



                                 OASIS 2


                                Written By 

                                P. Yeadon

                                    &

                                 D. Levi




                    Introduction

     Section 1:     Installation

     Section 2:     Getting Started

     Section 3:     Internet 

     Section 4:     Post Box

     Section 5:     Daily Net

     Section 6:     Spider

     Section 7:     Yellow Pages

     Section 8:     Disclaimer


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     OASIS 2 is Shareware, all the features described in this manual are 
available within the version of the program supplied. After a short period 
of usage however, certain features will stop working. To stop this from 
happening, Register your copy of OASIS 2 by sending 30 UK pounds (UK 
cheque, UK Postal Order, Euro Cheque, International Money Order etc.) to 
the following address.

     Mr P. Yeadon
     29 Bolton Street,
     Reddish,
     Stockport,
     Cheshire,
     SK5 6BE,
     England

     Anyone who registers will receive a program that will 'unlock' their 
copy of OASIS 2 and will then receive free upgrades for version 2 whenever 
they are available. 
     This registration fee covers the complete OASIS 2 package of 
programs including OASIS 2, ICE, ICE_NET and OASIS_ED and Spider (when it 
is released).

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     Many people have been involved in the development of the OASIS 2 
package besides the authors and their efforts should not go unmentioned.. 
     The Beta testers (Colin Bernau, Daron Brewood, David Greenhough, Neil 
Martin, Rod Keen and Gary Priest) did a thankless task. Hopefully they 
will still want to help out when Spider gets to the Beta test stage!
     Dag Dao has done a great job taking the Pre-Registrations from the 
Scandanavian contries.
     Frank Charlton has given OASIS and ICE superb coverage in his ST 
Format pages. 
     Many other people have contributed by comments and various bug 
reports over the months.
     Many thanks to all the above poeple.

     Finally, I would like to thank the authors of the following software, 
we have used all of them while developing OASIS 2. If they didn't, we 
couldn't!!!

     GFA Basic 3.6
     Interface
     Mydials
     Devpac TT
     Textstyle
     Pixart
     ST Guide
     Knife
     

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     Section 1:     Installation


     Section 1.1:   Files

     When you have run the OASIS2.TOS program from the root of the hard 
drive partition you wish to install OASIS 2 on, you will see a folder 
named OASIS2 containing the following folders and files.

     INCOMING       (News and E-Mail arrives here)
     MAIL           (Your E-Mail is stored here)
     NEWS           (Your News is stored here)
     OUTGOING       (Any News or E-Mail for uploading go here)
     SYSTEM         (All external files for OASIS2/ICE)
     UUCODE         (Auto UUdecoded files go here)
     WWW            (Spider Atlas and Caches will go here)

     The following files are the only files in the OASIS2 folder.

     ICE.PRG        
     ICE_NET.PRG    
     LOW_MEM.PRG
     OASIS2.PRG
     OASIS_ED.PRG
     
     The rest of the files required by OASIS 2 are held in the SYSTEM 
folder, the following Folders and files will be found there.

     DOCS           (OASIS 2,ICE & ICE_NET information)
                    Also contains Mono and Colour Icons
     LOGS           (ICE saves any Log files here)
     TMP            (Temporary storage area for OASIS 2 and ICE)

     FTPSITES       (ICE file)
     ICE.NET        (ICE config file)
     ICE_HI.RSC
     ICE_LOW.RSC
     INET_HI.RSC
     INET_LOW.RSC
     MIMETOOL.CFG
     MOUSEDRV.ON    (animated mouse for OASIS ED)
     MYDIAL.OVL     
     OASIS.OPT      (OASIS2 file)
     OASIS_ED.INF   (OASIS ED file)
     OASIS_ED.MAC   (OASIS ED file)
     OASIS_ED.RSC
     OASIS_HI.RSC
     OASIS_LO.RSC
     OA_CODER.GTP
     TOOLS_LO.RSC
     TOOLS.HI.RSC
     TOOLS.CFG
     WORLDHI.RSC      (ICE file)
     WORLDLOW.RSC     (ICE file)
     XRSRC.OVL


     These files and folders should always be present in the OASIS2 
folder. In addition to these items OASIS 2 can create other files. Please 
take care if you delete any files from these folder.

     In addition to these files there will be a folder named CONVERT on 
your hard drive. This contains programs to convert OASIS files to the 
new OASIS 2 standards.

     If you have never used OASIS before you can skip this next Section.

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     Section 1.2:   Conversion of OASIS Files.

     E-Mail;   Copy all the files with the following extension .EML and 
.MSH from the OASIS\SPOOL\MAIL folder to the OASIS2\MAIL folder. Now copy 
the files with the extension .IDX to the CONVERT folder and run 
MAILCONV.PRG. When this program has finished copy the files with the 
extension .MIX to the OASIS2\MAIL folder.

     News:     Copy all the files from the OASIS\SPOOL\NEWS\NEWSBASE 
folder to the OASIS2\NEWS\ARTICLES folder. Next copy the ACTIVE.DAT and 
NNTP.DAT files from the OASIS\SPOOL\NEWS folder to the CONVERT folder and 
run NEWSCON.PRG. When this program has finished there will be a new file 
in the CONVERT folder called GROUPS, copy this file to the OASIS2\NEWS 
folder.

     Yellow Pages:  Copy all the files with the extension .YEL from the 
OASIS\SPOOL\MAIL folder to the CONVERT folder and run YELCONV.PRG. When 
this program has finished, there will be files with the same name as the 
original files but with the extension .YPG. Now copy all the files with 
the extension .YPG from the CONVERT folder to the OASIS2\MAIL folder.

     Multi-Users:   No conversion of the OASIS Multi-User files is 
needed, so simply copy all the files with the extension .MU from the OASIS 
folder to the OASIS2\SYSTEM folder.

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     Section 1.3:   Configuring OASIS 2 and ICE.

     Please read the file ICE_NET.TXT from the OASIS2\SYSTEM\DOCS folder 
and then run ICE_NET.PRG.

     !!!! THIS MUST BE DONE BEFORE YOU RUN OASIS 2 AND ICE !!!!     

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     Section 1.4:   PGP

     If you use PGP, OASIS 2 will allow you to send PGP encrypted text and 
decode any PGP files that you receive by calling PGP for you. As PGP is a 
TOS program (ie does not use windows) it can mess up the screen when OASIS 
2 calls it.
     To get around this problem there will be a file called TOS2GEM.ZIP on 
your hard drive, unpack these files and install it as described in the 
TOS2GEM documents.
      If TOS2GEM is not installed, or another program has reserved it for 
use before OASIS 2 was run, OASIS 2 will not be able to call PGP for you. 
In this case refer to the documentation supplied with TOS2GEM.

     OASIS 2 is now ready for use.


