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D E T A I L E D D E S C R I P T I O N S All of these commands are available from within the main WAFFLE program. Some are reserved to privileged users, especially those that deal with files or administration. ADMIN Administration of accounts is handled with the ADMIN command. If "ADMIN" alone is entered, you are placed at an Admin prompt where ADMIN subcommands can be issued: Admin> d badguy Additionally, single commands may be issued without entering the ADMIN sub menu: ADMIN a newuser or ADMIN e elvis User accounts may be displayed and edited by any privileged user with the ADMIN command. To display an account's most commonly used information, use "ADMIN e account". Here is a sample display from "admin e floyd": Username floyd Full Identity Floyd R Turbo First/Real name T0M Phone number 408/245-SPAM Access level 4 Fake level string YOW Comment text 100 billion bottles These are all text fields. There are other parameters that are flags, which can be set to Y or N, in other templates. Here is a sample display from "admin s floyd", showing security information: Password goober Access level 4 Fake level string YOW Privilege level 9 Group membership 0 Waffle system shell Inform EVENTS of account use N Enforce time limits Y Permit local access only N Splash file after login N While ADMIN, to change a field just enter it over the old one; to leave a field unchanged just hit return instead. Flag fields (those with Y or N) that are different from the normal settings are shown with a + next to the values: Permit local access only + Y This makes it easy to see what's unusual about a given account. ADMIN functions are separated into two categories, those that perform actions (such as copies, or deletes) and those that are edit templates (the security or terminal templates). Summary of action commands within ADMIN: admin add username < Add user to system admin copy user1 user2 < Copy account admin delete username < Remove a user's account Summary of edit templates within ADMIN: admin e username < Most common attributes admin f username < File transfer settings admin n username < News and Mail privileges admin r username < Command restrictions admin s username < Account security admin t username < Terminal and Editor settings admin m username < Miscellanous settings Additionally, to edit ALL templates of a given account: admin * username < Edit Everything If ALT-U is hit from the local console (DOS Version), the current user's profile is edited on the sysop's screen. The actual contents of these templates is described in the MANUAL.DOC file, provided with the Waffle software. BAUD Change the speed as reported by the LIST command. Although there is no legitimate reason to do this, certain persons take immense Joy at inventing new rates. BAUD ACHOO will cause something on the order of 79779 ACHOO user A Modem User <9+> ... to show up in the callers log. Gezundheit, Mark. BYE Logout of system, and terminate the connection. Account information is updated at this time. [#1: the Public Barbequeue] 6:29 pm (?=help!) -> BYE lunatic logged out 04-Jul-69 06:29p [dropping connection] Aliases for this command include OFF, EXIT, LOGOUT, and LOGOFF. CD Change disk directory. Under normal circumstances CD is permitted only for privileged users. CD /waffle/system (you type) /waffle/system (system responds) The CD command given without arguments displays the current directory. CHAT Request CHAT with the SYSTEM 0PERATOR. Normally this is only possible with the DOS version of Waffle. People running the Unix version of Waffle usually have CHAT run an external CB type program with multiuser chat functions. [#1: the Public Barbequeue] 6:29p (?=help!) -> CHAT Do you, floyd, solemnly wish to disturb SYSTEM 0PERATOR from a possible sound sleep, including but not limited to such activities that might accompany said sleep, invoking fear and loathing upon the users of this BBS? Y <beep><beep><beep> Of course there must be someone on the other end to hear you; the CHAT bell will go unheeded if nobody's around. The SYSTEM 0PERATOR can turn CHAT on and off by activating or deactivating the scroll lock light on the local keyboard; this will display the "excuse" file instead of beeping the console. This command can be abbreviated as "C". CLEAR Clear the screen, usually for reasons of privacy. This will be effective only if your terminal supports this function, and only if Waffle thinks your terminal is what it really is. CLEAR is identical to the PAGE command. COOKIE Cookies are short inane bits of fluff, slogans, proverbs, or quotes, that can pop up from time to time. We consider this cookie to be rather odd: HELP STAMP OUT CONTINENTAL DRIFT [Max Pandaemonium, 13-Feb-89] Users are permitted to add cookies with the COOKIE