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robh
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response 75 of 126:
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Nov 26 22:53 UTC 1995 |
If you type "chat", it will send in character-by-character mode.
If you type "write", it will send in lin-by-line mode.
If you type "write -c", it will send in character-by-character mode.
If the person you're writing to has their message flags set
to receive you in a particular mode, then it doesn't matter
what you type. >8)
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davel
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response 76 of 126:
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Nov 27 03:23 UTC 1995 |
If the other person won't hang up (EOF), you *can* always do a mesg N,
right? (And then do another mesg command to turn things back on, if you want
to.)
Letting the person know how to terminate is, of course, better - but if
someone's wandered away from the screen, you may have a long wait.
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janc
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response 77 of 126:
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Nov 27 05:13 UTC 1995 |
write, chat, and tel are all links to the same binary. The program looks
at which name it was invoked under to decide what default options to use.
You can cancel a ) line just as you would cancel any line. Instead of hitting
return type your "kill" key or backspace back to the beginining of the line.
Once you delete the ")" character, you'll be back in character mode.
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jazz
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response 78 of 126:
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Dec 7 13:00 UTC 1995 |
Just a heads-up, but we've had problems at Arbornet with "rogue
helpers", including one gentleman who sought fit to use his helper flag and
position as a helper to ask for users' passwords, and then to delete critical
files in their directories and set up .logins and .cshrc's consisting only
of "logout". It does help to have a controlled list sometimes.
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popcorn
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response 79 of 126:
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Mar 22 05:48 UTC 1996 |
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arthurp
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response 80 of 126:
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Mar 23 01:04 UTC 1996 |
That .files changed to logout happened to Marla once. I wonder if
she wrote help? That was on m-net, though.
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draven
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response 81 of 126:
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Apr 21 03:21 UTC 1996 |
I think going with a helpers list was a wise decision, but I'm usually
skeptic about people.
While knowledge of Unix in general and the system specifically is
important, seeing things from a newuser's perspective is invaluable.
Very few help seekers understand much about Unix, and their descriptions
can often be cryptic as a result.
Once common example of this is (on M-net, anyway) the complaint that the
connection hangs whenever they try to send mail. Characters echo, but
nothing happens. That's actually Mail's user-friendly interface telling
them they're in the line editor, but can easily pass as hung.
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unknown
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response 82 of 126:
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Aug 9 01:37 UTC 1996 |
What do i have to do to become a helper?
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robh
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response 83 of 126:
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Aug 9 02:40 UTC 1996 |
First, know everything there is to know about Grex. >8)
Secondly, run the Unix command "mesg -h y".
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popcorn
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response 84 of 126:
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Aug 9 09:34 UTC 1996 |
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davel
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response 85 of 126:
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Aug 9 14:11 UTC 1996 |
I've been getting an *awful* lot of questions about party lately ... which
I know nothing about. ("I think you should be able to just do "party" or
"!party", but I can't really help you from there on.")
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popcorn
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response 86 of 126:
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Aug 9 14:59 UTC 1996 |
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robh
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response 87 of 126:
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Aug 9 15:44 UTC 1996 |
You'd be surprised how many people are confuzzled by the Party Menu
and can't figure out what channel they need to go to. I had one
fellow who wrote to me five times within the course of an hour
because he couldn't type "party" and refused to just hit return
when it asked for a channel name. That was a fun conversation.
The Lynx Party Page gets no complaints that I know of. >8)
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janc
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response 88 of 126:
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Aug 9 21:46 UTC 1996 |
Yup, that's the most common party problem. It's actually a menu shell
problem.
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popcorn
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response 89 of 126:
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Aug 11 20:36 UTC 1996 |
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grrwoof
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response 90 of 126:
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Mar 11 19:57 UTC 1997 |
If I want to be a helper should I just add the mesg -h y command in my
.login file?
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robh
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response 91 of 126:
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Mar 11 21:36 UTC 1997 |
Yep, that would be the best way to do it. And congratulations
on figuring that out on your own! >8)
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janc
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response 92 of 126:
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Mar 12 15:22 UTC 1997 |
I got tired of telling people to type "stty erase '^?'" so I wrote a little
program called "bs". It takes no arguments. If your backspace is currently
set to ^H it sets it to ^?. If your backspace is set to anything other
than ^H, it sets it to ^H. So basically, it toggles your backspace
character. Since the command is two characters long, it is easy to type
even with a broken backspace. For most users, the simple algorithm is
"if your backspace key doesn't work, the "bs" command will fix it" even
if they don't know a BS from a DEL.
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valerie
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response 93 of 126:
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Mar 13 16:41 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 94 of 126:
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Jun 29 12:19 UTC 1997 |
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scg
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response 95 of 126:
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Jun 29 17:10 UTC 1997 |
That makes sense. For people who are native English speakers, it looks
strange for that to be a problem. However, for people who aren't native
English speakers, I can see why it owuld be confusing.
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kaplan
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response 96 of 126:
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Jun 30 20:54 UTC 1997 |
I usually say, "Hi, how can I help?"
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davel
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response 97 of 126:
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Jul 1 13:27 UTC 1997 |
I just say "Yes?". But then I'm well known to be churlish.
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mta
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response 98 of 126:
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Jul 25 23:48 UTC 1997 |
I usually start with "Do you have a questin about GREX?"
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nandhi
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response 99 of 126:
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Nov 11 02:54 UTC 1997 |
How can i login into another mail site form cyber
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