*start*
01685 00024 US
Date: 27 April 1981 10:36 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: TO START YOUR TUTORIAL SESSION: Point cursor at "Display" and
click the left mouse button
To: @NewUsers
Welcome to the community of Laurel Users. Laurel is the Alto program that
serves as your mail reading, composition and filing interface to the Distributed
Message System. Since you are reading this message, you have already learned
to use the "Display" command.
While reading a message in this middle region you have the ability to scroll up
and down as in Bravo, using the double-headed arrow cursor in the left margin.
You may also notice that if you hold down the left or right mouse button in the scroll area, then continuous scrolling is performed. If the words End of Message
in italics are not visible, then there is more message to be seen, and you should
scroll up to see more.
When Laurel started up, it read in this mail file named Tutorial.mail. An index
of all messages in this mail file, called the Table of Contents, appears in the
upper text region of the Laurel screen. A triangular symbol at the left of the
Table of Contents entry corresponding to this message indicates that it is the
SELECTED message. Invoking "Display" at the beginning of a session displays
the selected message in this middle region.
Another use of "Display" is very useful in reading through your mail
sequentially. If the selected message is the same as the message displayed in the
middle region (as it is now) then "Display" will automatically select the next
message in the Table of Contents and display that message.
Try clicking the left mouse button over "Display" now.
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01687 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 10:44 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Message number 3 in Tutorial.mail.
To: @NewUsers
A question mark next to an entry in the Table of Contents indicates that the
corresponding message has not yet been seen. You may have already noticed
that "Display" automatically removes a question mark from the Table of Contents
entry if one was present.
These question marks are a special case of MARKS. You may change any mark
in the Table of Contents by pointing at the mark with the cursor, clicking the
left mouse button, and then typing a single character. You may even change a
mark back to ? to restore its unseen status. The best way to erase a mark is to
change it to a blank. You may play around with the marks now, but please
leave the question marks on messages 4 through the end.
When Laurel reads a mail file, it automatically selects and positions the Table of
Contents at the first question marked entry. This allows you to keep your place
easily in your mail file between sessions of using Laurel.
Command invocation in Laurel is accomplished by pointing the cursor at a
command, pressing down on the left button, and releasing the button while still
pointing at that command. If you move away from a command while the button
is still down, then that command will not be invoked when you release the
button. It is best to point at commands from below; placing the cursor on top of
a command may not activate that command.
Try moving the cursor around the screen with the left button depressed (release
the button over a neutral area such as over this message text.)
Invoke "Display" for the next message.
*start*
01378 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 1:02 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: "Delete" and "Undelete".
To: @NewUsers
"Delete" is used to delete the currently selected message. Invoke "Delete" now
and observe its effect.
This message has now been marked for deletion. When you "Quit", or when you
read a mail file, all messages marked for deletion are really deleted--there will
be no way to restore them to your files. Be careful about the messages you
delete. Laurel has another technique to deal with mail you don't want in your
current mail file, namely the "Move to" command. "Move to" will be explained
in a later message.
If a message has been marked for deletion, it may be restored to good health by
selecting that message in the Table of Contents and invoking "Undelete". Try
"Undelete" now.
Selecting a Table of Contents entry with the right mouse button extends the
selected message to a range of selected messages. Selecting a Table of Contents
entry with the middle mouse button adds that message to the message already
selected; selecting a Table of Contents entry with the middle mouse button while
holding the SHIFT key down removes that one message from the set of messages
already selected. Try selecting a variety of messages and "Delete" and "Undelete"
them.
Select message 5 with the left mouse button and invoke "Display".
*start*
00918 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 1:03 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Movable boundaries
To: @NewUsers
Reading some of the previous messages may have been a bit uncomfortable due
to the small size of the displayed message (middle) region. To remedy this
situation, you may adjust the boundaries to suit your needs.
To move a boundary press down on the middle mouse button and move the
cursor to the small box on the boundary you wish to move (keep the button
down.) Note how the box will now move with the cursor. Move the box to the
position you wish it to be in and release the button.
