As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also any facts, rules and tips would be much appreciated. I'm hungry for knowledge. Also if this is wrong place to ask this kind of questions please guide me to the wri place. Thank you.
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also any facts, rules and tips would be much appreciated. I'm hungry for knowledge. Also if this is wrong place to ask this kind of questions please guide me to the write place. Thank you.
Christopher S.
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also any facts, rules and tips would be much appreciated.
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also- When replying to a message, quote the part(s) of the message you're replyi to. Also, you don't necessarily need to quote the entire message (especially - When replying to a message, it's preferred that you don't top-post - Write - Be respectful and don't be rude or insulting to others. The BBS scene shou Nightfox
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also any facts, rules and tips would be much appreciated. I'm hungry for knowledge. Also if this is wrong place to ask this kind of questions please guide me to the wri place. Thank you.
Christopher S.
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can.- When replying to a message, quote the part(s) of the message you're replyi to. Also, you don't necessarily need to quote the entire message (especially - When replying to a message, it's preferred that you don't top-post - Write - Be respectful and don't be rude or insulting to others. The BBS scene shou Nightfox
Also
This is great advice but if the BBS your using has shitty editors you may find all that a little hard to grasb. You learn by doing so just be courteuos to others and "Let it Rip"! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
On 01-22-15 12:35, Nightfox wrote to Hustler <=-
@TZ: 41e0
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can.- When replying to a message, quote the part(s) of the message you're replyi to. Also, you don't necessarily need to quote the entire message (especially - When replying to a message, it's preferred that you don't top-post - Write - Be respectful and don't be rude or insulting to others. The BBS scene shou Nightfox
Also
This is great advice but if the BBS your using has shitty editors you may find all that a little hard to grasb. You learn by doing so just be courteuos to others and "Let it Rip"! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing
quality message editors.
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I can. Also any
facts, rules and tips would be much appreciated. I'm hungry for knowledge. Also if this is wrong place to ask this kind of questions please guide me
to the write place. Thank you.
I suppose you can get fairly familiar with things by exploring and observing. A couple tips might be:
- When replying to a message, quote the part(s) of the message you're replying to. Also, you don't necessarily need to quote the entire message (especially if your reply is small); only quote the part(s) you're most
- Be respectful and don't be rude or insulting to others. The BBS scene should be a calm place people where people want to interact with others.
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing
quality message editors.
LOL... a plug for SlyEdit?? ;)
On 01-22-15 20:28, Nightfox wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
:PPart of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing
quality message editors.
LOL... a plug for SlyEdit?? ;)
Heh, I wasn't trying to plug anything (honest), but I suppose I
shouldn't have commented, as that could have been interpreted as such.
As you all probably noticed I'm new in BBS world. Can anyone teach
me about etiquette that applies here? I want to fit as much as I
can. Also
- Be respectful and don't be rude or insulting to others. The BBS scene should be a calm place people where people want to interact with others.
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing quality message editors.
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing
quality message editors.
Got any ulterior motives here? :)
LOL... a plug for SlyEdit?? ;)
Heh, I wasn't trying to plug anything (honest), but I suppose I
shouldn't have commented, as that could have been interpreted as
such.
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy to use. I've not had a complaint... :)
Re: BBS etiquette
By: Poindexter Fortran to Nightfox on Fri Jan 23 2015 06:46:15
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing
quality message editors.
Got any ulterior motives here? :)
Nah, I didn't at the time I posted that (honest). I was mainly
referring to message editors that allow selectively quoting messages and bottom-posting, and there are many message editors that do that.
Nah, I didn't at the time I posted that (honest). I was mainly referring to message editors that allow selectively quoting messages and bottom-posting, and there are many message editors that do that.
installingRe: BBS etiquette
By: Poindexter Fortran to Nightfox on Fri Jan 23 2015 06:46:15
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops
messagesquality message editors.
Got any ulterior motives here? :)
Nah, I didn't at the time I posted that (honest). I was mainly referring to message editors that allow selectively quoting
that.and bottom-posting, and there are many message editors that do
I've noticed that a number of messages from Synchronet boards will have weird formatting of the text. Like there will be several blank lines inserted within the text. I was told it was the result of oneparticular
editor, but I forgot which one it was.
