New Users Bulletin (Non-subscribers) ==================================== As a non-subscriber (not a paying member) you can have three calls per day, each a maximum of 15 minutes. You can also access the local (to this BBS) Usenet features. This means that you can communicate with us at C4 (talk to us, and read our bulletins and other information), you can use the Lenawee local we've set up, and you can use the Michigan local we're connected with. You can also upload/download a somewhat limited amount on a daily basis (download up to 75K per day). If you upload to the BBS from your system, we will thank you by allowing more download capacity. Paid subscribers have additional features available to them, including Email and access beyond this local BBS. See the C4 Yourself Subscription bulletin for subscription information. After you've logged in and gotten past the startup process, you will find yourself at the Main Menu. You can return to it at any time during your session. MAIN MENU M - Message Section F - File section B - Bulletin Section E - E-Mail Section U - User List X - eXternal Programs C - Change your Setup Y - Yell at Sysop Q - Questionnaires D - Display Stats W - Who's on line P - Page Users for CHAT S - Unix Shell V - Version $ - Wheel of Fortune ! - Download Messages G - Goodbye T - Telnet option M - Message Section Get into the Message area of the BBS for local and Internet NetNews messages. Internet NewNews is available to paid subscribers only. Non-subscribers can access only local BBS features. E - E-Mail Section (Paid subscribers only.) Get into the Internet EMail area of the BBS to send and receive Internet and Local Email.. C - Change Your Setup Get into the Change User Preferences area of the BBS: to change personal information on your user account. D - Display Status Display your accumulated user account information for the BBS. S - Unix Shell Available ONLY to the Sysop.. ! - Download Messages: (exclamation point) Download messages from your preferred areas of the BBS. F - File section Get into the File storage area of the BBS to Upload and Download files. This is available to non-subscribers, but subscribers have much more available. U - User List Get a User Listing to see name and location (whatever the individual entered when logging on) for a specific user, or for all users of this BBS. Y - Yell at Sysop Put a message here to request a Chat with the SysOp of this BBS. W - Who's on-line Get a LIST of users who are currently on the BBS, then you can request a Chat. V - Version Displays the type and version of the BBS and Operating System at this BBS. G - Goodbye Goodbye (logoff or disconnect) from the BBS. B - Bulletin Section Get into the Bulletins section of the BBS where you can get information put out by this local BBS. X - eXternal Programs Using this, you can access any additional programs that have been made available on this BBS. Subscribers have much more available than non-subscribers. Q - Questionnaires If we conduct a survey, this is where you'll find it. P - Page Users for CHAT Request a conference with another user who is currently online. $ - Wheel of Fortune (Only available for ansi emulation) If you feel lucky maybe you can win additional time/download abilities. T - Telnet option Not available at this time. ? - Help (question mark) From the main menu, choosing Help gets you descriptions of the menu selections. MESSAGE AREA Most of what you're after will be in the Messages area. That's where you'll find the Local and Internet Netnews Messages (news groups: discussions, postings, etc.). As a non-subscriber, you can only access local news groups. Any group with messages you haven't read yet will be marked with a star (*). The others have no messages, or at least none that you haven't already seen. When there are more messages than can be listed on one screen, the bottom of the screen will prompt you to see more Y/N. To scroll through the list a screen at a time, type Y at the bottom, or hit Enter. To stop looking at the list, type N. You will be prompted to enter the number of the group you want, or type ^ to go back to the previous menu. You'll get a menu that looks like this: Choices: Enter selection (number) to go to it Type L to list selections Type Q to quit (back to Main Menu) MESSAGE AREA - GENERIC FUNCTIONS G - Goodbye Logoff (disconnect) from the BBS. M - Main Menu Return to the MAIN BBS selection menu. ? - Help (question mark) Get online help. MOVING BETWEEN MESSAGE AREAS C - Change group within same level Change to a different group at the same level. U - Jump Up Move up one level in the message bases. D - Jump Down Move down one level in the message bases. T - Go To Top Go to the top level of the message bases. J - Jump Jump to a specific message base. You will be prompted to choose one. ? - Help Get online Help. READING & POSTING FUNCTIONS E - Enter New Message Enter a new message in the currently-selected message base. X - Read Next Message Read the next available message in the selected group (same as pressing ENTER). N - Read Next Unread Message Read the next message in the selected group that you haven't read yet. B - Go Back Go back to read the previous message (go back one message). F - Reply to Finished Message Reply to the message you just finished reading. Z - Zoom Read all available messages in the selected group without stopping. SPECIAL COMMANDS P - Read Preferred Read only your Preferred message groups. A - List All Groups List all of the available message groups. L - List Subjects List the Subjects from the messages available in this area. H - Hunt Search (hunt) for a specifric item in the message subjects. S - Scan Scan for messages addressed to YOU. ! - Flag as Read (exclamation point) Flag all messages in this area as read, so they won't come up again. K - Kill Remove (kill) a message you entered into this BBS. Z0OM MENU Use this to move quickly through the messages. X - Read Next Read next article (same as pressing ENTER). B - Back Go back to read previous article. F - Follow-up Post a follow-up to this article. R - Reply Reply to the author of this article via E-Mail. Q - Quit Exit the Zoom reading mode. PREFERRED MESSAGE AREA When you access a message area, it will be added to your own list of Preferred Message Areas. Having your own "preferred groups" list is handy: You can use the "View preferred message groups" command to scan through unread messages in your list on-line, or you can choose to compress them and download them to your own computer, saving time on-line. To check all messages, use the "View all available msg areas" command (). Y - Yes Read messages in this newsgroup (or press ENTER) N - No Skip this news group F - Flag Mark everything in this group as READ R - Remove Remove this newsgroup from the preferred group list Q - Quit Exit the Preferred reading list E-MAIL This is only available to subscribers. FILE MENU M - Main Menu Return to Main BBS Menu. A - Area Change Change to a different download file area. C - Contents List List the contents of a file archive. D - Download Download a file from the BBS. F - Files List List Files (with descriptions) in this area available for download G - Goodbye Logoff (disconnect) from the BBS. K - Kill file Kill a file on the BBS that you uploaded (only in NEW Upload area) L - Search All Search all download areas for a specific file N - Search for New Files Search all file areas for new files since your last login P - Public/Private Switch between public and private file areas (only paid subscribers) R - List Files without descriptions List all files (without descriptions) in this area available for download S - Screen Display an ASCII file to the screen U - Upload Upload a new file to this BBS ? - Help Get online Help. SETUP MENU M - Main Menu Return to Main BBS Menu. A - ANSI Toggle on/off for ANSI screen functions C - Color Toggle on/off for color screen functions D - Do Not Disturb Toggle on/off do not disturb (allow/disallow paging by other users E - Editor Set Editor type to line mode or full screen mode G - Goodbye Logoff (disconnect) from the BBS. H - Help Level Set menu help level to verbose or none. IBM Characters Toggle on/off IBM graphic characters L - Clear Screen Toggle on/off for clear screen N - Nickname Change your alias on this BBS P - Password Change your current password on this BBS R - Pager Mode Toggle on/off for pager mode (pause between pages) S - Screen Size Set your screen size. ? - Help Get online Help.