Play around a bit with both movable boundaries until you have adjusted the
screen areas to a pleasing arrangement. Note that if you wish to cancel moving
a boundary while you are moving the box around, you may do so by moving
the box far to the left.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01575 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 10:46 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Thumbing
To: @NewUsers
You have already used the scrolling feature in both the displayed message
region and in the Table of Contents region. You may have noticed that Bravo
style thumbing does not work.
To thumb any of the Laurel text regions, use the middle mouse button on the
thin black line just above the text region you wish to thumb. This line, the
thumb line, is dotted for part or all of its length.
The cursor shape will change to a vertical line when the cursor points at a
thumb line and the middle button is down. If you lift up on the middle button
while still in the thumb line, the text will repaint itself according to the relative
position of the cursor along the length of the thumb line. The left edge of the
thumb line corresponds to the beginning of the text and the right edge
corresponds to the end of the text.
Try thumbing this message to various places.
The dotted portion of the thumb line corresponds to the visible portion of the
text at any given time. The Table of Contents and composed message (bottom)
regions contain selections in addition to text. The start of the selection in these
regions is indicated by a vertical line on the thumb line. To normalize a
selection (bring the start of the selection to the top line) position the thumbing
cursor on the selection indicator on the thumb line and release the middle
mouse button. Try normalizing the Table of Contents selection now.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
02006 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 10:46 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: "Mail file" and "Move to"
To: @NewUsers
The mail file you are now reading is named Tutorial.mail. The default mail file
that Laurel uses when you do not specify a particular mail file is named
Active.mail.
Laurel allows you to arrange your messages in separate batches called mail files.
If you wish to move a message from the mail file you are now reading to another
mail file, "Move to" will accomplish this. When you invoke "Move to", a
blinking caret will appear in the brackets next to the command. You may now
fill in these brackets with the name of a mail file. The extension .mail will be
assumed if you do not provide any periods in the name.
When you have finished typing the file name, you may confirm with with ESC or you may cancel the Move to command by typing DEL. The selected
message(s) will now be moved. If the file name already in the brackets is the
one you want, just type ESC immediately.
Make sure that this message is the selected message, and move it to a file named
Test. Confirm that you want this new mail file when the exception message
appears below.
Invoke "Undelete" to keep a copy of this message in the Tutorial.mail file.
Set the mark on this message (message 7 in the Table of Contents) to ?.
Now we will read the Test.mail file (it should have only one message--this
one--in it). Invoke "Mail file" and fill its brackets with Test. When you
terminate with ESC, the Tutorial.mail file will be cleaned up, deleted entries
removed, and the Test.mail file will be read. Invoke "Display" when ready to
continue reading this message (from this point on) in that file.
Here we are in Test.mail. Delete this message, invoke "Mail file" with Tutorial to
get back to Tutorial.mail (don't forget the ESC), "Display" this message once
again, and continue reading from this point on.
Now we are back in Tutorial.mail.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01709 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 10:50 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: "New mail"
To: @NewUsers
New mail that has been sent to you is collected in your inbox on another
machine. The "New mail" command is used to move this mail from your inbox to
the mail file that you are currently reading. The following is an explanation of
how to use "New mail", but do not invoke it during this tutorial session for
reasons that will become obvious as you read on.
WARNING: IT IS VERY EASY TO BRING MAIL TO LAUREL, BUT IT IS
TEDIOUS TO MOVE MAIL BACK TO YOUR INBOX. IF YOU ARE A
HARDCORE MSG USER, AND YOU USE MANY FUNCTIONS SPECIFIC TO MSG,
THEN YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BRING YOUR MAIL OVER TO YOUR ALTO.
Assuming that you like Laurel and your MSG affiliation is not that strong, the
best way to deal with new mail is as follows:
1) Make sure that your current mail file is Active.mail. You may have to
invoke "Mail file" to achieve this. (Do not do this now.)
