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