Mountain Reader - QWK, Bluewave, and SOUP Compatible Offline Message Reader
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Produced By:  Mountain Software
              6911 NE Livingston Road
              Camas, Washington  98607  USA

Email:        awatson@pacifier.com
Web Site:     http://www.pacifier.com/~awatson
BBS:          Bear Cavern BBS (360) 573-2054

Program and Documentation Copyright (C) 1997 by Anthony Watson

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Registration Information:

  The demo version displays a registration notice upon startup and only 
displays the first 30 lines of each message (Remaining lines are visible but 
blocked). All other functions are fully operational and the demo is otherwise 
identical to the registered version.

  The demo version of Mountain Reader may be distributed freely as long as 
all original files are included unchanged. If you try Mountain Reader and 
decide to keep it, a registration fee of $35.00 is required.

  By Mail:  Send Check/Money order for $35.00 (US Funds) to:
            Mountain Software, 6911 NE Livingston Road, Camas, WA  98607

  Online:   Register online with your VISA/Mastercard from our web page at:
            http://www.pacifier.com/~awatson

  By Phone: Call Public Software Library at (800) 242-4775, Extension 15130
            (8:00am - 6:00 pm, Monday-Friday)

            Ask for product number 15130 - Mountain Reader

            (This number is for ORDERS ONLY! Mountain Software cannot be
            reached at this number. Please direct all questions and comments
            to awatson@pacifier.com.)

  When you order Mountain Reader you will receive the latest version on a HD 
floppy disk, packaged in a CD-ROM style plastic "jewel" case. In addition, 
you can upgrade to the latest maintenance versions for FREE by downloading 
the latest demos when they become available.

  Once you receive your order, please fill out the enclosed product 
registration card and mail it to Mountain Software. This will provide us with 
vital information about you and your system and will allow us to inform you 
of program updates, upcoming products, etc.

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                               Mountain Reader
                              By Anthony Watson

1 - Introduction

  Mountain Reader is an easy to use offline message reader. It supports QWK, 
Bluewave and SOUP message formats, allows reloading and editing of reply 
packets, supports SOUP and uqwk summary packets, has full color ANSI support, 
a built-in tagline manager, configurable user interface, and more.

  While we have tried to make Mountain Reader as easy to use as possible, you 
may still have questions about certain operations. Please take the time to 
read this manual and consult it if you have problems. If you cannot find the 
answers you need in this manual, feel free to contact Mountain Software at 
any of the addresses above.


1.1 - Installing Mountain Reader

  Mountain Reader should run on any 80486 or Pentium with Windows 3.1 or 
Windows 95. For best performance we recommend a minimum of 8 Meg of RAM, and 
standard SVGA resolution (640x480x256 colors). You should also allow plenty 
of free hard drive space for decoding messages, storing replies, taglines, 
etc. (The actual requirements depend on the packets you load, and the number 
of systems you call).

  You will also need external archiver utilities such as PKZIP, PKUNZIP, and 
LHA (Not included with Mountain Reader), to be able to decompress message 
packets and compress your replies into a packet.

  Whether you are installing the demonstration or registered version, the 
installation procedure is the same. Using File Manager in Win3.1 or Explorer 
in Win95, create a folder labeled M_READER in the path of your choice. This 
can be as simple as adding the folder to your root directory (C:\M_READER). 
Next, copy all the files from the demo archive, or from the Mountain Reader 
master disk to the new directory. If you need help with these operations, 
please refer to Windows documentation. The program is now ready to run by 
double-clicking on the M_READER.EXE program file.


1.2 - Uninstalling Mountain Reader

  Mountain Reader is entirely self contained and will not litter your hard 
drive with .DLL or .INI files. It also will not alter your system 
configuration files in any way. Therefore, if Mountain Reader does not meet 
your requirements, you may easily remove Mountain Reader from your system by 
deleting the M_READER directory and its contents.


