Subject: Re: Select (?)

From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:07:24 +0000

On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, J. Melusky wrote:

:>> I'd like to select a group of messages for a common action (e.g. Save, Delete
:>> etc) then, once selected, apply the common action. My help screen seems to
:>> imply that the ";" can be used for Select and A for action. This can't be
:>> right because Pine tells me that ";" is not allowed on the screen that
:>> shows the folder contents.
:>> Any ideas? Thanks.
:>>
:>What do you see at the top of the screen where you are trying the ";"?
:>I see "FOLDER INDEX" and the ";" & "A" commands work fine for me. I just
:>now tried it in inbox index and a usenet index folder. Jon

You need to emable the allow-aggregate-commands optin via the ssetup
configuration screen.

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