2) Invoke "New mail". (Do not do this now.) This may take some time, but it
will append all your new mail to the end of the current mail file.
3) You may read this new mail, delete some of it, move some of it to other mail
files, or leave some mesages in Active.mail as a reminder to you that you have
not fully acted upon them.
"New mail" will fail if you are not properly logged in. To log in invoke "User"
and type your name and password, terminating each with ESC.
Every five minutes, Laurel checks your inbox to see if it contains any new
mail. When Laurel discovers that you have new mail it will tell you via a
message posted just above the "User" command.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
03162 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 11:24 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: "Hardcopy"
To: @NewUsers
Laurel provides a hardcopy function that prints selected messages as formatted
memos, with each message starting a new page. Laurel uses the information in
the file Laurel.Profile on your disk for various parameters affecting hardcopy.
These parameters may also be filled in during any particular "Hardcopy"
command.
The information in Laurel.Profile is read by Laurel once at the start of each
session. Therefore, if you modify Laurel.Profile, and you wish to have Laurel
notice the change, you must "Quit" from Laurel and restart (by typing Laurel to
the Alto executive.)
Invoke "Hardcopy" with the left button now. Notice that the middle menu has changed to the "hardcopy submenu". By invoking various option commands and
filling in values for these options, you may tailor each batch of hardcopy to
your requirements. Make sure the the printer name listed is correct; if not,
invoke the "Printer" option and fill in a proper printer name. Invoke "Hardcopy"
now, in the hardcopy submenu, to see this message as sample hardcopy output.
Note that the "Cancel" comannd in the hardcopy submenu cancels the
"Hardcopy" command altogether.
You may select several messages to be hardcopied together. Deleted messages will
not be hardcopied. If the amount of output will be very large, Laurel will break
up the transmission of your hardcopy into batches. This is done to be kind to
your printing server and to other users of that server who will be able to print
output between your batches of mail. After the completion of the hardcopy
command, a summary message will appear in the feedback region at the bottom
of the screen explaining how many pages were printed in how many batches.
Note: Laurel considers the hardcopy to be printed as soon as it has been
accepted by the printing server. There may be some additional delay at the
printer before your hardcopy is actually printed.
For some hardcopy uses, such as archives of all messages received, the built in
"Hardcopy" command may produce unsuitably bulky output. For these uses, we
recommend printing your mail file with the "Form" option in the hardcopy
submenu set to the word Archive. To accomplish this, invoke "Hardcopy" with
the left mouse button to bring up the hardcopy submenu. Invoke "Form"
repeatedly with the left mouse button until the word Archive appears in the
following brackets. Notice that after the completion of a "Hardcopy" command,
these brackets are reset to empty.
Even the Archive form may produce too much output; if this is the case then
we recommend using some other printing program such as Empress. The output
will contain some funny control information, but the messages will be readable.
Printing with Bravo is not suitable in general, as mail files may grow to sizes
larger than Bravo can handle.
There are many hardcopy options available. These are explained further in the
Laurel manual.
If the hardcopy submenu is still visible, invoke "Cancel" now to restore the
middle menu.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
02786 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 1:13 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Composing messages
To: @NewUsers
Composing messages that you wish to send is very easy in Laurel. The lower
text region contains a Bravo style editor that you will use to type in and edit
your message.
The Laurel editor is not an exact copy of Bravo, but is so similar that Bravo
users will not need much explanation. The main points to remember are:
To start composing a message, invoke one of the four message initialization
commands, "New form", "Answer", "Forward", or "Get".
"New form" gives you a skeleton message with fields that should be replaced by
the proper text. Try "New form" to see its format.
"Answer" automatically fills in the To: field with the name(s) of the sender(s) of
the currently selected message and fills in the Subject: and In-reply-to: fields.
Try "Answer" to observe its effect.
"Forward" automatically copies the currently selected message(s) into the message
body. Try "Forward" now.
"Get" replaces the current text in the lower text region with the contents of a file
from your disk or from a file server. More information on file reading and
writing commands will be found in a subsequent message.
