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Messages, number%M
[(
mailbox)
] 
Messages, number of new%N
Messages, record and send to mailing listKJ(
mailbox,
list_number[,
sender])
Messages, totalP
[
repetition](M
[,
mailbox]) 
Message count, total for mailbox%M
[(
mailbox)
]
P
[
repetition] (M
[,
mailbox])
Message count, new for current user%N
Message waiting indicators, creatingX
[(
file)
] 
Message waiting indicators, deletingY
[(
file)
] 
Message waiting indicators, testing forZ
[(
file)
]
Message waiting...

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W(n)
PesosP
[
repetition](
amount,P) 
Playing, absolute valueP
[
repetition](
number,N)
Playing, currencyP
[
repetition](
amount,
currency) 
Playing, dateP
[
repetition](
date,D) 
Playing, disk spaceP
[
repetition](D) 
Playing, DTMF digitsP
[
repetition](R) 
P
[
repetition](
DTMF) 
Playing, greetingP
[
repetition](
greeting[,
mailbox]) 
Playing, menuM(
greeting[#
mailbox],
repetition,
delay) 
Playing, messagesP
[
repetition](M
n[,
mailbox]) 
Playing, moneyP
[
repetition](...

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Pulse dial~
Questions and answersQ(
{
greeting[#
mailbox][,E
]}) 
Read, file{
file}
N(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable})
V(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable})
Recordings, stored as messages or filesKR(
file_or_box[,
recording_info]) 
Records, deleteKV(
file,
field,
value) 
Remote computersS(
port,
[
string,
[
variable],
[
termination],
[
length],
[
timeout]) 
Rings, wait for number ofW(
n,
event [,
mailbox]) 
Search, file?(
line,
file,
mailbox)
N(
file,
field,...

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Time%I(
field,
msg_no[,
mailbox])
P
[
repetition](
time,T) 
Time, connect time%T
Time, current%Z
Timed break recall~
Tokens, processing@
To n e s01 2 3
45 6 7
89 A B
CD * #
Total messagesP
[
repetition] (M
[,
mailbox]) 
Transfer code for current port%X
Transfer, unsupervised (blind)[
ext_no]H
Transfer, supervisedext_no
ext_noKM
Transferring to specified mailboxG(
mailbox) 
Mailbox accessKC(
mailbox,
variable) 
KL(
mailbox,
security_code)
 
KP(
mailbox,
security_code)...

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Va r i a b l e s[(
file) 
](
file) 
|(
file) 
+(
variable[,
value]) 
=(
variable,
value[,
start,
end]) 
%G0 %G1 %G2 %G3 %G4
%G5 %G6 %G7 %G8 %G9
%S0 %S1 %S2 %S3
%S4 %S5 %S6 %S7
%S8 %S9 %S10 %S11
%S12 %S13 %S14 %S15
%S16 %S17 %S18 %S19
Variables, shiftK

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Alphabetical Token Reference 
 Token SyntaxDescription
-Literal that pauses processing for .5 (one-half) second.
, Literal that pauses for 2 seconds. Used when dialing an extension or to introduce a pause 
before processing the next token.
NOTE:
Be careful not to confuse this comma with the separator found in commands and 
records.
?(
line,
file,
mailbox) Command that searches the specified file (line by line) for the specified line. The line 
must match an entire line...

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 [(
file) Command that reads the first line in the specified file as the first ten port variables (%S0-
%S9). The 10 values in the file must be comma delimited. The first value is %S0, the 
second is %S1, etc. The quotation marks used to delimit strings do not appear in the file, 
but the commas that separate them from the other variables do. For example, empty 
strings take up no space in the file.
This command is usually used with the ]() command to keep track of what...

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](
file) Command that writes the values of the first 10 port variables (%S0–%S9) to the speci-
fied file. The values are comma-separated and terminated by a carriage return/linefeed. 
Usually used in conjunction with the [() command which reads the %S variables. 
fileA string or variable containing a valid DOS file name for the text file to be written 
to. Use the complete path to the file unless the file is in C:\AMANDA.
Example:
See the [() command. 
Failure:  
The file...

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~Literal that pulse dials the digit 1 to effect a timed break recall.
+(
variable
[,
value]) Command that allows you to add a number to or subtract a number from the value stored 
in a variable. Usually used to set limits and control programming loops. 
variableOne of port or global variables. 
valueOptional. A number or variable. The default is 1.
Example:
+(%S7,-1)
subtracts 1 from the value stored in %S7.
+(%G6)
adds 1 to the value stored in %
G6. 
Failure:  
Does...

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>(
file) Before using this command, you start incremental faxing with the () command more than once (per incremental fax), it is 
faxed only once.
fileA string or variable containing a valid DOS file name for the text file to be trans-
mitted. Use the complete path to the file unless the file is in C:\AMANDA.
This command is used only in Extension fields.
Example:
See the