You can send and receive both personal mail and bulletins with DXSpider +quite easily. +
+
To list mail you would use the DIRECTORY command. On its +own, this command will output the last ten messages received by the +node, either to or from yourself or bulletins such as "DX" and "ALL". +As with other commands you can display more by specifying a number +with the command. You should be aware that Spider will accept +these commands by separating with either a slash or a space, so +dir new and dir/new work in the same way. +
Example: +
+
+
+directory
+directory/20
+directory 20
+
+Of course most of the time you will only want to list new mail sent +to you personally since your last login. However you might also like +to check for general mail received by the node. In fact if there is +new mail for you, the cluster will tell you when you login. You will +also be informed if new mail arrives for you during the time you are +logged in. +Mail is not only sent to callsigns though. Mail can also be sent to +subjects like "all" or "local" or "dx" etc. You can treat these +bulletins in the same way as personal mail with the directory +command. +
Examples: +
+
+
+directory/new
+directory/own
+directory/own/10
+directory/all
+directory/from <call>
+
+The last option will only show mail from a callsign if it was sent to +you personally or was sent as a bulletin. There are some additional +commands and these can be found in the DXSpider Command Reference section. +
+
The output of the DIRECTORY command could be something like +this. +
+
+dir + 20735 2 ALL GW7SMV 21-Feb 1204Z REC 9E1S QSL TDY 50Mhz.... + 20823 308 UK G0HDB 22-Feb 2334Z Help - which district code? + 20824 105 ALL W9AE 23-Feb 0349Z S0NY QSL address? + 20825 2 UK G0LRJ 23-Feb 0806Z QSL REC LZ2CJ/1.CARD NO-750. + 20858 2 ALL GW7SMV 24-Feb 0905Z REC S92DX QSL CARD TDY 50Mhz + 20921 200 ALL GM4FDM 27-Feb 2203Z Trip to VP8 + 20949 375 ALL K0MN 27-Feb 0428Z ST0P cards are gd @ ARRL + 20950 2 UK G0LRJ 28-Feb 0835Z QSL REC SV9/IZ0CKJ/P EU-187. + 20987 569 ALL GD0TEP 1-Mar 1733Z Portable contests + 21076 2 ALL G4AFJ 3-Mar 1743Z kh6nd/kh5 qsl received + 21184-p 599 GW4HAT G0VGS 4-Mar 1518Z Re: Time ++
The first column is the actual message number. If the message is a +personal one to you, you will see a letter 'p' after this number. If +the message has been read, there will be a '-' between the message +number and the 'p'. This only works for personal messages. The next +column shows the file size of the message. The third column shows the +address the message was sent to and the next column shows who sent it. +The rest is fairly self-explanatory. +
Reading a message is as simple as typing read, followed by the +message number that you wish to read. +
Example: +
+
+
+read 25
+
+will read message number 25. However the mail will be displayed in it's +entirety unless you specify a page length. You can set your page length +to any number you like and when the message reaches that number of lines +you will get a prompt giving you options. +
Example: +
+
+
+set/page 20
+
++
+
Sending mail is done in the time honoured way. First you specify +a recipient for the message, then you will be prompted for a subject. +Once you have done this you will be asked to type your message. +Please remember that there is no automatic word wrap, so unless you +are using a client that wraps lines automatically, remember to hit +return at the end of each line. +
Example: +
+
+
+send m0azm
+Enter Subject (30 characters):
+See you Thursday
+Enter Message /EX to send or /ABORT to exit
+Hi Ian,
+Just a quick note to say that I can make Thursday after all. The
+appointment I had has cancelled so we are go!
+Cheers
+Ian
+
+At this point you can either hit return and enter /ex to send the +message or use /abort at any time to abort it. You can now display +the message in the normal way. There are several send options and +these are listed in the Command Set section. These include sending +mail to several recipients and asking for a return receipt. +
+
+
If mail is addressed to you or to a bulletin address, you can use the +REPLY command to reply to it. Using this command, the +subject will be automatically set for you as "Re: subject", whatever +the subject was. +
Example: +
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+
+reply 2500
+
++