* Add .tedit files for Lafite manual and release notes -- PDFs on Google Drive * use 'docs' for subfolder name; wliminate dup * Remove duplicate LAFITEMANUAL-GLOSSARY-CUSTOMER.TEDIT --------- Co-authored-by: Nick Briggs <nicholas.h.briggs@gmail.com>
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A USER'S GUIDE TO LAFITE
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A USER'S GUIDE TO LAFITE
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THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START
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THIINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START
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2. Things to Know
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Before You Start
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Lafite is a display-based, interactive program that manipulates a particular class of files called mail files. In essence, a mail file is just a set of messages, each of which is a piece of text formatted according to certain conventions. The details of these conventions are not of major interest to most users. Suffice it to say that messages have a header and a body. The header identifies the sender and recipients of the message as well as the time it was sent, a subject, and perhaps other information not directly related to the message's content. The body contains the content of the message. For each mail file, Lafite constructs and maintains a table of contents that summarizes the messages residing in the file. Mail files can be stored either on a file server that allows random access or on your own workstation's disk.
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Lafite is an interface program that gives you access to the facilities provided by the Xerox Network Systems (NS) Mail Service. This system provides you with in-boxes, mail drops, and a name data base. An in-box is a place where messages sent to you are stored until you retrieve them. Each in-box resides on a mail server, which is a machine used for storing and distributing electronic mail. A mail drop is a service to which messages addressed to any user(s) of the system may be sent. The mail transport system sorts out the recipients and delivers messages to their individual in-boxes. The name data base holds the names of registered users of the message system along with named lists of such users.
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Lafite retrieves inbound mail from your in-boxes on one or more mail servers. The messages are retrieved into a mail folder, which is usually called Active.Mail (henceforth referred to as the Active Mail folder). You can then open a browser onto the mail folder, which allows its contents to be read, replied to, forwarded, deleted, moved into other folders, printed, and so forth. |