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1 MAIN MENU HELP: (NOTE: Not all commands are available to unvalidated users.) MESSAGE COMMANDS ---------------- S - Scan messages on the current sub-board. This command allows you to read the messages on the sub-board you are currently on. The current sub-board name and number are shown on the main menu prompt. Q - Quickscan current sub-board. This will read the new messages on the current sub-board. N - Newscan. Newscan quickscans all the sub-boards. P - Post. This will allow you to post a message on the current sub-board. R - Remove. This allows you to remove messages you have previously posted on this sub-board. * - Board list. You will be given a list of sub-boards you have access to. Z - Express newscan. This will read all new messages on all selected sub-boards, but without pausing between messages. This is useful for capturing all new messages, then logging off, and calling back later to reply. Number - Typing a number will change the current sub-board to that sub-board number. MAIL COMMANDS ------------- C - Chat with the sysop. This command turns on a sysop page, which may attract the attention of the sysop. F - Feedback. This enables you to send a letter to the sysop or other person listed in the Feedback list. M - read Mail. This lets you read mail addressed to you personally. E - E-mail. You will be able to send mail to other users. /E - E-mail to more than one user. This will let you send the same piece of mail to up to 20 different people. ACCOUNT COMMANDS ---------------- Y - Your info. Information is displayed about your account. X - eXpert mode. This will toggle ON/OFF the display of the main menu. D - Default change. This lets you set your screen size, ANSI state, password, set your macros, and the sub-boards you want quickscanned in a N:ewscan as well as other user data. K - Kill old E-mail. If you send a piece of mail that you later decide you didn't actually want to send, you can delete it with this command. BOARD COMMANDS -------------- T - File system. This lets you upload and download files. A - Auto-message. This allows you to change the auto-message seen when users first log on. V - Vote. There are up to 20 questions that you may vote on. This requires the Sysop to run one of the voting externals available. B - BBS list. This will allow you to display the numbers of other BBS systems, and to add other systems to the list. G - G-files. These are general-interest text files that you may view. I - Info on system. This will display information about the BBS. L - Log of the day. This displays a list of users who logged on today. U - User list. This shows a list of users of the system. O - Off the system. This loggs you off. . - Other available external applications. /O - Log off immediately. 2 BOARD COMMANDS -------------- Q - Quit back to the BBS main menu. O - Log off the BBS. /O - Quick log off. C - Chat with the sysop. Y - Your info. LISTING FILES ------------- L - List matching files in this directory. S - Search for matching files n ALL directories. F - Find matching file descriptions and extended descriptions. N - This will list all the new files since your last logon. T - Transfer defaults. This will allow you to set your default protocol, which directories will be scanned in an n-scan, and whether or not to do an n-scan of the transfer system after an n-scan of the message base. P - Set the date for a new file scan. If you wish to see all new files since last week, you may enter a date for last week, and N:ew file searches will list out those files uploaded on or after the date you enter. X - Batch download commands. If you marked any files to be downloaded with YMODEM Batch or ZMODEM Batch protocol, use this option to download them. You also have the option of deleting files from the download queue. FILE TRANSFER ------------- U - Upload a file to the current directory. D - Download a file from the current directory. You may enter either a full or partial filename, such as ".PAS", and you may download all .PAS files. After listing information on each matching file, you will be asked for the protocol you wish to use. If you decide you do not wish to download it, hit "O" to skip the current file or "Q" to Quit from the Download Menu. R - Remove a file you have uploaded to the current directory. Z - Upload a file to the sysop. If you want to send a file to the sysop only, use the Z command instead of U. 3 This command will page the sysop to come to the computer to chat with you. You must enter a reason for chatting, such as "VALIDATION," or some other meaningful reason. The page will continue until you hang up or turn it off by hitting "C" at the main menu again. If you do not wish to do this, just hit <ENTER> here. 4 Here you may change certain information about your terminal and the way you want the BBS to respond to you. The options are: 1. Screen size. The screen width is usually 40 or 80, although some terminals use 32 or 64. This information is used to format messages for your screen size. The number of lines on your display is also asked for. Most computers have 25 lines per screen. 2. ANSI graphics. If your terminal supports ANSI graphics, you should have this option ON. It will allow the BBS to change the color of the text on your screen and move the cursor around more efficiently. If you have it on, you also have to select whether or not you want color. 3. Pause on screen. If you are using a high-speed modem, some information may scroll off the screen faster than you can read it. If the screen pause is on, the BBS will pause when your screen is full of information, then wait for you to hit a key before resuming. 4. Mailbox. If, for some reason, you do not wish to receive mail from other users, you may "close" your mailbox. You also have the option of having your mail forwarded to another user. For example, if you will be on vacation you may want your mail forwarded. 