Category     12 - ENVOY.100
Service       8 - NON-INTERACTIVE.(NIO)



NON-INTERACTIVE OPTION
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THE ENVOY 100 NON-INTERACTIVE OPTION AND LOWER NON-INTERACTIVE RATES ARE
AVAILABLE TO ENVOY 100 SUBSCRIBERS USING ASCII TERMINALS AND COMPUTERS.

THE NON-INTERACTIVE OPTION (NIO) SIMPLIFIES THE ENVOY 100 INTERFACE FOR
AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS.  IT PRESENTS A STREAMLINED COMMAND SET AND
FEWER PROMPTS WHICH ARE MORE SUITABLE AND EFFECTIVE FOR ASCII TERMINALS
AND COMPUTERS THAT CAN:

- PREPARE AND EDIT MESSAGES OFFLINE BEFORE ACCESSING ENVOY 100

- BATCH MESSAGES INTO ENVOY 100 AND RECORD INCOMING MESSAGES (EITHER
  PAPER OR MEMORY).

ASCII USERS CAN ACCESS THE OPTION BY CALLING A NEW ENVOY 100 DATAPAC
ADDRESS:

                              79400901

                                 OR

                              89400901

IN A TYPICAL NON-INTERACTIVE SESSION ONE WOULD FOLLOW THESE PROCEDURES:

1.  ESTABLISH CONNECTION TO DATAPAC.

2.  ENTER THE APPROPRIATE ENVOY 100 ADDRESS.

3.  ENTER ONE'S USER NAME AND PASSWORD (PROMPTS APPEAR).

4.  THE WELCOME BANNER IS DISPLAYED.  THIS CAN BE SUPRESSED BY USING
    AN EXCLAMATION MARK AFTER ONE'S USER NAME, E.G. A.SMITH!

5.  THE SCAN TABLE WILL NOT APPEAR UNLESS REQUESTED.

6.  CMD?  INSTEAD OF COMMAND?  IS DISPLAYED.

7.  THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS CAN BE ENTERED:

    * COMPOSE OR C  -PERFORMS COMPOSE BATCH AS IN THE INTERACTIVE MODE
                     WITHOUT THE PROMPT 'DO YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS?'
                     NOTE:  USING COMPOSE BATCH IN THE INTERACTIVE MODE
                     DOES NOT INVOKE THE INTERACTIVE RATES.

    * SCAN OR S     -PERFORMS SCAN ! UNREAD AS IN THE INTERACTIVE MODE.
                     SCANS NEW MESSAGES ONLY AND SUPPRESSES THE 'MORE...'
                     PROMPT AFTER EVERY 20 LINES.

    * READ OR R     -PERFORMS READ ! UNREAD  AS IN THE INTERACTIVE
                     MODE.  READS NEW MESSAGES ONLY AND SUPPRESSES
                     THE ACTION? PROMPT.

    * STATUS CLEAR
      OR STA CLEAR  -DISPLAYS THE CONTENTS OF ONE'S STATUS FILE AND
                     CLEARS THE FILE.



  * PASSKEYS
      OR PAS        -PERFORMS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IN THE INTERACTIVE
                     MODE (WITH PROMPTS).

    * BYE OR B      -PERFORMS BYE! WITHOUT FURTHER PROMPTS.


NOTE:  DEPRESSING THE BREAK KEY LOGS ONE OFF AUTOMATICALLY.


ACCREDITATION
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THIS OPTION IS SIMPLY A FEATURE OF ENVOY 100, ENABLING USERS TO CHOOSE
EITHER THE NON-INTERACTIVE OPTION OR INTERACTIVE ENVOY 100 SINCE ONE
USER ACCREDITATION TO ENVOY 100 PROVIDES FOR BOTH INTERACTIVE AND
NON-INTERACTIVE USE OF ENVOY 100.


