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Welcome to
THE BLUE WAVE OFFLINE MAIL SYSTEM!
Tired of spending a lot of time online reading and writing messages on
the BBS? Ever wish there was a way to spend as much time as you like in
the message bases (since it always seems like there's *never* enough
time)? The Blue Wave Offline Mail System is for you!
What is an offline mail system, you ask? Simply put, it's a method of
reading and writing BBS messages on your local system. You, the user,
download messages from the BBS message areas of your choice; you then
use what's called a "mail reader" to read the messages on your system,
at your leisure. You can also use the mail reader to post messages and
replies; these messages are then uploaded to the BBS message areas, just
as if you'd written them online!
The Blue Wave Offline Mail System has quickly become one of the most
popular and user-friendly offline mail systems available... which is
undoubtedly why your SysOp chose to make it available on this BBS.
{PAUSE}
In order to read messages downloaded from the BBS, you will need the
download the latest version of The Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader. Three
different "flavors" are available:
* DOS - Runs on virtually all IBM PC clones. Requires MS-DOS
3.3 or later and at least 512K of RAM. This is by far
the most popular version, and is suitable for most
users.
* 386 - Runs on any IBM compatible using an Intel 386, 486,
Pentium, or greater CPU. Requires MS-DOS 3.3 or later
and at least 2MB of RAM. Aimed more at "power users"
whose needs require lots of memory.
* OS2 - Runs on any IBM compatible that can run IBM OS/2 2.x or
OS/2 Warp. This is a native OS/2 application that makes
use of OS/2's features and resources.
The latest version can be obtained by looking for "BWxxxDOS.ZIP",
"BWxxx386.ZIP", or "BWxxxOS2.ZIP" ("xxx" being the version number).
{PAUSE}
You will now be taken into the mail door. The SysOp has defined a
default archiver (ZIP, ARJ, LZH, etc.) and a default transfer protocol
(Zmodem, Xmodem, etc.) for you to use in the mail door. If you wish to
change these settings, you may do so from the (C)onfiguration menu,
which will be shown immediately after the default archiver and protocol
settings are displayed.
When you are at the (C)onfiguration menu, select (C)hoose Message Areas
and select the message areas from which you wish to download messages.
Then, select (Q)uit to return to the Main Menu, and select (D)ownload to
download your very first mail packet.
Thank you for trying The Blue Wave Offline Mail System!