5. Configured Q-scan. This lets you identify which sub-boards you want to Q-scan in a N:ewscan. 6. Change password. If you want to change your password, this option should be used. 7. Colors. If you have the ANSI graphics option set on, you will be able to set which colors you would like displayed for prompts, questions, etc. 5 This feature enables you to send the same piece of mail to up to 20 different users. You may want to do this if you are, say, notifying people of an upcoming meeting. You must first tell the system the users you wish to send this piece of mail to. Enter the names or numbers of the users, one per line, until you are done. Then hit enter on a blank line. If you do not wish to do this, just hit <ENTER> at the first prompt. You will then be able to list the list of users, add users to it, or remove them from it. When you are done modifying your list, hit "E" to send the e-mail. If you change your mind, hitting "Q" will quit back to the main menu prompt. 6 You now are entering the title for a post or email. The title should be a one-line description of what your message is going to be about. 7 Here you may specify which sub-boards you want quickscanned in a N:ewscan. In the list, a "*" before the sub-board indicates that that sub-board will be q-scanned. If you do not want a sub-board q-scanned that is marked, just type the number of the sub-board, and it will be un-marked. To re-mark the sub-board, just enter the sub-board number again. 8 If you have sent a piece of mail that you decide you actually didn't want to send, you may remove it with this command. Each un-read piece of mail you have sent will be gone through, and you may optionally delete them. For each piece of mail, the destination user, title, and how many days it was sent will be printed out. Your options here are: R - Read the piece of mail. D - Delete it. N - Go on to the next piece. Q - Quit back to the main menu. 9 You are being asked to enter a file mask. Specifying a file mask allows you to show only files that fit that mask. You may use this to effeciently find files by entering only a small part of the name in case of possible different spelling, etc. 10 You now have a listing of who you have mail waiting from. You can enter the number of the piece of mail you wish to start reading at, or you can just hit enter to read all the mail you have waiting. 11 You are being asked where to start listing the titles of messages. You are given a numeric range of the messages, and you may start listing the titles anywhere in that range. Optionally, you may type "S" to go directly to the message read prompt, or "Q" to quit back to the main menu. 12 If you continue, you will be logged off the BBS. 13 You are being asked to enter a date for new files. The date you enter here will be used when you do a new file search ("N"). The files listed in a new file search will be any files that were uploaded on or after the date you specify. 14 You are being asked to identify a user. You may enter the user's name or user number. Optionally, you may also enter only part of the user's name followed by a *, and the BBS will search through the user list for the first user matching that name. 15 This allows you to remove a message you have posted. You will be presented with a list of the messages you have posted on the current board, and you will be asked which one to delete. You may enter the number of the message you wish to delete, or just hit <enter> if you do not wish to delete one. 16 This is the message read prompt. In the prompt line, you are told the range of message numbers, and the last message number you have read. Your options are: <enter> - This reads the next message. # - Entering a number will read that message number. Q - This will quit back to the main menu. B - If you are in a N:ewscan, this will cause you to stop reading the messages on this board, and go on to the next one. T - This will list the titles of the next 10 messages. P - This allows you to post a message at the end of this board. A - Auto-reply to last message. This will let you send a piece of mail to the person who wrote the last message you have read. R - Write a public reply to the last message. 17 After entering a filename for upload, the BBS will check to make sure that that filename is valid, and isn't already in use. If it is valid, you will be asked to make sure you want to upload it. If so, you will be asked for a one-line description of the file. The description should give some general information about the file, such as what it does and/or what version it is. A description may be up to 60 characters long. After entering the description, can then leave an extended description up to 10 lines long. Then you will be asked what protocol you would like to use for the upload. Hit "?" for a list of valid protocols. After you tell which protocol, the BBS will wait for you to send the file. If you get this far, and then decide you don't want to upload it, hit Ctrl-X. 18 If the sysop has installed a voting external, users may vote on questions. When you first enter the voting section, you will be given a list of questions you may vote on. Enter the question number you wish to vote on. 19 The auto-message is read by all users when they first log on. This section gives you three options: R. Read the current auto-message. W. Write a new auto-message. If you do write a new auto-message, it will be three lines long, each 36 characters long. A. Reply to current auto-message. This will send a piece of mail to the author of the current auto-message. 