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“‘FBBS Message Section Help≠
‘M)ain Menu’
Return to main menu. (FBBS will remember which board you were on).
‘B)oard Change’
When you select board change, you'll get a "paged" listing of the available
message boards, and you'll be asked to make a selection. If you choose a board
that's out of range, or one you don't have access to, then you'll get an error
message.
‘S)can Headers’
It'll show you the headers of the messages posted in the current board,
starting by the LAST MESSAGE YOU READ.
‘F)ind Token’
Similar to Scan Headers, but you can specify what to look for. This
function will search for the token you entered in the Subject, sender, and
recipient fields.
‘D)elete Message’
If you want to delete a message you sent or was sent to you, then you
can delete it if you no longer wish the message to be on the board.
“FBBS will remember the last message you read in each message board.”
“Read Commands”
‘a number’
FBBS will try to find the specified message for you. If it doesn't
find it, or if the message is private and not to or from you, then it'll
display a "Message Not Found" message.
‘0’ (Zero)
This will "rewind" the message board, going to the first available
message, without displaying it. This is useful if you want to go back and
read or scan old messages.
‘N)ext’
Read next message. This will make the "Next" command the Default Read
command. When you hit <ENTER> it will be the equivalent as hitting the Next
key. Due to the way FBBS's memory is set up, selecting "next" is equivalent
to selecting "read new" in many other bulletin board systems.
‘P)revious’
Read previous message. This will make the "Previous" command the
Default Read command. When you hit <ENTER> it will be the equivalent as
hitting the "Previous" key.
“Threaded Retrieval”
Messages in FBBS are threaded. That is, you can read the original
postings and the replies to the current message just by typing the appropriate
command. You must have already read at least one message for this feature
to work, or a "no active message" will be displayed to you.
‘+)Read Reply’
Read next reply to current message. This will make the "Read Reply"
command the Default Read command. When you hit <ENTER> it will be the
equivalent as hitting the "Read Reply" key.
‘-)Read Original’
Read previous reply to current message. This will make the "Read Original"
command the Default Read command. When you hit <ENTER> it will be the
equivalent as hitting the "Read Original" key.
‘C)ountinuous Read’
Show all the messages in the board, starting by the Current message. This
display is non-paged. To stop or pause it, you must use FBBS's standard
stop and pause keys, which are "S" and "P" respectively.
“Writing Messages”
Note:
Some of these options may be turned off in certain message boards.
‘W)rite Message’
Writes a message. You'll be prompted for who the message is to, and
for a subject. FBBS won't let you type empty strings, so if you change your
mind about writing a message, just type a dummy name and subject and ABORT
the message within the editor. Public/private settings will depend on what
the current message board allows. If it allows for both public and private
you will be prompted.
‘R)eply to Message’
Adds a message to the reply chain.
‘About FBBS's Line Editor’
The maximum length of a message was arbitrarily set to 100 lines.
This may or may not change in the future, or it could even be set proportio-
nally to the amount of messages you leave. The words you type will automati-
cally wrap around to the next line when you reach the 72nd column. When
you think you're done entering your message, hit Enter (Return) in a blank
line.
The editing options are:
* "S)ave": Saves your message. Duhhh.
* "A)bort": Hmm, guess what it does?
* "C)ontinue": back to the editor.
* "E)dit Line: lets you change a string in a line by a new string.
* "L)ist": lists your message so far.
* "P)rivate Toggle": changes from private to public or vice versa.
* "I)nsert Line": Inserts a line before any line you want.
* "R)emove line": Removes a line from your message.
* "O)riginal Message Quote: Adds text from the message you're replying
to. This works on a line-by-line basis. It will display a line
and ask you if you want to include it. If you answer YES, it will
include it and get the next line. If you answer no, it will just
get to the next line. If you answer quit, it will do nothing, and
display the editor options again.
There are other nifty things to it too. You can erase the last word you typed
by hitting cntrl-W, and the last line by hitting cntrl-U.
‘?) Help’
Displays this file when not in Expert mode. In expert mode this command
will show you the Messages Menu.
‘G)oo'bye’
Starts the Logout sequence.