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2 .\" @(#)$Id$
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3 .SC BBLEADER 1
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4 .NA
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5 BBleader \- responsiblities of an MH BBoard-leader
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6 .SY
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7 bbl
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8 bboard
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9 \%[+folder]
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10 \%[\-shell\ shell]
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11 \%[\-verbose]
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12 \%[\-help]
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13 .DE
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14 What follows is a description of the responsibilities of a BBleader.
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15 This is a working collection of facts:
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16 there are no simple or elegant rules.
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17 In the discussion that follows,
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18 substitute in the name of your BBoard wherever you see the ficticious
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19 name ``hacks''.
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20
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21 .in +.5i
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22 .ti -.5i
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23 \fBPreliminary Maintenance\fR
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24 .br
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25 When you are appointed a BBleader by the person who is acting as the
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26 \fIPostMaster\fR you should first make sure that
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27 the four addresses associated with your BBoard are correct
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28 (see \fIbboards\fR\0(1)).
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29 To check this, try \*(lqbbc -topics -verbose hacks\*(rq.
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30 You should be listed under local leader(s), and the BBoard addresses should
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31 be correct.
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32
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33 .ti -.5i
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34 \fBPeriodic Maintenance\fR
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35 .br
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36 There are three functions that you should perform periodically:
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37 .in +.75i
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38 .br
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39 .ti -.5i
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40 \fBRead the BBoard\fR\0:
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41 If you're a BBoard leader you should be keeping up on what's going on.
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42 .br
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43 .ti -.5i
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44 \fBRemove inappropriate material\fR\0:
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45 If offsensive or otherwise non-sensical material shows up,
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46 or if a duplicate message appears,
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47 use the \fIBBl\fR program, delete the offending messages from the folder.
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48 .br
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49 .ti -.5i
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50 \fBArchive non-recent material\fR\0:
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51 The archive facility has been upgraded to be almost fully automated.
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52 BBoards with the Auto-Archive flag set will have old material automatically
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53 placed in the archive area once a week. You may also archive material
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54 yourself if you like, or if your BBoard is not set to Auto-Archive.
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55 Just file messages in the folder ``+bbl'' into the folder ``+bbl/arc''
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56 You should archive material whenever it takes a long time to read in a
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57 BBoard using \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR.
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58 The only exception to this is (possibly) the \fBap-news\fR and
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59 \fBny-times\fR BBoards,
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60 in which case non-recent material is usually deleted,
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61 and an archive is not kept.
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62 .in -.75i
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63
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64 .ti -.5i
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65 \fBSporadic Maintenance\fR
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66 .br
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67 As a BBoard leader
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68 there are three groups of people that you will be required to deal with:
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69 .in +.75i
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70 .br
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71 .ti -.5i
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72 \fBBBoard users\fR\0:
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73 Correspondence from BBoard users is usually addressed to
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74 \fBlocal\-hacks\-request\fR.
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75 Although the nature of such correspondence varies,
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76 the most usual topic is how to get access to archives for the BBoard.
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77 In such cases, if the archives are on-line in the ~bboards/archive/ area,
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78 then you should refer the BBoard user to the appropriate files.
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79 If not, then you should contact the \fIPostMaster\fR and ask
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80 for archive retrieval.
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81 Archives may be accessed through the normal
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82 \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR programs, using the `\-archive' switch to \fIbbc\fR.
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83 .br
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84 .ti -.5i
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85 \fBBBoard leaders\fR\0:
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86 You may have to correspond with the people who maintain the
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87 \fBInternet\fR mailing list for the BBoard.
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88 Their address is \fBhacks\-request\fR.
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89 .br
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90 .ti -.5i
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91 \fBPostOffice personnel\fR\0:
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92 You may need help or advice. The address to turn to is \fIPostMaster\fR.
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93 .in -.75i
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94 .in -.5i
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95 .Fi
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96 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
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97 .Pr
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98 ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
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99 .Sa
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100 bboards(1), bbc(1), bbl(1), msh(1)
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101 .De
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102 The default bboard is \*(lqsystem\*(rq
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103 .Co
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104 None
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105 .En
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