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     Section 2:     Basic OASIS 2 Operation


     Section 2.1:   Starting OASIS 2

     OASIS 2 is run from the Desktop like any other program. OASIS 2 will 
run on any version of TOS, under MagiC or from any replacement Desktops.
     If for any reason OASIS 2 will not run check that all the files that 
are listed above are in the OASIS2 folder and try again.
     If OASIS2 will still not run, try running a 'clean' machine. This 
means remove ALL Auto folder programs (do not delete them, just rename 
them to *.PRX), and remove all Desk Accessories (again, do not delete 
them, just rename them to *.ACX). Now try running OASIS2 again and 
progressively add you Auto folder programs and Desk Accessories back into 
your setup until you find the conflict. 

     If you only have 1Mb of memory or suffer 'Out Of Memory' errors, run 
LOW_MEM.PRG, this will run OASIS 2 for you, but will exit OASIS 2 to run 
ICE when you want to Logon to the Internet. When you exit ICE, OASIS 2 
will automatically start again.

     Once OASIS 2 has loaded it will check to see if you have NVDI 3 or 
above  or Speedo GDOS installed, if so it will find any scaleable fonts 
you have ready for use.

     After this, if you have no Multi-Users the OASIS 2 desktop and Menus 
will appear. If you do have Multi-Users setup, the OASIS 2 Item Selector 
will be displayed. Select a User from the available list, if the User you 
select is the Sysop, you will be asked for the Sysop's password (if there 
is one defined). If you fail to enter the password correctly you will be 
returned to the desktop.

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     Section 2.2    OASIS 2 Modes

     OASIS 2 has five modes as follows:-

     Internet

     Post Box

     Daily Net

     Spider Logon

     Yellow Pages

     Each of the modes can be accessed via the Mode Menu or by pressing 
Alt and F1,2,3,4 or 5 respectively.

     Across all of these modes there is a standard way of selecting items 
and scrolling the windows.

     You can scroll the windows by clicking on the scroll bar arrows, 
clicking in the areas either side of the scroll bar or by dragging the 
scroll bar with the mouse. Alternatively you can scroll the window 
vertically by using the cursor keys, shift and the cursor keys scrolls the 
window a full page at a time. All the windows within OASIS 2 can be sized 
and fulled in the normal way.

     Selecting items in the window is achieved by clicking on the item 
with the mouse, multiple items can be selected in a variety of ways. 
Holding down Shift and clicking on items will select each item in turn (or 
deselect them). Selecting one item and then holding down Control and 
selecting another item will select this item and all items in between. 
Holding down Alternate and clicking on any item will select all items in 
the window. You can deselect all items in the window by clicking anywhere 
on the Desktop outside of any windows or by pressing the Undo key.

     If you have ST-Guide installed pressing Help at any time will call up 
the OASIS 2 manual at the relevant section.

     One more key press that is available at all times is the Insert key, 
pressing this key will bring up a dialog telling you the current user and 
Internet Account selected. Clicking anywhere in this dialog or pressing 
'Enter' to remove it.

     You can change between the modes by clicking on an open window that 
is not the top window, selecting the mode from the Mode Menu, or by 
pressing Alt and F1 to 5.

     All GEM dialogs within OASIS 2 appear in a window, this has been done 
so that multi-tasking operating systems are not 'locked' when OASIS 2 
displays a dialog. The close box on the dialog window always has the same 
effect as the Cancel button in the current dialog.

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     Section 2.3    File Menu

     Open File (Control O), This allows any text file to be edited using 
the Editor you have selected to use. The File Selector appears and you can 
then select a file you wish to edit.

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     New File (Control N), this allows a new file to be created with the 
Editor you can have selected to use. The File Selector appears and you can 
then enter a new filename for editing,

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     View File (Control V), this allows a text file to be viewed from 
within OASIS 2. The File Selector appears and you can then select the text 
file you wish to view. When you have finished viewing the file, just close 
the window in the normal way. While the window is open you can select 
another file by pressing Control V or selecting View from the File Menu. 

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     User (Control S), this allows you to select the current User from the 
Item Selector. If the User selected is the Sysop you will be asked for the 
Sysop's password if one has been set.

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     Account (Control A), this allows you to select the current Internet 
Account from a maximum of 10. All News and Mail created after you have 
chosen an Account will contain the E-Mail address and details for this 
Account.

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     Edit User, this allows the Multi-User details to be edited, or new 
ones created. The details that may be entered for a Multi-User are their 
User ID, Name, Reply-To E-Mail address, and Organisation name and a 
Filename. The filename is used for the User's Mailbox etc when their User 
name is not unique or is not a legal filename. The three buttons across 
the top of the dialog allow you to Delete or Add a User or Change which 
User's details you are editing.

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     Exit (Control Q), this exits OASIS 2. Just before you are returned to 
the Desktop, OASIS 2 will save the read status the Daily Net and Post Box 
if their windows are open.

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     Section 2.4    Options Menu

     Edit Signature, this allows the current User's signature file to be 
edited with your selected Editor. You can define separate signature files 
for News and E-Mail. The signature file you will edit will depend upon 
whether the Daily Net or the Post Box is the current mode.
     
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     Toolbox (Control T or Right click anywhere on the Desktop), this 
calls up the Toolbox which allows other programs to be run from within 
OASIS 2. The top row of the Toolbox is taken up by the standard OASIS 2 
programs and the Configure icon. These programs are the Editor, ICE, 
Spider, ICE_NET, OASIS Coder and PGP.

     To run a program from the Toolbox simply click on its icon, when you 
exit this program, you will be returned to the Toolbox.

     To exit the Toolbox, click on the Open Door icon in the bottom left 
of the Toolbox.

    To change the icons or add new programs to the Toolbox click on  
the Configure icon in the top right of the Toolbox, the Toolbox  
Configure dialog appears. Please note that only the Sysop can configure 
the Toolbox.

    This dialog contains space for the path and name of the  
application, the icon selected for the application, two radio buttons  
(Internal and External), and three buttons for Use, Save and Cancel.

    When you enter the Configure dialog the first Icon definition  
displayed is the Editor, by default this is the OASIS Editor so the  
Internal Radio Button is selected. To change to another editor click  
on the External Radio Button. The Select button is now enabled,  
clicking on it calls up the File Selector. Select the Editor of your  
choice in the normal way and click on OK. The Toolbox Configure  
dialog now shows the path and name of the Editor you selected. To  
change icons use the arrows either side of the Icon display in the top  
left of the Configure dialog. When you are satisfied with the  
selection click on either the Use or Save buttons. The Use button  
defines the Toolbox for this session of OASIS 2 only, the Save button  
stores the Toolbox settings in the OASIS2 directory.

    To setup a new program use the arrows either side of the path 
and application name until an empty slot appears, now use the Select  
button to choose an application and select an icon for it. Click on  
either the Save or Use Buttons when you have finished.