1.3 - Basic Guidelines

  Mountain Reader features a custom interface with "3D" buttons. Clicking on 
these buttons will "depress" them and select the desired function. Most 
buttons also have keyboard equivalents that are highlighted in the button 
titles. Any button labeled "OK" may also be activated by pressing RETURN.

  Many sections of the program involve "scrolling" operations. If Up and Down 
arrow buttons are available, click on these to scroll the text, or use the 
cursor keys on the keyboard. Some sections of the program, such as the 
message reader, do not have arrow buttons and are scrolled with the cursor 
keys or by clicking the left or right mouse button while the mouse pointer is 
over the text being scrolled (Left button scrolls up, Right button scrolls 
down). This allows one-handed mouse scrolling without the use of scroll bars. 
In addition, most scrolling operations can be "paged" by pressing the "Page 
Up" or "Page Down" keys.

  The RIGHT mouse button is used throughout Mountain Reader, and is usually 
used to edit, delete, or provide information on the item you click on.

  The reply text editor incorporates simple block operations such as block 
delete and cutting and pasting. To mark a block of text in the editor, move 
the cursor to the beginning of the text you wish to mark. Then press function 
key F2. Next, move the cursor to the end of the text you wish to mark and 
press F2 again. Once the block is marked, you can press the Delete key to 
delete the block of text, Control-X to cut the text block and place it on the 
clipboard, or Control-C to copy the text block to the clipboard. Pressing 
Control-V will allow you to paste the text back into the editor.


1.4 - The Help System

  Mountain Reader features a built in documentation viewer to aid you in the 
operation of this program. This makes it easier for you to obtain information 
when you need it, reduces shipping and packaging costs for us, reduces 
environmental impact from wasted paper, and allows us to update the manual on 
a more frequent basis than would be possible with a printed manual. The help 
system is accessed by pressing function key "F1" at any time, or by clicking 
the icon in the upper left corner of the program window (Or right click the 
title bar in Windows 95).

  Text is scrolled using the cursor keys or mouse buttons. Clicking the left 
mouse button over the text display will scroll UP through the manual. 
Clicking the right mouse button over the text display will scroll DOWN 
through the manual. You may also use the Page Up/Page Down keys to scroll 
quickly through the text.

  Mountain Readers help system features an easy to use search function that 
will search for ANY word, not just those defined as topics. To locate a text 
string, click the "Find" button and enter the text you are looking for. 
Additional matches may be found by clicking the "Next" button.

  The complete manual, or just sections of it, may be printed directly from 
the help system. If you only want to print a section of the manual, you must 
first mark the block of text you want to print. While holding the CONTROL key 
down, LEFT clicking will mark the first line of the block and RIGHT clicking 
will mark the last line of the block. Once a block of text has been defined, 
or if you want to print the entire manual, click on the "Print" button at the 
top of the screen. If you have selected a block of text, you will need to 
select whether to print the text block or the entire manual.

  Unlike the standard Windows Help system, Mountain Readers documentation is 
a plain ASCII text file. Because of this, you can easily load the 
documentation into any text editor and customize it to your needs. You can 
also load the text into any Word Processor and print it in any format you 
desire.


1.5 - Disclosures/Acknowledgements

   Mountain Reader is Copyright 1997 by Anthony Watson, all rights reserved. 
Any unauthorized duplication of the program(s) or documentation is a 
violation of federal copyright laws!

   This product has been tested extensively and to the best of our knowledge 
will not cause problems of any kind. However, neither Mountain Software nor 
the author (Anthony Watson), will be held responsible for any damage 
occurring to your system or other software. We also make no guarantee as to 
compatibility with other software or hardware configurations.

  Mountain Reader was written by Anthony Watson using GFA BASIC for Windows. 
All documentation was written with Pen Pal, a shareware text editor from 
Mountain Software.

