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BULLETIN MENU - When the "B" option is selected, the file 
called BULLETIN.BBS isdisplayed. The Bulletin menu could be considered 
a sub-menu of sorts, in that it presents you with the options of reading 
one or more bulletins by selecting a bulletin number, re-listing the 
bulletins that are available for display, or simply returning to the 
MAIN menu. If any bulletins have been updated since your last logon ,you 
will be presented a listing of those bulletins by number.

COMMENTS TO SYSOP - This choice enables you to enter a 
private message to the system operator. WILDCAT! makes these comments an 
integral part of the message base for easy reply by the sysop, if 
desired. All comments are automatically directed to a separate message 
folder (Folder "Z") for easy reference.  This is the easiest method of 
getting a quick message to the system operator.

DOORS - The door feature in WILDCAT! allows you to run other 
programs made available by the sysop through a menu choice.  Doors can 
be almost any type of program from a database to games.  

FILE MENU - Takes you directly to the file menu where program 
uploads and downloads are available.

GOODBYE - Terminates the current connection and disconnects. 
If your current help level is set to the NOVICE mode, choosing the 
Goodbye option gives you a way to "back out" of the command, and 
entering this command brings up a friendly question, "Are you sure you 
want to logoff?". If you respond with a "Y", then normal logoff 
procedures are begun.  Otherwise, WILDCAT! will assume the command has 
been entered in error, and will return to the then current menu. Once 
you have changed help levels to REGULAR or EXPERT, this extra prompt 
will no longer be displayed. WILDCAT! assumes that the you know the 
commands well enough to deliberately wish to log off. The Goodbye 
command is available in ALL major menus and performs exactly the same in 
each of them.

HELP LEVEL - WILDCAT! supports three different levels of menu 
prompts. The first and the default value for new users is the Novice 
level. At this level, the user is presented with full dynamic menus, 
.BBS plain menus or .SCR color menus, and a command line prompt 
containing the name of current menu area (MAIN, MESSAGE, FILE, SYSOP), 
and the first character for a particular option in the current menu. The 
characters presented agree with the letter designator selected for that 
option.

The second level is the Regular level. At this level, only the command 
line is presented with the name of the current area of the system and 
the first letter option designators. No menus are displayed at this 
level.

The final and highest level is the Expert level. At this level, only the 
particular area of the system is indicated.  No menus or letter 
designators are included.  The HELP LEVEL command is available in ALL 
major menus and the usage is exactly the same in each of them. 

INITIAL WELCOME SCREEM - Contents of the HELLO0 (zero) 
through HELLO9 files are re-displayed to you, with screen pauses 
determined by your user settings and the respective files. This option 
allows you to review the contents of these entry-level display screens 
without having to logoff and then call again. 

MESSAGE MENU - The MESSAGE menu is displayed for entering, 
reading and other mail manipulation.

NEWSLETTER - This menu choice displays the contents of the 
NEWSLTR.BBS file with screen pauses. The sysop may have placed any type 
of information in this file for your review.  It is very much like a 
bulletin file, but may be read directly from the menu.

PAGE THE SYSOP - This selection is used for you to page the 
system operator. The response of the local system may vary depending on 
whether the current time is within the sysop's paging hours, whether the 
page override toggle is on, and whether the page bell is turned on or 
off.  Pages are only made if the time falls within the sysops defined 
paging hours.

QUESTIONNAIRE - You are presented with a menu screen 
containing numbered listings of questionnaires made available by the 
sysop.  Select the desired questionnaire to answer.

SYSTEM STATISTICS - This menu choice displays the contents of 
a file containing statistical information about this system. It may be a 
simple summary of the number of callers and the date the system began, 
or may go into extreme detail with percentages of callers at each baud 
rate and include graphs of system time usage.

USERLOG LIST - You are presented with the entire user list of 
the system, displayed in alphabetical order, along with the type of 
computer each is using, the date they last called and their calling 
point of origin. The usual screen pauses are in effect while using 
this option. 

VERIFY A USER - A search can be made on any portion of any 
user name on the system. Pressing V brings up a sub-prompt - "Search for 
what string?"  At the sub-prompt, enter all (or portion of) a name.  The 
more information that is provided at this prompt, the more detailed the 
resulting search. A search of "Jim" would find every user named Jim on 
the system, along with their calling city and state, and the date of 
their last call.  A search of "jim h" would find, for example, both Jim 
Hightower and Jim Harvey, plus any others whose first name was Jim 
and whose last name begins with the letter "H". Notice in this example 
that the search is also insensitive to case.

YOUR SYSTEM SETINGS - You are allowed to make changes to 
certain information in the User database with this option.  When [Y] is 
selected a complete screen of you personal settings is displayed.

From the sub-menu, you may alter the entries in many areas, but other 
items are maintained by the system or the system operator, and are 
provided as information only.

