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- ----------------- NETWORK MESSAGE HELP -------------------
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- Mansion when used in conjunction with Tabby can send and
- receive network messages as part of the international Fido
- Net. FidoNet is an amateur network where electronic mes-
- sages can be exchanged all around the world. The word
- amateur cannot be emphasized enough. The Sysops who trans-
- ports these messages, for the most part, carry the brunt
- of the cost of this transport.
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- Keep this cost in mind when responding to network messages.
- Do not send purely private messages. Do not send commer-
- cial announcements or advertisements. Do not send trivial
- or inflammatory messages.
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- <$$$>
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- If you do not want a message to be sent out to the network
- and to the rest of the world, just enter the word NOECHO
- on the first line of the message, followed by a carriage
- return. The word NOECHO has to be in all caps with no
- spaces and further has to be the only thing on the first
- line.
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- Because it takes several days for your response to reach
- the addressee, you may wish to make use of the quoting
- feature in Mansion. Use the command "RQ" to selectively
- move lines of the original message into your response.
- Judicious use of this feature will allow other readers to
- understand the context of your response. Of course if
- sufficient time has passed since the originator sent his
- message out, he will thank you for including a quote of
- the salient portions of his message, which he might other-
- wise have forgotten.
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- <$$$>
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- Please understand your messages are going to be read by
- hundreds perhaps thousands of people, none of whom can
- see your facial expression or hear your tone of voice,
- or even know you. You should attempt to keep your mes-
- sages direct, concise and friendly. You don't want to
- damage your worldwide reputation!
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- Because this board receives so many network messages, it
- might be a good idea to start a text capture on your
- terminal program and then issue a "RNC" command. This
- will scroll through the new messages quickly and allow
- you to read them off-line where you can compose the
- appropriate insightful and concise responses.
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- <$$$>
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- All commands used in Reading, Scanning, Responding,
- and Editing messages are available separately in the
- message board areas by issuing either the "H" or "?"
- commands. You might want to practice posting and
- responding in the local message area until you become
- familiar with the Mansion message handling system.
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- Unvalidated callers may read network messages, but
- not post or respond to network messages until they
- have been validated.
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- <$$$>
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