  I would like to thank all of the users who purchased earlier versions of 
Mountain Reader (Mountain QWK, and Mountain Reader II on the Atari ST). I 
appreciate your feedback and support, and I hope you enjoy the new Windows 
version.

  I also owe a great deal of appreciation to my beta testers; those who 
helped test earlier programs on the Atari ST, and Don Schmidt for his 
assistance with the new Windows version.

  I would like to wish my wife Peggy all the love I can give her, and I 
couldn't be happier being married to my best friend. You've been very 
supportive and are always there to boost me up when things aren't going well. 
Thank you for believing in me!

  And to anyone reading this, I wish you all the blessings God has to offer. 
It is only by Gods grace that I have had the opportunity to write this 
program, so I hope that it will be beneficial to you. I pray that you and 
your family are healthy, happy, and that you know Jesus Christ as your 
personal friend and Savior. Take care, God bless, and thank you for your 
support!


2 - Offline Message Reading

  If you have ever tried reading messages while logged on to a local Bulletin 
Board System (BBS) or Internet Service Provider (ISP), you know that this can 
be a time consuming and cumbersome process. Online message utilities tend to 
be crude, your phone line is tied up while you are logged on, and since most 
systems have time limits, you are unlikely to read more than just a small 
portion of the available messages.

  To solve these problems, various file formats have been developed to allow 
users to download the messages to their computers, read and respond to them, 
and upload any replies back to the BBS. The process saves time, allows users 
to read more messages, and provides greater flexibility.

  One of the most popular systems today is a format known as "QWK", which was 
developed in 1987 by Mark "Sparky" Herring. Although this format is old and 
has many limitations, it remains popular because it is supported by a wide 
variety of readers and mail doors.

  A newer, but similar, format is known as "Bluewave" and was developed by 
George Hatchew of Cutting Edge Computing. Because the format was not 
initially available to developers, this format has not gained the popularity 
of QWK. But, it does improve on some of the weaknesses of QWK.

  The introduction of the internet brought many new requirements for an 
offline reader, and a format known as SOUP (Simple Offline Usenet Packet) was 
developed especially for this purpose.

  Most BBS and ISP systems today feature at least one of these offline 
formats, either built-in to the BBS software, or as an external utility. When 
the user calls, the BBS will collect the messages desired, compress them into 
a "Packet", and send the packet to the users system. The user is then
able to log off the BBS.

  Once the packet is on your computer, you need a program called an "Offline 
Reader" which will decompress the packet, decode the messages into a readable 
form, and let you reply if desired. When you are finished, the offline reader 
will compress your replies into a "Reply Packet". You then call the BBS or 
ISP a second time, and upload your replies back to the system.

  While the process sounds complicated, it is really quite simple, and it
allows you to read messages at your leisure instead of fighting time
restrictions on the BBS.


2.1 - Retrieving a QWK/Bluewave Packet

  The process of obtaining a QWK or Bluewave packet generally involves 
calling a local BBS with your terminal program, and accessing the "mail door" 
or other offline facility on the BBS. The first time you access the mail door 
you will need to go through a one-time configuration process where you select 
conferences, compression methods, transfer protocols, etc.

  Access and configuration of the mail facilities varies greatly from one BBS 
to another, so if you are having difficulties obtaining a message packet we 
recommend that you contact the System Operator (SYSOP) of the BBS you are 
calling and request assistance. Also, depending on the BBS, message packets 
can get rather large. Therefore, we suggest that you only select one or two 
conferences to start with.


2.2 - Retrieving a SOUP Packet

  Obtaining SOUP packets can be a little more difficult, but once you have a 
system set up properly, it is as easy to obtain packets as with any BBS. If 
you are using a SLIP/PPP account you may use utilities such as WSOUP or 
SOUPER for Windows to obtain the SOUP packet. Please read the documentation 
to these utilities if you choose to use them.

