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^^ASD COMPUTING GROUP\\
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^^NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT\\
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^^A MAILING FACILITY: MAIL\\
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^^JULY 7, 1977\\
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^^A MAILING FACILITY: MAIL\\
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^THE ^^ASD\\ ^COMPUTING ^GROUP IS PLEASED
TO ANNOUNCE THE ADDITION OF A LOCALLY WRITTEN AND
SUPPORTED TASK WHICH ENABLES THE SENDING
AND RECEIVING OF MESSAGES BETWEEN USERS. ^THE FOLLOWING
IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE TASK'S USAGE, AND OF ITS
CAPABILITIES.
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^SENDING ^MAIL TO ^ANOTHER ^USER
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^THE ^^MAIL \\PROGRAM IS INVOKED BY TYPING 
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AT THE TERMINAL:
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^^MAIL NAME\\
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OR
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^^MAIL\\
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^IN THE FIRST CASE, ^^NAME\\ IS THE 
ACCOUNT NAME OF THE USER TO WHOM THE MAIL IS TO BE SENT,
OR HIS ^USER ^IDENTIFICATION ^CODE (^U^I^C) IN ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING FORMATS:
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[000,000]
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[000/000]
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000,000
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000/000
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^IF NO ^^NAME\\ IS GIVEN, AS IN THE SECOND
CASE, THEN THE PROGRAM RESPONDS WITH:
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^^TO WHO? \\
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TO WHICH THE USER SHOULD ENTER A ^^NAME\\.
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^AFTER THE ACCOUNT NAME OR THE ^^UIC\\ HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS EXISTING IN THE SYSTEM, THE PROGRAM WILL THEN
PROMPT FOR THE MESSAGE WHICH IS TO BE DELIVERED.
^THIS INPUT CAN BE TERMINATED BY TYPING
AN END-OF-FILE (^^CTRL/Z\\).
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^^ACCESSING ONE'S MAIL\\
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^WHENEVER A USER LOGS ONTO THE SYSTEM, AND THAT USER 
HAS HAD MAIL SENT TO HIM, THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS ISSUED
TO THE TERMINAL:
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^^>>>>>>YOU HAVE MAIL<<<<<<\\
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^THE USER CAN THEN READ HIS MAIL (ON THE TERMINAL)
BY INVOKING THE ^^MAIL\\ PROGRAM AS HE WOULD TO SEND
MAIL, BUT USING THE TWO LETTERS "^M^E" INSTEAD
OF AN ACCOUNT NAME OR ^^UIC.\\
^THE MAIL
WILL THEN BE LISTED ON THE TERMINAL. ^THE PROGRAM
WILL THEN  ASK WHETHER THE MAIL FILE IS TO BE SAVED.
^IF THE USER REPLIES 
"^N" (NO) THEN THE MAIL FILE IS DELETED. ^IF THE 
USER ANSWERS "^Y" (YES) THEN THE FILE
IS ENTERED INTO THE USER'S DIRECTORY (UNDER ^^DM1:\\),
AND THE FILE NAME IS PRINTED AT THE
TERMINAL.
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^^COMMENTS:\\
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1. ^THE MAIL SENT BETWEEN USERS IS WELL PROTECTED.
^ONLY THE PERSON TO WHOM THE MAIL HAS BEEN
SENT (OR USERS OF THE SAME GROUP)
CAN READ OR DELETE THE MAIL FILES.
^IN FACT, ONCE ONE USER HAS SENT MAIL TO
ANOTHER, THERE IS NO WAY HE CAN RE-ACCESS THAT
MAIL. (^JUST LIKE THE POST OFFICE).
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2. ^BECAUSE IT IS QUITE OFTEN EASIER TO REMEMBER THE ACCOUNT NAME
THAN THE ^^UIC\\, THE ^^ASD\\ ^COMPUTING ^GROUP 
URGES ALL USERS TO DEFINE AND USE
MEANINGFUL ACCOUNT NAMES. ^IF A 
USER DOES NOT KNOW HIS ACCOUNT NAME, 
OR WISHES TO CHANGE HIS ACCOUNT NAME TO SOMETHING
MORE MEANINGFUL, BUT DOES NOT KNOW HOW, HE CAN MAIL
A MESSAGE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE ^COMPUTING ^GROUP
BY ISSUING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
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^^MAIL MARK
MAIL BILL
MAIL MIKE
MAIL GORD\\
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^A LIST OF ALL THE ACCOUNT NAMES, AND WHO THE
USERS ARE FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS IS ALSO
AVAILABLE FROM THE ^COMPUTING ^GROUP.
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3. ^WHEN READING ONE'S OWN MAIL, THE FIRST LINE
INDICATES THE DATE AND TIME THE MAIL WAS SENT, THE
^^UIC\\ OF THE USER WHO SENT THE MAIL, AND THE 
ACCOUNT NAME OF THE USER WHO SENT THE MAIL.
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4. ^SINCE ACCESSING ONE'S OWN MAIL IS DONE BY
USING "^M^E" RATHER THAN AN ACCOUNT NAME, IT IS
POSSIBLE FOR A USER TO SEND MAIL TO HIMSELF
BY USING HIS OWN ACCOUNT NAME. ^IN THIS WAY, 
A USER CAN LEAVE NOTES FOR HIMSELF.
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