether you have 'download headers only' set within the general preferences. Next goes to the next message in your message list. Next new goes to the next new message you have received within your message list. Next unread goes to the next unread message in your message list (ie. this need not be a newly received message). Previous goes to the previous message in your message list. Previous new goes to the previous new message within your message list. Previous unread goes to the previous unread message in your message list.
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3.35 The PGP Menu
Extract PGP Key(s) will search the message for PGP keys and, if any are found, will add this to your public key ring. PGP Decrypt will decrypt a PGP encrypted message. Import/Obtain PGP Key enables you to import or load your PGP key. Forget Passphrase will forget your passphrase for this session.
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3.36 The Settings Menu
General settings... launches the settings GUI where you can then edit the general Microdot preferences (such as the GUI, colours etc). Hotkey: Amiga+P MIME settings launches the external MIME Prefs GUI. The MIME Prefs GUI allows you to setup the viewer that you use to play/show/extract MIME attachments when sent via email. Accounts... this is where you setup your multiple accounts. You can specify more than one user, and then insert personalised information per user. Message filters for this account... launches the Filter Prefs GUI which allows you to setup the various filters for the currently 'in use' account. Signatures for this account... edit the signatures for the current 'in use' account. Open Address book... opens the internal address book where you can store people's names and email addresses. Hotkey: Amiga+A Open Contact Manager - if you are using NetConnect v2 or you have the Contact Manager installed on your system, this option will be un-ghosted and you will be able to launch the Contact Manager. Use Contact Manager? , if selected, allows you to use the Contact Manager rather than the internal Microdot addressbook. This Contact Manager stores all your email addresses and other information rather than the internal addressbook. Also if you choose 'add to addressbook' from Microdot's Message menu, the email address and name will be added to the Contact Manager rather than the internal addressbook. Single window? this is mainly for users with small screen resolutions. You can use all of Microdot's windows within the main GUI - if you select this, you will see (quite quickly) the difference. Single folder list window only? allows you to show only one folder list. Single message window only? allows you to show your messages within the same window as the message list window, rather than a seperate window. Reader sub-menu options as stated below... MUI... launches MUI settings for Microdot-II
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The Settings Reader Sub-Menu
Show all headers this will show all the message headers available - ok if you have a large screen. Hotkey: Amiga+1 Show significant headers shows a limited number of headers Hotkey: Amiga+2 Show no headers shows no headers when you read a message Hotkey: Amiga+3 Use fixed font use the fixed font when reading messages Hotkey: Amiga+4 Use proportional font use the proportional font when reading messages Hotkey: Amiga+5 Wordwrap wordwrap the lines within messages so they fit within the message read GUI Hotkey: Amiga+6
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