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Fnordadel Enter Commands
To send information from you to the BBS -- be it a message, a file,
configuration options or whatever -- you use one of the .E(nter) commands.
The most common thing you will enter is a message. To enter a message in a
room, you can use the single-key [E]nter command, or the .E(nter) M(essage)
command. Since they both do the same thing, the long form of the command is
rarely used for normal messages. However, there are many options available
with .E(nter) that make it useful in other ways.
NOTE: The maximum length of a message is about 10,000 characters. Watch
out when entering lengthy network messages, since some versions of Citadel
allow only 7500 characters for messages.
The general format for message- and file-related extended enter commands is:
.E(nter) [<protocol>] <command>
where <protocol> is optional, and can be one of:
X(modem) -- the standard, 128-byte packet protocol
Y(modem) -- Xmodem with 1024-byte packets
W(xmodem) -- Windowed Xmodem (may not be available)
V(anilla) -- a pseudo-ASCII transfer terminated by 2 CAN (CTRL-X) chars
and <command> is one of:
M(essage) -- to enter a normal message
N(et-message) -- to enter a networked message (see .H(elp) NET)
L(ocal-message) -- (useful in Autonet rooms, see .H(elp) NET)
F(ile) -- to upload a file (see .H(elp) FILES)
Using a <protocol> option with the three message commands allows you to
compose messages on your own system and then upload them to the BBS, into the
message editor, for final minor corrections.
With the .E(nter) F(ile) command, if you don't specify a transfer protocol,
the system will use the value defined in your user configuration. To see the
value or change it, use the .E(nter) C(onfiguration) command. See
.H(elp) CONFIG.
There are also some other enter commands:
.E(nter) H(eld-message) -- continue msg you've Held (see .H(elp) HELD)
.E(nter) C(onfiguration) -- change user config options (see .H(elp) CONFIG)
.E(nter) O(ption) OPT -- directly set any .EC option
.E(nter) P(assword) -- change your password
.E(nter) R(oom) -- create your own room (may not be available)
Use ".E(nter) [?]" to get a menu of all available .E(nter) options.
%%SEE ALSO:
%CONFIG Explanation of user config options
%FILES Information on file transfers
%HELD How held messages work
%NET Entering networked messages
%READ The Read command
%TOPICS Main help topics list