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- G H O S T B B S - M A I N M E N U H E L P
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- ┌────────────────┐
- │ » MAIL « │
- └────────────────┘
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- R)ead mail..................Selecting this command will prompt you to enter
- a message number to start the mail reading
- sequence from. Choosing enter will take you back
- to the first public message that you are eligible
- to read, and from thereon take you message by
- message thru the mail.
- E)nter new mail.............Selecting this menu command will allow you to
- leave a new message to someone on the system. You
- will be asked who it is to, what the subject is,
- and if it is a Private message. Once you have
- confirmed that the system has the correct
- information, the screen will clear so that you can
- enter the text of the message. Using <ESC> will
- stop the editor and ask if you want to save the
- message.
- N)ew personal mail..........If you were notified that you had New Mail waiting
- when you logged on, and did not read it then, you
- can use this menu command to read your new mail.
- Mail S)earch................Will present you with another prompt that allows
- you to search through all messages for a specific
- addressee, sender or subject.
- C)omment to Sysop...........Will allow you to enter a message to the sysop.
- This message will be marked as Private, with a
- subject of "User Comment" automatically. Using
- this menu item is easier if you just want to make
- a quick comment to the sysop.
- L)ocate a user..............Selecting this menu item will allow you to
- search the system records for another user.
- Depending upon how the sysop has the system set
- up, you may be able to scan a list of all users
- of the system, and/or search for a user by name.
- ┌──────────────────┐
- │ » FILES « │
- └──────────────────┘
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- D)ownload File(s)...........Will prompt you for the files you wish to download,
- including extensions, as well as the transfer
- protocol you wish to use (if you have not set a
- default transfer protocol). Downloads from GHOST
- using the Zmodem transfer protocol may be a
- batch transfer of up to whatever number of files
- the sysop has designated for the maximum.
- U)pload a file..............Will prompt you for the name of your file to
- upload, including extension, as well as the
- transfer protocol you wish to use (if you have
- not set a default transfer protocol). Once you
- inform GHOST of which file you wish to upload,
- you will be switched to Mail to leave a
- description (private, to the sysop) of the file
- that you are uploading. Once you have entered
- and saved that description, you will be prompted
- to begin your transfer.
- F)iles Listing..............Depending on your access level, this menu item will
- display a list of the files available for
- downloading from the system in various formatted
- listings.
- ┌────────────────┐
- │ » SYSTEM « │
- └────────────────┘
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- P)age the Sysop.............Page the sysop, and request a livechat online with
- him. Note that it may take up to 30 seconds or so
- to find out if the sysop is available. If he is
- not, you will get a message to the effect, and
- will be returned to the main menu.
- M)ode - ANSI OFF/ON.........This is a toggle type of menu item. If you are
- currently in ANSI mode (i.e. ANSI displays are
- turned on), you will see "M)ode - ANSI OFF", and
- selecting M will turn ANSI display off for the
- rest of the session, or until you toggle it again.
- The reverse applies if ANSI mode is off, i.e. you
- will see the menu item "M)ode - ANSI ON" and M
- will toggle ANSI display on for you. This menu
- item is not a permanent change to your user
- settings.
- Y)our Settings..............This selection will bring up a screen which allows
- you to view and/or change your permanent user
- settings on the system. You may update your
- address and phone numbers here, change the default
- ANSI status at log on, or set/change your default
- transfer protocol. You can also change your
- password from here (this is recommended to be done
- frequently for security purposes).
- B)ulletins..................Will present you with a menu from which you may
- chose a bulletin to read. These are the same
- bulletins that are shown to you (if new) at log
- on.
- H)elp.......................Presents you with this information.
- G)oodbye....................To log off the system.
-
-
- If you require additional help with any of the above commands, or anything
- else on this GHOST BBS system, please feel free to leave a C)omment to the
- Sysop, including times and numbers that you can be reached voice, so that we
- can call you to explain the procedure or clear the problem.
-
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- │ A NOTE ABOUT ACCESS LEVELS │
- └─────────────────────────────────┘
-
- GHOST BBS supports several different user access (security) levels. On this
- system, a first time caller is given a security level of 1. This means that
- he/she can send and receive mail, and can download files from the main
- download library # 1. They are not, however, allowed to upload to the system
- until such time as they are validated. This procedure normally takes a
- couple of days, but may take longer depending on the sysop's free time to do
- the validation. Once you are validated, your security level will be
- increased to a 2, and you will be allowed to upload files to the system and
- download form the other libraries.
-
- Your user access (security) level is displayed at log on, and when you select
- the Y)our Settings item from the main menu. If your access level remains as
- "* New User *" for more than three or four days past your initial log on,
- please leave a C)omment to Sysop mentioning that fact (I do sometimes simply
- forget to do the validations...)
-
- Thank you for calling this GHOST BBS system, and enjoy yourself....
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