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- Welcome to
- THE BLUE WAVE OFFLINE MAIL SYSTEM!
-
- Tired of spending a lot of time online reading and writing messages on
- the BBS? Ever wish there was a way to spend as much time as you like in
- the message bases (since it always seems like there's *never* enough
- time)? The Blue Wave Offline Mail System is for you!
-
- What is an offline mail system, you ask? Simply put, it's a method of
- reading and writing BBS messages on your local system. You, the user,
- download messages from the BBS message areas of your choice; you then
- use what's called a "mail reader" to read the messages on your system,
- at your leisure. You can also use the mail reader to post messages and
- replies; these messages are then uploaded to the BBS message areas, just
- as if you'd written them online!
-
- The Blue Wave Offline Mail System has quickly become one of the most
- popular and user-friendly offline mail systems available... which is
- undoubtedly why your SysOp chose to make it available on this BBS.
-
- {PAUSE}
- In order to read messages downloaded from the BBS, you will need the
- download the latest version of The Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader. Three
- different "flavors" are available:
-
- * DOS - Runs on virtually all IBM PC clones. Requires MS-DOS
- 3.3 or later and at least 512K of RAM. This is by far
- the most popular version, and is suitable for most
- users.
-
- * 386 - Runs on any IBM compatible using an Intel 386, 486,
- Pentium, or greater CPU. Requires MS-DOS 3.3 or later
- and at least 2MB of RAM. Aimed more at "power users"
- whose needs require lots of memory.
-
- * OS2 - Runs on any IBM compatible that can run IBM OS/2 2.x or
- OS/2 Warp. This is a native OS/2 application that makes
- use of OS/2's features and resources.
-
- The latest version can be obtained by looking for "BWxxxDOS.ZIP",
- "BWxxx386.ZIP", or "BWxxxOS2.ZIP" ("xxx" being the version number).
-
- {PAUSE}
- You will now be taken into the mail door. The SysOp has defined a
- default archiver (ZIP, ARJ, LZH, etc.) and a default transfer protocol
- (Zmodem, Xmodem, etc.) for you to use in the mail door. If you wish to
- change these settings, you may do so from the (C)onfiguration menu,
- which will be shown immediately after the default archiver and protocol
- settings are displayed.
-
- When you are at the (C)onfiguration menu, select (C)hoose Message Areas
- and select the message areas from which you wish to download messages.
- Then, select (Q)uit to return to the Main Menu, and select (D)ownload to
- download your very first mail packet.
-
- Thank you for trying The Blue Wave Offline Mail System!
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