To see a list of available editor commands, type ? This is considered an illegal
command, so you will need to type a DEL to convince Laurel that you know
what you are doing.
Replacing, inserting or appending from a secondary selection works as in Bravo.
The secondary selection may be in either the message you are composing or the
currently displayed message.
In addition, a new kind of source selection is available, called "shifted selection". Shifted selection may be performed any time when type-in is acceptable (even into brackets!) To make a shifted selection, hold down the SHIFT key, make your selection, then lift up the SHIFT key. If you change your mind about the shifted selection, type a DEL before lifting up the SHIFT key.
A different style of editor, called the modeless editor is also available. The
Laurel manual has a complete description of the standard editor and the modeless
editor; we suggest you read it sometime to learn about numerous commands that
are not mentioned here.
Only one font is available--Times Roman 10--which you are looking at now.
You may edit any part of the message you are composing in any order. Be
careful not to delete the blank line after the header, nor to insert any blank
lines in the header. Laurel uses this blank line as an indication that the header
is finished. You may of course insert blank lines anywhere you want farther
down in the message.
Try some editing on the composed message below, but do not deliver it yet.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
02343 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 11:34 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Recipient names
To: @NewUsers
To send a message, you must know the official names of the intended recipients. If you are properly logged into your Alto then your recipient name will appear in the brackets following the "User" command. Anyone sending a message to you will include your recipient name in the "To" or "cc" field of that message.
If you have not yet logged in properly then you can do so by selecting the
"User" command and typing in your recipient name followed by ESC, then
typing in your password followed by ESC.
A recipient name has two parts separated by a period. The second part is a
registry name, and the first part is the name for someone in that registry. A
registry is nothing more than a device for grouping related names. The registry
name helps the mail system determine which machine will have the inbox for a
recipient. Registry names currently correspond roughly to "campuses" of activity
within Xerox, which should make them easier to remember. At present, the
following registries exist:
DLOS - Dallas, TX
EOS - EOS, Pasadena, CA
ES - El Segundo, CA
HENR - Henrietta, NY
LB - Leesburg, VA
PA - Palo Alto, CA
RX - Rank Xerox, England
STHQ or CORP - Corporate Headquarters, Stamford, CT
WBST - Webster, NY
XRCC - Xerox Research Center, Toronto, Canada
Most messages are sent within a single campus, and since registries correspond to
campuses, most of the recipients of a message tend to be in the same registry.
Laurel allows you to omit the registry name for recipients who are in your
registry, just as you may omit an area code when telephoning your neighbor
across the street. For example, someone in the registry for the Palo Alto area, say
"Someone.PA", could send a message with the following acceptable message
header:
Subject: Demonstration of recipient naming
To: Person1, Person2
cc: Person3, FarAwayPerson1.ES
Laurel assumes that names that lack registries are in the sender's registry, which
in this case is "PA". Since "FarAwayPerson1.ES" explicitly includes a registry,
"ES" rather than "PA" is used by Laurel. Thus, in this case the message will go
to "Person1.PA", "Person2.PA", "Person3.PA", and "FarAwayPerson1.ES".
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
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01420 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 11:37 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: "Deliver"
To: @NewUsers
Invoking "Deliver" will send the composed message to all its intended recipients.
Each recipient will receive only one copy of the message, even if his or her
name appears more than once.
"Deliver" appears only after you have edited an initial form or after you have
edited a message that has already been sent. This feature should help prevent
you from sending duplicate messages.
Try "New Form", fill in your own name in the To: field, be sure to delete the
cc: line if you won't be using it, replace Subject with the words "My first message", replace Message with an appropriately witty saying, and invoke
"Deliver". When the word "delivered" appears in place of "Deliver", the message
has been deposited in your inbox.
Later, when you invoke "New mail" (wait until your current mail file is
Active.mail) you will see the message that you just sent.
