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- TIPS AND TRICKS FOR YOUR MESSAGES
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- SENDING PRIVATE MESSAGES
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- If you need privacy, you can set aside the remainder of a message, so that it
- can only be read by the people that you list.
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- To declare the remainder of a message as private, start your line like this:
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- : <<JOE>> The rest of this message is :
- : for Joe, and only Joe can read it. :
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- You can list more than one person, as shown in this example:
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- ;FNC HEY
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- : <<JOE><HAROLD>> Type your message :
- : here and only Joe & Harold see it. :
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- For example, let's say you've typed a few lines for general consumption, and
- wish to set aside the rest of the message for FREDDY, MARIO and BERNIE. You
- would do it this way:
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- .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
- : <<FREDDY><MARIO><BERNIE>> Hello! :
- : How are you, today? I am fine. :
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- You can use this technique to reserve several "Privates" in one message.
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- HOW TO TALK BEHIND SOMEBODY'S BACK
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- This one's just for fun: you can set aside part of your message such that it
- can read only by people who AREN'T in the list of names. An example: let's
- say you're planning a surprise party for JOE and HAROLD. You'd put this in
- front of the relevant text:
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- .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
- : ><JOE><HAROLD>< Say, everybody, :
- : let's give Joe & Harold a party! :
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- ...and so forth. JOE and HAROLD would not be able to read the text.
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- WHEN YOU CAN'T FIT IT ALL ON ONE LINE
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- If you simply can't fit all the names for a Private or an Exclusive on one 80
- character line, simply stack them:
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- : <<JOE><HAROLD><MARY><KENNETH>> :
- : <<PHILBERT><ROGER><JOAN>> Okay, we :
- : launch our attack tonight at 8:00! :
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- USING SEVERAL GIMMICKS IN ONE MESSAGE
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- You can freely mix Privates and Exclusives. Here's the way you'd type up a
- short message that uses all these techniques:
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- .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
- : Hello, everybody! Nice day, eh? :
- : Now, some Privates and Exclusives: :
- : :
- : <<BILL><JILL><PHIL><MORRIS><BORIS>> :
- : <<HARRY><MARY>> Hey, we are going :
- : to have a party for Fred and Joe! :
- : :
- : <<FRED><JOE>> Hi. Are you two :
- : available next Saturday? :
- : :
- : ><FRED><JOE>< Everybody, please :
- : don't mention to Fred and Joe that :
- : we're going to give them a party! :
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- A QUICK ASIDE
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- You can jump OUT of a private or exclusive message by ending it with ><*><.
- This lets you make a quick comment to somebody, like this:
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- : Say, John, that was a good analysis :
- : of Bilgecorp's new stock report! :
- : :
- : <<BILL><JILL>> :
- : Do you suppose he knows about your :
- : lawsuit against Bilgecorp? :
- : ><*>< :
- : :
- : Anyway, John, let me know how your :
- : investment services does! :
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- Note that the following example would NOT work properly:
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- : Say, John! Great analysis! :
- : :
- : <<BILL><JILL>> Do you agree? :
- : ><*>< :
- : :
- : Speak to you later, John. :
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- Sapphire can't distinguish between this and a multi-line private/exclusive
- header. You must have at least one line of text between the header and the
- special ><*>< symbol.
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- PRIVATES & EXCLUSIVES FOR FILE TRANSFERS
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- When typing up your documentation for a file upload, you can include a Private
- header in the summary line, which will make the file inaccessible to everybody
- except the people you list.
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- HANDY TIP: If you and the people who are running this system are swapping the
- same file back and forth, include your OWN name in the summary line of the
- documentation. For example, if your name was FRED JONES:
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- .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
- : <<FRED JONES><SYSOP>> Here is the :
- : file containing the text I want you :
- : to edit. :
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- CONCLUSION
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- If all this sounds complicated to you, start by experimenting with simple pri-
- vate messages to one person. Then try some of the other tricks later on!
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- SPECIAL FEATURES
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- (This part of the article is displayed only to members at level 6 or higher)
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- You can specify a range of levels eligible to read a private as follows:
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- : <<LEVEL 5-8>> Hello, high-level :
- : members! Only you can read this! :
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- This technique can be used to address only a particular level, as follows:
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- ;FNC HEY
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- : <<LEVEL 6>> This is a special :
- : message for level 6 users only! :
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- With these techniques, you could, for example, GIVE a file to [E]veryone, then
- restrict the file so that only a certain range of levels could download it.
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