     The TELL command is used to send messages to other users;  the  MESSAG
command is used to receive messages that have been sent to you.  Most usage
of TELL and MESSAG can be demonstrated by the following examples:  To  send
a message to another user, say Burtnett, type

     TELL BURTNETT

TELL will respond with the message

     Enter message, end with ^Z

After you have typed the message (as many lines as you want) and have typed
the  ^Z  (altmode  works  just  as well), TELL will respond with OK, I told
Burtnett.

     If you have any messages, when you login you will be given  a  message
to  that  effect.   To  type  your  messages, just type the monitor command
MESSAGE.  After a message has been typed, you will be questioned as to  how
to dispose of the message.  The most useful options are SAVE, in which case
the message is kept and the next time you ask for your messages it will  be
printed,  and  DELETE, in which case the message disappears.  Other options
are to FORWARD the message (type a list  of  names  after  FORWARD),  REPLY
(which  gets  you  into TELL, but talking to the sender of the message) and
HOLD, which keeps the message until  you  explicitly  request  that  it  be
printed  by  a  MESSAGE/HOLD.   You  can also copy the message to a file by
saying COPY <filename>.

     For more details like more command  options,  multiple  TELL's,  group
names,  setting default values in SWITCH.INI, specifying dates when sending
messages, etc.   see  DOC:TELL.MAN  (DETAILED  USER  INSTRUCTIONS)  OR  SEE
DOC:TELL.DOC  (DESCRIPTION  OF  TELL  INCLUDING CONTENTS OF TELL.MAN).  GET
TELL.DOC OR TELL.MAN BUT NOT BOTH.