You may cancel a delivery that is in progress by typing DEL. If the delivery is
canceled, none of the recipients will receive the message, and you will be
notified of this fact in the feedback region at the bottom of the screen. If instead
you see the word "delivered" replace the command "Deliver", then your DEL was
typed too late, and the message will be delivered to the recipients.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01310 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 11:46 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Public distribution lists
To: @NewUsers
The mail system provides a way to address messages to groups of recipients.
Each registry includes some recipient names whose first part ends with the
character "↑". Such names identify groups rather than individuals. Using such
a name as the recipient of a message causes the message to go to all the
individuals included in the group. For example, the "To" line:
To: CSL↑.PA
will cause the message to be delivered to all of the approximately 75 recipients in
the Computer Science Laboratory of the Palo Alto Research Center.
The public distribution lists for each registry are stored in the mail transport
facilities. They are maintained by the administrators of that registry. You can
have your recipient name added to appropriate lists by contacting the
administrator. While you are able to use any public distribution list from any
registry in delivering any message, you should think very carefully about your
choice of message and list so as not to bother recipients with messages they don't
care to read. Check with experienced users to find out which lists should be
used for which kinds of messages.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01243 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 11:49 am PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Private distribution lists
To: @NewUsers
The mail system also provides a way for you to create private distribution lists.
You may have noticed that all these messages are addressed to @NewUsers. The
"@" indicates that NewUsers is a private distribution list and that the real
recipients are contained in the file "NewUsers" on my Alto disk. The general
form:
@Filename.extension
may be placed in the To: or cc: fields as long as you have the corresponding file
on your disk. Laurel will read the file as part of the deliver operation and
include all names found in the file as recipients for the message. You can create
the private distribution list file with the Laurel editor or another editor such as
Bravo. The file should contain a list of recipient names separated by commas.
It is also possible to use files stored on remote file servers as private distribution
lists. The syntax for naming them is:
@[host]<directory>subdirectory>..>filename.extension
Remotely stored private distribution lists are useful if a small group of people
want to share the use of the list.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
03796 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 12:03 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: "Get", "Put" and "Copy"
To: @NewUsers
Laurel provides several commands that read and write files on your local disk or
remote file servers. These are the "Get", "Put" and "Copy" commands located in
the lower menu and the G and P commands accepted by the editor in the lower
text area. All these commands require that a file name be specified; brackets will
appear in a second line of the lower menu are for this purpose. The syntax for
naming local or remote files is the same as that for naming files that are private
distribution lists, but the "@" is unnecessary.
Try the "Get" command now. Invoke "Get" with the left mouse button, then
type the name of a small text file into the brackets (Laurel.Profile will do
nicely.) Terminate the file name with ESC. If previous editing has left you in a
state where Laurel requests you to confirm, do so.
The message in the lower composition window has been replaced by your text
file. Do not edit it now.
Now try the "Put" command. Invoke "Put" with the left mouse button. Now that
the caret is blinking in the brackets, you may type a new file name or ESC
which will confirm the name already in the brackets. Type ESC now. Laurel
will notify you that it will overwrite that file since it already exists on your
disk. Laurel differs from Bravo here in that Laurel will not create a backup file,
but will overwrite the existing file. At this point you may confirm or cancel
this command. For now, confirm with ESC.
With "Get" and "Put", Laurel provides a simple text editor that may be used for
numerous simple text editing tasks. Some typical uses of "Get" and "Put" are:
1) Saving a composed message that couldn't be delivered due to network
problems.
2) Creation of standard message forms or "boilerplate" for command files. The
recommended method for creation of customized message forms is to start with
a "New form", edit it, and "Put" it on some easily remembered file. The "Get"
command will add .form to any file name not containing a period, so storing
message forms on files with extension .form is recommended.
The G and P editor commands are similar to "Get" and "Put", but they work on
the selected text rather than the entire composed message.
The G editor command has the effect of replacing the selected text by the
contents of a file.
To try the G editor command do the following. Invoke "New form" now.