    To remove a program from the Toolbox enter the Configure dialog 
and use the arrows either side of the application name until the 
program you wish to remove is displayed. Now use the arrows either side 
of the Icon display until there is no Icon displayed. Now click on Save 
or Use , the icon and program have now been removed from the Toolbox.

     For PGP users item 6 in the Toolbox is dedicated to PGP. You must use 
the Toolbox Configure dialog to select PGP so that OASIS 2 knows where to 
find PGP when it needs it.

     The icons used by the Toolbox are held in the file TOOLS_HI.RSC and 
TOOLS_LO.RSC in the OASIS2\SYSTEM folder. You can edit these icons with a 
standard Resource Editor. The HI Resource file contains both colour and 
mono icons while the LO Resource file contains only mono icons. Please 
take care if you edit these two files as any errors could effect the 
operation of OASIS 2.
     
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     MIME Tools. This Menu entry allows you to define the programs that 
will be used by the MIME Post Box if you receive any pictures, sound 
samples etc. OASIS 2 will try to use the MIME tools you specify for the 
following MIME data types:- Application, Audio, Image and Video. 
     When you select this option a dialog appears with space for five 
programs to be defined. For each program you can specify two file types, 
the programs name and if the program is and accessory whether it can use 
the 'AV Start' system.
     To add a program to the MIME Toolbox, click on the middle of the 
three boxes on a line. The File Selector will appear, select the program 
or accessory in the normal way way and click on OK. The program name is 
then added into the MIME toolbox. Now click on the box to the left of the 
program name. You can now enter upto two file types. So if you want this 
program to be used to view GIF pictures, just type GIF. Finally, if the 
program you selected is an accessory click on the AV Start check box. 
     To save the changes you have made click on the OK button.
      
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     Binary, this Menu entry will change between Mail Binary and News 
Binary depending upon whether the Daily Net or Post Box is the current 
mode.
     A dialog will appear with Encode already selected, the popup allows 
you to select the maximum size of each News or Mail item. Single item will 
encode the entire file you wish to send into one E-Mail or News posting. 
This is important because some Internet providers limit the maximum size 
of an E-Mail or News posting. All Binary News and Mail postings will 
automatically use UUencoding.
     The normal procedure for posting a new E-Mail or News item will then 
follow. When you enter a Subject line, bear in mind that OASIS 2 will 
automatically add part 1/2 or similar onto the end of your Subject.
     Finally before the News or E-Mail items are created you will be asked 
to select a file for encoding using the File Selector. OASIS 2 will then 
encode this file creating a single News or E-Mail item or as many News or 
E-Mail items as required for the maximum size selected.

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     Batch FTP, this takes the download list you defined while online with 
ICE and allows it to be E-Mailed to a batch FTP server. 
     The normal procedure for posting a new E-Mail item will take place, 
except when your selected Editor is started the download list is copied 
into the article so that you can add any special commands your Batch FTP 
server requires.  When you have saved the article, OASIS 2 will add the 
required header but not your signature file.

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     Extract (Control E), this allows text from most windows to be saved 
to file. The File Selector appears and you can select a filename. If the 
file already exists, you are given the option of either replacing it or 
adding the new text to the end of the existing file.
     If you have selected lines in a News or Mail article Extract will ask 
whether you want to save the full article or just the selected lines.

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     Print (Control P), this allows text from E-Mail items and News 
articles to be sent to the printer. The output is sent to the printer 
defined by the Control Panel or any other printer definition software, so 
OASIS 2 requires no special printer drivers.
    If you have selected lines in a News or Mail article Print will ask 
whether you want to print the full article or just the selected lines.

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     Find (Control F) A dialog appears allowing you to enter the search 
string. The search is case sensitive unless you select the 'TEST=Test' 
check box in the top right of the dialog. Selecting Find will search for 
the first occurrence of the string in the top window. If the search is 
successful the item will be selected and the window display changed to 
show this item. If the string is not found a dialog will appear stating 
this.

     Repeat Find (Control R) You can find the next occurrence of the 
string by selecting Repeat Find from the Options Menu and or Find then 
Next from the dialog. If the search fails, a dialog appears stating this.

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     Preferences, this allows the OASIS 2 default options and the Sysop 
password to be changed. The Preferences dialog contains options for the 
following items. There are three main areas to the Preference dialog, one 
each for General, Daily Net and Post Box.

     The General items cover the settings that have an effect on the whole 
of OASIS 2. These options are:-

     Desktop: This allows the OASIS 2 Desktop to be turned on or off. This 
only takes effect from the next time you run OASIS 2.

     UK Date: This allows the date format to be set to DD/MM/YY as used in 
the UK or MM/DD/YY as used in Europe and America.

     Fonts: This tells OASIS 2 whether you want to use scaleable fonts or 
not.

     The Daily Net items cover options that only effect the way the Daily 
Net windows operate. These options are:-

     All Items: This tells the news reader whether you want to read only 
the articles you have not read before, or all articles regardless of 
whether you have read them previously or not.

     Local Post: This tells OASIS to upload your News articles, but not to 
download them as they will be automatically added to the News database. 
The article will only appear in the News group the next time you Unbatch 
news. This makes the article appear to have been downloaded with all the 
other News articles.

     Auto Unbatch: This tells OASIS 2 to automatically Unbatch any News 
articles you have downloaded as soon as you exit ICE and OASIS 2 is 
started again. If this option is left off you will have to select Unbatch 
News from the Internet Menu.

     Bell: This option allows you to turn on or off the bell that sounds 
when you reach the end of a News thread.

     The Post Box items cover options that only effect the way the Post 
Box windows operate. These options are:-

     Directory: This tells OASIS 2 to automatically add any E-Mail 
addresses to your Yellow Pages from new E-Mails that you receive.

     Show MIME: This tells the OASIS 2 to automatically switch to the MIME 
Post Box if you try to read a MIME E-Mail.

     The final item in the Preferences dialog is the Password button. This 
allows you to set the Sysop password. If you already have a password set 
you must enter this before you are asked for a new password. If you do not 
already have a password set you will just be asked for a new password.

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    Display (Control D), this allows the OASIS 2 window background and 
text colours to be set. Also, if you have NVDI 3 or above or Speedo GDOS 
installed you can select the font to be used for all window text. To 
change the background colour click on the paper icon, to change the text 
colour click on the pen icon. The colours will cycle through the colours 
available (upto 16) in your screen resolution. The sample box in the 
centre of the dialog will give you an idea of what your windows will look 
like.
      To change the font use the two arrows either side of the font name 
at the top of the dialog. The font name will cycle through the list of 
available fonts. a sample of the font will not be shown in the dialog.

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    Tidy Up, this allows all the OASIS windows to be redrawn. It is 
provided in case any Desk Accessories or multi-tasking programs corrupt 
the display. 
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     Section 3:     Internet Mode.

