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- .SC BBLEADER 1
- .NA
- BBleader \- responsiblities of a BBoard\-leader
- .SY
- bbl
- bboard
- \%[+folder]
- \%[\-shell\ shell]
- \%[\-verbose]
- \%[\-help]
- .DE
- What follows is a description of the responsibilities of a BBleader.
- This is a working collection of facts:
- there are no simple or elegant rules.
- In the discussion that follows,
- substitute in the name of your BBoard wherever you see the ficticious
- name ``hacks''.
-
- .in +.5i
- .ti -.5i
- \fBPreliminary Maintenance\fR
- .br
- When you are appointed a BBleader by the person who is acting as the
- \fIPostMaster\fR you should first make sure that
- the four addresses associated with your BBoard are correct
- (see \fIbboards\fR\0(1)).
- To check this, try \*(lqbbc -topics -verbose hacks\*(rq.
- You should be listed under local leader(s), and the BBoard addresses should
- be correct.
-
- .ti -.5i
- \fBPeriodic Maintenance\fR
- .br
- There are three functions that you should perform periodically:
- .in +.75i
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBRead the BBoard\fR\0:
- If you're a BBoard leader you should be keeping up on what's going on.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBRemove inappropriate material\fR\0:
- If offsensive or otherwise non-sensical material shows up,
- or if a duplicate message appears,
- use the \fIBBl\fR program, delete the offending messages from the folder.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBArchive non-recent material\fR\0:
- The archive facility has been upgraded to be almost fully automated.
- BBoards with the Auto-Archive flag set will have old material automatically
- placed in the archive area once a week. You may also archive material
- yourself if you like, or if your BBoard is not set to Auto-Archive.
- Just file messages in the folder ``+bbl'' into the folder ``+bbl/arc''
- You should archive material whenever it takes a long time to read in a
- BBoard using \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR.
- The only exception to this is (possibly) the \fBap-news\fR and
- \fBny-times\fR BBoards,
- in which case non-recent material is usually deleted,
- and an archive is not kept.
- .in -.75i
-
- .ti -.5i
- \fBSporadic Maintenance\fR
- .br
- As a BBoard leader
- there are three groups of people that you will be required to deal with:
- .in +.75i
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBBBoard users\fR\0:
- Correspondence from BBoard users is usually addressed to
- \fBlocal\-hacks\-request\fR.
- Although the nature of such correspondence varies,
- the most usual topic is how to get access to archives for the BBoard.
- In such cases, if the archives are on-line in the ~bboards/archive/ area,
- then you should refer the BBoard user to the appropriate files.
- If not, then you should contact the \fIPostMaster\fR and ask
- for archive retrieval.
- Archives may be accessed through the normal
- \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR programs, using the `\-archive' switch to \fIbbc\fR.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBBBoard leaders\fR\0:
- You may have to correspond with the people who maintain the
- \fBInternet\fR mailing list for the BBoard.
- Their address is \fBhacks\-request\fR.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBPostOffice personnel\fR\0:
- You may need help or advice. The address to turn to is \fIPostMaster\fR.
- .in -.75i
- .in -.5i
- .Fi
- ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
- .Pr
- ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
- .Sa
- bboards(1), bbc(1), bbl(1), msh(1)
- .De
- The default bboard is \*(lqsystem\*(rq
- .Co
- None
- .En
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