Type G, then type Laurel.profile ESC. Notice that the Subject placeholder, which had been selected, has now been replaced by the contents of your Laurel.profile.
The P editor command will write the text selection on a named file. ESC to confirm the existing file name or typein to begin a new file name works as
usual.
Get and G will also work on public distribution lists. Simply type the name of
the distribution list into the brackets, complete with "↑". Getting a public
distribution list is a good way to find out the set of individuals that will receive
a message sent to that distribution list.
The "Copy" command transfers files to and from either your local disk or remote
file servers. The copying is done without involving the editor region of Laurel,
so the transferred file can be very large. When the "Copy" command is invoked,
two sets of brackets appear in the second line of the lower menu, labelled "from"
and "to". You fill in each of these brackets in turn, using remote file names as
with "Get" when you wish to specify a remote file, and standard names when
you wish to specify a local file.
There is no C editor command, as copying a file does not involve the message in your composition region in any way.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01474 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 12:03 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: Running programs
To: @NewUsers
The "Run" command in the lower menu allows you to run programs while still inside Laurel. Several standard programs are available on your local file server on the <Laurel> directory. These programs are generally named with a .laurel extension.
If you have one of these programs on your disk, you may run it by invoking the "Run" command and filling in the brackets that appear in the second line of the lower menu with the name of the program. You may omit the extension in the program's name if it is .laurel. Most programs that run in Laurel use the lower window as a typescript. If the program expects typed input, you may type normally or use shifted selection as described in Message number 9. After the program has finished, you still have the typescript to edit, file, etc.
You may even run a program that is not on your disk at the time you invoke the "Run" command. Just use the complete remote file specifier as for "Get". The program will be stored on your local disk and then will be loaded and run.
One very valuable program that you may wish to run is Chat.laurel. This program provides Chat service in the lower window of Laurel for talking to file servers, Maxc, etc.
The Laurel manual contains descriptions of several programs that are available for the "Run" command.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01248 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 12:53 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: LaurelUsers↑.PA distribution list
To: @NewUsers
If you plan to become a Laurel user, you should ask to have your name added to
the public LaurelUsers↑.PA distribution list. This list is used to send messages
about Laurel changes to Laurel users. You may have your name added to the
list by sending a message to that effect to LaurelSupport. To make this as
painless as possible, we have included a copy of that message here.
---------
Subject: Add to LaurelUsers↑
To: LaurelSupport.PA
Please add my name to the LaurelUsers↑ distribution list.
Thank you.
----------
To send this message do the following. Invoke "New form". Select everything
(from the first character to the last) in the new form.
Type R for Replace. Select all lines between the dashes above (do not include
the dashes.) Type ESC.
What fun! Check to make sure that the first line in the message composition
window begins with Subject:
Be sure you are properly logged in. Only authenticated users will be added to
the list.
Now invoke "Deliver". Laurel will insert a From: field with your name filled in
automatically.
Invoke "Display" to read the next message.
*start*
01199 00024 UU
Date: 27 April 1981 12:53 pm PDT (Monday)
From: LaurelSupport.PA
Subject: We're done
To: @NewUsers
Much more information about Laurel can be found in the Laurel manual, available as Laurel.press from the <Laurel> directory on your favorite file
server. We recommend that you read this manual soon to find out about many
items that could not be included in this brief tutorial.
Any comments you have about the operation of Laurel or on this tutorial should
be sent to LaurelSupport.PA.
To leave Laurel, just invoke "Quit". A confirmation (ESC) will be necessary. Be
sure that you have not deleted some precious message as any deleted messages
will be forgotten forever.
If you wish to move some of the previous messages to your Active file, you
may do so now by selecting those messages and invoking "Move to" with Active
for the file name in the brackets. Messages 8, 10, and 12 are particularly
relevant, as they contain information about actions that you were requested not
to perform while you read through this tutorial. Once you have moved these
messages to Active, you may invoke "Mail file" on Active and you will have
become a real Laurel user.
Good luck!