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Chapter 5 - Using the VINES Messages Application with a Windows 3.1 Client

Viewing and Sending Network Messages

Reading Messages

Print a document.
Receive electronic mail or a network message from another user.
Receive a network message generated by the network, such as a VINES server going off-line.

Figure 5-1 VINES Message Screen

Click the OK button.
Press CTRL-X.

Starting VINES Messages

Double-click on the VINES Messages icon.
From either the File Manager window or the Program Manager window, choose the Run command. The Run dialog box appears.

Figure 5-2 Run Screen

Managing Your Messages

View your message log.
Set notification options.
Delete messages.

Viewing Your Message Log

Setting Options

Figure 5-3 Message Popup Options Screen

Table 5-1. Pop-up Options

Note: The SETMSGS statement in your user profile determines how you are notified of messages. Any changes you make through the Message Popup Options dialog box are valid for your current login session only.

Deleting Messages

1. Select a message or group of messages. To select:

- One message, click on the message to select it

- Multiple messages, click on one message, then shift-click on additional messages

2. Choose the Delete command from the Edit menu or press DELETE.

1. The Select All command from the Edit menu

2. The Delete command from the Edit menu or press DELETE

Sending Messages

Using the Send Dialog Box

Figure 5-4 Send Screen

A text box labeled "To:" for the recipient
A text box labeled "Message:" for the message itself
A row of command buttons

Table 5-2. Send Dialog Box Command Buttons

Addressing a Message

StreetTalk name of a user or a list. Remember to include the:

- Group name if the recipient is in your organization, but not in your group

- Complete StreetTalk name if the recipient is not in your organization

StreetTalk nickname. Remember to include the group and organization names, if necessary.
StreetTalk pattern, such as *@Sales@WCTUS. The wildcard asterisk (*) stands for "all," so the message is sent to everyone in the Sales group at the organization WCTUS.

Composing a Message

Sending a Message

Click Send.
Press ALT-S.

Browsing for Recipients

Scroll through the STDA database of names.
Enter the first few characters of a name to locate a name in the database.
Use the Subset command to search for names based on patterns.

Figure 5-5 Browse Recipients Screen

Using the Browse Recipients Dialog Box

A Class drop-down list box that contains the STDA classes: Users, Nicknames, and Lists.
A search text area for entering characters to search for StreetTalk names.
A list area in the Browse Recipients dialog box that displays the STDA database of names. By default, the list of user names appears when you first open the dialog box.

Table 5-3. Browse Recipients Command Buttons

Searching for Names

1. Press TAB. The first StreetTalk name from the list appears in the Name(s) text box.

2. To move through the list, either:

- Use the scroll bar, arrow keys, or paging keys.

- Type the first letters of the StreetTalk name. The letters appear above the STDA List window and the first available match appears at the top of the list.

Typing the first letters of the StreetTalk name is the quickest way to locate user names, nicknames, or lists.

3. To choose the StreetTalk name, either:

- Double-click the name

- Select the name and click OK.

Using the Subsets Command

1. Click Subsets from the Browse Recipients dialog box. The StreetTalk Directory Assistance dialog box appears.

Figure 5-6 StreetTalk Directory Assistance Screen

You can enter StreetTalk patterns in either the:

- Name Pattern text box, such as *@Sales@WCTUS. The default pattern is *@*@*.

- Description Pattern text box. The default pattern is *.

2. Enter your pattern(s) and click OK. The names that match your pattern(s) appear in the STDA List area of the Browse Recipients dialog box.

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