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+<H2><A NAME="s9">9. Mail.</A></H2>
+
+<P>You can send and receive both personal mail and bulletins with DXSpider
+quite easily.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss9.1">9.1 The "directory" command.</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>To list mail you would use the <B>DIRECTORY</B> command. On its
+own, this command will output the last ten messages received by the
+node, either to or from yourself or bulletins such as "DX" and "ALL".
+As with other commands you can display more by specifying a number
+with the command. You should be aware that Spider will accept
+these commands by separating with either a slash or a space, so
+<EM>dir new</EM> and <EM>dir/new</EM> work in the same way.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+directory
+directory/20
+directory 20
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>Of course most of the time you will only want to list new mail sent
+to you personally since your last login. However you might also like
+to check for general mail received by the node. In fact if there is
+new mail for you, the cluster will tell you when you login. You will
+also be informed if new mail arrives for you during the time you are
+logged in.
+Mail is not only sent to callsigns though. Mail can also be sent to
+subjects like "all" or "local" or "dx" etc. You can treat these
+bulletins in the same way as personal mail with the directory
+command.
+<P><B>Examples:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+directory/new
+directory/own
+directory/own/10
+directory/all
+directory/from <call>
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+
+<P>The last option will only show mail from a callsign if it was sent to
+you personally or was sent as a bulletin. There are some additional
+commands and these can be found in the DXSpider Command Reference section.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss9.2">9.2 Reading mail.</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>The output of the <B>DIRECTORY</B> command could be something like
+this.
+<P>
+<PRE>
+dir
+ 20735 2 ALL GW7SMV 21-Feb 1204Z REC 9E1S QSL TDY 50Mhz....
+ 20823 308 UK G0HDB 22-Feb 2334Z Help - which district code?
+ 20824 105 ALL W9AE 23-Feb 0349Z S0NY QSL address?
+ 20825 2 UK G0LRJ 23-Feb 0806Z QSL REC LZ2CJ/1.CARD NO-750.
+ 20858 2 ALL GW7SMV 24-Feb 0905Z REC S92DX QSL CARD TDY 50Mhz
+ 20921 200 ALL GM4FDM 27-Feb 2203Z Trip to VP8
+ 20949 375 ALL K0MN 27-Feb 0428Z ST0P cards are gd @ ARRL
+ 20950 2 UK G0LRJ 28-Feb 0835Z QSL REC SV9/IZ0CKJ/P EU-187.
+ 20987 569 ALL GD0TEP 1-Mar 1733Z Portable contests
+ 21076 2 ALL G4AFJ 3-Mar 1743Z kh6nd/kh5 qsl received
+ 21184-p 599 GW4HAT G0VGS 4-Mar 1518Z Re: Time
+</PRE>
+<P>The first column is the actual message number. If the message is a
+personal one to you, you will see a letter 'p' after this number. If
+the message has been read, there will be a '-' between the message
+number and the 'p'. This only works for personal messages. The next
+column shows the file size of the message. The third column shows the
+address the message was sent to and the next column shows who sent it.
+The rest is fairly self-explanatory.
+<P>Reading a message is as simple as typing read, followed by the
+message number that you wish to read.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+read 25
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>will read message number 25. However the mail will be displayed in it's
+entirety unless you specify a page length. You can set your page length
+to any number you like and when the message reaches that number of lines
+you will get a prompt giving you options.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+set/page 20
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss9.3">9.3 Sending mail.</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Sending mail is done in the time honoured way. First you specify
+a recipient for the message, then you will be prompted for a subject.
+Once you have done this you will be asked to type your message.
+Please remember that there is no automatic word wrap, so unless you
+are using a client that wraps lines automatically, remember to hit
+return at the end of each line.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+send m0azm
+Enter Subject (30 characters):
+See you Thursday
+Enter Message /EX to send or /ABORT to exit
+Hi Ian,
+Just a quick note to say that I can make Thursday after all. The
+appointment I had has cancelled so we are go!
+Cheers
+Ian
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>At this point you can either hit return and enter /ex to send the
+message or use /abort at any time to abort it. You can now display
+the message in the normal way. There are several send options and
+these are listed in the Command Set section. These include sending
+mail to several recipients and asking for a return receipt.
+<P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss9.4">9.4 Replying to mail.</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>If mail is addressed to you or to a bulletin address, you can use the
+<B>REPLY</B> command to reply to it. Using this command, the
+subject will be automatically set for you as "Re: subject", whatever
+the subject was.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+reply 2500
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss9.5">9.5 Deleting mail</A>
+To delete a message, you use the <EM>delete</EM> command.You can only delete messages sent to or received by yourself. Bulletins are dealt with automatically or by the sysop.</H2>
+
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