BMUG PD-ROM 1995 Fall/PD-ROM F95.toast/Telecom/BBS Software/Hermes II 3.0.2 ƒ/Update/Help

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(NOTE: Not all commands may be available to every user.)

MESSAGE COMMANDS
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J - Jump to a new message Forum.  You will be shown a list of available
forums and will then enter the forum number you wish to go to.

N - Newscan.  The Newscan will scan all message subs and individually show
you each new message.  You can configure your Newscan from the D-efaults
menu to include only the message subs you wish.

P - Post.  This will allow you to post a message in the message sub you are
currently in.  You should select the appropriate message sub number before
typing P to post.

Q - Quickscan current message sub.  This will individually show you all new
messages on the current message sub.  It is just like the N-ewscan except that
it will show only the messages on the current sub.

R - Remove.  This allows you to remove messages you have previously posted
on the current sub.  Hermes will show you a list of all message numbers
you have posted in the sub and you then select the number of the message to
remove.

S - Scan messages titles on the current message sub.  The BBS will first ask
you what message number you want to start from and will then give you the
titles of the next 10 messages from the number entered.  You can then enter
the message number to read or type T for another 10 titles.

Z - Express newscan.  This will read new messages on all selected message
subs, but without pausing between messages.  This is useful to quickly
capture all new messages. You could then log off, and call back later with
a reply that has been written off-line.

* - List all message subs in the current Forum that you have access to.

Number - Typing a number will send you to that message sub number.

+ or - - The + and - commands will send you to the next higher/lower message
sub in the current Forum.

//Upload - This command allows you to upload prepared text for insertion into
a message or mail.  You will be presented with the upload commands to transfer
your text.  After uploading, the next message posted or mail sent will have
the message text automatically inserted.

//Qscan - This resets your "message pointers" to show all messages as being
unread.  After doing this all messages on the BBS will show up as "new".

//Catchup - This resets your "message pointers" to show all messages as being
read.  After doing this no new messages would show up during a Newscan or
Quickscan.  This will keep you from reading very old messages when first
logging on a BBS as a new user.


MAIL COMMANDS
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E - E-mail Send command.  You will be able to send mail to other users.
The BBS will ask for the name or number of the person you want to send mail
to and then will ask for the title of the message before putting you in
the text editor to write your message text.

F - Feedback.  This enables you to send a letter to the sysop.  If the BBS
has more than one person set up to receive feedback, you can select which
person to send the mail to.  Other than this, sending feedback is just like
sending E-Mail.

K - Kill old E-Mail.  This will allow you to delete mail you have previously
sent.  You will be prompted with additional commands to read and delete
any piece of mail you sent that is still on-line.

M - read Mail.  This lets you read mail addressed to you.

/E - E-mail to more than one user.  This will let you send the same piece
of mail to up to 20 different people.  The BBS will prompt you for the names
or numbers of all the people you wish to send the mail to.


SYSTEM COMMANDS
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A - Auto-message.  This allows you to display and, if allowed, to change the
auto-message seen when users first log on.

B - BBS list.  This will allow you to display other BBS numbers and to add
other systems to the list.

C - Chat with the sysop.  If used during "Sysop Available" hours set up on
this system, this sounds a chime at the BBS to attract the attention of the
Sysop.  During other hours you will be advised the sysop is not available
and you will be given the opportunity to leave feedback to the sysop.

D - Default change.  This lets you set a number of user-selectable features,
such as your screen size, ANSI or text menus, password, signature macro,
screen pauses, and the message subs you want included in a Newscan.

G - G-files.  This puts you at the main prompt of the "general text" files.
Each Section may have several different text files.  You can select a
section and then read an individual file by selecting each via it's number.

I - Info on system.  This will display any information about this BBS that
the sysop has included, such as BBS Rules, etc.

L - List of callers.  This displays a list of users who logged on today.

O - Off the system.  This logs you off the BBS.