  We recommend that you obtain your message packets from a UNIX shell 
account if one is available. This will allow you to use the same term program 
to obtain packets from local BBS and your ISP, and usually requires less 
online time than the SLIP/PPP methods. Shell accounts are usually cheaper 
than SLIP/PPP accounts, though you may have access to a shell account even if 
you normally use a SLIP/PPP account.

  To obtain a SOUP packet from your UNIX shell account, your ISP must have 
the program "uqwk" installed on their system. Type "man uqwk" at the UNIX 
prompt to verify its existance and to read the documentation for uqwk. Before 
you can use uqwk to download a packet, you must select your desired 
newsgroups using an online newsreader (such as "tin" or "nn").

  Once you verify that uqwk is installed and you have selected the 
newsgroups you want to read, typing the following commands should get you 
started downloading a SOUP packet (Case IS important).

  uqwk +m +n +L -B\20000
       This is the actual call to uqwk. It gathers mail and news into the
       SOUP message format (Type "man uqwk" to see the explanation of the
       individual commands).

  zip messages.zip *.MSG AREAS
       This ZIP compresses the SOUP messages into a single packet named
       "messages.zip". You can rename it to whatever you prefer.

  sz messages.zip
       This sends the packet to your computer (via Z-modem).

  rm messages.zip *.MSG AREAS
       This deletes the packet and associated SOUP files from your home
       directory.


2.3 - Sending QWK/Bluewave Replies

  Sending your replies back to the local BBS generally requires calling the 
local BBS with your terminal program, accessing the "mail door", tell it that 
you are going to UPLOAD your replies, and then you send your replies to the 
BBS. Normally, the BBS will then process the replies automatically.

  You most likely will not need to change your configurations on the BBS, as 
you should have already set them when you retrieved the original message 
packet. Replies are generally sent using the same compression method and 
transfer protocol as the original message packet.

  QWK and Bluewave reply packets normally have the same filename as the 
message packet they were created from (i.e. BBS.QWK will have BBS.REP reply 
packets).


2.4 - Sending SOUP Replies

  If you are using a SLIP/PPP utility to retrieve your messages, then you 
will need to read the documentation to the program you are using to learn how 
to upload your replies.

  If you are using a UNIX shell account with uqwk, the following commands 
should get you started uploading your replies back to the ISP (Case IS 
important).

  rz
       This instructs the ISP to begin uploading a file (via Zmodem).
       Depending on the term program you are using, you may have to start
       the upload manually.

  unzip replies.zip
       This unzips the reply packet created by Mountain Reader.

  uqwk -m -n +L -R\REPLIES
       This is the actual call to uqwk. It will send your mail and
       newsgroup messages where they need to go.

  rm replies.zip
       This removes the reply packet (uqwk deletes the other files
       automatically).

  Because there is no naming convention for compressed SOUP reply packets, 
Mountain Reader automatically names SOUP replies with the filename REPLIES.ZIP.


3 - Options Menu

  Although Mountain Reader will automatically locate your archiver utilities, 
and can run without configuration, you should click on the OPTIONS button to 
configure Mountain Reader.

  The first item in the Options menu is the Reply Packet Path. This is where 
Mountain Reader will place your replies when you leave the program or load a 
new packet. If this item is left blank, your replies will be placed in the 
same directory as Mountain Reader. To change this item, click on the Reply 
Packet Path option. A fileselector will appear allowing you to locate your 
desired destination path.

  The second item is the "Default User Name". QWK and Bluewave packets 
normally specify what your user name should be. SOUP packets, however, do not 
provide this information so you should enter a default user name that can be 
used when replying. To change this item, click on the Default User Name 
option. Then enter your desired address (i.e. awatson@pacifier.com).

  The next four items are the locations of the ZIP and LHA archiving 
utilities (not included with Mountain Reader). If you leave these fields 
blank Mountain Reader will attempt to locate them automatically when you load 
a packet. However, Mountain Reader searches your boot drive only and looks 
for the files PKZIP.EXE, PKUNZIP.EXE, and LHA.EXE. Therefore, if you have 
your archivers located on a different drive, or are using utilities with a 
different name, you should locate them manually from the options menu. To 
change any of these items, click on the desired item. A fileselector will 
appear allowing you to locate the desired archiving utility.