     Section 3.1    The Internet Window.

     When you select the Internet Mode from the Mode Menu or press Alt F1, 
the Internet window will be opened. This window displays any items that 
you have prepared for uploading.

     There are three columns to this window:-
     
     The first indicates the status of the item. A Tick indicates that the 
item is ready for uploading. A Clock Face indicates that the item is 'on 
hold' and will not be uploaded when you logon until you decide to 
'release' it. A Question Mark indicates that ICE has tried to upload the 
item and found an error in it and marked it as 'bad'.
     If you edit a file marked as 'bad' and correct the error, you must 
rename the file *.OUT.

     The second column contains either the words 'News' or 'Mail' to 
indicate what the item is.

     The third column can contain a variety of information. Usually this 
area contains the Subject of the item and its Destination, either a News 
group, an individual name or E-Mail address or a Mailshot name. If the 
item is a reply to an E-Mail and the persons name is not known the E-Mail 
address will be shown.

     You can perform various functions on an item ready for uploading by 
selecting the item and clicking the right mouse button anywhere in the 
window or selecting Net Options from the Internet Menu. A dialog appears 
allowing you to select from the following:-

     Hold, this will stop an item from being uploaded.

     Kill, this will delete the item.

     Active, this will release items ready for uploading.

     Edit, this will allow you to edit the item using your selected 
Editor.

     All of these items, except Edit, will work with multiple selected 
items.

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     Section 3.2    Viewing Internet Items

     You can view any of these items by selecting it and then clicking on 
it again. This will call up the Internet viewer, you can close the viewer 
by clicking on the close box, pressing Escape or by using the Left and 
Right cursor keys.
     
     Section 3.3    The Internet Menu.

     When the Internet window is topped the following items are available 
from the Internet Menu.

     Logon: (Alt L), this allows you to logon to the Internet via ICE.

     A dialog appears allowing you to select the Internet Account you wish 
to logon to from a popup menu. This dialog also allows you to select 
whether ICE will send and receive your E-Mail, receive your News Headers, 
receive your new News or send your News postings. In addition you can 
select whether you wish to allow people to logon to you computer as an FTP 
site  while you are loged onto the Internet, this option is only available 
if it has previously been setup with the ICE_NET program. All of these 
items are on by default. Finally to Logon simply click on the Logon 
button.

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     Unbatch (Alt U), this Unbatches any News articles or Threads you have 
downloaded.

     A dialog appears while OASIS 2 sorts the articles and then the 
articles are added to the News database, the process is then repeated for 
any News articles you have downloaded.

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     New Groups (Alt M), this adds any new News groups to the full list 
held by OASIS 2.

     A dialog appears while OASIS 2 adds the new News groups to the 
existing list.

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     Net Actions (Alt A), this calls up the options dialog as if you right 
clicked on the window.


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     Section 4      The Post Box

     Section 4.1    The Post Box Window

     When you select the Post Box Mode from the Mode Menu or press Alt F2, 
the Post Box window will be opened. This window displays any E-Mail items 
that are held in the User's Mailbox. If any new E-Mail has been downloaded 
since you last opened the window, it will be added to each User's Mailbox 
prior to the window opening.
     If you have the Directory item turned on in the Preferences dialog 
OASIS 2 will scan through your Yellow Pages, if any of the new E-Mail 
items were from people not in your Yellow Pages, a window will appear 
listing them. To add any of these items to your Yellow Pages simply select 
them with the mouse in the normal way. When you have selected all the 
items you wish to add in, simply click on an already selected item, OASIS 
2 will then add these items to your Yellow Pages and return you to the 
Post Box. If you don't want to add any of the items to your Yellow Pages 
just close the window.

     There are four columns to this window:-

     The first column displays the status of the E-Mail item. A Blank 
indicates that you have not read the item. A Tick indicates that you have 
read the item, and an Arrow indicates that the item is marked for expire.

     The second column gives the name or E-Mail address of the person who 
sent the item to you.

     The third column shows the subject of the E-Mail.

     The fourth column shows the date the E-Mail was sent.

     You can perform various functions on an E-Mail article in your 
Mailbox by selecting the item and clicking the right mouse button anywhere 
in the window or by selecting Mail Options from the Post Box Menu. A 
dialog appears allowing you to select from the following:-

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     Mark For Expire, this puts the Arrow symbol next to an item allowing 
it to be removed from the Mailbox with the Expire Mail option.

     Mark As Unread, this puts a Blank next to an item to show that it has 
not been read.

     Mark As Read, this puts a Tick next to the item to show that it has 
been read.

     Refile, this allows the item to be copied to another Mailbox, you 
will be asked to select another Mailbox from the Item Selector. The E-Mail 
item will be copied to the new Mailbox and marked for Expire in the 
original Mailbox.

     Binary, this allows a UUencoded item to be decoded directly from the 
Mailbox. You can decode multi-part UUencoded files by selecting each item 
in order and using this option for each item.
     A dialog will appear with Decode already selected and two popup menus 
at the bottom of the dialog. The left most popup allows you to specify if 
this E-Mail item is a Single File, the First File, a Middle File or the 
Last File. The right most popup allows you to select between various 
decode methods.
     If the mail item you are decoding is a single file, just click on OK 
and the file will be decoded and put into the OASIS2\UUCODE folder.
     If you are decoding a multi part file, select First Part and click on 
OK, now select the next part, right click and select Binary again and 
select Middle Part, keep going until you get to the last part, and select 
Last Part, OASIS 2 will now decode all the files you selected

     PGP, this will decode a PGP E-Mail item and display it in the Viewer, 
the file will not be saved to disk to maintain the security of the E-Mail. 
This option will also check the signature on an E-Mail.

     Show MIME this turns on or off the automatic switch to the MIME Post 
Box if you try to read a MIME E-Mail. The default setting for this option 
is defined in the Preferences dialog. 
     
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     Section 4.2    Viewing E-Mail Articles.

     You can view any of these E-Mail items by selecting it and then 
clicking on it again. This will call up the Post Box viewer, you can close 
the viewer by clicking on the close box, pressing Escape or by using the 
Left and Right cursor keys.

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     Section 4.3    Viewing MIME E-Mail Articles.

     If you have the Show MIME option enabled, when you select an E-Mail 
item from the Post Box which contains MIME information, OASIS 2 will
automatically switch to the MIME Post Box. This displays the E-Mail as a 
single, or a series, of icons.
     Each element of the MIME item is represented by an icon, there are 
several types of MIME element.

     Application:  This is usually a file meant for use with a particular 
program ie a word processor file. The icon for this element is a small 
window containing icons.

     Audio: This is a sound sample. The icon for this element is a speaker 
with two musical notes. MIME sound samples are assumed to be 8 bit mono 
with a sample rate of 8KHz.

