MOOmail

Sending messages to other people is a very useful and valuable way to express ideas and to store vital information. AussieMOO itself has an internal mailing system used to send messages to other players to read, this is called MOOmail. It is very similar to e-mail in regards to its abilities to send, alter, and forward quickly.

How To Send a Piece of MOOmail

The most important part to know in the AussieMOO mailing system is how to send MOOmail to another person or mailing list. 

@send <object>
This command will initiate the sending of a MOOmail message to an allowable object, that being either a player or a mailing list. 
@send Darkness

Subject:
[Type a line of input or `@abort' to abort the command.]

This is my first MOOmail message

Room Do a 'look' to get the list of commands, or 'help' for assistance.
Composing a letter to Darkness (#650) entitled "This is my first MOOmail"
You have now been sent to the Mail Editor and you now able to create your message without being interrupted by someone wntering the room but you will still receive pages.
The easiest way to enter text is by using the 'say' or " command. 
say <text>
Using the 'say' command will enter a single line into your message. 
"Wow, I can't believe it's not e-mail.

Line 1 added.
The next command you'll need to learn is 'delete' or 'del' which is used to erase the previous line you just entered. 
del
And here's an example... 
"Do I really need this line?
Line 2 added.
del
Do I really need this line?
---Line deleted.  Insertion point is before line 2.
If you have made a very small error you can use substitution to fix it by using the command 's'. 
s/<mistake>/<correction>
The command requires you to type the entire mistake followed by a backslash then the complete correction. Note that you cannot substitute quote marks or backslashes. 
"I made a mistac.
Line 3 added.
s/tac/take
__3_ I made a mistake.
Finally for sending and exiting the Mail Editor simply type 'send'. 
send
Sending...
Mail actually sent to Darkness (#650)
If at any time you decide not to send MOOmail, while in the editor, simply using the command 'abort' will get you out. 
abort
Then the MOO will give back output saying you've thrown the MOOmail session. 
abort
Throwing away session for a letter to Darkness (#650).
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