Re: BBS etiquette
By: Poindexter Fortran to Nightfox on Fri Jan 23 2015 06:46:15
installingPart of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops
quality message editors.
Got any ulterior motives here? :)
messagesNah, I didn't at the time I posted that (honest). I was mainly referring to message editors that allow selectively quoting
that.and bottom-posting, and there are many message editors that do
I've noticed that a number of messages from Synchronet boards will have weird formatting of the text. Like there will be several blank lines inserted within the text. I was told it was the result of oneparticular
editor, but I forgot which one it was.
"Several blank lines inserted within the text" sounds a bit vague. For instance, many users separate paragraphs with a blank line, which is normal. I've also seen some users put 2 or 3 blank lines between the quoted lines and their reply. SlyEdit did have an issue recently where
it would add an extra blank line between paragraphs of quote lines, but
I have fixed that issue in the latest version.
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy to
use. I've not had a complaint... :)
Plug away!!
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy
to use. I've not had a complaint... :)
I'm glad you enjoy using it. :)
Heh, I wasn't trying to plug anything (honest), but I suppose I shouldn't have commented, as that could have been interpreted as such. :P
I enjoy your entire messaging package and appreciate your hard work (and the fact that you listen and consider what I say during constant nagging when I find stuff, lol).
Love your mods man, keep 'em coming!
Nah, fuggit. Your editor deserves a plug, anyway. It kicks ass. :)
On 01-23-15 16:49, Accession wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
On 22 Jan 15 23:47, Bill McGarrity wrote to Nightfox:
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy to
use. I've not had a complaint... :)
Plug away!!
You should beg to get on the mailing list of this new full screen
message reader with built in message lister and area changing
capabilities he's working on! IT'S FRIGGIN AWESOME. :)
Hello Nightfox,
On 23 Jan 15 07:32, Nightfox wrote to Bill McGarrity:
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy
to use. I've not had a complaint... :)
I'm glad you enjoy using it. :)
Although for superfast reading and replying I use Golded (easy to skip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without even looking at them..
I enjoy your entire messaging package and appreciate your hard work (and the fact that you listen and consider what I say during constant nagging when I find stuff, lol).
Love your mods man, keep 'em coming!
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
Although for superfast reading and replying I use Golded (easy to
skip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without even
looking at them..
I enjoy your entire messaging package and appreciate your hard
work (and the fact that you listen and consider what I say during
constant nagging when I find stuff, lol).
Love your mods man, keep 'em coming!
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
It looks like this editor also puts blank lines in the middle of the paragraphs.
Hello Gryphon,
On 24 Jan 15 14:28, Gryphon wrote to Accession:
Although for superfast reading and replying I use Golded (easy to
skip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without even
looking at them..
I enjoy your entire messaging package and appreciate your hard
work (and the fact that you listen and consider what I say during
constant nagging when I find stuff, lol).
Love your mods man, keep 'em coming!
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
It looks like this editor also puts blank lines in the middle of the paragraphs.
Did you really just say that?
I manually put a space between my paragraphs, since I don't choose to indent. Thanks for playing, though!
Hello Gryphon,
On 24 Jan 15 14:28, Gryphon wrote to Accession:
Although for superfast reading and replying I use Golded (easy to
skip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without even
looking at them..
I enjoy your entire messaging package and appreciate your hard
work (and the fact that you listen and consider what I say during
constant nagging when I find stuff, lol).
Love your mods man, keep 'em coming!
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
It looks like this editor also puts blank lines in the middle of the paragraphs.
Did you really just say that?
I manually put a space between my paragraphs, since I don't choose to indent. Thanks for playing, though!
Regards,
Nick
It looks like this editor also puts blank lines in the middle of
the paragraphs.
Did you really just say that?
I manually put a space between my paragraphs, since I don't choose
to indent. Thanks for playing, though!
I'm not talking about BETWEEN paragraphs. I'm talking about WITHIN the paragraph. You broke up your sentence line with a CR at column 13, then added another line, then continued your sentence? That's how you normally write your messages? Are you not seeing how it's displayed? Does it display differently for Synchronet boards than it does for non-synch boards?
At one time, somebody suggested that the problem was the editor that the writer was using. I verified it by reading the same distorted message on a Synch board, and it displayed correctly.
Are there any other NON synch boards reading these QWKnet confs, that are seeing the same thing, or is it just me?
