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(3) The system will check the directory of system news files, to see if
there are any new files to be displayed to the user. If so, there
will be at this time.
(4) If the user hasn’t called since his last birthday, the system will
greet him with “Happy Birthday!” All new users fall into this
category.
(5) The system will offer to check all message bases for new messages.
If the user selects to do so, the system will construct a table of
message base names, the number of messages on each, followed by the
number of new messages on each.
(6) If the user new mail waiting for him, he will be informed of the new
mail.
(7) Another handy feature in C-Net, is what is called the instant logon.
A user may use their Login ID followed by an exclamation mark (!)
(e.g. EC251!). The BBS will then ask for the user’s password. Once
that has been verified, the user is taken directly to e-mail if he/she
has any waiting for them, otherwise, they are taken directly to the
Main Prompt. That way, the user can bypass all the questions that are
asked in the logon process.
The MAIN command level is where the user is normally placed after this has
been completed.
Another handy little item, is when the sysop is in system maintenance, and
he/she is reading the new user information, the sysop can use the ‘X’
command to automatically send a welcome e-mail to the new user. That way,
the user feels that he/she is welcome to the board and may spend more time
with your board instead of calling other boards.
5.5 C-NET ‘WAITING FOR CALL’ SCREEN
5.5.1 THE STATUS WINDOW
The status window consists of the bottom five lines of the screen, which is
displayed at all times, except during usage of C-NET’s built-in terminal
program and the visual editor. When a user calls into the system, the
status window will display many variables and statistics of his account.
His status will remain displayed even after he signs off -- up until
another user calls in.
The first half of the first line contains the ‘on-line’ functions menu, “SY
AC LO TR CH NW PR UD MB FX” which is explained in detail in chapter 5. At
the far right of the first line, appears the number of minutes remaining
for the user until automatic log-off (TIME = xx). If a user has no time
limit, TIME = 95 will constantly be displayed. Between the on-line
functions menu and the time remaining display, exists space, which will,
while a user is using the system, contain the most recently executed
command, and the system prompt the command was entered from.
The next three lines will contain information about the most recent user’s
account, which will be separated into sections for easy interpretation.
The sections are coded as follows: