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- MAIN MENU HELP:
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- (NOTE: Not all commands are available to unvalidated users.)
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- MESSAGE COMMANDS
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- S - Scan messages on the current sub-board. This command allows you to read
- the messages on the sub-board you are currently on. The current sub-board
- name and number are shown on the main menu prompt.
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- Q - Quickscan current sub-board. This will read the new messages on the
- current sub-board.
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- N - Newscan. Newscan quickscans all the sub-boards.
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- P - Post. This will allow you to post a message on the current sub-board.
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- R - Remove. This allows you to remove messages you have previously posted.
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- * - Board list. You will be given a list of sub-boards you have access to.
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- Z - Express newscan. This will read all new messages on all selected
- sub-boards, but without pausing between messages. This is useful for
- capturing all new messages, then logging off, and calling back later to
- reply.
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- Number - Typing a number will change the current sub-board to that sub-board
- number.
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- MAIL COMMANDS
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- C - Chat with the sysop. This command turns on a sysop page, which may
- attract the attention of the sysop.
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- F - Feedback. This enables you to send a letter to the sysop personally.
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- M - read Mail. This lets you read mail addressed to you personally.
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- E - E-mail. You will be able to send mail to other users.
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- /E - E-mail to more than one user. This will let you send the same piece
- of mail to up to 20 different people.
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- ACCOUNT COMMANDS
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- Y - Your info. Information is displayed about your account.
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- X - eXpert mode. This will toggle the display of the main menu.
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- D - Default change. This lets you set your screen size, ANSI state,
- password, set your macros, and the sub-boards you want quickscanned in a
- N:ewscan.
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- K - Kill old E-mail. If you send a piece of mail that you later decide you
- didn't actually want to send, you can delete it with this command.
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- BOARD COMMANDS
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- T - File system. This lets you upload and download files.
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- A - Auto-message. This allows you to change the auto-message seen
- when users first log on.
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- V - Vote. There are up to 19 questions that you may vote on.
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- B - BBS list. This will allow you to display the numbers of other BBS
- systems, and to add other systems to the list.
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- G - G-files. These are general-interest files that you may view.
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- I - Info on system. This will display the logon message and other
- information about the system.
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- L - Log of the day. This displays a list of users who logged on today.
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- U - User list. This shows a list of users of the system.
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- O - Off the system. This loggs you off.
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- . - Other programs available.
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- /O - Log off immediately.
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- BOARD COMMANDS
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- Q - Quit back to the BBS main menu.
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- O - Log off the BBS.
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- /O - Quick log off.
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- C - Chat with the sysop.
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- Y - Your info.
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- LISTING FILES
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- L - List matching files in this directory.
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- S - Search for matching files n ALL directories.
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- F - Find matching file description.
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- A - Archive listing of interior files. Files that have the extension
- .ARC actually contain other files in them. This command will
- list out the files that are containted within them, along with the
- sizes of the files. You may enter global-filename characters, such as
- "*.ARC" to list out the interior files for all .ARC files.
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- N - This will list all the new files since your last logon.
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- T - Transfer defaults. This will allow you to set your default protocol,
- which directories will be scanned in an n-scan, and whether or not to do
- an n-scan of the transfer system after an n-scan of the message base.
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- P - Set the date for a new file scan. If you wish to see all new files since
- last week, you may enter a date for last week, and N:ew file searches will
- list out those files uploaded on or after the date you enter.
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- X - Download YMODEM Batch. If you marked any files to be downloaded with
- YMODEM Batch protocol, use this option to download them. You also have the
- option here of deleting files out of the download queue.
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- FILE TRANSFER
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- U - Upload a file to the current directory.
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- 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.
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- R - Remove file. If you have uploaded a file, and you wish to remove it, you
- can do so with this option.
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- Z - Submit file to the sysop. If you want to send a file to the sysop only,
- use the Z command instead of U.
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- This command will page the sysop to come to the computer to chat with you.
- You must enter a reason for chatting, such as "VALIDATION," or some other
- meaningful reason. The page will continue until you hang up or turn it off
- by hitting "C" at the main menu again. If you do not wish to do this, just
- hit <ENTER> here.
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- Here you may change certain information about your terminal and the way you
- want the BBS to respond to you. The options are:
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- 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.
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- 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 it set on, you will also have to tell whether or not you have
- a color screen.
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- 3. Pause on screen. If you are using a high-speed modem, some information
- may scroll off the screen faster than you can read it. You may use ctrl-S
- or "P" to pause the screen, but it might be easier to use this option. If
- the pause is set on, the BBS will pause when your screen is full of
- information, wait for you to hit a key, then resume.
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- 4. Mailbox. If, for some reason, you do not wish to receive mail from other
- users, you may "close" your mailbox. You also have the option of having
- your mail forwarded to another user. For example, if you will be on
- vacation you may want your mail forwarded.
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- 5. Configured Q-scan. This lets you identify which sub-boards you want to
- Q-scan in a N:ewscan.
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- 6. Change password. If you want to change your password, this option
- should be used.
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- 7. Colors. If you have the ANSI graphics option set on, you will be able
- to set which colors you would like displayed for prompts, questions, etc.
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- This feature enables you to send the same piece of mail to up to 20 different
- users. You may want to do this if you are, say, notifying people of an
- upcoming meeting.
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- You must first tell the system the users you wish to send this piece of mail
- to. Enter the names or numbers of the users, one per line, until you are
- done. Then hit enter on a blank line. If you do not wish to do this, just
- hit <ENTER> at the first prompt.
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- You will then be able to list the list of users, add users to it, or remove
- them from it. When you are done modifying your list, hit "E" to send
- the e-mail. If you change your mind, hitting "Q" will quit back to the
- main menu prompt.
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- You now are entering the title for a post or email. The title should
- be a one-line description of what your message is going to be about.
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- Here you may specify which sub-boards you want quickscanned in a N:ewscan. In
- the list, a "*" before the sub-board indicates that that sub-board will be
- q-scanned. If you do not want a sub-board q-scanned that is marked, just type
- the number of the sub-board, and it will be un-marked. To re-mark the
- sub-board, just enter the sub-board number again.
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- 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 gone through, and you may optionally delete them. For
- each piece of mail, the destination user, title, and how many days it was
- sent will be printed out. Your options here are:
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- 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 a file mask. Specifying a file mask allows
- you to specify only files that fit that mask. You may use the "*" character
- to specify a wildcard. So, if you were searching for the file "TextFile", you
- could use "Tex*" to find it. This would also find all other files beginning
- with "Tex".
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- You now have a listing of who you have mail waiting from. You can enter
- the number of the piece of mail you wish to start reading at, or you can
- just hit enter to read all the mail you have waiting.
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- You are being asked where to start listing the titles of messages. You are
- given a numeric range of the messages, and you may start listing the titles
- anywhere in that range. Optionally, you may type "S" to go directly to the
- message read prompt, or "Q" to quit back to the main menu.
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- If you continue, you will be logged off the BBS.
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- 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 a
- new file search will be any files that were uploaded on or after the date you
- specify.
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- 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 will be presented
- with a list of the messages you have posted on the current board, and you
- will be asked which one to delete. You may enter the number of the message
- you wish to delete, or just hit <enter> if you do not wish to delete one.
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- This is the message read prompt. In the prompt line, you are told the range
- of message numbers, and the last message number you have read.
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- Your options are:
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- <enter> - This reads the next message.
- # - Entering a number will read that message number.
- Q - This will quit back to the main menu.
- B - If you are in a N:ewscan, this will cause you to stop reading the
- messages on this board, and go on to the next one.
- T - This will list the titles of the next 10 messages.
- P - This allows you to post a message at the end of this board.
- A - Auto-reply to last message. This will let you send a piece of mail to
- the person who wrote the last message you have read.
- R - Write a public reply to the last message.
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- After entering a filename for upload, the BBS will check to make sure that
- that filename is valid, and isn't already in use. If it is valid, you will
- be asked to make sure you want to upload it. If so, you will be asked for a
- one-line description of the file. The description should give some general
- information about the file, such as what it does and/or what version it is.
- A description may be up to 60 characters long. After entering the
- description, you will be asked what protocol you would like to use. Hit
- "?" for a list of valid protocols. After you tell which protocol, the BBS
- will wait for you to start sending the file. If you get this far, and then
- decide you don't want to upload it, hit Ctrl-X.
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- After uploading the file, you will be asked if you want to enter an
- extended description, describing the file in more detail. The extended
- description can be around 10 lines of 50 characters.
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- Users may vote on certain topics which the Sysop picks. When you first enter
- the voting section, you will be given a list of topics you may vote on.
- Enter the number of the topic you wish to vote on. After specifying a topic,
- you will be given a status of how the votes are so far, and be shown what your
- current vote is, and asked if you wish to change it. If you do, you will be
- asked to enter which response NUMBER you wish to change it to.
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- The auto-message is read by all users when they first log on. This section
- gives you three options:
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- R. Read the current auto-message.
- W. Write a new auto-message. If you do write a new auto-message, it will
- be three lines long, each 36 characters long.
- A. Reply to current auto-message. This will send a piece of mail to the
- author of the current auto-message.
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- If you chose this option from the download main menu, you may enter the
- filename you wish to download using global filename characters, such as "*".
- So if you enter, say, "TextF*", you will be given the option of downloading
- all matching files in the current directory.
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- After you specify a file, you will be given information on that file, such
- as the description, who uploaded it, and when it was upload, as well as the
- file length. The file length is given as the number of k long the file is
- (1k=1024 bytes). The approximate trasfer time is also given, although
- this is usually an over-estimate if you have a good connection.
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- You will then be asked what transfer protocol to use. Hit "?" for a list
- of protocols. If you do not wish to download this file, hit "0", or "Q".
- 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". You will then have the option
- of downloading those files.
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- Here you may search the file DESCRIPTIONS to find matching entries. You
- may, for example, search for "BBS", to find any files which may have to do
- with BBS's. All descriptions are converted to uppercase first, so you do not
- have to worry about whether to use upper or lower case.
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- Here you have 4 main options:
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- D - Download the files marked for batch transmission.
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- L - List the files marked for transmission.
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- R - Remove a file from the queue (by its number).
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- C - Clear the batch queue.
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- 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 newscanned 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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- You may now add the phone number of a BBS to the system list. You must
- enter the phone number in the form ###-###-####. Then you must enter the
- name of the system, and any other information about it, such as operating
- hours. After that, you will be asked for the maximum baud rate of the BBS.
- If you do not know what the maximum rate is, just hit return. After you
- enter the system name, you will be asked for a 4 character system type,
- such as HRMS, WWIV, FIDO, TCAT, etc.
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- This command will allow you to move a file from one directory to
- another. This is useful if a user uploaded a file to the wrong file
- area, or if you wish to move a file out of public access (if you suspect
- it may have a virus, for example).
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- After entering a file mask for the file(s) you wish to move, the system
- will prompt you, for each file, if you wish to move it or not. If you
- do, it will prompt you for the directory to move it to. Hitting '?' at
- this prompt will give you a list of possible directories.
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- xfer defaults
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- Your options, for each piece of mail that you have waiting, are:
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- 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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- forward mail defaults
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- change colors
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- This command allows you to remove a file. You may enter the file mask
- that you wish to use to specify which file(s) to remove. For each
- matching file, you will be asked if you really wish to remove it.
- Additionally, if you are a co-sysop, you will be prompted if you want to
- actually delete the file (as opposed to just removing it from the BBS
- database of available files, but leaving the file on the hard disk). If
- you do remove the file, you will be asked if you want to remove the
- upload credit the user got for uploading the file.
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- rename file
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- This allows you to select your default file protocol. If you select a
- default protocol, whenever you upload or download a file, this protocol
- will be used if you don't explicitly specify a different protocol.
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- This allows you to select a specific text file that the sysop has placed
- here. The first list is categories. Picking a number will list out the
- files in that category. You may then type the number of any title that
- interests you and it will be printed to your screen.
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- 2User Editor Commands:0
- 1Q:uit D:elete user Y:(Un)Mark as Sysop
- R:estore user S:ecurity Level A:Password
- T:ransfer Level M:Computer Type
- O:Change Note Z:Restrictions
- F:orum Access U:ser change
- N:ew Name G:Change Birthday
- P:hone number L:Real Name
- ]:Forward User [:Backward User0
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- 2=EMail Commands=0
- 3RETURN)Go To Next Piece of Mail +)Go To Next Piece of Mail
- A)uto-EMail Reply To Sender -)Go Back One Piece of Mail
- F)orward Mail D)elete Last Piece of Mail
- G)o To A Piece of Mail I)gnore This Piece [Save w/No Reply]
- R)e-Read Last Piece S)ave This Piece and Reply
- Q)uit To Main Menu [Deletes Nothing]0
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- 2=Message Base Commands=0
- 3RETURN)Go To Next Message #)Go To Message #
- A)uto-EMail Poster of Last Message +)Go To Next Message
- R)eply to Last Message -)Go To Previous Message
- B)Go To Next New-Scan Sub Board C)ontinuous Read [No Stopping]
- =)Re-Read Last Message T)itles of Next Ten Messages
- Q)uit To Main Menu0
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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 : Board 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
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