  The "Tagline Selection" option determines how Mountain Reader will handle 
taglines. Clicking on this item will toggle through three different settings 
(Disabled, Random, Manual). The Random mode will randomly select a tagline 
from your database when you enter a reply. The Manual mode will allow you to 
manually select a tagline each time you enter a reply. And the Disabled mode 
allows you to completely turn off taglines.


3.1 - Adjust Interface Colors

  At the bottom of the Options menu is a button labeled "Adjust Colors". 
Clicking on this button will bring up a control panel allowing you to fully 
customize the user interface used by Mountain Reader.

  A list of all interface items appears on the left side of the menu. You may 
scroll through the list by clicking on the arrow buttons, or by using the 
keyboard cursor keys. The items listed range from the colors used in ANSI 
color messages, to various parameters of the user interface (Button Face, 
Text Colors, etc.).

  An RGB (Red, Green, Blue) color adjuster appears on the right side of the 
menu, and is used to adjust the colors for the item selected in the list on 
the left.

  To change any interface item, simply click on the desired item from the 
list on the left, and then drag the R, G, and B sliders to obtain the color 
you desire. Repeat for as many interface items as you wish.

  To get you started customizing the interface, Mountain Reader includes a 
number of built-in presets. Press any of the number keys at the top of your 
keyboard to view these presets (1 through 8, 1 is the default interface setup).

  When you are happy with the interface settings, click the Save button or 
press the "S" key. If you decide not to change the previous interface 
settings, click the Cancel button or press the "C" key to return to the 
Options menu.


4 - System Menu

  The System Menu is the menu that is displayed when you first run Mountain 
Reader. This menu provides detailed information on the currently loaded 
packet, and is where you load a new packet. The information provided depends 
on the type of packet you are loading, and the details filled in by the 
System Operator (Sysop) of the BBS. It is not uncommon for most of these 
fields to be blank.


4.1 - Loading a Packet

  Mountain Reader supports a variety of packet types including:

     QWK Message Packets      (Compressed)
     QWK Reply Packets        (Compressed)
     Bluewave Message Packets (Compressed)
     Bluewave Reply Packets   (Compressed)
     SOUP Message Packets     (Uncompressed or Compressed)
     SOUP Reply Packets       (Compressed)
     SOUP Summary Indexes     (Uncompressed or Compressed)
     "uqwk" type summaries    (Compressed)

  To load any of these packets click the LOAD PACKET button on the System 
Menu. A fileselector will appear so that you may locate and select your 
desired packet. If you are loading an uncompressed SOUP packet, you must 
select the "AREAS" file from the collection of SOUP files.

  Mountain Reader automatically determines the compression method used by the 
packet (ZIP and LHA formats are supported). If you have not located the 
appropriate archiver in the options menu, Mountain Reader will automatically 
attempt to locate the appropriate archiver utility (PKUNZIP.EXE or LHA.EXE).

  Once Mountain Reader determines the compression method and packet type, it 
will process the packet and automatically switch to the message viewer or 
reply menu.


5 - Message Viewer

  The message viewer is where you will probably spend most of your time in 
Mountain Reader. This is where you read your messages, print them, export 
them, etc.

  If you are viewing a message that extends past the end of the screen, you 
may scroll through the text using the keyboard cursor keys, or by placing the 
mouse pointer over the message text and clicking the Left and Right mouse 
buttons (Left scrolls up, Right scrolls down). You may also use the Page Up 
and Page Down keys to navigate the message quickly.

  Most messages you will read will be plain ASCII text. However, some 
messages may include ANSI or PCBoard color encoding. Many BBS advertisement 
messages are of this type. If Mountain Reader encounters this type of message 
it will automatically decode and display the ANSI message. If you would like 
to see the original message text, you may disable the ANSI decoder by pressing 
CONTROL/A.