command. For example, Flatulence will get you nowhere. [Zen Archer, 22-Jun-90] Enter cookie, but no bufu. : Crime doesn't pay... well enough. I paid money for Journey's Greatest Hits. [Bronze Tooth, 19-May-89] These cookies are kept in the "cookie jar" and it is considered polite for the SYSTEM 0PERATOR to remove the stale or old cookies from time to time. Type COOKIE LIST to see all the cookies. As this tends to be tedious, a numeric argument, such as COOKIE 25, will display cookies at the end of the file. Cookies may not contain '|' characters. They are also not permitted to contain Bufu. The exact definition of Bufu is left as an exercise to the reader. DATE Display the current date and time, plus the time online and time remaining: Sun, 15 Jul 90 17:05:47 PDT, on for 2 minutes, 88 left This is identical to the TIME command. DELETE Delete a file from the current disk directory. For a privileged user, this can be any directory; otherwise, it will be the user's personal directory. DIR Show a listing of the currently selected disk directory, or an argument can be supplied to specify a filename or directory. Wildcards may be specified: DIR /waffle/extern/_* _editors 48 01-Jul-90 _receive 138 18-Dec-89 _send 138 18-Dec-89 _system 198 02-Jul-90 Nonprivileged users are only able to look at files in the own user directory, so a full pathname cannot be supplied. ECHO Print any parameters to the screen; similar to the DOS or Unix "echo" commands. ECHO is sometimes useful when used in people's startup files, or to inspect parameters. ECHO You are at "%o" interprets the %'option and prints something on the order of You are at "Elf Consulting, Santa Cruz CA" EDIT Edit a file in the internal line editor or currently defined external editor. If a file specified does not exist, the user is prompted whether or not to create the file. EDIT /waffle/system/entry [...6 lines...] Edit> L 1> ~%n (~%u) 2> 3> Test UUCP & Mail site, 4> ~%o 5> 6> Waffle version ~%V, out of the box. Edit> Q Nonprivileged users are only permitted to edit files in their home directory; they cannot specify a full pathname. To change the current editor, select "Editor" under the STATUS command. EVENTS Display the last 20 items in the "Events Log". The Events Log records what Waffle considers to be "interesting circumstances". 12-Jul-90 15:22 harrison | poof 12-Jul-90 20:26 user | Validated 9 user(s), 0 killed 12-Jul-90 21:38 harrison | admin e unknown 13-Jul-90 01:38 john | poof 13-Jul-90 13:18 saracen | Edit /user/saracen/plan 13-Jul-90 13:20 saracen | admin e buddha 13-Jul-90 17:36 yol | poof 13-Jul-90 22:56 user | Validated 11 user(s), 0 killed This log is intended to maintain system security, both in keeping tabs on remote sysops, and making sure that nobody has compromised security from the outside. "EVENTS 10" will display the last ten events. To add an event manually, use the "EVENTS ADD" feature. Of course tbere is some risk with people inventing all sorts of creative events, but this can be amusing at times. EVENTS ADD Log cleared 6/4/90 The EVENTS command (by itself) gives the same output as SHOW EVENTS. Its use is limited to privileged users. EXIT An alias of BYE, included because some people actually do type EXIT in order to logoff the system. EXPAND EXPAND prints a list of the recipients of a mailing list, that is, all users or address that will receive mail if you send to the given address. For example, "EXPAND cool-people" might give us: 01 - john (Someone Else?) 02 - lunatic (Robert De Niro) 03 - ooblick@elvis.darkside.com 04 - root (Postmaster) 05 - sinatra (Habib Alberti Francisco) The list is sorted with any detected duplicates removed. This is very similar to the FINGER command except a list of addresses is displayed instead of information on the corresponding accounts. Multiple addresses can be EXPAND'ed on the same line. FEEDBACK The FEEDBACK command gets a message to the SYSTEM 0PERATOR. It will send mail to a user named "system", which can be aliased to another account if desired. Feeeeedback, man. Send note to system guru (yes/no)? Y Type letter, single / when done. /s to save message or /q to quit. 1> Just stopping in to say hello. "Hello." 