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 Help: (Y)our Mail Scan                                                     


      This command permits you to scan for mail addressed to you to determine
      if you have sent or received messages.

   Subcommands

      +               Scan forward.  When added to a message number (e.g.,
                      300+), PCBoard scans from that message forward.

      -               Scan reverse.  When added to a message number (e.g.,
                      300-), PCBoard scans from that message backward.

      A               Scan all selected conferences.  PCBoard scans all
                      selected conferences for messages from or to you.

      ALL             Scan all conferences.  PCBoard scans all conferences
                      for messages from or to you.

      C               Scan current conference.  Only the current message base
                      is scanned for messages.

      L               Scan in long report mode.  This option shows messages
                      in long list mode.  The message bases are scanned and
                      the corresponding number of each message found is
                      displayed.

      NS              Display in nonstop mode.  Screen displays are placed in
                      nonstop mode (without more? prompts).

      Q               Scan in quick report mode.  Messages are shown in quick
                      list mode.  The message bases are scanned, but only the
                      number of messages and the number of messages to you
                      are displayed and not what those message numbers are.

      S               Scan unread mail.  The message base is scanned from the
                      last message read.  Only messages after this point are
                      displayed.

   Description

      This command allows you to display the number of messages that are
      addressed to or from you.  You can use the subcommands to help select
      the conferences that will be scanned and if you want to start from the
      beginning of the message base or only messages you have not read. The
      report format you choose determines if PCBoard only counts the number
      of messages or if it will actually show the message numbers.

   The Difference Between Short And Long Reports

      The Y command can report in short or long form.  When you select short
      form, your display will resemble the following:

                               Messages  Messages
          Num    Conference     To You    Found
          ------ ------------- --------- ---------
              0  Main Board            0         6
              1  Hardware              0        14
              6  Software              0         5
              9  Chit_Chat             2         6

      This display tells you that there are a total of 25 messages that you
      have not read yet in the Main Board, Hardware and Software conferences.
      In the Chit_Chat conference, there are 6 new messages, 2 of which are
      addressed to you.

      In long form, the same scan would look like the following:

          Scanning Main Board
            Msgs For You: None
           Msgs From You: None
            # Msgs Found: 6

          Scanning Hardware (1) Conference
            Msgs For You: None
           Msgs From You: None
            # Msgs Found: 14

          Scanning Software (6) Conference
            Msgs For You: None
           Msgs From You: None
            # Msgs Found: 5

          Scanning Chit_Chat (9) Conference
            Msgs For You: 10472  10475
           Msgs From You: 10474+
            # Msgs Found: 6

      As you can see, the long mode displays not only messages to you, but
      also from you.  In addition, it lists the message numbers and to the
      right of each message number it displays the message status code if
      appropriate.  For a list of message status codes, see the Q user
      command.

      The default scan mode is determined by the Default to (Q)uick on
      Personal Mail Scan setting in PCBSetup | Configuration Options |
      Messages.  If you answer Y to this question then PCBoard will default
      to quick display mode. Otherwise, long display mode will be the
      default.

   Example

      If you want to count the new mail in the conferences that you have
      selected for scanning, enter the following command:

          Y;Q;S;A

