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- [:BBS]
- [more_off]
- [White]A BBS will usually offer the following services:
- [ltcyan]
- ┌─────────┐
- │[white]The User[ltcyan] ├──────//───//─────┐
- ┌─┴─────────┴─┐ │
- │ o o == │ ┌──────┴──────┐
- └─────────────┘ │ [white]BBS[ltcyan] │
- └──────┬──────┘
- ┌───────┬──────┬─────┴───┬─────────────┬────────┐
- ┌──┴──┐ ┌──┴─┐ ┌──┴─┐ ┌─────┴───────┐ ┌───┴──┐ ┌───┴───┐
- │[white]F[ltcyan]ILES│ │[white]M[ltcyan]AIL│ │[white]N[ltcyan]EWS│ │[white]S[ltcyan]ILVER [white]X[ltcyan]PRESS│ │[white]L[ltcyan]OGOFF│ │[white]O[ltcyan]PTIONS│
- └─────┘ └────┘ └────┘ └─────────────┘ └──────┘ └───────┘
- [Cyan]
- Hit [Yellow]F[cyan] to explain Files, Hit [Yellow]M[cyan] to explain Mail,
- Hit [Yellow]N[cyan] to explain News, Hit [yellow]S[cyan] to explain Silver Xpress,
- Hit [Yellow]L[cyan] to explain Logoff, Hit [yellow]O[cyan] to explain Options,
- Hit [Yellow]Q[cyan] to exit explanation
-
- Your Selection Please: [menu]FMNSLOQ
- [if]F[jump]FILES
- [if]M[jump]MAIL
- [if]N[jump]NEWS
- [if]S[jump]SILVER
- [if]O[jump]OPTIONS
- [if]L[jump]LOGOFF
- [if]Q[exit]
- [jump]BBS
-
- [:NEWS]
- [cyan]
- News or Bulletins are informational items usually shown immediately, or
- selected from a list. Reading all such available items can be time
- consuming.
-
- [pause]
- [jump]BBS
-
- [:FILES]
- [cyan]
- Files are programs you can download and try on your PC. Typically, files
- are games, utilities and productivity enhancement programs such as the
- Silver Xpress Mail Reader. Knowing what is all available can be time
- consuming.
-
- [pause]
- [jump]BBS
-
- [:MAIL]
- [cyan]
- BBS mail is normally divided into categories LOCAL, FORUMS or ECHOS, and
- NETMAIL. If the category is not shared with another BBS, the mail is
- known as LOCAL mail. This chart illustrates how mail is normally divided:
- [ltcyan]
- ┌──────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- │ [yellow]MAIL[ltcyan] ├──────┬─────┤ [white]LOCAL MAIL (PRIVATE OR PUBLIC)[ltcyan]│
- └──────┘ │ └───────────────────────────────┘
- │ ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- ├─────┤ [white]DIRECT NETWORK MAIL[ltcyan] │
- │ └───────────────────────────────┘
- │ ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- ├─────┤ [white]FORUM CONFERENCE NUMBER 1[ltcyan] │
- │ └───────────────────────────────┘
- │ ┌───────────────────────────────┐
- └─────┤ [white]FORUM CONFERENCE NUMBER 2[ltcyan] │
- └───────────────────────────────┘
- [cyan]
- In the Main Section, you will have to JOIN or SELECT the MAIL Conference to
- read, or create mail on the BBS.
-
- [pause]
-
- By joining the conference, you effectively "selected" the conference as a
- mail area of interest. The conference may be about Programming, Word
- Processing, Legal Matters, etc. There are over 1000 different Forums or
- "echos" as they are some times called in the BBS world. In order for the
- BBS to have these "Shared" forums, it must be part of a computer network.
- Each BBS will pass files and messages to one another.
-
- [pause]
-
- So if you enter a message in a LOCAL area, the message will not travel to
- other bulletin board systems. If you enter a message in a ECHO or FORUM
- area, the message will travel across the network. There is a special area
- called DIRECT MAIL or NETMAIL. If you enter a message in the NETMAIL area,
- the message is sent directly to the BBS where the recipient is located.
-
- As illustrated, you can spend hours on the BBS reading local mail,
- participating in national forums or sending costly netmail to individuals.
-
- Silver Xpress is designed to manage the BBS mail system more effectively
- for you thus saving you time and money.
-
- [pause]
-
- [jump]BBS
-
- [:LOGOFF]
-
- This option will hangup your modem and log you off the BBS.
-
- [jump]BBS
-
- [:OPTIONS]
-
- Each BBS has special settings for the user. The options allow you to change
- these settings. The options include VIDEO selection, HOTKEY selection,
- LANGUAGE selection, Change in Name or Password, etc.
-
- [pause]
-
- [jump]BBS
-
- [:SILVER]
- [cyan]
- Silver Xpress puts all the features you find in a BBS together and allow
- you to effectively search for mail, new files.
-
- Silver Xpress allows you to "Select" all the mail forums of interest
- and allow you scan and collect new messages for reading while you are
- disconnected from the BBS.
-
- [show]assist
-
- [cls]
- Once you have received the Xpress Mail packet, you may begin to logoff. If
- you have created mail, you can send it to Silver Xpress and Xpress will
- move it into the appropiate mail areas.
-
- You can log off once you have the Xpress Mail Packet on your PC!
-
- You just collected a vast amount of mail in a short period of time. Now you
- can use the Silver Xpress Mail Reader to read your mail.
-
- Do you wish to download the Silver Xpress mail reader? Y or N [menu]YN|
- [if]Y[show]dlrdr
- [jump]BBS
-