     Image: This is a picture. The icon for this element is a picture of 
Marilyn Monroe (honest!!). MIME images are either GIF or JPEG pictures.

     Message: This is used for several types of information. There are 
three types of Message element. The first is a standard E-Mail item. The 
icon for this element is an envelope with a lightening flash through it. 
The second Message element is External-Body used to pass information about 
the location of a file somewhere on the Internet. The icon for this 
element is a computer with an arrow pointing out of it. The final Message 
element is Partial and is used to send large files split over several E-
Mail items. The icon for this element is a sheet of paper cut off at top 
and bottom.

     Multipart: This is a MIME item that is made up of several separate 
MIME elements.  There are four types of Multipart elements. The first is 
Mixed ie the MIME item contains a variety of different MIME elements, the 
icon for this element is a wad of paper with "1.2,3" written on the front.  
The second type of Multipart is Digest, a series of E-Mail items. The icon 
for this element is a single sheet of paper folded over from a several 
others. The third type of Multipart is Alternative, a series of MIME items 
all containing the same information, but in different formats. The icon 
for this element is the Ying Yang symbol. The final type of Multipart is 
Parallel, this is a series of items that are meant to considered together. 
The icon for this element is two horizontal lines.

     Text: This is ordinary text. The icon for this element is a sheet of 
paper with writing on it.

     Video: This is a video clip. The icon for this element is a piece of 
film. MIME Video clips are MPEG files.
     
     When OASIS 2 has decoded the MIME data the icon(s) for each element 
will be displayed vertically down the left edge of the Post Box window. If 
an element has more than one icon it is to inform you that the element is 
part of a Multipart MIME item. If the MIME item belongs to a 
Multipart/Parallel type, all the items will be displayed next to each 
other across the screen.
     To select an item simply click on it with the mouse, if the item 
contains data a box will appear around the icon.
     When you have selected an icon, there are two ways of getting at the 
data. For a Text item you can simply click on the icon again and the text 
is displayed in the MIME viewer. Clicking again on a non text item, or 
right clicking on the window with an item selected will bring up a dialog 
allowing you to select between Examining the MIME data, Extracting the 
data to a file, or Action/View the item.
     Examine shows the text and MIME headers exactly as they are contained 
in the E-Mail. Extract writes the file to the OASIS2\UUCODE folder, if a 
filename is specified in the MIME data, this file name will be used, if 
the filename is illegal or none is given, the File Selector will appear 
allowing you to specify a name. Action/View the item will display the text 
or try to use the MIME tools specified for a non text MIME item. 

     When you have finished viewing the MIME E-Mail or an individual MIME 
item you can return to the Post Box or MIME Post Box by clicking on the 
close box, pressing Escape or by using the Left and Right cursor keys.

     If the MIME item is a Message/Partial ie a large MIME that has been 
split into two or more smaller parts, OASIS 2 will search your Mailbox for 
the other parts of this Message/Partial. 
     If the other are present in your Mailbox OASIS 2 constructs a new E-
Mail item and adds it to your Mailbox, you will be immediately returned to 
the Mailbox main display. The new E-Mail item has the phrase 'Auto MIME' 
added to the end of the Subject.
     OASIS 2 will inform you if it can not find the other parts of the 
Message/Partial in your Mailbox.

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     Section 4.4    The Post Box Menu.

     When the Post Box window is topped the following items are available 
from the Post Box Menu.

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     Post Message (Alt P), this allows you to send E-Mails to people, 
reply to E-Mails you have received or Forward a copy of an E-Mail to 
someone. You can only 'Reply-To' or 'Forward' an E-Mail item if you are 
viewing an item or have one selected in the Post Box window.
     A dialog appears with three radio buttons for New Item, Reply To and 
Forward. The popup allows PGP users to select between Plain, Signed, 
Encrypted or Both (Encrypted and Signed). You may also select to send 
Circulation Copies (CC) of an E-Mail.
     In all cases, when you are selecting E-Mail addresses from the Yellow 
Pages, you can select multiple addresses in the normal way. If you wish to 
cancel the Post Message procedure while the Yellow Pages is open, simply 
close the Yellow Pages window. If you wish to cancel the Post Message 
procedure at any other time simply select the Cancel option whenever a 
dialog is displayed.

     New Item, you will be asked to input an E-Mail address. You can 
either enter the address or if the address you require is in the Yellow 
Pages, you can enter the persons name. Alternatively you can click on 
Select and find the E-Mail address in the Yellow Pages. If you have 
selected CC Copy, you must now choose the copy recipients from the Yellow 
Pages. After this you will be prompted for a Subject for the E-Mail, your 
selected Editor is then started.  When you have saved the article, OASIS 2 
will add the required header and your Post Box signature. If you have 
selected any PGP options, PGP will automatically be called by OASIS 2.

     Reply To, if you have selected CC Copy you must first choose the copy 
recipients from the Yellow Pages. You will be asked if you wish to copy 
the original article. Your selected Editor is then started. When you have 
saved the article, OASIS 2 will add the required header and your Post Box 
signature. If you have selected any PGP options, PGP will automatically be 
called by OASIS 2.
     
     Forward, this option works in exactly the same way as sending a New 
E-Mail item, except the E-Mail item you are currently viewing or have 
selected in the Post Box window will automatically be copied.

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     Send MIME (Alt S), this allows you to send MIME E-Mails to people, 
reply to E-Mails you have received via MIME or Forward a copy of an E-Mail 
to someone via MIME. You can only 'Reply-To' or 'Forward' an E-Mail item 
if you are viewing an item or have one selected in the Post Box window.
     A dialog appears with three radio buttons for New Item, Reply To and 
Forward. The popup allows the MIME type to be elected. You may also select 
to send Circulation Copies (CC) of an E-Mail.
     Several types of MIME document can be sent, the full list is as 
follows:- 

     Application, used for sending programs and compressed files.

     Audio, used for sending sound samples.

     Image, used for sending pictures. Please note that the Image type 
MUSt be either a GIF or a JPEG, if you wish to send other types of 
pictures use the Application type.

     Message/E-Mail, used for sending copies of a single E-Mail.

     Multi/Digest, used for sending copies of multiple E-Mails.

     Text/Plain, used for sending straight text.

     Video. used for sending video clips in the MPEG format.

     Not all of these MIME types are available at once, which are available 
depends upon the state of the Post Box when you select Send MIME. The 
range of MIME types available also changes when you change the option from 
New To Reply to Forward.

     If you are sending a New MIME E-Mail, the Message/E-Mail and 
Multi/Digest items are unavailable.
     Reply-To only allows the Message/E-Mail type to be used for a single 
selected E-Mail item, or Multi/Digest for multiple E-Mails. In both cases 
and reply you make will take the form of a separate Text item within the 
MIME E-Mail.

     Forward only allows the type of item selected to be forwarded, with 
no attached comment.

