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| 1 .\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit! | |
| 2 .\" @(#)$Id$ | |
| 3 .SC BBOARDS 1 | |
| 4 .NA | |
| 5 bboards \- the UCI BBoards facility | |
| 6 .SY | |
| 7 bbc | |
| 8 \%[\-check] | |
| 9 \%[\-read] | |
| 10 bboards ... | |
| 11 \%[\-help] | |
| 12 .DE | |
| 13 The home directory of \fIbboards\fR is where the BBoard system is kept. | |
| 14 This documentation describes some of the nuances of the BBoard system. | |
| 15 | |
| 16 Note that if your system is configured to use the Network News | |
| 17 Transfer Protocol (\fBNNTP\fP) to read BBoards, | |
| 18 (your system does seem to be configured this way), | |
| 19 then there is no local bboards setup; instead, \fIbbc\fP | |
| 20 opens an \fBNNTP\fP connection to the local server. | |
| 21 | |
| 22 .in +.5i | |
| 23 .ti -.5i | |
| 24 \fBBBoards, BBoard\-IDs\fR | |
| 25 .br | |
| 26 A BBoard is just a file containing a group of messages relating to the same | |
| 27 topic. | |
| 28 These files live in the ~bboards home directory. | |
| 29 Each message in a BBoard file has in its header the line | |
| 30 \*(lqBBoard-Id: n\*(rq, | |
| 31 where \*(lqn\*(rq is an ascending decimal number. | |
| 32 This id-number is unique for each message in a BBoards file. | |
| 33 It should NOT be confused with the message number of a message, | |
| 34 which can change as messages are removed from the BBoard. | |
| 35 | |
| 36 .ti -.5i | |
| 37 \fBBBoard Handling\fR | |
| 38 .br | |
| 39 To read BBoards, use the \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR programs. | |
| 40 The \fImsh\fR command is a monolithic program which contains all the | |
| 41 functionality of \fIMH\fR in a single program. | |
| 42 The `\-check' switch to \fIbbc\fR lets you check on the status of BBoards, | |
| 43 and the `\-read' switch tells \fIbbc\fR to invoke \fImsh\fR to read | |
| 44 those BBoards. | |
| 45 | |
| 46 .ti -.5i | |
| 47 \fBCreating a BBoard\fR | |
| 48 .br | |
| 49 Both public, and private BBoards are supported. | |
| 50 Contact the mail address \fIPostMaster\fR if you'd like to have a BBoard | |
| 51 created. | |
| 52 | |
| 53 .ti -.5i | |
| 54 \fBBBoard addresses\fR | |
| 55 .br | |
| 56 Each BBoard has associated with it 4 addresses, | |
| 57 these are (for the ficticious BBoard called ``hacks''): | |
| 58 .in +.75i | |
| 59 .br | |
| 60 .ti -.5i | |
| 61 \fBhacks\fR\0: The Internet wide distribution list. | |
| 62 .br | |
| 63 .ti -.5i | |
| 64 \fBdist-hacks\fR\0: The local BBoard. | |
| 65 .br | |
| 66 .ti -.5i | |
| 67 \fBhacks-request\fR\0: | |
| 68 The people responsible for the BBoard at the Internet level. | |
| 69 .br | |
| 70 .ti -.5i | |
| 71 \fBlocal-hacks-request\fR\0: | |
| 72 The people responsible for the BBoard locally. | |
| 73 .in -.75i | |
| 74 .in -.5i | |
| 75 .Fi | |
| 76 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile | |
| 77 ^$HOME/\&.bbrc~^BBoard information | |
| 78 .Pr | |
| 79 ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory | |
| 80 .Ps | |
| 81 ^bboards:~^To specify interesting BBoards | |
| 82 .Ps | |
| 83 ^mshproc:~^Program to read a given BBoard | |
| 84 .Sa | |
| 85 bbc(1), bbl(1), bbleader(1), msh(1) | |
| 86 .De | |
| 87 The default bboard is \*(lqsystem\*(rq | |
| 88 .Co | |
| 89 None | |
| 90 .En |