Direct messaging

Direct messages are handled like any other tweet, except they appear with special formatting to set them apart. Because most people receive more tweets than DMs, DM checks are handled less frequently than regular tweets (the default is to check every fourth time interval). Any new DMs are then displayed as part of the tweet stream. (Also see the -dmpause option under Command-line options.)

If your terminal supports ANSI colour sequences (or you force it on with -ansi), then DMs that you receive appear in green by default.

Since oysstyer does not save state (on purpose), it doesn't know where you left off in your DM inbox. When you start oysstyer, it will display the two most recent DMs and their time stamps. If both are new to you, a quick /dmagain will show you the full last twenty (by default) to see if there are any others. You can see what you have sent, btw, with /dmsent.

To send a direct message, use /dm with a username and message, e.g., /dm zaphod trillian is gonna kill you when you get home you two-faced jerk. Direct messages are also subject to -verify, -slowpost and -autosplit (again, see Command-line options).

You can also use the /reply command to reply to a DM menu code, which we will talk about now.