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2: .TH BBOARDS 1 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
3: .UC 6
4: .SH NAME
5: bboards \- the UCI BBoards facility
6: .SH SYNOPSIS
7: .in +.5i
8: .ti -.5i
9: bbc
10: \%[\-check]
11: \%[\-read]
12: bboards ...
13: \%[\-help]
14: .in -.5i
15: .SH DESCRIPTION
16: The home directory of \fIbboards\fR is where the BBoard system is kept.
17: This documentation describes some of the nuances of the BBoard system.
18:
19: .in +.5i
20: .ti -.5i
21: \fBBBoards, BBoard\-IDs\fR
22: .br
23: A BBoard is just a file containing a group of messages relating to the same
24: topic.
25: These files live in the ~bboards home directory.
26: Each message in a BBoard file has in its header the line
27: \*(lqBBoard-Id: n\*(rq,
28: where \*(lqn\*(rq is an ascending decimal number.
29: This id-number is unique for each message in a BBoards file.
30: It should NOT be confused with the message number of a message,
31: which can change as messages are removed from the BBoard.
32:
33: .ti -.5i
34: \fBBBoard Handling\fR
35: .br
36: To read BBoards, use the \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR programs.
37: The \fImsh\fR command is a monolithic program which contains all the
38: functionality of \fIMH\fR in a single program.
39: The `\-check' switch to \fIbbc\fR lets you check on the status of BBoards,
40: and the `\-read' switch tells \fIbbc\fR to invoke \fImsh\fR to read
41: those BBoards.
42:
43: .ti -.5i
44: \fBCreating a BBoard\fR
45: .br
46: Both public, and private BBoards are supported.
47: Contact the mail address \fIPostMaster\fR if you'd like to have a BBoard
48: created.
49:
50: .ti -.5i
51: \fBBBoard addresses\fR
52: .br
53: Each BBoard has associated with it 4 addresses,
54: these are (for the ficticious BBoard called ``hacks''):
55: .in +.75i
56: .br
57: .ti -.5i
58: \fBhacks\fR\0: The Internet wide distribution list.
59: .br
60: .ti -.5i
61: \fBdist-hacks\fR\0: The local BBoard.
62: .br
63: .ti -.5i
64: \fBhacks-request\fR\0:
65: The people responsible for the BBoard at the Internet level.
66: .br
67: .ti -.5i
68: \fBlocal-hacks-request\fR\0:
69: The people responsible for the BBoard locally.
70: .in -.75i
71: .in -.5i
72: .Fi
73: ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
74: ^$HOME/\&.bbrc~^BBoard information
75: .Pr
76: ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
77: .Ps
78: ^bboards:~^To specify interesting BBoards
79: .Ps
80: ^mshproc:~^Program to read a given BBoard
81: .Sa
82: bbc(1), bbl(1), bbleader(1), msh(1)
83: .De
84: The default bboard is \*(lqsystem\*(rq
85: .Co
86: None
87: .En
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