The following general rules apply to all commands in CFG, USR, UJP, IIF, FS, GCT, MBX and MCF files:
| Name: | All command names start with a dollar sign ($). |
| Case: | Case is not significant in command or keyword names. |
| Length: | The maximum length of a command line is 8192 characters. |
| Layout: | Commands may be indented with spaces or tabs to improve readability. Blank lines are ignored. |
| Format: | Command arguments must be separated with one or more spaces or tabs. |
| Spaces: | Command arguments which contain embedded spaces must be surrounded by double quotes. When a double-quote character is needed in such a quoted string, it should be written as two double-quotes (""). Command arguments which do not typically contain embedded blanks should not be surrounded by double-quote characters. |
| Quotes: | A double-quote character (") needed in a quoted command argument should be entered as two double-quotes (""). They may also be entered as @" on a normal command and `" on a command starting with $email... The repeated double-quote syntax is preferred, however. |
| Escape: | An at-sign (@) is used to introduce a variable name. An at-sign needed in a command argument may be entered as: @@. For more details, see Expansion of Variables. The default escape for $email.. commands is a grave accent character (`) instead of @. See also $macro_char. |
| Comments: | A semi-colon (;) or /* sequence, immediately preceded by white space if not at the start of a line, introduces a comment and the remainder of the line is not processed, unless the comment character(s) appear inside a pair of double quotes, in which case they have no special significance. |
| Date/Time: | The USA format (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS) is always used for date and time parameters on commands. |
Note that the treatment of double-quote characters and embedded spaces is special (and does not follow the above rules) on the $email_address, $email_alt_address, $email_from and $email_esender commands. For details, see the command descriptions.
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