/O - Log off immediately without confirmation and don't show logoff message.

T - File Transfers.  This command sends you to the File Transfer menu.  You
can search, list, upload and download files from that menu.

U - User list.  This displays a list of users of this BBS.

V - Vote.  If the Ballot Box external is on-line, this will allow you to
access the voting external to vote on sysop and user-entered questions.

W - Who's On/Chat.  This will give you additional commands to see who is
on-line, send a message to other nodes, and enter the chat room where you
can "talk" with other users in the chat room.  You should first send a
message to invite another user to the chat room.  When you first enter the
chat room you will be shown the chat commands.

X - eXpert mode.  This will toggle OFF/ON the display of the main menu after
each prompt.  For most efficient operation, you should turn this off.

Y - Your info.  Information about your account on this system is displayed.

. - Externals.  This command will send you to the Externals menu where you
can select other applications to run.  These are additional items added by
each sysop and the number and type will vary from system to system.

? - This Menu.  This will display the Main Menu.

Control O - This displays this context-sensitive On-line Help display.

Control T - This displays the current time, the time you have been on-line,
and your time remaining before forced logoff.

Spacebar - Abort.  This aborts a text or file listing.  If a high speed modem
is being used, text may continue to be displayed until the modem's buffer is
emptied.

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SYSTEM COMMANDS
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C - Chat with the sysop.  If used during "Sysop Available" hours set up on
this system, this sounds a chime at the BBS to attract the attention of the
Sysop.  During other hours you will be advised the sysop is not available
and you will be given the opportunity to leave feedback to the sysop.

O - Off the system.  This logs you off the BBS.

/O - Log off immediately without confirmation and don't show logoff message.

Q - Quit to the BBS Main Menu.

T - Transfer defaults.  This will allow you to set your default protocol,
whether or not to do a Newscan of the transfer system after a Newscan of the
message subs, whether to list extended descriptions and whether to search
extended descriptions during the F-ind command.

Y - Your Transfer Stats.  This displays all transfer info such as number
and size of files uploaded and downloaded as well as other information and
ratios.

? - This Menu.  This will display the Transfer Menu.

Control O - This displays this context-sensitive On-line Help display.

Control T - This displays the current time, the time you have been on-line,
and your time remaining before forced logoff.

Spacebar - Abort.  This aborts a text or file listing.  If a high speed modem
is being used, text may continue to be displayed until the modem's buffer is
emptied.


FILE TRANSFER
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Batch Commands - This will show you a sub-menu of the batch transfer commands.

D - Download a file from the current directory.  You may enter global filename
characters, such as "*.PAS", and you may download all .PAS files.  After
listing out information on each matching file, you will be asked for the
protocol you wish to use.  If you decide you do not wish to download it,
hit "Q" or "0", and you will not.

U - Upload a file to the current directory.  You will be prompted for the
filename, a short description and an extended description (10 lines maximum).
You will then be shown the transfer protocols by which the
file is to be transferred.  A ? at that prompt will show all available
protocols.

R - Remove file.  You can only remove a file that you uploaded.  You will be
prompted for the filename and then shown the file and asked to confirm the
deletion.  All files you remove will also cause any upload credit to be
removed too.

Z - Upload to the sysop.  This command works like the U-pload command except
that the file is automatically placed in the Sysop transfer directory, and
is not accessible by other callers.


FILE SEARCHING
-------------

F - Find Description.  This command will search for matching text in the
descriptions, and, if selected from your Transfer Defaults, the extended
descriptions as well.  You will be prompted to enter the text that you want
to find.  You can enter a partial name as the BBS will list all files that
match the text whether a full name or not.

J - Jump to Area #.  This allows you to go to another transfer Area.  The BBS
will show you all areas you have access to.  You should then enter the Area
you wish to go to.