Although for superfast reading and replying I use Golded (easy to
skip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without even
looking at them..
Here's a screenshot of how it looks on my reader. This might be helpful to understand what I'm talking about.
This is great advice but if the BBS your using has shitty editors you may fi all that a little hard to grasb. You learn by doing so just be courteuos to others and "Let it Rip"! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
to find that each one is a little different. Some of them, for instance, will use <Q> to read all new messages. Others will require you enter the
On 01/25/15, Accession said the following...
Hello Gryphon,
On 24 Jan 15 14:28, Gryphon wrote to Accession:
(easy toAlthough for superfast reading and replying I use Golded
evenskip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without
hardlooking at them..
I enjoy your entire messaging package and appreciate your
duringwork (and the fact that you listen and consider what I say
middle of theconstant nagging when I find stuff, lol).
Love your mods man, keep 'em coming!
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
It looks like this editor also puts blank lines in the
paragraphs.
Did you really just say that?
I manually put a space between my paragraphs, since I don't
choose to indent. Thanks for playing, though!
I'm not talking about BETWEEN paragraphs. I'm talking about WITHIN
the paragraph. You broke up your sentence line with a CR at column
13, then added another line, then continued your sentence? That's how
you normally write your messages? Are you not seeing how it's
displayed? Does it display differently for Synchronet boards than it
does for non-synch boards?
I haven't kept a tally, but if I had to guess, I see this with about
20% of the messages posted in DoveNet. I commented on it when I was
still using my YAQN qwknet tosser, and thought it was a problem with
how the messages were being tossed into my system. But now that I use Mystic's internal QWNnet tosser, the problem hasn't been fixed.
At one time, somebody suggested that the problem was the editor that
the writer was using. I verified it by reading the same distorted
message on a Synch board, and it displayed correctly.
Are there any other NON synch boards reading these QWKnet confs, that
are seeing the same thing, or is it just me?
Here's a screenshot of how it looks on my reader. This might be
helpful to understand what I'm talking about.
http://imgur.com/EHJCRLK
On 01/25/15, Accession said the following...
(easy toAlthough for superfast reading and replying I use Golded
evenskip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without
looking at them..
here's the blank line he was talking about ;)
One of the things that's a little hard to get used to with BBSs is that unless you manage to call BBSs that use the same BBS software, you're going to find that each one is a little different. Some of them, for instance, will use <Q> to read all new messages. Others will require you enter the <M>essage Bases first and then tap <N> for new messages. And then there's what Hustler refers to where the editors are all a little different. You'll get through it if you lean heavily on the help command!
Hello wkitty42,
On 25 Jan 15 11:21, wkitty42 wrote to Accession:
On 01/25/15, Accession said the following...
(easy toAlthough for superfast reading and replying I use Golded
evenskip a lot of
messages and/or mark entire message areas as "read" without
looking at them..
here's the blank line he was talking about ;)
Out of the 3 systems I use here regularly, it only seems to do that on Mystic. And it's more than one blank line, it's like 3. Seems to happen when a word in the message hits the 79th column.
Here's a screenshot of how it looks on my reader. This might be help to understand what I'm talking about.
I saw the same thing you did here. So I'm willing to bet it's Mystic related, as well as it may even be specific to QWK, as I don't see it at all in FTN stuff I looked through. I shot g00 an email and let him know
to check here, so hopefully you don't have to repeat yourself. :)
I'm not talking about BETWEEN paragraphs. I'm talking about WITHIN the paragraph. You broke up your sentence line with a CR at column 13, then added another line, then continued your sentence? That's how you normally write your messages? Are you not seeing how it's displayed?
Does it
display differently for Synchronet boards than it does for non-synch
boards?
I haven't kept a tally, but if I had to guess, I see this with about 20% of the messages posted in DoveNet. I commented on it when I was still using
my YAQN qwknet tosser, and thought it was a problem with how the messages were being tossed into my system. But now that I use Mystic's internal QWNnet tosser, the problem hasn't been fixed.
At one time, somebody suggested that the problem was the editor that the writer was using. I verified it by reading the same distorted message on a Synch board, and it displayed correctly.
Are there any other NON synch boards reading these QWKnet confs, that are seeing the same thing, or is it just me?