     In all cases, when you are selecting E-Mail addresses from the Yellow 
Pages, you can select multiple addresses in the normal way. If you wish to 
cancel the Send MIME procedure while the Yellow Pages is open, simply 
close the Yellow Pages window. If you wish to cancel the Send MIME 
procedure at any other time simply select the Cancel option whenever a 
dialog is displayed.

     When you select OK, the normal procedure for sending E-Mail takes 
place. If you are sending an Application, Audio, Image or Video MIME type, 
the File Selector will appear after all the E-Mail addresses have been 
selected. Choose the file you wish to send in the normal way. If you are 
sending a Message/E-Mail. Multi/Digest or Text MIME type, the text editor 
will be called in the normal way.
     All text is sent as plain unencoded text and all other data is sent 
Base 64 encoded. If the MIME E-Mail you create is over 64K in length it 
will automatically be split into a series of MIME Message/Partial 
documents.

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     Mailshot (Alt M), this allows you to send a single E-Mail item to a 
group of people you have defined in the Yellow Pages. 
     A dialog appears containing 16 buttons labelled A to P, each of these 
is a separate Mailshot list. The name of the Mailshot is displayed above 
these buttons and can be edited. You can edit the Mailshot names and save 
the changes by clicking on OK. The popup allows PGP users to select 
between Plain, Signed, Encrypted or Both (Encrypted and Signed). You can 
also select to send Circulation Copies of a Mailshot.
     To actually send a Mailshot, select one of the 16 possible Mailshots 
and then click on Send. If you have selected CC Copy, you must select the 
copy recipients from the Yellow Pages, otherwise you will be prompted for 
a Subject. Click on OK and your selected Editor is then started.  When you 
have saved the article, OASIS 2 will add the required header and your 
signature. If you have selected any PGP options, PGP will automatically be 
called by OASIS 2.

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     Outmail, this allows you to view all E-Mail articles you have sent 
with OASIS 2. You can perform all the normal Post Box functions while 
viewing the Outmail Mailbox, except Post Letter and Mailshot.

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     Expire Mail (Alt E), this allows you to delete E-Mails from your 
Mailbox. A dialog appears with three options, Marked, Selected and All.
     Marked allows you to delete all E-Mail items you have previously 
marked for expire with the Mail Actions dialog.
     Selected allows you to delete all currently selected E-Mail items.
     All allows you to delete ALL E-Mail items in your Mailbox, an Alert 
will appear asking you to confirm that you wish to delete ALL E-Mail 
items.

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     Mail Action (Alt A), this calls up the options dialog as if you right 
clicked on the window.
     
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     Add To Pages (Alt Y), If you are reading an E-Mail item and the 
persons name and address from this E-Mail are not already in your Yellow 
Pages, the Yellow Pages editor dialog will appear so that you can check 
the details of the E-Mail address you are about to add.
     If you are viewing the list of E-Mails in your Post Box, OASIS 2 will 
scan through your Yellow Pages, if any of the E-Mail items in the Post Box 
were from people not in your Yellow Pages, a window will appear listing 
them. To add any of these items to your Yellow Pages simply select them 
with the mouse in the normal way. When you have selected all the items you 
wish to add in, simply click on an already selected item, OASIS 2 will 
then add these items to your Yellow Pages and return you to the Post Box. 
If you don't want to add any of the items to your Yellow Pages just close 
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     Section 5      Daily Net.

     Section 5.1    The Daily Net Window.

     When you select the Daily Net Mode from the Mode Menu or press Alt 
F3, the Daily Net window will be opened. This window displays any News 
articles that are held in the News database.

     There are three columns to this window:-

     The first column is the number of articles still to be read in the 
News group.

     The second column is the total number of articles in the News group.

     The third column is the name of the News group.

     At any time on the Daily Net window a right click calls up a dialog 
for the Daily Net options. The dialog contains six items in two groups, 
the first group is All Articles and Unread. The second group consists of 
Binary, PGP, Previous and Next.

     All Articles and Unread define whether you can view all articles 
including the ones you have already read, or only the articles that you 
have not read before.

     Binary, this allows a UUencoded item to be decoded directly from the 
Daily Net. You can decode multi-part UUencoded files by selecting each 
item in order and using this option for each item.
     A dialog will appear with Decode already selected and two popup menus 
at the bottom of the dialog. The left most popup allows you to specify if 
this News article is a Single File, the First File, a Middle File or the 
Last File. The right most popup allows you to select between various 
decode methods.
     If the news article you are decoding is a single file, just click on 
OK and the file will be decoded and put into the OASIS2\UUCODE folder.
     If you are decoding a multi part file, select First Part and click on 
OK, now select the next part, right click and select Binary again and 
select Middle Part, keep going until you get to the last part, and select 
Last Part, OASIS 2 will now decode all the files you selected

     PGP, this will decode a PGP News article and display it in the 
Viewer, the file will not be saved to disk to maintain the security of the 
News article. This option will also check the signature on a News article.

     Previous and Next allow you to change the News article you are 
currently viewing for the previous or next News article in the current 
Subject.

     Show Tree allows the relationships between News Articles to be 
displayed when you select a Subject from within a News Group. This 
relationship is based upon the Message-IDs and References quoted in the 
News article headers and allows you to see the way a Subject has developed 
from the first posting. This option works for both Articles and Headers.
     When the tree is displayed, each News article is represented by a 
rounded box, with the links shown as lines between News articles. Articles 
are displayed as shaded boxes while Headers are displayed as hollow boxes. 
Any box with a cross drawn over it has either been read, or if it is a 
header, selected for downloading.
     You can read any of the articles by selecting it with the mouse or 
use the cursor keys and press Enter to view the selected article. The 
cursor keys will only allow you to move along a 'branch' of the tree. The 
Previous and Next article options will display any articles directly 
related to the one you are currently viewing.     

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     Section 5.2    Viewing News Articles.

     When you select a News group and then click on it again the window 
changes to show a list of the Subjects in a News group. The same layout is 
used as before with columns for the number of articles to read, the total 
number of articles for a Subject and the Subject name.
     Select a Subject title and then click on it again, the window changes 
to the News article viewer. If you have selected Unread only from the News 
Action dialog and the Subject has no articles left to read the window will 
not change. If you use the Left and Right cursor keys to change the 
selected article with Unread Only selected the selected item will jump to 
the next or previous item with articles to read. 
     You can force the selected item to be the top item in the window by 
pressing the Clr Home key.
     If you have selected 'Show Tree' from the News Action dialog the 
Subject's Tree will be displayed. From this Tree you can select any of the 
articles with the mouse or the Cursor keys and press Enter to view the 
selected article.
     To return to the list of Subjects close the window or press Escape. 
To change to the next article under the Subject heading press the Right 
cursor key, you can also get to the previous article by pressing the Left 
cursor key. Alternatively click right on the window and select Previous or 
Next from the News Action dialog.
     If you are viewing the articles with 'Show Tree' selected from the 
News Action dialog, the Next and Previous article options or Cursor keys 
will show the article related the the one you are currently viewing. If no 
other article is related to the current article you will be returned to 
the Subject's Tree.