L - List Files in Directory.  This will list matching files ONLY in the
current directory.  You will be prompted for the full or partial filename.
You can enter any part of a name and the BBS will return all matching text
in the filename.  If you want to list all files in the directory, do not
enter any name at the prompt.

S - Search for matching files in ALL directories.  You will be prompted
for the full or partial filename.  You can enter any part of a name and the
BBS will return all matching text in the filename.  If you want to display
all files on the BBS, do not enter any name at the prompt.

N - New Scan all Directories.  This will list all new files since your last
logon.  You will be prompted whether to list only new files in the current
directory or the entire BBS.

P - Set New Scan Date.  If you wish to see all new files after a certain date,
enter the starting date for the new file search.  Then when you enter N to
scan new files, the date used will be the date you just entered rather than
the date you last did a new file scan.  When you enter the date, you must
use two digits each for the month/day/year.

* - List Directories.  This command will list all available directories in
the current transfer Area.

# - Number.  Enter a number to go to that transfer Directory.

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This command will sound a chime to attract the attention of the sysop to
your chat request.  You will be prompted to enter the reason for the chat.
Many sysops don't heed chat requests that appear to be meaningless or a
waste of their time, so it is important and polite to have a good reason
to chat on most systems.  You can turn the chat request off by hitting C
again. If you do not wish to page the sysop, just hit enter now.

4

Here you may change certain information about your terminal and the way you
want the BBS to respond to you.  The options are:

1. Screen size.  The screen width is usually 40 or 80, although some terminals
use 32 or 64.  This information is used to format messages for your screen
size.  The number of lines on your display is also asked for.  Most
computers have 25 lines per screen.

2. ANSI graphics.  If your terminal supports ANSI graphics, you should
have this option set ON.  It will allow the BBS to change the color of
text on your screen and move the cursor around more efficiently.  If you
have ANSI graphics selected, you will also have to select color or a black
and white display.

3. Pause on screen.  If you are using a high-speed modem, information may
scroll off the screen faster than you can read it.  By turning pauses on,
the BBS will pause after each screenfull of text is sent (based on the number
of lines you set your screen size to).  Hitting any key will cause the BBS
to send another screenfull of text.

4. Mailbox.  You can forward your mail to another user by selecting this
option and entering the user that you want your mail forwarded to.  This
might be used if you will be on vacation another person will answer your
mail during this time.

5. Screen Clears.  This toggles screen clears off/on.  If you have screen
clears on, before a menu or text is sent a screen clear is sent.  This
results in the old text being removed and new text starting from the top
of the screen.  If screen clears are off, additional text is just added
to the end of the previous text and old text will scroll off the top of
the screen.

6. Configure Q-scan.  This lets you identify which sub-boards you want to
include in your Newscan of messages.  You will first select a Forum and then
toggle the message subs on/off.  Any sub with the * symbol before the number
is included in the Newscan.

7. Change password.  If you want to change your password, this option
should be used.  You will first be prompted for your present password and
then will be asked to enter your new password twice for verification.  Be
sure to make a record of your new password or you won't be able to access
your account.

8. Notify login/out.  This toggles the notification on/off.  If you have
"Yes" selected, you will receive notification of other users logging on and
off the BBS.  If "Off" is selected, the notification is suppressed.

9. Computer type.  This shows the computer type you have indicated previously.
If you select this, the BBS will display the computer types list for this
BBS.  You should then select your new computer type.

10. Scan New Messages at Logon.  If this is set to "Yes", each time you
log on the BBS you will ask if you want to scan for new messages addressed
to you.  If this is set to "Off", the prompt is suppressed.

11. Change Signature.  Selecting this will allow you to change your BBS
"signature" that is entered with the /ESP command in messages and mail.
You can have a 1 line signature that may include ANSI colors.  See the
Change Colors option to view a list of colors available.

12. Column Display Mode. This will toggle the listing of message subs,
transfer directories and G-Files between a 1 column/2 column display.

