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BULLETRON PERSONAL CONFIGURATION HELP
The "N" command gives you a menu of options for entering new personal
information about yourself and for entering new operating parameters for
your computer or terminal.
Here is what the options of the "N" command do for you:
"0"
This command allows you to change your Account Code. Because
book-keeping for subscriber based systems is often keyed to the account
code, your system operator may have this function disabled.
"1"
This selection allows you to enter a new password for your account.
It's a good idea to do this from time to time, and you should make a
point of doing this, if you have any reason to suspect that someone
might know, or have guessed, your password. Be creative when choosing
passwords: using the same first name that you have entered as your
"handle," for example, is NOT a good idea!
"2"
This selection allows you to enter a new name or handle, which is
displayed in the information that other users see about your account.
"4"
This selection allows you to enter a new personal description of
yourself, which appears in your information listing below the line
giving your account, name, city/state and other information. You can
use this description to tell others something about yourself. Keep in
mind that this will be displayed to all other users.
"5"
This selection allows you to control the level of "help" that Bulletron
automatically provides for you. You will be asked a number of
questions and prompted to respond "Y" or "N". An advanced user would likely
answer NO to most of the questions while a novice would answer YES.
These are the questions:
Pause after every n lines - This keeps the text from scrolling off
the top of your screen. You might want to disable this if you
call long distance and capture your messages in a disk file for
reading off-line.
Initial command to Read instead of Summary - This makes Bulletron
show you the entire contents of the new messages on a sub-board
when you select the sub-board. Normally you just see the
message titles.
Show menus and headings - Menus and section headings help you find
your way around the BBS when you are a new user. You will want to
turn them off to save time once you are familiar with the system.
Show board introductions when entering a subboard - These are
headings that your system operator makes to tell you what the
subject matter of each section of the BBS is. You might want
to turn them back on when your system operator creates a new
section.
Prompt for next board if there are no new messages on the current -
Your system operator will probably tell the system to do this for
new users, to make them aware that a single Bulletron system
can have the same things as other types of BBS software, only
replicated 99 times, as 99 different sub-boards.
Enable the chat shell for novice users - This helps you get into
and out of chat.
Confirm message deletion - This makes the system prompt you "YES" or
"NO" each time you are about to delete a message. You can save
time by turning this off, but it could be dangerous.
Send 10 nulls at end of the line - If you find that your terminal
program is losing text at the beginning of each line when you try
to capture your session to a disk file, then you can turn this on
to slow down your session.
Do a WO LONG (rather than a short WO) during logon - Enable this to
see more information about the other users who are on-line when
you log on.
Enable entering commands while menu transmitting - Lets you break
out of a menu or a message before it finishes transmitting,
by typing the command you want.
Prevent blanking line on screen pause - Saves time by not erasing
the message pause line, that says "Press ENTER to continue..."
Disable random messages - These messages are sent to you randomly
just before each main system prompt. You can disable them for
faster operation, or if you are tired of reading them.
"6"
This command allows you to set the number of lines between screen
pauses. Most terminal programs have two status lines on a 25-line
monitor, so you would set this to 23.
"7"
This command allows you to prevent new messages on selected sub-boards
from displaying when you execute an "RC" or "SC" command. If you use
this feature, you need to be aware that any time your system operator
changes the sub-board definitions, you will have to reset your
selections.
"8"
When you created your account, the system assigned a default file name
extension for downloaded files. You can change the default file name
extension for your account with this command.
"9"
This selection allows you to enable or disable color graphics for the
current session. Bulletron supports the ANSI graphics standard. ANSI
graphics are available on certain terminals, computers and
communications packages. Check the documentation for your computer to
determine if you can receive ANSI graphics.
"A"
This selection allows you to change your business name. You can put
"self" if you are calling for your own personal interests, or your
company name if you are representing some commercial interest.
"B"
This selection allows you to change the street or building number in
your mailing address. You should change this if you move to a different
office or a different plant. If you call the BBS for your own personal
interests, then you should change this information if you move.
"C"
This selection allows you to change the city in your mailing address.
You should change this if you move to a different office or a different
plant. If you call the BBS for your own personal interests, then you
should change this information if you move.
"D"
This selection allows you to change the state in your mailing address.
You should change this if you move to a different office or a different
plant. If you call the BBS for your own personal interests, then you
should change this information if you move.
"E"
This selection allows you to change the zip code in your mailing
address. You should change this if you move to a different office or a
different plant. If you call the BBS for your own personal interests,
then you should change this information if you move.
"F"
This selection allows you to change the voice phone number that the
system has recorded for your account. Your system operator may need to
have this information to verify your application to the BBS before he
can allow you to have full access. Most system operators call you back
by voice once to make sure that you are not a kid making prank calls to
their systems. If you use the BBS for mail order merchandising, you
will want to keep your phone number accurate to keep your phone orders
coming in.
"G"
This selection allows you to change the fax or data phone number that
the system has recorded for your account. If you use the BBS for mail
order merchandising, you will want to keep your phone number accurate to
keep your phone orders coming in.
"T"
This selection allows you to make use of the CALL BACK feature. If your
system operator has enabled Call Back, and your access level is high
enough, then you will be prompted to enter your phone number. Bulletron
will then disconnect you and call you back. Your modem must be set up
to auto-answer. When Bulletron connects with your modem you will be
prompted to enter your password to regain access. Since this feature
can be used to place long distance calls, at the system operator's
expense, the Call Back feature is frequently disabled or limited only to
subscribers.
"S"
This selection saves all changes made to you account and returns you to
the main command prompt.
"H"
Displays this help message!
"I"
This selection allows you to specify up to three accounts from which you
do not want to receive private mail of chat solicitations. You can use
this to block harrassment from obnoxious callers. Enter spaces to
remove an account from the list.
"K"
This selection returns you to the main system prompt without saving any
changes made to your account.
--- END OF HELP MESSAGE ---