Subject: questions

From: "Jose R. Rapadas III" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 10:52:38 -0400 (EDT)

Good Day!

I would like to know the answers to the following questions:

1. Is it possible to merge two mails and send it as one mail? How?
2. Is there a way of saving the "talk" text? How?

Thanks.

Joey

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 09:10:04 +0100 (BST)

> 1. Is it possible to merge two mails and send it as one mail? How?

Yes, although quite how depends on what you're actually asking...

If you are wanting to "reply to" two or more messages, including the text
of them all in your reply then do this...

0.  From Pine's Main Menu go to the Setup Configuration screen and make
sure that the "enable-aggregate-command-set" option is selected.  Exit
from this screen, saving any changes.  This enables the Select, Apply and
Zoom commands which work in the Folder Index screen.

1.  Go to the Index screen of the folder containing the messages you want
to reply to.

2.  Pick the messages you want to merge into one reply by giving the
Select (;) command.  Check the command menu at the bottom of the screen
for selection options; also read its context-sensitive help.  If you
already have some messages selected you can add to or narrow your
selection by giving further Select (;) commands.

3.  Once you have the relevant messages selected use the Apply (A) command
to apply a Reply (R) to the entire selection.  This will let you include
the text of tall the selected messages in your reply.

HOWEVER, if what you wanted to know was how to merge two or more message
texts stored in files into a message then do this:

1.  Start composing a message.

2.  Put the cursor in the Message Text area where you want to include the
contents of one of your files.

3.  Give the Read File (^R) command and select the file whose content you
want to include.

4.  Repeat 2-3 as necessary.

> 2. Is there a way of saving the "talk" text? How?

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you're asking here.  What do you
mean by "talk" text?  (If you are referring to the UNIX "talk" facility
for intereactive chat then I'm confused: Pine is a mail program, not a
"talk" program.  It does not let you "talk" to others; at best it can be
configured to allow talk connection requests to breakthrough to your
screen so that you know someone is trying to talk to you.  You then quit
or suspend Pine and use a talk program to reply.)

Cheers,

-- 
Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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