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- │ │ EBBS Message Area Help File │ │
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- │ [A] Switch Message Area - Change from one message area to another. │
- │ [C] Continuous New Messages - Display NEW messages without pausing. │
- │ [F] Forward Message Read - Read messages chronologically forward. │
- │ [G] Goodbye/Logoff - Logoff this system and disconnect. │
- │ [H] Message Area Help - This help menu. │
- │ [M] Main Menu - Jump back to the Main System Menu. │
- │ [N] Read New Messages - Read all NEW messages since last call. │
- │ [P] Post a Message - Compose and save a message for all to read. │
- │ [S] Scan Message Headers - Display only message header information. │
- │ [U] Upload a Message - Compose a message offline and upload it. │
- │ [X] File Transfer Section - Jump to the file transfer section. │
- │ [Y] Read messages addressed to you. │
- │ [Z] ZIP new messages and Download for offline viewing │
- │ [^] Sysop Menu - This feature will work only for Sysops. │
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- │ EBBS Message Area Tips: │
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- │ 1) FIRST CALL: First time callers should choose READ FORWARD and │
- │ read only the last 10 or so messages in message areas of │
- │ interest. This will set your NEW MESSAGES pointer for your next │
- │ call. │
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- │ 2) ENTER: While reading messages, hitting ENTER will abort the │
- │ reading of the current message and skip to following message. │
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- │ 3) SPACE: While reading messages, hitting the SPACE BAR will abort │
- │ the reading and drop to the READ COMMAND prompt. │
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- │ 4) AUTO-PAUSE: If auto-pause is enabled, EBBS will pause every │
- │ screenful or so. Be sure to set your SCREEN LINES as desired for │
- │ auto pause to work effectively. ENTER or SPACE will resume. │
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- │ 5) MANUAL PAUSE: Hitting s, S, * or Ctrl-S will pause all text │
- │ outputs. Any key will resume. │
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- │ 6) IN GENERAL: I suggest callers simply check into prefferred │
- │ message areas and post, reply & read new messages regularly. │
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- │ 7) ZIP new messages and DL: This feature allows users to │
- │ download their new messages in a ZIP file. Users can then │
- │ review them at their leisure, compose offline replies, then │
- │ call back and ASCII upload those replies. │
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