2> /s If you have remote sysops, the SYSMAIL command will read FEEDBACK sent by inspecting the "system" mailbox. Replies to any letters are generated from the originating account, not necessarily "system". The system account will not allow all of its mail to be deleted unless "system" is the current user. This prevents your remote sysops from purging large amounts of mail that has not been read by other remotes. Traditionally we allow mail to accumulate in this account until it reaches 200-300 letters, as space is seldom a major concern. FINGER Display information about a user, group of users, or a mailing list. If any of the users have "PLAN" files, those will be displayed as well. User: lunatic (Lunatic Fringe) Phone: 408/245-SPAM Calls: 141 Posts: 116 U/D: 88k uploaded, 1412k downloaded Last on: 04-Jul-69 15:31 Mail: 36 (4 new) -- Stop, hey, what's that sound.. Everybody look what's going down When a sysop (user with privilege level 9) invokes this command, extra information is displayed in the output containing the phone number and first name. Information regarding users on other systems (for instance, "FINGER ooblick@elvis.darkside.com") cannot be displayed and a warning message is printed. Multiple users can be FINGER'ed on the same line, for example, "FINGER root system john elvis" is a legal command. This command can be abbreviated as "F". FILES Enter the FILES transfer section. This is an area where users are permitted to upload or download files using external protocols such as X, Y, or ZMODEM, or Kermit. The FILES prompt is normally (>, and a single key is accepted. (Thus all commands start with different characters.) A concept of "current directory", similar to Unix or DOS, is maintained. To change directories, you must LOG a new directory; in most cases Unix or DOS syntax to do this is acceptable. Commands available under FILES: % ARC Run the ARCVIEW program or equivalent, to list the directory of a compressed archive, such as ARC or ZIP. % COPY Upload a file using ASCII -- in effect, use no protocol at all. The upload is done using the editor. COPY is useful for short hand entered messages. % DIR List files in current directory, their dates & lengths, and a short description if one exists. A file specification may be given as an argument: (>Directory: *.c Pressing RETURN instead of entering a file specification causes all files to be listed. % FIND Locate a file or files by title. Wildcards may be given. This will search all directories known by Waffle, though not all directories on the disks. % HELP Display short menu, same as ?. % LOG Change current directory. A user's access is checked before permitting entry. Unix or DOS syntax is acceptable: (>Log: .. (move up 1 directory) (>Log: ../comm (move up then down one) % MASTER List ALL files in ALL directories that you have access to. % NEW Search all directories for all files since a given date. The default date (printed after typing N) is your last login date. (>New files since: 08-Jul-90 This operates similar to FIND. % PROTOCOL Select transfer protocol. Protocols are given as single characters, and common ones may include XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM, or Kermit (the first character is used for all of these, so there can't be two protocols starting with an X.) (>Protocol: Y Y protocol selected. If you aren't sure what protocols are available, hit ? for a list: (>Protocol: ? Protocols Available: X - Xmodem Y - Batch Ymodem Z - Zmodem Currently X is selected. % QUIT Exit files section; you are placed back at the main Waffle prompt. % RECEIVE Upload a file using the currently selected protocol. You are prompted for a description of the file: (>Receive: lugnut.zip Description (44 chars max): History of lugnuts Ready to receive The procedure from here varies depending on what terminal program you are using. With many PC programs the PGUP key should be hit. % SEND Download a file using the currently selected protocol. (>Send: lugnut.zip 144 blocks, 18k You must then activate whatever download facility you terminal program has; many PC based programs use the PGDN key. One "block" is equal to 128 bytes. % VIEW View an ASCII file. If the file is binary instead of ASCII, you may see nonsense. % . Move back one directory; if you were located in /files/comm, you hop back to /files. % * Display a listing of all FILES areas that can be logged, although this does not necessarily guarantee access. Additionally, privileged users can press ^D to delete a file and ^E to edit a file. HELP Provide help or information. How helpful this information is depends on whether or not it is maintained. Information Available: ADDRESS COMMANDS Forums JOIN PUBLIC-UNIX TRANSFERS VIVISECTION Topic? If there are directories within the Waffle "HELP" directory, these will be treated as containing subtopics: Topic? FORUMS LOCAL Forums local to this site USENET Forums of a more international consequence FORUMS Topic? To exit any level of HELP, press the return key. The "*" command at the main menu is an abbreviation for "HELP FORUMS"; also, from within the JOIN command a "HELP JOIN" is issued when help is requested. Thus it is recommended that the FORUMS or JOIN directories be kept. This command can be abbreviated as "H". HOME Change to a user's "home directory". In most cases this is only useful for privileged users, since they are the only ones who are permitted to move around on the directory tree. Files in a user's home directory can also be accessed by entering the FILES section, and logging the directory manually. Typically, a user "elvis" will have a home directory /user/elvis. INFO Enter the System Bulletins & Information section. This area contains information made available by the SYSTEM 0PERATOR for callers to the system: S Y S T E M I N F O R M A T I O N 1 Various pieces of help or background, designed to illuminate your understanding of system. 