13. Change Colors.  If you have  the ANSI graphics option enabled, you can
select the colors you would like displayed for prompts, questions, etc.
Several prompts will guide you through the settings.

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This feature enables you to send the same piece of mail to up to 20 different
users.  Enter the name or number of each user on a separate line and then
enter a carriage return on a blank line to end the list.  Then you will
enter the message title and text just as in a regular piece of mail.

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You now are entering the title of a message or mail.  The title should
be a one-line description of your message.

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This lets you identify which sub-boards you want to include in your Newscan
of messages.  You will first select a Forum and then toggle the message subs
on/off.  Any sub with the * symbol before the number is included.

8

If you have sent a piece of mail that you decide you actually didn't want to
send, you may remove it with this command.  Each un-read piece of mail you
have sent will be shown individually, and you may delete any message.  For
each piece of mail, the destination user, title, and how many days it was
sent will be printed out.  Your options here are:

R - Read the piece of mail.

D - Delete it.

N - Go on to the next piece.

Q - Quit back to the main menu.

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You are being asked to enter either the full or just a partial name to
search for.  Hermes will show all filenames that match whatever you enter.
Normally you should only enter the "core" part of a name since different
spellings may keep the file from being shown as whatever you type must match
exactly some part of the filename.  To show all files, just enter a carriage
return.

10

You now have a listing of all mail sent to you.  You can enter the number
of the piece of mail you wish to start reading from, or you can just hit
enter to read all the mail starting at the first piece.

11

You are being asked where to start listing the titles of messages.  You are
given total number of messages in the message sub, and you may start the
listing at any number between 1 and the number listed.  The BBS will then
show you the titles of the next 10 messages.  From that point, enter the
message number you want to read or T for another 10 titles.  Entering Q will
quit the title scan and take you back to the Main Menu.

12

If you type Y for yes, you will be logged off the BBS.  If you do not want
to log off, type N for no.

13

You are being asked to enter a date for new files.  The date you enter here
will be used when you do a new file search ("N").  The files listed in the
search will be any that were uploaded on or after the date you specify.

14

You are being asked to identify a user.  You may enter the user's name
or user number.  Optionally, you may also enter only part of the user's
name followed by a *, and the BBS will search through the user list for
the first user matching that name.

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This allows you to remove a message you have posted.  You have been given
a list of messages you have posted on the current sub, and you should now
enter the message number you want to delete.  If you do not want to delete
any of these messages, just enter a carriage return.

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This is the "message read" prompt.  In the prompt line at the bottom of
the screen, you are given the range of message numbers and the last message
number you have read.  If message threading is enabled for this message
sub, you will also have the number of replies to this message listed.

Your options are:

<Carriage Return> - This reads the next message.

# - Entering a number will read that message number.

A - Auto-reply to last message.  This will let you send E-mail to the

    person who wrote the current message you are seeing now.

B - If you are in a Newscan, this will advance you to the next message sub
    without reading any further messages on this message sub.

P - Post a message to this message sub.

Q - Quit to the the Main Menu.

R - Write a public reply to the last message.

T - List the titles of the next 10 messages.

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After entering a filename to upload, the BBS will check for for a duplicate
filename and that invalid characters are not in the name.  If the name is
accepted, you will be asked to verify you want to upload the file.  If so,
you will be asked for a one-line description of the file.  The description
should give some general information, such as what it does and/or what
version it is.  After entering the description, you will be asked if you
want to enter an extended description (up to 10 lines in length).  After
leaving the extended description or entering N to not leave one, you will
be asked what protocol you would like to use for the transfer.  Enter "?"
for a list of protocols available.  After you enter the protocol number,
he BBS will wait for you to start sending the file.  If you get this far,
and then don't want to upload, enter Ctrl-X to abort the transfer.

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The Node Commands prompt allows you to:

L - List users that are on-line and show what node they are connected to.