  Many messages you will encounter will include a number of "header" or 
"trailer" lines. These lines are generally just for routing purposes and 
offer little informational content to the reader. Therefore, Mountain Reader 
will attempt to "Clean" these messages by stripping these lines. If you would 
like to see the full message text, you may disable message cleaning by 
pressing CONTROL/C.

  Occasionally you will encounter a message that includes a To, From, or 
Subject line that exceeds the on screen display limits. If you would like to 
see the full header for the current message, you may press the TAB key or 
Right Click the header display at the top of the viewer.

  If you are reading a long message, you may want to quickly locate a text 
string in that message. To locate a text string in the current message click 
the LOCATE button at the top of the viewer and enter your desired text. To 
find additional matches in the current message, just click the LOCATE button 
again and click NEXT or press the Return key. If you enter a new search 
string, the search will begin from the top of the message.

  Mountain Readers reply menu includes an address book to ease replying to 
other users. If you would like to add the "To" or "From" address from the 
current message to the address book, click the To or From displays at the top 
of the viewer. You will be asked to enter a name for the address (i.e. 
Entering "Anthony Watson" in the name field is usually easier to remember 
than the E-mail address of awatson@pacifier.com)

  Moving from one message to another is accomplished by clicking the on-screen 
arrow buttons, or by using the Left or Right keyboard cursor keys. If you 
hold down the CONTROL key while pressing the cursor keys, you will move to 
the next or previous message area.

  If you are viewing a summary packet, the message text to the message will 
not be available. You may mark a message for retrieval by pressing the space 
bar in the message viewer, or in the message index.

5.1 - Message Index

  Because many packets are quite large, you will probably not want to read 
each message individually. Therefore, Mountain Reader allows you to scan an 
index of message subjects and only read those which you are interested in.

  To view the message index you may click the INDEX button, press the "I" key 
on the keyboard, or press CONTROL and the UP cursor key.

  You may scan through the messages in the index by pressing the Up or Down 
keyboard cursor keys, or by clicking the on-screen buttons. The Page Up and 
Page Down keys allow you to quickly navigate the index. When you reach the 
first or last message in an area, the previous or next area will 
automatically be loaded.

  When you locate a message you are interested in viewing, click twice on the 
desired message or highlight the message and press the RETURN or right cursor 
keys.

  Pressing the Left cursor key in the message index will take you directly to 
the area index.


5.2 - Area Index

  If you are reading a large message packet, you may find it time consuming 
to navigate through the entire packet, even using the message index. 
Therefore, the area index allows you to quickly select any area in the packet 
and jump to it instantly.

  To access the area index from the message viewer, click the AREA button, 
press the "A" key, or hold down CONTROL and press the Down cursor key. You 
may also access the area index from the message index by pressing the LEFT 
cursor key.

  You may scan through the areas in the index by pressing the Up or Down 
keyboard cursor keys, or by clicking the on-screen buttons. The Page Up and 
Page Down keys allow you to quickly navigate the index.  When you locate an 
area you are interested in viewing, click twice on the desired area or 
highlight the area and press the RETURN or right cursor keys.


6 - Reply Menu

  Eventually you will want to reply to a message you are reading, or will 
want to post a new reply. This is accomplished in the reply menu. The reply 
menu displays a list of all current replies and allows you to edit them or 
add new replies at any time.

  If you want to enter a new reply, click the NEW REPLY button in the reply 
menu. This will bring up the reply editor and allow you to enter your reply.

  If you want to edit an existing reply, click twice on the desired reply, or 
highlight the desired reply and press the RETURN or Right cursor keys.

  RIGHT clicking on a reply will allow you to delete that reply, or send a 
copy to another user.


