December 2002 Tip of the Month: Mailstored & Mailhelp
Channel 1 is full of questions that get asked repeatedly...our
server tip for this month addresses 2 of them, involving the
mailing of games & help files. Two useful commands to know are:
mailstored, which allows you to have a game sent to you by email,
and mailhelp, which will allow you to email a help file to yourself,
that you can print off and read at your leisure.
Let's take a look at the helpfiles, where you'll find all the info you need:
mailstored
Usage: mailstored player1 [#, player2, journal_slot]
LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS
Mails to you at your email address the moves of player1's game,
either game # from player1's "history" table, the "stored"
(adjourned) game between player1 and player2, the game from the
user's journal, or a stored game you have with that player.
Examples:
mailstored Hawk [for a stored game you have with Hawk]
mailstored Hawk 65 [for a history game played by Hawk]
mailstored Hawk DAV [for a stored game between Hawk and DAV]
mailstored Hawk K [for a journal game from Hawk's journal]
Other useful commands: "examine" helps you review the game; "smoves"
displays the moves; "sposition" displays current game position; and
"smposition" is a combination of both smoves and sposition. Also,
the 'pgn' variable affects the format in which games are emailed to
you.
See Also: examine history journal smoves smposition sposition stored v_pgn
mailhelp
Usage: mailhelp [filename]
LIMITED TO REGISTERED USERS
Mails a specified helpfile to your e-mail address. If no filename
is specified, a list of available help files is given. For example:
mailhelp -- to display all help files that can be emailed
mailhelp messages -- to email you the 'messages' help file
See Also: register
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