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     Section 5.3    The Daily Net Menu.

     Post Message (Alt P), this allows News articles to be posted into a 
News group. You can only post into News groups that you currently 
subscribe to.
     A dialog appears allowing you to select from three options New Item, 
Reply To and Follow Up, also in the dialog is a check box to allow you to 
PGP sign any News articles you create.

     New Item will ask you to select a News group to post to. You can 
enter a News group and click on OK or click on Select. Next you will be 
prompted for a Subject for the article, again you may either enter a 
Subject or click on Select. When you have done this, your selected Editor 
will be started. Once you have saved the article, OASIS 2 will create the 
news item ready for uploading.

     Reply To is only available if you are actually reading an article, 
you will be asked if you wish to copy the article and then your selected 
Editor will be started. Once you have saved the article, OASIS 2 will 
create the news item ready for uploading.

     Follow Up is only available if you are viewing the list of Subjects 
for a News group. You will be asked to select a Subject from the available 
list. Once you have done this your selected Editor will be started. Once 
you have saved the article, OASIS 2 will create the news item ready for 
uploading.

     When you are prompted for a News group name or a Subject via a 
dialog, there is a Select button in the bottom left of the dialog, 
clicking on this will allow you to choose a News group or Subject from the 
Daily Net window. While you are selecting an item from the window you can 
stop the Post Message function by either selecting the Post Message menu 
item (which will be ticked) again or closing the window. The Daily Net 
window will return to the window you were viewing before you started the 
Post Message process.

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     E-Mail Article (Alt L), this allows you to send the News article you 
are currently viewing to someone via E-Mail. You will be asked for an E-
Mail address, you can either enter the E-Mail address or the persons name 
if their address is in your Yellow Pages. You can also click on Select and 
select the address from the Yellow Pages yourself. Your selected Editor 
will then be started allowing you to add comments. Once you have saved the 
article, OASIS 2 will create the E-Mail item ready for uploading.

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     Show Headers (Alt H), this changes the Daily Net window to display 
any headers you have downloaded. The Daily Net window will change to a 
list of News groups showing the number of headers you have downloaded. 
Select a News group and the Daily Net window changes to show a list of 
Subjects. You can select Subjects as normal, but you will not see the 
articles (you have not downloaded the articles remember). Clicking on 
selected items will call up a dialog stating how many items you have 
selected for downloading. Click on OK and they are added to the download 
list. If you select a subject with 10 articles in it and 5 are marked as 
Read only the Unread articles will be added to the download list.
     If you have selected the Show Tree option from the News Action 
dialog, selecting a Subject will display the Subject's Tree. You can then 
select individual articles for downloading. any Articles marked as Read 
will be displayed with a cross through it.
     You may carry on selecting articles until you have selected all you 
want. To return to the normal News database simply select Show Headers 
from the Daily Net menu again or close the window.
     While you are selecting articles you will not be able to Add or 
Remove News groups or Post News articles, but you will be able to Expire, 
Mark As Read or Re-index headers in the same way you would articles.

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     Mark As Read (Alt M), this allows you to mark News articles as read 
or unread. A dialog appears allowing you to select from 4 options, 
Selected, All, Group and Thread. In addition there is a popup allowing you 
to choose between marking the News articles as Read or Unread.
     The four main options work in different ways depending upon what the 
Daily Net window is currently displaying.
     If you are currently viewing the News groups, All will mark every 
News group, Selected will mark only the groups you have selected with 
the mouse. Group and Thread will not be available.
     If you are currently viewing a list of Subjects, All will mark every 
Subject in the News group, as will Group. Selected will mark all selected 
Subjects and Thread will mark only the last Subject you selected.
     If you are viewing a News article, All will mark all articles for the 
current Subject, while Selected will only mark the current article. Group 
and Thread will be unavailable.
     If you are currently viewing a Subject's Tree, Mark As Read toggles 
the read status of the currently selected article with out displaying the 
dialog.

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     Expire News (Alt E), this allows you to remove News articles from the 
News database. A dialog appears allowing you to select from 4 options, 
Selected, All, Group and Thread. In addition there is a popup allowing you 
to choose between Expire, Retain, Normal or Wipe All. 

     Expire removes the articles from the News database, Retain marks the 
articles so that they will NEVER be expired, while Normal returns articles 
marked for Retaining to a state where they can be Expired. Wipe All 
removes all the articles from a News group.
 
     The four main options work in different ways depending upon what the 
Daily Net window is currently displaying.
     If you are currently viewing the News groups, All effects every News 
group, Selected will only effect the groups you have selected with the 
mouse. Group and Thread would be unavailable.
     If you are currently viewing a list of Subjects, All will effect 
every subject in the News Group, as will Group. Selected will effect all 
selected Subjects and Thread will effect only the last Subject you 
selected.
     If you are viewing a News article, All will effect all articles for 
the current Subject, while Selected will only effect the current article. 
Group and Thread will be unavailable..
     Once you have selected an option OASIS 2 will display a dialog 
telling you which News group it is working on and how many articles it has 
removed and retained for the News group.

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     Re-Index Group (I), this allows each index in the News database to be 
rebuilt. A dialog will appear allowing you to select from 3 options, 
Selected, All and Current Group.
     If you are viewing the list of News groups, All will Re-Index every 
group, while Selected will only Re-Index the News groups you have selected 
with the mouse. Current Group will be unavailable.
     If you are viewing a list of Subjects for a group or a specific 
article, only the Current Group option will be available.
     Once you have selected an option OASIS 2 will display a dialog while 
it Re-Indexes the News groups you have specified.

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     Group Details (Alt G), this allows you to edit the settings that 
define how each News group will be managed. There are 10 parameters that 
define a News group. Only the Sysop can access the Group Details function.

     Account, this is the Account that the News group being edited is 
active for. A News group may only be active for one Account at a time, 
this is to stop the same News articles being downloaded more than once.

     Expire Time, this is the amount of time in days an article will stay 
in the News database before you can expire it. For example, if the Expire 
Time is set to 1 day and you Expire a News group at 6PM on a Wednesday any 
articles that were downloaded before 6PM Tuesday will be expired.

     Interval, this is the number of days ICE will leave between downloads 
of articles for this News group. For example, if the Interval is set to 2 
days and you download articles at 6PM on Monday, ICE will not download 
articles until after 6PM on Wednesday for this News group.

     Last Access Date and Time, these two items are the date and time ICE 
last downloaded articles for this News group. So the next time ICE would 
download articles for this group is the Last Access Date and Time plus the 
Interval time. These fields are only active if the News Download Type for 
the Account the News group is active in is set to Date in the ICE.NET 
file.

