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Bulletin Board Help
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[ Option Menu Bar ]
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[ [B1,1-##] Option (?=Help): ]
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The Option Menu Bar tells you what
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Board you are presently on and how many
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bulletins on posted on that board. "B"
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from the main system sent you to the
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main bulletin board. From here you can
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type a question mark to see the
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following list of commands:
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[ Bulletin Board Help Menu Bar ]
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[ Read Number, N)ew, F)orward, S)can ]
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[ B)rowse, M)arked, G)lobal Quickscan ]
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[ J)ump, P)ost, K)ill, H)elp, Q)uit ]
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[ B ] This will permit you to [B]rowse
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through the message subjects of
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a bulletin board to find all of the
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bulletins that are on a particular
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subject. Just type in the subject you
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wish to search on and you will be
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asked if you wish to [ Mark Messages ]
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after each title. If you answer [Y]
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this will allow you to read the bulle-
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tins you [M]arked when you are finished
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viewing the titles. After 15 bulletins
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titles are displayed, you will be asked
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if you wish to see more titles. If you
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have been on the system before, you
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will see a ">" in front of the number
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of the titles you have not yet read.
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[ F ] You can list all the bulletins
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starting [F]orward at a partic-
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ular number.
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[ G ] [G]lobal Quickscan will scan all
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of the boards you have access to
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for new bulletins. If a board has new
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bulletins, you will be asked [ [R]ead
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[S]kip [Q]uit ? ]. [R] will let you
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read all of the new bulletins, [S] will
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skip to the next board, and [Q] will
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quit Global Quickscan.
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[ H ] This [H]elp file is displayed
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using this command.
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[ J ] [J]ump to another bulletin
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board. If you type [J#] you can
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jump directly to that board number. If
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you type "J [RETURN]" it will list all
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of the boards on the system and you can
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type in the number of the one you want.
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If you do not have access to them you
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will get the message, [ Security too
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low ].
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[ K ] [K]ills bulletins you have left.
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[ M ] When you [S]can or [B]rowse the
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subjects you will be asked if
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you want to [ Allow marking? ] the mes-
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sages to read them after you pick them
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with a [Yes/No/Quit] option. The first
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message will print automatically when
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you are done. Use the [N] command to
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see the next ones you marked. After
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you have finished reading the marked
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messages the first time, [M] will dis-
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play the same marked messages again.
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[ N ] This retrieves [N]ew bulletins
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that have been left since the
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last time you called.
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[ P ] [P]ost a bulletin for all users
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to see. You will be placed in
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the editor to enter your message.
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[ Q ] This will return you back to the
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main menu.
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[ S ] This [S]cans message subjects
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starting at a certain number. If
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you wish to [ Mark Messages ] after
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each title, you should answer [Y]. This
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will allow you to read the bulletins
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you "marked" when you are done reading
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the titles. After 15 bulletins titles
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are displayed, you will be asked if you
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wish to see more titles. If you have
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been on the system before, you will see
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a ">" in front of the number of the
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titles you have not yet read.
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[ # ] The [Read Number] option allows
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you to enter the number of a
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bulletin on a board and read that
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individual bulletin.
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[ Bulletin Menu Bar ]
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[A]uto reply [N]ext [R]e-read [Q]uit :
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After displaying a message, the above
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Menu Bar is displayed after each bulle-
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tin is shown. You have the following
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options:
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[ A ] [A]uto reply allows you to reply
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in one of two ways to the person
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who wrote the message. After you enter
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[A] you are asked: [ Is this a private
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letter? ]. If you answer [Y] then the
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person receives the letter in his mail-
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box. If you answer [N] then you will
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post a message on the board as a reply
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to the original message for everyone to
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read. You will use the editor to enter
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the message and when you are finished,
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you will return to the Menu Bar.
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[ N ] [N]ext or a [RETURN] will go to
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the next bulletin on the board.
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[ R ] [R]e-read allows you to read the
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present bulletin again.
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[ Q ] [Q]uit will stop retrieving bul-
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letins and exit back to the
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Option Menu Bar.
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[ + ] This command must be used after
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the [F]orward command at the
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Menu Bar prompt. First use [F] for
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Forward; then type the bulletin number
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you wish to start with. At the first
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menu bar type a [+] and all remaining
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bulletins will fly by without stopping.
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Use this when you want to print out
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more than one bulletin at once without
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having to hit [N] after each one. Or
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use it to save them all to a buffer to
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view later when you log off.
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