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                               Entering Messages

     The  process  of  entering  a  message  deserves  some description,
     because there  are a  number of  steps that  may be  a bit  hard to
     figure out directly.

     You start a message by using one the following commands:

     Key Command keyword Description

     Ins    READnewmsg          Start a blank new message.
     Alt-Q  READquotemsg        Quote-reply the current msg.
     Alt-G  READcommentmsg      Quote-reply the current msg to TO person.
     Alt-N  READmovequotemsg    Quote-reply in another area.
     Alt-B  READmovecommentmsg  Quote-reply in another area to TO person.
     Alt-R  READreplymsg        Reply to current msg, but don't quote.

     The first thing that happens is that the header display comes to
     life,  and  allows  you  to  change  the  names  and  addresses  of
     destination and origination. In netmail areas, the userlist  lookup
     feature  is  in  effect  for  the  destination name field. You move
     around in the header with the arrowkeys. Pressing <Tab> or  <Enter>
     moves to the next field.  Pressing <Enter> in the subject  field or
     <Ctrl-Enter>  anywhere,  ends  the  header  editing. Pressing <Esc>
     drops  the  message.  While  editing  the  header,  you can use the
     Alt-keys to toggle message attributes.

     After the header editing is  done, a menu appears, allowing  you to
     change the message attributes, origin, template, start the internal
     or external editor or quit it.

     When you select to start the editor, the template is processed  and
     prepared for use.

     Safely back from  the editor, you  are presented with  a menu where
     you can  select to  save the  message, drop  the message,  continue
     editing, view the message, change origin or ROT13 crypt it.