20 If you chose this option from the download main menu, you may enter the filename you wish to download using either a full or partial filename. . So if you enter "Font", you will be given the option of downloading all matching files. After you specify a file, you will be given information on that file, such as the description, who uploaded it, and when it was upload, as well as the file length. You will then be asked what transfer protocol to use. Hit "?" for a list of protocols. If you do not wish to download this file, hit "0", or "Q". If you decide to download the file with ZMODEM Batch protocol, it will be added to a "queue." When you wish to download the files marked for Batch protocol, from the download main menu hit "B". You will then have the option of downloading those files. 21 Here you may search the file DESCRIPTIONS to find matching entries. You may, for example, search for "BBS", to find any files which may have to do with BBS's. All descriptions are converted to uppercase first, so you do not have to worry about whether to use upper or lower case. 22 Here you have 4 main options: D - Download the files marked for batch transmission. L - List the files marked for transmission. R - Remove a file from the queue (by its number). C - Clear the batch queue. NOTE: You must have a terminal program which supports batch downloading. 23 If you have sent E-mail to anyone, here you can scan through each piece and read or delete it. If for some reason you decide not to send a certain piece of e-mail after sending it, just press the "D" key when that message shows up. 24 Here you may specify which directories you want included in a newscan of the transfer section. In the list, a "*" before the directory indicates that that directory will be newscanned. If you do not want a directory newscanned that is marked, just type the number of the directory, and it will be un-marked. To re-mark the directory, just enter the directory number again. 25 You may now add the phone number of a BBS to the system list. You must enter the phone number in the form ###-###-####. Then you must enter the name of the system, and any other information about it, such as operating hours. After that, you will be asked for the maximum baud rate of the BBS. If you do not know what the maximum rate is, just hit return. After you enter the system name, you will be asked for a 4 character system type, such as HRMS, WWIV, FIDO, TCAT, etc. 26 This command will allow you to move a file from one directory to another. This is useful if a user uploaded a file to the wrong file area, or if you wish to move a file out of public access (if you suspect it may have a virus, for example). After entering a file mask for the file(s) you wish to move, the system will prompt you, for each file, if you wish to move it or not. If you do, it will prompt you for the directory to move it to. Hitting '?' at this prompt will give you a list of possible directories. 27 xfer defaults 28 Your options, for each piece of mail that you have waiting, are: D - Delete the piece of mail. I - Ignore it. Keep it in your "mailbox" so you may come back and read it again later. R - Re-read the letter. A - Auto-reply to the letter. This deletes the letter, and enables you to send a letter in reply to whoever wrote it. S - Save the message and reply to it. F - Forward the mail. If you enter F, you will be asked for the name or number of the user to forward it to. If you decide not to forward it, just hit enter at this prompt. Q - Quit out of mail read, leaving the remaining letters in your mailbox. 29 forward mail defaults 30 change colors 31 This command allows you to remove a file. You may enter the file mask that you wish to use to specify which file(s) to remove. For each matching file, you will be asked if you really wish to remove it. Additionally, if you are a co-sysop, you will be prompted if you want to actually delete the file (as opposed to just removing it from the BBS database of available files, but leaving the file on the hard disk). If you do remove the file, you will be asked if you want to remove the upload credit the user got for uploading the file. 32 rename file 33 This allows you to select your default file protocol. If you select a default protocol, whenever you upload or download a file, this protocol will be used if you don't explicitly specify a different protocol. 34 This allows you to select a specific text file that the sysop has placed here. The first list is categories. Picking a number will list out the files in that category. You may then type the number of any title that interests you and it will be printed to your screen. 35 2User Editor Commands:0 1Q:uit D:elete user Y:(Un)Mark as Sysop R:estore user S:ecurity Level A:Password T:ransfer Level M:Computer Type C:hange Data O:Change Note Z:Access Letters E:dit Restriction Numbers F:orum Access U:ser change N:ew Name G:Change Birthday P:hone number L:Real Name ]:Forward User [:Backward User0 36 2=EMail Commands=0 3RETURN)Go To Next Piece of Mail +)Go To Next Piece of Mail A)uto-EMail Reply To Sender -)Go Back One Piece of Mail F)orward Mail D)elete Last Piece of Mail G)o To A Piece of Mail I)gnore This Piece [Save w/No Reply] R)e-Read Last Piece S)ave This Piece and Reply Q)uit To Main Menu [Deletes Nothing]0 37 2=Message Base Commands=0 3RETURN)Go To Next Message #)Go To Message # A)uto-EMail Poster of Last Message +)Go To Next Message R)eply to Last Message -)Go To Previous Message B)Go To Next New-Scan Sub Board C)ontinuous Read [No Stopping] =)Re-Read Last Message T)itles of Next Ten Messages Q)uit To Main Menu0 38 2Co-Sysop Commands:0 3//SORT : Sort Transfer Directories //MOVE : Move files //REN : Rename files //UEDIT : Go to user editor //STATS : Board status information //LOG : Today' s log so far //YLOG : Yesterday's log //ZLOG : Usage record //UPLOADALL: Upload entire directory0 2Sysop Commands:0 3//MAILR : Read all mail //CHUSER : Change into a user0