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STadel V3.0b+ can network designated rooms and Mail. The rooms that
can be networked can be identified by their room prompts, which differ from
the normal room prompts ('>', ']'); networked room prompts are ')' for normal
network rooms, and ':' for directory network rooms.
Network rooms can carry both normal messages and network messages. Normal
messages are entered as they are in any other room, and will remain on the
system that they were entered on. Net messages, on the other hand, are not
only present on the current system, but also are sent during networking to
other systems that are participating in the networking effort for this room.
In the Twin Cities, systems network every day at 3 AM (Central), and
stay in networking mode for (currently) 45 minutes; Citadels on the net
are not available to users during networking.
In order to use the networking capabilities of Citadel AT ALL, you must
acquire permission from the sysop. Leave mail to 'Sysop' to request net
privileges.
If you don't have net privileges, and are reading a shared room, you may
read only local messages by using the extended command .R(ead) L(ocal) [NORA]
(New, Old, Reverse, or All). So, for example, to read all the old local
messages in a shared room, you'd use .RLO (.R(ead) L(ocal) O(ld)).
Assuming you have net privileges, you may do the following:
.E(nter) N(et-Message)
IF YOU ARE IN Mail> ...
you will then be asked for destination system. An empty C/R here aborts the
message. A question mark ('?') prints out a list of systems that are
currently on the net, a convenience in case you don't quite know the
spelling of a system's net name or can't remember.
-> NOTE! <- Recipient's name for net mail CAN NOT be checked! Therefore,
be VERY VERY careful when spelling the recipient's name. Mail to the 'sysop'
of another system works, too.
IF YOU ARE IN A SHARED ROOM OTHER THAN Mail> ...
enter your message as usual. The message header will have attached to it
"@<this system name>" to let everyone know that it's a net-message.
There are a couple of other ways to enter a net-message:
In Mail>, you may send a net message by using [E]nter and entering
'name@system' when Citadel asks you for the recipient (e.g. orc@Pell).
If you started a normal message in a shared room OR Mail>, you may make it
a net-message by doing a [N]etwork save instead of [S]ave when you finish
the message.
If the net acquires national nodes, mail may be sent to them also. In order
to send mail to long distance nodes, you must acquire SPECIAL permission from
the installation's sysop. (Some installations may not be participating
in the national network, but only in the local network.) Typically, the sysop
will ask that you pay in advance for the mail you are sending -- we don't want
to bankrupt the Citadels!