6.1 - Reply Editor

  When you first enter the reply editor you should verify that the Area, To, 
From, and Subject fields are correct. These fields will default to those in 
the currently selected message in the message viewer. If any of these fields 
are incorrect, you should click on the appropriate display and enter the 
desired information. Clicking on the Area field will bring up the same area 
index used in the message viewer except that all areas are displayed even if 
they do not contain messages.

  New replies in Mountain Reader default to public status (i.e. They can be 
read by anyone). If you would like to change the message status to Private 
(i.e. Only the addressee can read it), click on the "public" display field at 
the top of the reply menu. Please be aware, however, that most BBS's ignore 
the public/private message status you set, and set all messages in a public 
area to public, and all messages in a private area to private. SOUP packets, 
for instance, handle mail and news differently so the status set in Mountain 
Reader has no effect.

  Once you have the reply header set properly, you may begin typing your 
reply. Mountain Reader will automatically format text as you type, and 
carriage returns will be displayed so that you can see where they are entered.

  The reply text editor incorporates simple block operations such as block 
delete and cutting and pasting. To mark a block of text in the editor, move 
the cursor to the beginning of the text you wish to mark. Then press function 
key F2. Next, move the cursor to the end of the text you wish to mark and 
press F2 again. Alternatively, you may click and drag a block of text using 
the mouse.

  Once a block of text is marked, you can press the Delete key to delete the 
block of text, Control-X to cut the text block and place it on the clipboard, 
or Control-C to copy the text block to the clipboard. Pressing Control-V will 
allow you to paste the text back into the editor at the current cursor 
position. You may also cut and paste text between Mountain Reader and other 
applications.

  Right clicking on the reply text will bring up a dialog box that will allow 
you to cut, copy, paste, and delete text using the mouse.

  If you want to merge text from a file on your hard drive, click the MERGE 
button and then locate your desired file. It will be merged into the reply 
text at the current cursor location.

  If you want to export the text you have typed in the reply editor, click on 
the EXPORT button. A fileselector will appear allowing you to locate a 
destination path and enter a filename for the text. You may also print the 
text you have typed in by clicking on the PRINT button.

  When you have finished your reply, click the SEND button to save your reply. 
You can edit or delete it again later, if necessary, from the reply menu.

  It should be noted that QWK and Bluewave packets both place limits on the 
length of the To, From and Subject fields. QWK forces all three fields to 25 
characters, while Bluewave allows 31 characters for To/From and 71 characters 
in the Subject field. While Mountain Reader allows you to enter longer text 
for these fields, they will be truncated if they exceed the limits designed 
into the packet formats.


6.2 - Quote Menu

  Clicking the QUOTE button in the reply editor will open the quote menu. 
This menu displays the text of the current message and allows you to quote 
any segment of it in your own reply.

  To quote text from the message, simply click and drag the mouse over the 
text you want to quote. Alternatively, you may click the ALL button to mark 
the entire message text. But, to keep your messages clear, you should only 
quote the text that is relevant to your reply. Quoting the entire message is 
usually unnecessary, and generally makes your replies difficult to read.

  You can scroll through the message text by pressing the keyboard cursor 
keys, or by dragging a block of text beyond the top or bottom edge of the 
message text. You may also use the Page Up and Page Down keys for faster 
navigation of the message text.

  Once you have selected the text you want to quote, you may use either of 
two methods for placing the text into your reply.

  Normally, you should click the REFORMAT button after marking a block of 
text. This method strips out extra quote information (i.e. AW> DS>) and then 
reformats the text for placement in your reply. This provides a very clean 
quote, and reduces message sizes because you are only quoting relevant 
information.

  The second quoting option is to click the SIMPLE button after marking a 
block of text. This method makes a simple transfer of the message text to the 
reply text. It can be useful when you want to maintain the format of a table 
or other formatted text, but it has the downside of truncating lines that 
extend beyond the right margin. Therefore, you should use the REFORMAT option 
whenever possible.

