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Editing before you send mail.

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Just got a piece of mail with  ' [O ' in it.  This normaly happens when you
are sending mail and make an error, and then try to correct it with the Editing
keys. The mail editor just doesn't understand those little arrow keys or the
keypad ones either.  But there are a couple of ways to beat them little guys
and have full editing capabilities while writing them long 'Boscole-ish' works
of art.


1. You want to keep a copy for later use and/or modification:

    step a)	Create the file and "EDIT" it with your favorite editor.
    step b)	Enter  "MAIL" and type S or SEND leave a space and then
    		type the name of your file. Ex: SEND FROBOSH.MAC

    	This will send the file to all those you select on the 'TO:' line.


2. You just want to use the 'EDT' editor and don't care about keeping a copy:

    step a)	Enter "MAIL" and type S or SEND followed immediately by /edit.
    		Ex: SEND/EDIT

    step b)	Mail will place you in the EDT editor and allow you to edit
    		to your hearts content. When you finish, simply do a normal
    		exit from EDT.

3. You want to use the 'EDT' editor and don't care about keeping a copy, but
    you would like to send something you have already created (some code or
    a copy of some file) and add a message to it or even modify it before you
    mail it.

    step a)	Enter "MAIL" and type S or SEND followed immediately by /edit
    		and then a space and the name of the file you want to include.
    		Ex: SEND/EDIT FROBAHS.LST

    step b)	Mail will place you in the EDT editor and allow you to edit
    		to your hearts content. When you finish, simply do a normal
    		exit from EDT.

Good luck and have fun.
REZ/rez
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Mar 26, 1984