Out of the 3 systems I use here regularly, it only seems to do
that on Mystic. And it's more than one blank line, it's like 3.
Seems to happen when a word in the message hits the 79th column.
Agreed. So, is this a problem specific to how Mystic displays the message? I haven't tried reading messages in anything other than the
full screen reader. Also, then how come it doesn't do it with FTN echo message? If it's specific to Mystics QWKPOLL utility importing
process, then why did the same thing happen when I used my old YAQN tosser? It seems to me that the only real constant is Synchronet's
QWK export process.
what bbs software asks you to hit q to read all new msgs?
Part of helping with good BBS etiquette is the sysops installing
quality message editors.
On 01/23/15, Nightfox said the following...5
Re: BBS etiquette
By: Poindexter Fortran to Nightfox on Fri Jan 23 2015 06:46:1
"Several blank lines inserted within the text" sounds a bit vague. ForNo, it's not like that. When I say "several blank lines", I mean that they
would have gaps in the paragraph, just like I'm doing here. That's not a normal way of typing. So when I see a poster from a Synchronet board who
posts a message with several blank lines like I'm doing here, I'm assuming it's the specific editor they use, as this only happens some times.
Re: Re: BBS etiquette't
By: Nightfox to Bill McGarrity on Thu Jan 22 2015 20:28:38
Heh, I wasn't trying to plug anything (honest), but I suppose I shouldn
have commented, as that could have been interpreted as such. :P
Nah, fuggit. Your editor deserves a plug, anyway. It kicks ass. :)
Re: BBS etiquette
By: Mro to ultramagnus_tcv on Sun Jan 25 2015 07:59 pm
what bbs software asks you to hit q to read all new msgs?
I used to map "1337 Wares listing" to the G key. :)
Unfortunatly most SyOps don't install good editors but it's a good point.
posts a message with several blank lines like I'm doing here, I'm assuming it's the specific editor they use, as this only happens some times.
That's just an emulation problem.
Re: Re: BBS etiquette
By: Hustler to Gryphon on Tue Jan 27 2015 03:05 pm
posts a message with several blank lines like I'm doing here, I'm assuming it's the specific editor they use, as this only happens som times.
That's just an emulation problem.
it has to do with how mystic imports msgs.
most bbses i've been on have adequate msg editors. i prefer quikedit.
it has to do with how mystic imports msgs.
No. It has to do with how Mystic displays messages. Messages are imported just fine.
Re: Re: BBS etiquette
By: Mro to Hustler on Wed Jan 28 2015 17:38:35
most bbses i've been on have adequate msg editors. i prefer quikedit.
I've tried QuikEdit. I think it's decent, although I don't particularly like its formatting of quote lines - it tends to cut off the ends of quote lines as quote characters are added instead of wrapping the quote lines, so some of the quote text ends up getting lost.
I've tried QuikEdit. I think it's decent, although I don't
particularly like its formatting of quote lines - it tends to cut off
the ends of quote lines as quote characters are added instead of
wrapping the quote lines, so some of the quote text ends up getting
lost.
i didnt notice that, but i always thought quoting was so you get the gist of what the person is replying too. you can always go back in the thread and re-read the original post.
Unfortunatly most SyOps don't install good editors but it's a good point.
Re: Re: BBS etiquette
By: Gryphon to Mro on Wed Jan 28 2015 08:52 pm
it has to do with how mystic imports msgs.
No. It has to do with how Mystic displays messages. Messages are impo just fine.
so when the post is in mystic's msg base,it is not changed, it just displays them with these issues?
Unfortunatly most SyOps don't install good editors but it's a good point.
In all seriousness, SlyEdit rocks. It's configurable, got some great features, can emulate two popular editors, and it's written in Javascript, which runs a LOT faster on old machines than shelling out to DOS to run an editor. Thanks!
Re: Re: BBS etiquette
By: Bill McGarrity to Nightfox on Thu Jan 22 2015 23:47:00
LOL... a plug for SlyEdit?? ;)
Heh, I wasn't trying to plug anything (honest), but I suppose I
shouldn't have commented, as that could have been interpreted as
such.