M - Send a message to a node.  The BBS will ask you what node number to send
the message to and then you will be able to type a 1 line message.  You may
use this to invite another user to meet you in the Chat Room.

C - Enter the Chat Room.  Once in the Chat Room, each line of text is sent
to all others present.  Chat Room commands include:

/X - Exit Chat Room
/U - Users on-line and their activity
/H - Chat Room Help menu (these commands)

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The Auto-Message is read by all users when they first log on.  You can do
the following at this point:

R - Read the current Auto-Message.

W - Write a new Auto-Message if the sysop allows users to do this.
    The Auto-Message can be three lines long.

A - Reply to current author of the Auto-Message.  This will send mail to
    the author of the Auto-Message.

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To download a file, you must enter either the full or partial name of the
file you want to download.  The text you enter must exactly match either
all or part a file on-line or the BBS will not be able to find it.  For this
reason it may be best to either copy a filename if you have just searched
and found the file, or to enter just a part of the filename (to help insure
a match).  The BBS will individually show all filenames that do match if
you just enter a partial name.

After the BBS finds the first matching file, you will be given information
about the file including size and estimated time required to download.

You will then be asked what transfer protocol to use.  Enter "?" for a list
of protocols.  If you do not wish to download this file, hit "0", and the
BBS will continue to show the next matching file until there are no more
matches.  Type Q to Quit to the Transfer Menu.  If you decide to download
the file with ZMODEM Batch protocol, it will be added to a "queue."  When
you wish to download the files marked for Batch protocol, from the download
main menu hit "B" for the Batch Download commands.

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Enter any text followed by a carriage return to search for matching text in
the descriptions of files on-line.  The BBS will also search through the
extended descriptions if you have enabled this from your Transfer Defaults.
The text is not case sensitive.

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The Batch Download menu gives you 4 options:

D - Download the files marked for batch download.

L - List the files marked for batch download.

R - Remove a file from the queue (by its number).

C - Clear the batch queue.

NOTE: You must have a terminal program which supports batch downloading.

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If you have sent E-mail to anyone, here you can scan through each piece and
read or delete it.  If for some reason you decide not to send a certain piece
of e-mail after sending it, just press the "D" key when that message shows up.


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Here you may specify which directories you want included in a Newscan
of the transfer section.  In the list, a "*" before the directory indicates
that that directory will be newscanned.  If you do not want a directory
newscanned that is marked, just type the number of the directory, and it
will be un-marked.  To re-mark the directory, just enter the directory
number again.

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Type R to read the BBS list and A (if allowed) to add a new BBS to the list.

When adding a new system to the list, you will first be prompted for the
phone number.  You must enter the number in the form ###-###-####.  You will
then enter the BBS name and comments.  After that you will be asked for the
maximum modem speed of the BBS.  Then you will be asked to enter a 4
character system type (HRMS, WWIV, etc.) and finally a confirmation that
the information is correct.

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This command will allow you to move a file from the current directory to
another.  You enter either the full or partial filename and the BBS will
give you the first match and ask if you want to move the file.  If you
answer yes, the BBS will ask what what Area and then what Directory you
want the file moved to.  Enter a question mark to show a list of available
Areas or Directories.

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At the Reply prompt you are first asked if you want to quote text from the
current message.  If you type Y (Yes), the BBS will then show you the first
line of text from the previous message.  You should type Y to quote it, N
to skip it, and Q to quit quoting.  You can recall the quoter from the text
editor by typing /RQ at the beginning of a line of text.

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Your options, for each piece of mail that you have waiting, are:

D - Delete the piece of mail.
I - Ignore it.  Keep it in your "mailbox" so you may come back and read it
    again later.
R - Re-read the letter.
A - Auto-reply to the letter.  This deletes the letter, and enables you to
    send a letter in reply to whoever wrote it.
S - Save the message and reply to it.
F - Forward the mail.  If you enter F, you will be asked for the name
    or number of the user to forward it to.  If you decide not to forward
    it, just hit enter at this prompt.
Q - Quit out of mail read, leaving the remaining letters in your mailbox.

