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- Message System
- ----------------
-
- ST-Keep is organized into various rooms. Each room has messages
- regarding a specific topic of discussion and/or file format. A room
- prompt ends with a ">" or a "]". The latter designates a file
- directory room, while the former designates messages only.
-
- If you wish to enter/post a message in the current topic room that you
- are in, simply type [E] for "Enter Message" and the BBS will give you
- a message header with the date and time along with your name as the
- author. After that, just start typing away as if in a word processor
- without hitting [RETURN] (even at the end of your screen width) unless
- you wish to end a paragraph or format a line. ST-Keep will format the
- message to your screen width. If you are done with your message, hit
- [RETURN] twice in a row. You will be given an "Edit Command:" prompt
- where you can also type [?]. Here you can [S]ave the message or
- [A]bort, [R]eplace string searching from the end of your message or
- [F]orward replace beginning from the start of your message. If you
- use one of the last two commands, simply type in the word, words, or
- phrases that you wish to edit, type [RETURN], then the BBS will prompt
- you for a "Replace String:" and you should type in the word, words, or
- phrase you wish to correct it with. Experiment with these commands
- until you feel comfortable with them, they are very powerful.
-
- If you wish to read the new messages in this room since your last
- call, simply press [N] and the BBS will display all the new messages
- in that room. If you are not interested in reading the messages in
- this room at the current time, just type [S] to skip the room and the
- BBS will keep any messages in that room new for you the next time you
- call.
-
- After you read all the new messages in that room and enter any
- messages you planned on, type [G] in order to goto the next room with
- new messages. The BBS will automatically find another room with new
- messages since your last call, in which case you will want to start
- the cycle over starting with [N] to read the new messages.
-
- After you read all of the new messages in the rooms since your last
- call, the BBS will take you back to the Lobby and it will show the
- total number of messages without any new messages (since you've
- already read them), now you can [T]erminate your connection or use
- some of the other commands (like [C] to chat with the sysop!)
-
- If you have floors turned on in your configuration (use [X]), this
- will segregate the BBS into modular areas of rooms. Each floor will
- typically contain rooms related to that floor topic. This all
- depends on how the sysop sets up the system. If your floor mode is
- on, you will have to use more than just the [G]oto command to read
- all the new messages or move from room to room. If you want to goto
- the rooms on the other floors, use [>] or [<] then you can use [G]oto
- again to read messages. See the helpfile FLOORS for more information.
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