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy to
use. I've not had a complaint... :)
I'm glad you enjoy using it. :)
þ Synchronet þ Decker's Heaven -//- bbs.deckersheaven.com[Psi-Jack -//- Decker]
Hello Bill,
On 22 Jan 15 23:47, Bill McGarrity wrote to Nightfox:
LOL!! No, you should push it.. it's a wonderful addon and so easy to
use. I've not had a complaint... :)
Plug away!!
You should beg to get on the mailing list of this new full screen message reader with built in message lister and area changing capabilities he's working on! IT'S FRIGGIN AWESOME. :)
þ Synchronet þ Decker's Heaven -//- bbs.deckersheaven.com[Psi-Jack -//- Decker]
heh. I've even had new users register going, "Dude, I'm so glad you have SlyEdit, you rock!" So, kudos, sir, kudos!
heh. I've even had new users register going, "Dude, I'm so glad you
have SlyEdit, you rock!" So, kudos, sir, kudos!
never in 23 years have i had a user register and compliment the editor that was installed on the bbs.
þ Synchronet þ Decker's Heaven -//- bbs.deckersheaven.com[Psi-Jack -//- Decker]
heh. I have many times. Even back in the earlier days. Course, back then, almost all the local BBSs were running TAG and didn't even have a fullscreen editor, so people were plain amazed by the idea. :)
Re: Re: BBS etiquette
By: Psi-Jack to Mro on Sun Feb 22 2015 12:15:49
heh. I have many times. Even back in the earlier days. Course, back
then, almost all the local BBSs were running TAG and didn't even
have a fullscreen editor, so people were plain amazed by the idea.
:)
My local BBSes back in the day used a variety of software. I used RemoteAccess for my BBS back then, and now that I use Synchronet, I really like being able to configure multiple external message editors. RemoteAccess (and probably others too) allowed only one external editor to be set up with the BBS software.
þ Synchronet þ Decker's Heaven -//- bbs.deckersheaven.com[Psi-Jack -//- Decker]
Heh, too funny. When I first started my BBS, I used Renegade. In the local area that only had TAG BBSs, it was fresh, new and shiny, and got LOTS of attention because of it.. I later went to Telegard after the total revamp of it, 3 I believe it was? Eventually I went to Remote Access after spending about a year working on it all, making custom things since I was well into Pascal. RA was, by no means, great, but for it's standard definitions, made it worthwhile to hack around everything, making a result that was just beautiful in the end. I liked RA for the standard message based formats, something Renegade didn't have, and Telegard had limits to.
It seemed to me that RemoteAccess could be customized fairly well with some clever tricks.. I seem to remember being able to edit strings in the language file to load an ANSI file rather than simply display text.. I think I had used that to display a fancy username prompt in an ANSI file. I liked that RemoteAccess had lots of mods & add-on doors available for it. I once read that RemoteAccess had the most add-ons available due to its popularity.
þ Synchronet þ Decker's Heaven -//- bbs.deckersheaven.com[Psi-Jack -//- Decker]
Re: Re: BBS etiquette
By: Psi-Jack to Nightfox on Sun Feb 22 2015 20:35:15
Heh, too funny. When I first started my BBS, I used Renegade. In the area that only had TAG BBSs, it was fresh, new and shiny, and got LOT attention because of it.. I later went to Telegard after the total re of it, 3 I believe it was? Eventually I went to Remote Access after spending about a year working on it all, making custom things since I well into Pascal. RA was, by no means, great, but for it's standard definitions, made it worthwhile to hack around everything, making a r that was just beautiful in the end. I liked RA for the standard messa based formats, something Renegade didn't have, and Telegard had limit
It seemed to me that RemoteAccess could be customized fairly well with some clever tricks.. I seem to remember being able to edit strings in
the language file to load an ANSI file rather than simply display text..
I think I had used that to display a fancy username prompt in an ANSI file. I liked that RemoteAccess had lots of mods & add-on doors
available for it. I once read that RemoteAccess had the most add-ons available due to its popularity.
Yes, RA was very popular. It's one of the few software packages that I actually purchased. I ran RA with FD in the late 90's. I was even a NCin
RANet at one time. As I recall, even the OpenDoors libraries patternedthe
local user status line off of the RA format.
| Sysop: | MCMLXXIX |
|---|---|
| Location: | Prospect, CT |
| Users: | 325 |
| Nodes: | 10 (0 / 10) |
| Uptime: | 158:14:58 |
| Calls: | 507 |
| Messages: | 219708 |