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If you want all new mail addressed to you forwarded to another user, you
should now answer "yes".  You will then be prompted for the name or number
of the user that you want to receive your mail.

30

You can now change the foreground and background colors for your account.
The colors used are determined by the category listed on the left and the
current settings are listed to the right of each category.  You will be
prompted for the foreground color, background color, intense or normal
color, and whether you want the text underlined.  Note:  "Intense" ANSI
colors are not necessarily more vivid than their non-intense counterparts.

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This command allows you to remove a file that you uploaded.  The file must
be in the current directory.  You first enter the full or partial filename,
then the BBS will show  you the first matching file and ask if you want
to remove it.  After answering, the BBS will show the next matching file.
Any file that you remove will also delete the upload credit for it.

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This command allows you to rename a file that is on the BBS.  The file you
want to rename must be in the current directory.  You should enter either
the full or partial filename and the BBS will show the first matching file.
You will be asked if you want to change the filename, description and the
extended description.  A carriage return at any of the prompts will leave
that part as it currently is.  After you complete this file, the BBS will
show you the next matching file, if any.

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This menu allows you to set your transfer section defaults.  You can set
the following:

1 - This allows you to select your default file transfer protocol.  If you
select a default protocol, a carriage return will select this protocol when
transferring.  You can select a different protocol for a transfer by entering
the appropriate number if you do not want to use the default protocol.

2 - This toggles off/on the option to automatically do a Newscan of the
file transfer section after you complete a message Newscan.

3 - This toggles off/on the extended description listing when you Search or
List files.

4 - This toggles off/on the addition of the extended descriptions when you
select the Find Description command.

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The G-Files contain text files that you can read on-line.  The G-Files are
arranged in two levels; "Sections" and then "G-Files" within each section.
At the first level you should enter the section number you wish to enter,
then you should select the actual G-file number you want to read.  Entering
a question mark will show you the sections or G-Files as appropriate.  To
navigate from within a section back to the top level, type Q (Q-uit).

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2User Editor Commands:0
1A:Password            M:Computer Type     T:ransfer Level
C:Change Value        N:ew Name           U:ser change
D:elete user          O:Change Note       Y:(Un)Mark as Sysop
E:Edit Restrictions   P:hone number       Z:Restrictions
F:orum Access         Q:uit               ]:Forward User
G:Change Birthday     R:estore user       [:Backward User
L:Real Name           S:ecurity Level0

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2=EMail Commands=0
3RETURN:Go To Next Piece of Mail         Q:uit To Main Menu
A:uto-EMail Reply & Delete this Piece   R:e-Read Last Piece
D:elete Last Piece of Mail              S:ave This Piece and Reply
F:orward Mail                           +:Go To Next Piece of Mail
G:o To A Piece of Mail                  -:Go Back One Piece of Mail
I:gnore This Piece [Save w/No Reply]0

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2=Message Sub Commands=0
3RETURN:Go To Next Message               T:itles of Next 10 Messages
A:uto-EMail Poster of Last Message      #:Go To Message #
B:Go To Next New-Scan Message Sub       =:Re-Read Last Message
C:ontinuous Read [No Stopping]          +:Go To Next Message
Q:uit To Main Menu                      -:Go To Previous Message
R:eply to Last Message0

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2Co-Sysop Commands:0
3//SORT     : Sort Transfer Directories
//MOVE     : Move files
//REN      : Rename files
//UEDIT    : Go to user editor
//STATS    : BBS status information
//LOG      : Today's log so far
//YLOG     : Yesterday's log
//ZLOG     : Usage record
//UPLOADALL: Upload entire directory0
2Sysop Commands:0
3//MAILR  : Read all mail
//CHUSER : Change into a user0