     Last Article No., this is the last article by reference number that 
was downloaded for this News group. This field is only active if the News 
Download Type for the Account the News group is active in is set to Number 
in the ICE.NET file.

     There are four popups at the bottom of the Group Details dialog, the 
top left popup defines the Owner of the News group. The top right popup 
defines the News group Status. The bottom left popup defines the 
Censorship of a News group while the bottom right popup defines the 
Protection of a News group.

     Owner, this allows the Owner of the News group to be changed between 
Sysop and Multi-User. If the Owner is set to Sysop, only the Sysop can 
Expire, Mark As Read or Re-Index the News group, if the Owner is set to 
Multi, any User can carry out these functions.

     Status, this allows the Status of a News group to be set to Articles, 
Headers, All Headers or Inactive.
     Articles is the normal setting for News groups and ICE will always 
download the News articles since the Last Access Date and Time for this 
group.
     Headers, this tells ICE to only download the Subject line of each 
News article since the Last Access Date and Time so that you can select 
which articles you want to download.
     All Headers, this tells ICE to download ALL the Subject lines for the 
News group that are held by the News Server you download from.
     Inactive, this stops ICE from downloading ANY articles or Subject 
lines for this News group. The Junk News group is always set to Inactive.

     Censorship, this allows a News group to be restricted to Sysop access 
only, the Multi-Users will not be able to access this News group in any 
way.

     Protection, this allows the news group to be set to Guarded so that 
NO articles can ever be expired from it.

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     News Action (Alt A), this calls up the options dialog as if you right 
clicked on the window.

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     Add Group (Alt A), this allows a new News group to be added to the 
list of groups for each User. The Sysop can select from the full list of 
News groups available on the Internet, while the Multi-Users can only 
select from the list of groups the Sysop maintains. If the Sysop has 
marked any groups as Censored, the Multi-Users cannot select these groups 
from the Sysop's list of News groups.
     A dialog appears asking you to enter a News group name, you can 
either enter the name or click on Select to choose from the full list of 
groups available to you.

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     Remove Group (Alt R), this allows you to remove a News group from 
your current list. You are prompted to select a group from your current 
list. If the Sysop removes a group from his list, it is automatically 
removed from any Multi-Users list of groups as well.

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     Add To Pages (Alt Y), this allows you to add the E-Mail address and 
name from the News article you are currently viewing to your Yellow Pages. 
If the name and address are already present in the Yellow Pages, they will 
not be duplicated.
     The Yellow Pages editor dialog will appear so that you can check the 
details of the E-Mail address you are about to add to the Yellow Pages, 
this gives you the chance to set any Mailshots and add a comment.

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     Section 6      Spider

     Section 6.1    The Spider Window

     When you select the Spider Mode from the Mode Menu or press Alt F4, 
the Spider window will be opened. This window displays the contents of you 
Spider Atlas.

     There is only one column to this window that contains the title of 
the Web page.

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     Section 6.2    Editing The Atlas

     You can edit the entries in the Atlas by selecting an item and then 
clicking on it again. A dialog appears allowing you to edit the name of a 
Web Page and its URL. Click on OK to confirm the edit, the Atlas is always 
sorted to put Web Pages in alphabetical order.

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     Section 6.3    The Spider Menu

     Logon (Alt L), this function is inactive in the current version of 
OASIS 2.

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     Spider Options (Alt O), this function is inactive in the current 
version of OASIS 2.

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     Add Page (Alt A), this allows a new Web Page to be added to the 
Atlas. A dialog appears allowing you to enter a Name and URL for a Web 
Page. Click on OK to confirm the addition, the Atlas is always sorted to 
put Web Pages in alphabetical order.

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     Remove Page (Alt R), this allows a Web Page to be removed from the 
Atlas. If you have not selected a Web Page, you are prompted to select one 
from the Spider window. When you have selected a Web Page, a dialog 
appears showing the name of the Web Page and its URL. Click on OK to 
remove it, or click on Select to choose a different Web Page.


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     Section 7      The Yellow Pages

     Section 7.1    The Yellow Pages Window.

     When you select the Yellow Pages mode from the Mode Menu or press Alt 
F5, the Yellow Pages window will be opened. This window displays any E-
Mail addresses that are held in your Yellow Pages.

     There are four columns to this window:-

     The first column is the Status of the E-Mail address and can be 
either blank, I or K.

     The second column is the persons name.

     The third column is a comment area.

     The fourth column is the actual E-Mail address.

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     Section 7.2    Editing the Yellow Pages.

     You can Edit, Add or Delete items in the Yellow Pages by right 
clicking anywhere in the window. A dialog appears allowing you to choose 
between Edit, Add or Delete. Edit and Delete are only available if you 
have selected an item in the Yellow Pages. The same dialog appears if you 
click on an item you have already selected in the Yellow Pages.

     If you choose Delete an Alert appears asking you to confirm that you 
want to Delete an E-Mail address.

     Add or Edit calls up a dialog containing fields allowing you to enter 
or edit the Name, Reference and E-Mail address.

     The E-Mail address is split across two lines, the top line is the 
portion of the E-Mail address to the left of the @ symbol, while the 
bottom line contains the portion of the E-Mail address to the right of the 
@ symbol. Please note, that you do not need to enter the @ symbol as 
OASIS 2 adds it automatically.

     The area with 16 buttons labelled A to P lets you define which of the 
16 Mailshots a person belongs to.
     The popup allows you to set the Status of the E-Mail address to ether 
Normal, Ignore or Kill. This allows you to define whether any News 
articles from that person are passed straight to the News database 
(Normal), placed in the Junk News group (Ignore) or not added to the News 
database at all (Kill). Only the Sysop can mark an E-Mail address as Kill.

     The PGP Key check box allows you to keep a record of which people you 
possess a PGP public key for. At this time OASIS 2 makes no use of this 
information.

     When you are happy with the details for a person, click on OK. If you 
have not entered a valid E-Mail address, the dialog will reappear.

     The Yellow Pages is sorted alphabetically on peoples surnames, so 
that David Smith appears after Paul Jones but both of these appear after 
Mark Bowman. If only a single name is entered for anybody they will appear 
at the start of the Yellow Pages.

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     Section 8      Disclaimer.


     This program is supplied in the belief that it operates as specified, 
the authors (P. Yeadon & D. Levi) shall not be liable in any circumstance 
whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss or damage to property incurred 
or suffered by the user or any other person as a result of any fault 
or defect in the goods or services supplied by the authors and in no 
circumstances shall the authors be liable against consequential damage or 
loss of profits (whether or not the possibility thereof was separately 
advised to it or reasonably forseeable) arising from the use or 
performance of such goods or services.
     All previous copyrights, patents, intellectual rights and any other  
articles of possession are fully recognised by the authors.