2 Information about the BBS, its hardware, history, and other nonsense that is barely worth reading. Topic? This command can be abbreviated as "I". JOIN JOIN enters the forum configuration section, where each user can configure which newsgroups show up during a NEW scan of messages. The first time JOIN is invoked for a user, it will sign you up to a list of default newsgroups (which are configured by the operator of the system). After this, the following menu is available: JOIN / NEW scan Configuration Menu Use JOIN LIST to show which newsgroups you are JOINED to. You may wish to join rec.music.misc, rec.music.gaffa, misc.security, rec.arts.comics, or alt.conspiracy. or type FORUMS to see a list of newsgroups available. Join command ADD DELETE FORUMS LIST QUIT? List The LIST command shows currently JOINED newsgroups, and the number of new messages in each group. Currently JOINED to newsgroups: (17 new) alt.bbs (2 new) pubnet.nixpub (0 new) pubnet.sysops (0 new) pubnet.talk (46 new) rec.arts.comics (1 new) junk (1 new) control (0 new) monitor Adding and removing a newsgroup are fairly straightforward. It is only possible to ADD newsgroups that are currently carried by the system; Waffle will tell you if a certain group is not available. From the main Waffle prompt, you can enter some JOIN commands without entering the menu: JOIN LIST JOIN comp.unix.xenix UNJOIN alt.weemba When you attempt to JOIN a newsgroup that you are already JOINED to, you are prompted as to whether you wish to have that group removed instead of added: JOIN alt.bbs Currently joined. UNJOIN alt.bbs ? The list of newsgroups you are joined to is kept in a "JOIN" file located in your user directory. It also contains the numbers of the highest read message in each group you read. JOURNAL Display the system Journal. Users above a certain level (journal_ok in the static file, if you must know) are permitted to change the Journal entry. [#1: the Public Barbequeue] 6:29p (?=help!) -> JOURNAL Finally the top50 of all-time albums is ready. After some hard work (If anyone wants to do this again, ask everyone to send in a list in a uniform format) I've completed the list: 01 Dark Side of the Moon - PINK FLOYD 35 02 Moving Pictures - RUSH 29 03 Wish You Were Here - PINK FLOYD 25 ... 48 Black Sea - XTC 6 49 Blood on the Tracks - BOB DYLAN 6 50 Fragile - YES 6 Anyway the list seems to be dominated by symphonic rock, but I suppose that's how the cake bounces. Change this (yes/no)? The general idea behind the JOURNAL is to allow users to submit various items, and let the exact nature of the submissions be a surprise of sorts. Sometimes the JOURNAL will be a one or two line "cookie" and other times a 25K diatribe. This command can be abbreviated as "J". LIST List the last 20 callers, and some amount of information regarding their stay on the system: 79666 2400b ferret Dave - A Twinkie <8> 4:49p 5:05p FRI 26 BYE 79667 2400b sm0jmn Bernt Andersson <0> 5:09p 5:10p FRI 3 BYE 79668 2400b joej Joe Rackelmann <1> 5:11p 5:16p FRI 4 BYE 79670 2400b grimm A/C <8> 5:18p 5:19p FRI 2 BYE 79671 1200b mentor The Mentor <2+> 5:21p 5:30p FRI 6 BYE 79673 1200b wright ken wright <0> 5:43p 5:44p FRI 3 LOST 79674 2400b greg Greg Montgomery <0> 6:14p 6:16p FRI 5 BYE 79677 1200b jim Jim Klessig <1> 6:23p 6:46p FRI 19 BYE 79778 2400b redline Redline <1> 6:49p 7:14p FRI 1 TIME If a numeric argument NN is given, the last NN callers will be listed instead of the last 20 (LIST 500 displays the last 500 callers). Here's what lines in the caller log really mean: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 79665 2400b floyd Floyd R Turbo <9+> 3:15p 4:40p FRI 29 BYE 1 Caller number. Incremented after every connect. 2 Baud rate of user. People take insane pleasure in altering this field with the BAUD command.. 3 Account name of user. 4 Full Identity of user, with access level, and + if user posted. Users often ask what the + means. If they do, we tell them "That means they voted republican in the last election". 5 Login time. 6 Logout time. 7 Day of the week. 8 Number of commands user entered ("Moves"). This is an indication of the amount of activity a user performed while online. 