E-Mail

When mail is waiting the mailbox icon shows a letter sticking out of it. No letter means there are no files in your mailbox. Mail remains in your mailbox until you drag it to the Trash icon to remove it, or select it and use the delete command from the file menu.

Your mailbox can contain both messages and attached files. You can read the messages by opening their icons.

When a file is in your mailbox drag its icon to your disk. This begins the transfer of the file to your Macintosh. After the file transfer is complete, you can open the file with the application used to create it. Other files may appear as attachments to a message. These files you can receive from the message form window.

You can use TeleFinderÕs electronic mail to exchange messages and files between users of the bulletin board system, and through gateways to other mail systems via the Internet. TeleFinder provides you with a mail form to compose and send messages.

TeleFinder/User also includes a Mail Outbox that you can use to prepare mail off-line. You can send messages from the Mail Outbox at a chosen time, during a connection, or immediately.

Sending Mail

You can use the mail form to compose messages up to 32K in size. You can also attach files of any size to the message. The mail form uses standard Macintosh editing commands. You can import text into a mail form from existing documents. You can also use TeleFinderÕs text editor to compose a message using parts of other text documents.

Within the BBS TeleFinder uses your logon name as your e-mail address. Through Mail Gateways TeleFinder uses ÒDomainÓ addressing in the format Òuser_name@www.headgap.comÓ Addresses are not case sensitive. 

You can address a message using any one of the following three methods:
Use the address TeleFinder provides by replying to a message.
  ¥ Open mail another user sent to you.
  ¥ Click in the messagesÕ ÒReplyÓ button, or select the ÒReply to MailÓ command from the mail        
     menu. TeleFinder will open a properly addressed mail form.Composing Messages

The mail form uses standard Macintosh text editing commands. You can create messages using styled text by selecting commands from the Fonts and Styles menus.

Addressing Messages

Method 1 - Select an Address from the Address Book
    ¥ Select the ÒNew Mail FormÓ command from the mail menu. TeleFinder will 
       open a mail form that contains your logon name in the ÒFromÓ text box.
    ¥ Click in the ÒToÓ button at the top of the window. TeleFinder will open a dialog 
       containing a  list of all the names in your address book.
    ¥ Select a name from the list.
    ¥ Click in the ÒOKÓ button to address the message.

Method 2 - Type a name into the ÒToÓ text box.
  ¥ Type or paste the userÕs name in the ÒToÓ text box.

After addressing the e-mail, compose your message. Then click in the Mail button to send the message.

Method 3 - Use Locate a User to learn the correct names of other users of the BBS.
  ¥ Select the ÒLocate a UserÓ command from the Mail menu. This opens the Locate 
					 dialog.
  ¥ The enter a part of the userÕs name in the dialogÕs text box. Leave it blank for a list  
     of all the BBS users.
  ¥ Click in the OK button to begin the search. TeleFinder will display a User List 
      containing all of the matching names.

Using Locate a User

 ¥ Separate each name and/or address by using a comma.

Note that you can freely mix the addresses of users reached via gateways and local BBS user names.

File attachments are a convenient way to send files to other people. You can attach multiple files to your messages. When you Mail the message TeleFinder sends the files to the BBS where they will be processed and distributed.

Files that will be routed through an Internet or Server to Server gateway will be converted to an Internet format before they are transmitted. As a user this process is transparent and automatic, the TeleFinder Server does all the necessary processing and encoding.

The reverse is true when receiving files from a person through a gateway. In this case the TeleFinder Server will convert the attached files from the Internet format back into a usable Macintosh or DOS file.Addressing to Multiple Users

File Attachments

Attaching Files to a Message

  ¥ Click in the ÒAttachÓ button on the Mail form. TeleFinder will open the ÒOpenÓ dialog.
  ¥ Use the ÒOpenÓ dialog to locate and select the file you wish to attach to the message.
  ¥ Click in the ÒOpenÓ button. TeleFinder will add the file to the attachments list.

Removing Attachments

To remove a file from the attachments list 
  ¥ Select itÕs name in the list by clicking on it. 
  ¥ Hit the ÒdeleteÓ key or select the ÒClearÓ command from the Edit Menu.

When another person sends you mail that includes attached files TeleFinder will display the file names in the attachments list.

Receiving a File Attachment

Select the fileÕs name from the list, then click in the ÒReceiveÓ button to begin transferring the file to your hard disk.

TeleFinder will put a copy of the file into the default receive folder. You can set this using the ÒSet Receive PathÓ command from the File menu.