My suggestion is to become part of the solution. If the manual leaves a lot to be desired, if there are errors, etc. help rewrite it, correct the problem, etc. I believe Elm is FREE. If one (or more) programmer(s) wrote the program for the computing community, maybe one (or more) user(s) could help/improve the documentation for the user community? Richard [log in to unmask] ************************************************************* In message <[log in to unmask]> ListServ list owners writes: > One of the very helpful folks who privately emailed me solutions to my > disabillity happened to hit the nail on the head: the suggestion was made > to use the 'h' command in elm to reveal the hidden headers. > > Now, in the novice (starter-default) menu for elm, there is no hint that > such a command exists. The headers one does see take up half a screen, > and how shall the unwary know there's more? Further, the 'h' command when > struck once, simply flashes the successive headers, about > half-a-secondeach, on the first line of the screen before laying out the > stable message. It's only on the third or fourth frustrated smack that > everything goes as it should: an lo and behold, there's the 'From' line > with an address that I can write down and then enter manually to send > private mail. > > Elm is a widely-used mailsystem. The information I would have needed > doesn't appear in the manuals I've been given (on two systems now). The > computer experts at the info lines didn't have a clue. PLEASE, all you > wizards, try to remember how it was before you knew all that good stuff? > > I, too, have an esoteric field of my own: to me, the computer network is a > lovely toy and useful tool. I'm trying hard to learn what I need to. > > Thanks, especially to all those who sent helpful and gentle suggestions. > > --bayla