9 Method used to logout ("Egress"). This may be: BYE logged out normally LOST lost carrier IN typed LOGIN EXIT special shell IDLE user timed out waiting for a key to be pressed SiN user took 255 turns (far too many) This command can be abbreviated as "L". LOGIN Logs out of the current account, and requests a new name and password as if the user had just called the system. [#1: the Public Barbequeue] 6:29 pm (?=help!) -> LOGIN lunatic logged out 04-Jul-69 06:29p Login or NEW: This is useful for callers who have a friend present that wants to login to the system without redialing, or if you want to exit your account and use a system maintenance account. LOGOFF or LOGOUT Terminate connection to the system, the same as BYE. MAIL The MAIL command permits private electronic communications between users on the system or users on other systems. Typing MAIL places you in a "mail submenu" where a number of commands are available. Most of these commands may be abbreviated to a single letter. % AGAIN Reread the current message. Also see the VERBOSE command if you want all headers to be visible. % BACK Go backwards and read the previous message. % CLEAR Clear the screen, usually used for privacy reasons. % DELETE Delete the current message. Next/37 Mail> D Message 36 marked for deletion. To UNDELETE a message, DELETE it again. In effect this command toggles the "deleted" status. The message will be retained until MAIL is exited, after which it will be removed from disk and can no longer be undeleted. An argument may be specified containing a message number to remove: Next/37 Mail> D 5 Message 5 marked for deletion. % DOWNLOAD Download the current mail message with the active protocol. Next/37 Mail> DOWN Download #36 via Z protocol? y 17 blocks, 3k, with Z protocol % EXPAND Expand a mailing list. This is the same as the EXPAND command at the main Waffle menu. % FOLLOW REPLY to a message, including quoted text in the reply. This helps a lot towards establishing the context of the remarks. An address other than the originator of the message may be specified: FOLLOW daltry@who.org Multiple addresses may be specified. % FORWARD Resend the current message to a new recipient. This is usually used when you want someone to read the message, or if mail is accidentally sent to the wrong box (through user error). Next/37 Mail> forward sysop To: sysop Letter saved. This only forwards the current message; it does not apply to future mail. % GO Prints a selection of mail folders, of which you may make a selection or hit RETURN. The default folder is the MAILBOX folder, where all normal incoming mail ends up. Next/1441 Mail> G Current folder is: mailbox Folder Letters Bytes Last modified ---------- --------- --------- --------------------- MAILBOX 1442 3882384 14-Feb-92 02:02 CIS 3 1402 31-Jan-92 00:09 Enter folder name or RETURN to resume: CIS "GO CIS" will do the same, but omits the menu. Folders are created using the MOVE command after reading a message. If you need to get to the folder list but you don't have any mail, use MAIL * from the main prompt. % HELP Gives the MAIL menu, a quick summary of these commands. % LIST List the dates and sender of each message. Next/37 Mail> LIST 37 19 Jun 90 - ferret (Dave - A twinkie) 38 19 Jun 90 - jas (The Slipped Disk) 39 23 Jun 90 - dell@vox.darkside.com (Thomas E Dell) 40 26 Jun 90 - Frank Chiquerie <frank@lugnut.com> 41 29 Jun 90 - lunky!pez (J Beauregard Pez) A starting number and header (LIST 1 SUBJECT), or just a header (LIST ORGANIZATION) may be specified: Next/37 Mail> LIST 1 SUBJECT 1 19 Jun 90 - Welcome to the system! 2 19 Jun 90 - 3 23 Jun 90 - The largest gear we've ever had! 4 26 Jun 90 - We have no bananas. 5 29 Jun 90 - Re: The largest gear we've ever had! (In this instance message #2 has no Subject: line). Upon entering MAIL, a LIST is normally displayed. To abort a list, use ^C (Unix/DOS) or spacebar (DOS). % MOVE Move current message to a folder. If the folder does not exist, one is created by that name. If you don't give an argument, the GO menu is shown and you may select a folder from it. Next/32 Mail> MOVE BOUNCES Message 31 moved to BOUNCES folder. MOVE marks the message as deleted. As you exit the mailbox the message was in, it is then deleted. % NEXT Read the next message. This is the same as pressing <RETURN>, which is what people normally should do. Next/34 Mail> To: sysop From: elvis (Elvis Aaron Presley) Comments: what's going on around here anyway Date: Sat, 25 Aug 90 10:51:43 PDT Please remove my account. I will be no longer calling your system, due to my unfortunate circumstances. Next/35 Mail> % QUIT Exit MAIL. If messages have been deleted, they are removed at this time, otherwise the question Next/37 Mail> q Purge all letters? y 40 messages purged. is asked. This will NOT be asked if you are reading FEEDBACK with the SYSMAIL command. % REPLY Reply to a message. The "Subject:" will have a "Re:" attached in front if one does not already exist. For