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By using the `Open Apple`+`R` command to retrieve messages and the `Open Apple`-`S` command to transmit messages to the server, it is possible to retreive, review, respond, compose and transmit messages all without leaving the `EMAIL.SYSTEM` environment.
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#### Plain Text View `T)op`
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<p align="center"><img src="img/raw-text.png" alt="Email Pager" height="400px"></p>
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#### Headers View `H)drs`
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<p align="center"><img src="img/headers-view.png" alt="Email Pager" height="400px"></p>
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#### MIME View `M)IME`
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<p align="center"><img src="img/mime-view.png" alt="Email Pager" height="400px">
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</p>
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### Mail Pager
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Pressing space or return will open the currently-selected message in the mail pager. The mail pager provides a comfortable interface for reading email, allowing rapid forwards and backwards paging through the email body. This is done by saving the formatted email text to a `SCROLLBACK` file in the email root directory.
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Long lines are word-wrapped at 80 columns in all three views.
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#### Plain Text View `T)op`
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Here the selected message is shown in plain text. This is the default view mode, when selecting a message from the email summary with `RET`. In this particular case, we can see that the email is encoded in *Quoted-Printable* format (the `=` signs at the end of each line are a give away).
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<p align="center"><img src="img/email-plain-1.png" alt="Page 1 Plain Text" height="400px"></p>
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Here is the next page of plain text. The *Quoted-Printable* formatting is even more obvious now:
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<p align="center"><img src="img/email-plain-2.png" alt="Page 2 Plain Text" height="400px"></p>
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#### MIME View `M)IME`
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Hitting the `M` key switches to MIME mode which will decode the *Quoted-Printable* text. If there are MIME attachements, MIME mode will offer to decode them and save them to file.
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<p align="center"><img src="img/email-mime-1.png" alt="Page 1 MIME" height="400px"></p>
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Here is the second page, decoded:
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<p align="center"><img src="img/email-mime-2.png" alt="Page 2 MIME" height="400px"></p>
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#### Headers View `H)drs`
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The third view mode is 'headers' mode which shows all email header fields. Hitting the `H` key shows the headers for this message:
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<p align="center"><img src="img/email-headers.png" alt="Email Headers" height="400px"></p>
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### MIME Support
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<p align="center"><img src="img/attachment.png" alt="Downloading Attachment" height="400px"></p>
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### Configuration File
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...
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The news configuration file is called `NEWS.CFG`. It is a straightforward ProDOS text file, with one parameter per line. You may edit this file using the provided editor, `EDIT.SYSTEM` (or any other ProDOS text editor). When editing the file be careful not to add or delete any lines - this file has no grammar and the lines *must* appear in the expected order.
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To edit the file using `EDIT.SYSTEM`:
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- Run `EDIT.SYSTEM` using Bitsy Bye or your usual ProDOS launcher.
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- Press Open Apple-O to open a file, then enter `NEWS.CFG` at the prompt, followed by return.
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- Editing is fairly intuitive. Use the arrow keys to move around and type to insert text. Open Apple-Delete deletes to the right.
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- When you are satisfied, save the file using Open Apple-S.
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- Quit the editor using Open Apple-Q.
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All three of the programs that handle news: `EMAIL.SYSTEM`, `NNTP65.SYSTEM` and `NNTP65UP.SYSTEM` share this configuration file.
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Here is an example config file (with passwords replaced with `****` for obvious reasons):
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```
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144.76.35.198:119
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Bobbi
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****
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/H1/IP65
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/DATA/EMAIL
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bobbi.8bit@gmail.com
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```
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The lines are as follows, in order:
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1) IP address of the NNTP server, optionally followed by a colon and then the TCP port number. If the colon and port number are omitted, port 119 is the default.
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2) Username to use when connecting to NNTP.
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3) Password to use when connecting to NNTP.
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4) ProDOS path of the directory where the email executables are installed.
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5) ProDOS path to the root of the email folder tree. Mailboxes will be created and managed under this root path.
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6) Your email address. Used as the sender's address in outgoing messages.
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### Creating Directories
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img/email-headers.png
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img/email-mime-1.png
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img/email-mime-2.png
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img/email-plain-1.png
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img/email-plain-2.png
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