00002,09,02/07/78,WARD AND RANDY,ALL
TIME SAVING TIP,NONE
You can now use the semicolon character ";" to separate answers
to questions from CBBS in advance of their being asked.  This
saves connect time for the more experienced user.  For example,
to retrieve a summary starting at 500, you give the S command,
then press return, then type in 500.  Well, you know it's going
to ask for the message number, so just type: S;500. Likewise,
when you log on, CBBS asks (1) first time user? (2) first name
(3) last name, etc.  So, reply: n;larry;holmes; and so on.
	An experienced user might sign on as:

+ No, not first time on system
| + first name
| |	+ last name
| |	|        + eXpert user mode command
| |	|	 | + Summary command, starting...
| |	|	 | | + 30 back from current highest msg
| |	|	 | | |
n;roger;albrecht;x;s;-30	<-- experienced user signon

More timesaving tips in message 3.
00003,39,12/03/81,WARD & RANDY,ALL
CBBS USAGE TIPS,NONE
Some people want personal messages, for sale, and messages to 
"ALL", split out.  Others want less active messages.  Both of
these relate to taking less time on CBBS, and we appreciate the
concerns.  Here's some ways to make CBBS "look", which in a
way, answers these needs.  The Summary and Quick summary
command are the means.

To see just "for sale" messages, do:
	s;1,s=sale	or	s;1,sale
which means summary from 1, subject = sale

Check for personal messages to and from you:  I find using
the first 4 letters of your last name to be usually sufficient:
	s;1,t=yourname	<-- messages to you
	s;1,f=yourname	<-- messages from you
Better yet, just do:
	s;1,yourname	<-- messages to, from, about you.

Any full file scan takes about 25 seconds - that's not too
bad considering you're paging thru a 16 to 20 K file containing
about 600-650 lines of information.  

To just see "public" messages, do:
	S;1,t=all

If you're calling long distance, we suggest doing:
	q;-50
which will be a quickie (msg #, subject) list starting 50 back
from the current high message number.  Then Flag-retrieve those
of interest, by typing "F" during the NEXT summary.  This might
to by too fast, so you can press "M" (or C/R) to be asked for
any #'s that you missed.

If you left messages, check for ones to you.  Periodically
check for old messages F-R-O-M yourself, which may be outdated
and needing deletion.

Pass along any other ideas you might have - we would like to
consider them for future implementation.