example, Next/37 Mail> r To: Frank Chiquerie <frank@lugnut.com> Subject: Re: 408 Area Code A REPLY can also be sent to someone other than the person who sent the message, Next/37 Mail> R frank@wk24.lugnut.com This is often necessary if the address has been munged beyond recognition by the time it gets to your site, plus various other scenarios. % SEND Send a message. Same as "MAIL address"; does not use the previous message's Subject. Next/36 Mail> send dell@vox.darkside.com % VERBOSE Redisplay message with ALL headers, including those turned off with the "ignore" parameter in the static file. % WRITE Save the current message in a file in the user's home directory. If the file already exists the message will be appended. Next/36 Mail> write Appended to file /user/lunatic/mailbox If a name is specified, that filename will be used to store the message: Next/36 Mail> write yip.txt Written to file /user/lunatic/yip.txt It is generally more efficient to keep old mail in such a file rather than in the mailbox. Privileged users may WRITE to device files; ie., "WRITE PRN", to send output to the printer. Typing a message's number at the MAIL prompt will cause that message to be read. If you want to add additional headers to messages, the static file parameter "ask:" should be added; see STATIC.DOC file. The MAIL command can be abbreviated as "M". MEMORY For the DOS version of Waffle, tells how much memory is still free for running other programs. coreleft = 224824 If this number is low, say 50k or less, either there is a configuration problem or your machine had little memory to start with. NEW Read all new messages on all subscribed newsgroups. For people who do not have a JOIN file, the date of the last NEW scan is used to determine if messages are new. For those with JOIN files, only subscribed groups will be checked for new messages. See the description of the JOIN command for more information. All READ menu commands are available with the NEW command. See the information on READ for a more detailed description of these. If an argument is given, the NEW can will start at that group; this is useful if you only want to read a few groups near the end of your NEW scan. This command can be abbreviated as "N". NODE The least useful Waffle command. Displays the network name of the machine, for example: elf.santa-cruz.ca.us This is generally the same name used on return addresses. OFF An alias for the BYE command. Logoff the system, and terminate connection. OREO A nutritional food item yet to be featured on the Twin Peaks television show. This is included so that people typing "O" are not immediately logged out because of OFF. When another command starting with "O" is added to the list of available commands, this practice will be discontinued. PAGE Clear the screen, usually for reasons of privacy. This will be effective only if your terminal supports this function, and only if Waffle thinks your terminal is what it really is. PAGE is identical to the CLEAR command. PATH An alias for the CD command, to change disk directories. Using PATH requires a privileged account. PLAN Create a PLAN file, which is displayed when someone fingers your account: [#1: the Public Barbequeue] 6:29p (?=help!) -> PLAN Create /user/floyd/plan? Y [...0 lines...] 1> We all shine on.. 2> Like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.. 3> /s If you already had a PLAN file in your home directory, this will edit the file rather than create a new one. POOF Vanish from the system without leaving a trace. You can use the POOF command to skip entering yourself in the caller log. This is commonly used by sysops who don't want to show up there too much, and by timid users who are ashamed to show their faces. Normal users may not POOF on their first call of any day. This is to discourage hidden users of your BBS. All POOF's are recorded in the EVENTS log. POST Post a message on a forum or newsgroup. A subject will be requested, although additional headers may also be requested if the system has been configured in that manner. Access to post in a particular forum is required before a user is permitted to enter a message. [#1: the Public Barbequeue] 6:29p (?=help!) -> POST Subject: BBQ - This Sunday at 6PM Enter message, single / when done. /s to save or /q to quit without saving. 1> Under penalty of death all users are expected 2> to attend the barbequeue. This order comes 3> from the Highest Authority. 4> /s Message saved. With Usenet newsgroups, it is often convenient to crosspost an article to multiple groups. You can do this by specifying arguments to POST, such as POST rec.arts.comics,alt.cyberpunk Crossposting is forbidden to moderated newsgroups, or newsgroups where this facility has been disabled with the "/solo" configuration keyword. Contined Next Chapter