response 75 of 172:

Jan 17 07:41 UTC 1997

  All hail Klaus-- fixer of everything but rainy days. ;)

Thanks, Klaus.

response 77 of 172:

Jan 17 17:24 UTC 1997

Thanks, Klaus!

response 79 of 172:

Jan 17 23:44 UTC 1997

Many thanks, Klaus!

response 81 of 172:

Jan 26 01:27 UTC 1997

I have built and installed the newest version of lynx (2.6). Thanks to 
robh for grabbing the tarfile off the net. Lynx 2.6 has a lot of new features.
I only know a few of them. I think it can help you navigate around sites that
have frames, and will list the URLs pointed to by client-side maps. I know
it has eliminated the need to type in proper URLs on a "G" command. You can
leave off the http: and the www. and the .com or .edu or .net or .org, and
it will attempt to guess where you were trying to go. I'm sure it has much
more.

To run it for now, type "newlynx". Send feedback to staff or post problems
in the system problems item. We will replace our current lynx (2.5) with it
in a little while, and we do appreciate your beta testing the installation.

response 85 of 172:

Jan 30 07:17 UTC 1997

yes, flowers are called for.

response 89 of 172:

Feb 2 15:37 UTC 1997

Just a note, there is another version of the talk client called "otalk" 
which is located in /usr/local/bin/otalk that is still the real program, 
not the shell script.  If the problem is in the client, and not the 
daemon, then perhaps this file should be depermissioned also.

response 93 of 172:

Feb 4 17:02 UTC 1997

You can still send talks to other systems without the deamon.  You just can't
recieve any.

response 95 of 172:

Feb 9 14:10 UTC 1997

Usually, the unix telnet client's escape sequence is '^[' which is done 
by holding down the CTRL key while tapping the '[' key.  This will bring 
up a "telnet>" prompt.  From there, you can type "quit" to end the 
telnet session, or you hit enter to return to your telnet session.  
Also, if you type "z" at the prompt, it iwll suspend the etlnet 
processes.  There are many more commands that can be run while you are 
running telnet, if you type "help" at the prompt, it should give you 
some more information.

response 97 of 172:

Feb 9 21:14 UTC 1997

New versions of the write, chat, tel, mesg, amin, and huh commands have been
installed.

New features:

  * If you do "mesg ye" (which means "yes with exceptions") and you create
    a file in your home directory named .nowrite, then all users except
    those who have logins listed in the .nowrite file can write you or send
    you telegrams.

  * If you do "mesg ne" (which means "no with exceptions") and you create
    a file in your home directory named .yeswrite, then only the users who
    have logins listed in the .yeswrite file can write you or send you
    telegrams.

  * If you turn your message permissions off, but there are people who can
    still write you because you sent them a message in the last four minutes,
    it will print a warning message telling who the users are and for how
    much longer they will be able to write you.

  * If you do "mesg -bn" it will turn off bells, so that when people write
    you or send you telegrams, it won't ring the usual bells to alert you.
    Doing "mesg -by" turns the bells back on.

  * There is a "helpers" command that lists all helpers on the system.
    If you do "helpers -f" only those helpers who are currently "free"
    to give help are listed.  If "helpers -n" or "helpers -nf" is done,
    then you get a count of helpers instead of a list.

  * If you do "write help" or "tel help" and the last person you wrote 
    is available as a helper, it will connect you to that person again,
    instead of choosing a new one at random.  Thus if a person asks for
    help more than once in the same session, he will be more likely to get
    the same person repeatedly.

Bug fixes:

  * The "mesg d" and "mesg N" disconnect commands will now disconnect everyone
    who is writing you, not just one of the people writing you.

  * When you do a reply to doing "chat" or "write" without arguments, it
    will reply only to people who are currently writing you, not to people
    who are sending you telegrams.

There are also some minor enhancements, like the day of the week being
included in log messages.

Some notes:

  - "Finger" doesn't understand exceptions.  Persons with "ne" set will have
    a * beside their tty even if you are in their .yeswrite files and can
    write them.  Similarly people with "ye" set will have no star by their
    tty even if you are in their .nowrite file.

  - If you are a helper, the .nowrite and .yeswrite files will normally
    effect who can get help from you, so that only people who could normally
    write you directly will be connected to you when they do "write help".
    However, if you do "mesg -hY" instead of "mesg -hy" then any helpseeker
    can be connected to you, even if your messages are "n" or if your messages
    are "ye" and they are in your .nowrite file.

  - The "helpers" command, like the "finger" command, doesn't understand
    exceptions either.  It lists helpers that are generally available, though
    the list available to you may differ.

  - Amin understands -ye and -ne options too.

  - None of this effects the "talk" command, which is a whole 'nother cup of
    tea.