Step 1
Set up the delivery address.
Create an address to represent an e-mail, ftp, or alternate postal address for receiving Alert results. Enter edit address. If an address is not included in the PRINT command, Alert results will be sent to the postal address for that user number.

?edit address
Please select an address type: 
1. Postal (First Class Mail) 
2. Fax 
3. Email 
4. FTP                        Q=Quit  H=Help 
?3
Enter address information for Email delivery 
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Email address (required) 
?janejones@mycompany.com
 1. Email address        JANEJONES@MYCOMPANY.COM 
Select your email software: 
1. AOL America Online             9.Microsoft Mail 
2. AT&T Mail                     10.Microsoft Outlook 
3. Compuserve                    11.Microsoft Outlook Express 
4. Eudora                        12.Netscape Communicator Email 
5. Lotus cc:Mail                 13.Netscape Navigator Email 
6. Lotus Notes Mail              14.Novell Groupwise 
7. Microsoft Exchange Server     15.Pegasus 
8. Microsoft Internet Mail       16.Prodigy 
or select a generic type 
17.Generic (MIME Attachment) 
18.Generic (MIME Inline) 
19.Generic (UUEncode) 
20.Generic (No Attachment) or Don't Know 
?4
 2. Email Software       Eudora 
This address will be used for Email delivery: 
Email address          JANEJONES@MYCOMPANY.COM 
Email Software         Eudora 
Max Message Size(Mb)   3 
S=Save address   C=Change address   Q=Quit   H=Help 
?S JANE
Address JANE saved. To display it, enter RECALL ADDRESS JANE

Step 2
Perform the search.
BEGIN the files where you want the Alert to run and execute the search strategy.

?s advertise? or advertiz? or ad or ads
          191637  ADVERTIS?
              74  ADVERTIZ?
           36409  AD
           23702  ADS
      S1  214420  ADVERTIS? OR ADVERTIZ? OR AD OR ADS
?s s1 and (humor or humour) 
          214420  S1
            1497  HUMOR
            8904  HUMOUR
      S2     988  S1 AND (HUMOR OR HUMOUR)

Step 3
Save the Alert.
Select the scheduling you want, and enter PRINT command(s).

?save alert
Do you want the Alert run based on a file's Alert Update 
schedule or on a Custom schedule you set up?   
U=Update  C=Custom  Q=Quit  H=Help
?c
Choose when you want the alert to run:    Q=Quit  H=Help
1. Monthly
2. Twice a month
3. Weekly
4. Daily
?3
Choose the day of week you want the Alert to run:
1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday                                 Q=Quit  H=Help
?7
 
Enter exact hour to run the Alert (e.g, 2pm or 14)     
Q=Quit  H=Help
?3p
Do you want duplicates removed automatically?     
Y=Yes  N=No  H=Help
?y
Do you want notification even if no documents are found?  
Y=Yes  N=No
?y
Your alert will be saved with these settings:
1. Databases:    275 2 8 387 471 492 494 498 630 631 632
                 633 638 640 641 702 703 704 713 714 715
                 725 735
2. Frequency:    Weekly
3. Run at:       Sunday at 3PM
4. Dedupe:       Y
5. Notify:       ALWAYS, even if no new documents are found 
                 (Notify=ON)
To make a change, enter a line number.
To save the Alert, enter S for Save.                   
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?s humor
Enter a PRINT statement for your Alert.                
Q=Quit  H=Help
?pr/9/all addr jane
Enter the next PRINT command or enter S to SAVE.       
Q=Quit  H=Help
?s
>>>Alert DXHUMOR saved