HOW TO USE PC MAIL
                            ******************

1.  MAKE A BACKUP of this disk!

2.  Read this document and any others in the DOCS directory on your PCMAIL:
    disk.

3.  Modify  your  PROFILE  file--in  the PCMAIL:usr/lib/uucp directory--to
    reflect the SPEED of your modem (the second line from the bottom of the
    file).

4.  Modify  your  SYSTEMS  file-in  the  PCMAIL:usr/lib/uucp directory--to
    reflect  your  modem  speed at the dialing exchange your system will be
    calling from:
			      ATTD - for TONE dialing
		           ATTP - for PULSE dialing

    You should be sure that the entire file is on ONE line.

5.   Change your Serial preferences on your main SYS:  disk (by loading the
     Preferences program) to reflect the following:

				Read Bits   - 8
				Write Bits  - 8
				Stop Bits   - 1
				Parity      - NONE
				Handshaking - NONE


PC  Mail  uses  a  different method for reading, composing, and dispatching
mail  from what you are probably used to with other bulletin board systems.
With  PC  Mail,  you  compose  your  mail  locally  on your own PC and then
transmit the message to your concentrator site at full transmission speeds.
When  your mail has been sent, the concentrator site will then send you any
messages  you  have waiting and any news from the boards you have signed up
for.   The concentrator site then signs off, and you can view your mail and
news using your favourite text editor at your leisure.

PC  Mail  itself  consists  of  two programs, "uu" and "mail".  Use "uu" to
communicate with the remote concentrator site--that is, to send and receive
mail, messages, or news; use "mail" to prepare your own messages or news to
be sent to the concentrator site by "uu".


                                    UU
                                    **

"uu" is the program that dials VNET (or van-bc, as it is called), connects,
and sends and receives your mail and your subscribed News Groups messages.

Check that your modem is on line, ready to send; also make sure that the PC
Mail  disk  is  the  current directory by typing "CD PCMail:".  Now use the
"uu" program to send and receive mail, messages, or news by typing:

				uu -svan-bc

Note  that  there  is no space between the "-s" and the remote concentrator
site, in this case "van-bc", to which you are sending your message.

The  "uu"  program  will  automatically  dial,  connect  to, and sign in to
"van-bc"  using  your  PC's address and your password.  "uu" will then send
your mail (if you have any to send) and will prepare to receive any news or
mail  waiting  for you.  When all mail has been transferred, "uu" will hang
up.


                                   MAIL
                                   ****

You need to know the following information:

		- the name of the remote concentrator site.  Stuart's board is
		  "van-bc".

		- the "Domain" or address of the person to whom you are sending
		  the message.

Let's  say,  for  illustration purposes, that you want to send a message to
Stuart  asking  him  for  access to the Amiga news board, "comp.sys.amiga".
Stuart's address is "sl@van-bc".

First, use your favourite text editor to compose your mail.  Next, save it.
Let's  say that the name of the saved mail file is "ram:mymail".  Now, make
the PC Mail disk the root directory by typing "CD PCMail:".  To prepare
your mail to be sent to "van-bc" by "uu", type:

	Mail <ram:mymail -s "Request for access to comp.sys.amiga" sl@van-bc

	- the  subject  of your message is introduced by "-s"

	- the subject title, in this case "Request for access to
	  comp.sys.amiga", must be enclosed in quotation marks.

	- the address, in this case "sl@van-bc", follows the subject.

After  you  type  the  above command, the "mail" program will now copy your
message to a spool directory on your PC Mail disk, ready to transmit to the
concentrator site, and at the same time, will save a copy of your letter in
your own personal mailbox in a file called "mail.sent".


                         WHO CAN YOU SEND MAIL TO?
                         *************************

Other registered VNET users are:

				dave@daami.vnet
				jlydiatt@jlami.vnet
				steve@slrami.vnet
				lphillips@lpami.vnet
				bhenning@bhami.vnet
				joel@jmami.vnet

You will automatically be subscribed to the group vnet.info.  As the number
of  registered  users  increases,  there  will  be welcome messages in this
group.


                   SENDING MAIL TO MORE THAN ONE ADDRESS
                   *************************************

To  send  a  mail  message  to more than one UseNet address, simply add the
additional address or addresses to the outgoing mail.  For example:

	mail <ram:mymail -s "Hi Guys!" dave@daami.vnet jlydiatt@jlami.vnet


                               VIEWING MAIL
                               ************

By typing "mail" by itself at the PCMAIL:  level, you will get a listing of
the mail (if any) in your box.  Type a question mark at the numbered prompt
for more information about using "mail".

If there is any mail in your mailbox, this is what you should see:

-----------------------------
Opening profile
New filename RAM:T/mailbox
New filename RAM:T/mailbag
New filename :Mailbox/name          <---where "name" is your name.

 0   11 Aug         Dave Allen              Testing         (   0)

0?
-----------------------------

The "0?" is the numbered prompt referred to earlier, and at this point, you
can  type  a question mark,"?", to view your options.  Please note that not
all options are implemented at this time.


                         WHERE DO YOU FIND THINGS?
                         *************************

Here's  where  to  find  any  news  or messages you have received from the
concentrator site:

News:  is located in the directory "PCMail:RNews".  You will find that the
news comes packaged in bundles of 100,000 characters or less, and there may
therefore  be more than one bundle waiting for you.  There bundles all have
four  digit  numbers  as  file  names.  Use your favourite editor to browse
through the files.

Mail:   can  be read using the same mail program you used to send out your
messages.   Simply  type  "mail"  with no other parameters, and you will be
presented  with a menu showing an itemized list of messages you can view or
with  a  message  telling  you that you have no mail.  "mail" will tell you
what your options are if you type a question mark at the numbered prompt.


                       SOME HINTS FOR EFFICIENT USE
                       ****************************

Conserve  disk  space.   News  will come in pretty regularly, and you will
find that if you do not delete the files as you read them, you will quickly
fill  up  the disk.  I like to save the files on a separate disk and delete
the news bundles as soon as they come in.

PC  Mail  also  keeps a log of your activity which can grow significantly.
You should also delete this file, called "logfile", occasionally so it does
not   get   too   out   of   hand.   You  can  find  it  in  the  directory
"PCMail:usr/spool/uucp".

PC  Mail  also  keeps  a  copy  of  ALL messages you have sent in the file
"PCMail:Mailbox/mail.sent".   You should also delete this file occasionally
to conserve disk space.

                                   NOTE
                                   ****

The complete software is not yet implemented as it is still in the
development stage for the Amiga.  Any suggestions or changes to the current
version should be sent to jlydiatt@jlami.vnet for distribution.

Please forward suggestions for this file to dave@daami.vnet.

Thank you.