  Although the quote menu only displays the text from the currently selected 
message, it is possible to quote text from multiple messages in your reply. 
Begin by locating the first message you want to reply to, and then start a 
new reply in the reply menu. Quote the text you want from that message, and 
save your reply. Then go back to the message viewer and locate the next 
message you want to quote from. Return to the reply menu, and select the 
reply you started earlier. You may then take a quote from the new message. 
You may repeat this procedure for as many messages as you want to quote from.


6.3 - Address Book

  The address book is accessed by clicking the ADDRESS BOOK button in the 
reply menu. Its purpose is to allow you to save the names and e-mail 
addresses of people you write often, and to ease sending replies to them.

  A user is added to the address book by clicking the ADD button in the 
address book. There are two fields you must fill out. The first field, the 
users name, is used to provide an easy to remember reference to the person or 
business you want to write. The second field is the users address and is 
where you enter their actual E-mail address.

  A user may also be added to the address book by clicking the TO or FROM 
fields in the message viewer.

  Once a user is in the address book, you may send a reply to that user by  
clicking twice on their name, or by highlighting their name and pressing the 
RETURN key. The reply editor will open and their TO address will be filled in 
automatically.

  RIGHT clicking on a name in the address book allows you to edit or delete 
that name.

  If the list of names in your address book is too large to fit on the 
screen, you may scroll through the list using the keyboard cursor keys, or by 
clicking the on-screen arrow buttons.


7 - Find Menu

  The Find menu allows you to scan all messages in a packet for any text 
string you desire. Begin a new search by clicking the NEW SEARCH button in 
the Find menu. A dialog will appear allowing you to enter the text string you 
want to find. When you click OK or press RETURN, Mountain Reader will scan 
through each message and build a list of messages that match your search 
criteria.

  When the search is complete, you may scroll through the list of matches 
using the keyboard cursor keys, or by clicking the on-screen arrow buttons. 
You may also use the Page Up and Page Down keys to navigate the Find list 
faster.

  To view a message found by the search system, click twice on the desired 
message, or highlight the message and press the RETURN key. The message 
viewer will open and highlight the text that matched your search.

  The results of the search will remain in the FIND menu until you start a 
new search or load a new packet. This allows you to move between the message 
viewer and FIND menu easily to view multiple matches.


8 - Tagline Menu

  A tagline is a short one line message that can be appended to the end of 
your messages. Most often a tagline is a short joke or thought provoking
statement. The tagline menu allows you to compile a database of your favorite 
taglines for use in your own replies. To use taglines in your replies, you 
must select the "Random" or "Manual" tagline mode in the OPTIONS menu.

  The tagline menu displays a list of your taglines which can be scrolled 
using the keyboard cursor keys or by clicking the on-screen arrow buttons. 
You may also use the Page Up and Page Down keys to navigate your taglines 
quickly.

  To add a new tagline, click on the ADD button in the tagline menu. A dialog 
box will appear allowing you to type in your tagline. If you have a packet 
loaded, there will be an option to "Steal" taglines. This option will scan 
through all the messages in the packet and automatically extract any taglines 
it finds. When it has finished scanning, you select which taglines you want 
to keep and they are added to your list of taglines.

  To edit or delete a tagline, RIGHT click the desired tagline or highlight 
the tagline and press RETURN or the right cursor key.

  To locate taglines in your tagline list, click on the LOCATE button. A 
dialog box will appear so that you may enter your search string. Press RETURN 
to find the first matching tagline. You may find additional matches by 
clicking LOCATE and pressing RETURN without changing your search string. Each 
time you enter a new search string, the search begins from the top of your 
tagline list.

  You may import taglines from any text file by clicking the IMPORT button 
and locating your desired file. The file will be loaded into a temporary list 
allowing you to select which taglines you wish to add to your list.

  You may save your entire tagline list to a text file by clicking the EXPORT 
button. A file selector will appear so that you can locate the desired 
destination path and enter a filename.
