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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(MHWARNING)
        !             2: .TH BBLEADER 1 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
        !             3: .UC 6
        !             4: .SH NAME
        !             5: BBleader \- responsiblities of a BBoard\-leader
        !             6: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             7: .in +.5i
        !             8: .ti -.5i
        !             9: bbl
        !            10: bboard
        !            11: \%[+folder]
        !            12: \%[\-shell\ shell]
        !            13: \%[\-verbose]
        !            14: \%[\-help]
        !            15: .in -.5i
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: What follows is a description of the responsibilities of a BBleader.  
        !            18: This is a working collection of facts:
        !            19: there are no simple or elegant rules.
        !            20: In the discussion that follows, 
        !            21: substitute in the name of your BBoard wherever you see the ficticious
        !            22: name ``hacks''.
        !            23: 
        !            24: .in +.5i
        !            25: .ti -.5i
        !            26: \fBPreliminary Maintenance\fR
        !            27: .br
        !            28: When you are appointed a BBleader by the person who is acting as the
        !            29: \fIPostMaster\fR you should first make sure that 
        !            30: the four addresses associated with your BBoard are correct
        !            31: (see \fIbboards\fR\0(1)).
        !            32: To check this, try \*(lqbbc -topics -verbose hacks\*(rq.
        !            33: You should be listed under local leader(s), and the BBoard addresses should
        !            34: be correct.
        !            35: 
        !            36: .ti -.5i
        !            37: \fBPeriodic Maintenance\fR
        !            38: .br
        !            39: There are three functions that you should perform periodically:
        !            40: .in +.75i
        !            41: .br
        !            42: .ti -.5i
        !            43: \fBRead the BBoard\fR\0:
        !            44: If you're a BBoard leader you should be keeping up on what's going on.
        !            45: .br
        !            46: .ti -.5i
        !            47: \fBRemove inappropriate material\fR\0:
        !            48: If offsensive or otherwise non-sensical material shows up, 
        !            49: or if a duplicate message appears,
        !            50: use the \fIBBl\fR program, delete the offending messages from the folder.
        !            51: .br
        !            52: .ti -.5i
        !            53: \fBArchive non-recent material\fR\0:
        !            54: The archive facility has been upgraded to be almost fully automated.
        !            55: BBoards with the Auto-Archive flag set will have old material automatically
        !            56: placed in the archive area once a week.  You may also archive material
        !            57: yourself if you like, or if your BBoard is not set to Auto-Archive.
        !            58: Just file messages in the folder ``+bbl'' into the folder ``+bbl/arc''
        !            59: You should archive material whenever it takes a long time to read in a
        !            60: BBoard using \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR.
        !            61: The only exception to this is (possibly) the \fBap-news\fR and
        !            62: \fBny-times\fR BBoards,
        !            63: in which case non-recent material is usually deleted,
        !            64: and an archive is not kept.
        !            65: .in -.75i
        !            66: 
        !            67: .ti -.5i
        !            68: \fBSporadic Maintenance\fR
        !            69: .br
        !            70: As a BBoard leader 
        !            71: there are three groups of people that you will be required to deal with:
        !            72: .in +.75i
        !            73: .br
        !            74: .ti -.5i
        !            75: \fBBBoard users\fR\0:
        !            76: Correspondence from BBoard users is usually addressed to
        !            77: \fBlocal\-hacks\-request\fR.
        !            78: Although the nature of such correspondence varies, 
        !            79: the most usual topic is how to get access to archives for the BBoard.
        !            80: In such cases, if the archives are on-line in the ~bboards/archive/ area, 
        !            81: then you should refer the BBoard user to the appropriate files.
        !            82: If not, then you should contact the \fIPostMaster\fR and ask
        !            83: for archive retrieval.
        !            84: Archives may be accessed through the normal
        !            85: \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR programs, using the `\-archive' switch to \fIbbc\fR.
        !            86: .br
        !            87: .ti -.5i
        !            88: \fBBBoard leaders\fR\0:
        !            89: You may have to correspond with the people who maintain the
        !            90: \fBInternet\fR mailing list for the BBoard.
        !            91: Their address is \fBhacks\-request\fR.
        !            92: .br
        !            93: .ti -.5i
        !            94: \fBPostOffice personnel\fR\0:
        !            95: You may need help or advice.  The address to turn to is \fIPostMaster\fR.
        !            96: .in -.75i
        !            97: .in -.5i
        !            98: .Fi
        !            99: ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
        !           100: .Pr
        !           101: ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
        !           102: .Sa
        !           103: bboards(1), bbc(1), bbl(1), msh(1)
        !           104: .De
        !           105: The default bboard is \*(lqsystem\*(rq
        !           106: .Co
        !           107: None
        !           108: .En

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