Bbs

bbs is a program to track changes to bulletin boards on the Muck with out having to go visit each one of them individually.

In-Game Help

BBSNotify.muf           Version 2.1             By Daerkannon Shimmerscale
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bbs                - Looks for unread messages.  Also displays an
                     estimate of the number of messages unread.  Msgs
                     deleted between reads are still counted as unread.
bbs #history       - Revision history and credits of BBSNotify (spammy)
bbs #con           - Toggle connection notify on/off.  Default off.
bbs #expert        - Toggle expert mode on/off.  Default off.  Expert
                     mode skips confirmation of actions.
bbs #clean         - Cleans up unused bulletin board props on your
                     character.  Does not need to be run frequently.
bbs #dir <str>     - Lists all bulletin boards matching <str> and
                     the directions to them (if they exist).  See #help2.
                     If no <str> specified, then matches all known boards.
bbs #udir <str>    - As above for unread bulletin boards.
bbs #all <str>     - Lists all known boards matching <str> (as #dir)
bbs #list <str>    - Lists watched boards matching <str> (as #dir)
bbs #rlist <str>   - Lists removed boards matching <str> (as #dir)
bbs #unread <str>  - Lists watched boards with unread messages matching
                     <str> (as #dir).
bbs #remove <str>  - Removes a bulletin board from your list.  If no
                     <str> given, it will interactively ask which one(s)
                     to remove.  Otherwise it attempts to remove all
                     matching boards.
bbs #restore <str> - Restore a bulletin board from your list.  As #remove
bbs #catchup <str> - Mark all messages on one or more boards as read.
                     As #remove
bbs #tel <str>     - Teleports you to the first bbs that matches <str>.
                     If no <str> given, then it will interactively ask
                     for your destination.  Subject to teleport props
                     set by the wizards and BBS owners.

Help for Bulletin Board Owners

BBSNotify.muf           Version 2.1             By Daerkannon Shimmerscale
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_bbsnotify/alias:<alias>
   @set this prop on the bulletin board object and give the bulletin
   a board meaningful alias.  The default name for the bulletin board
   is the object that the bulletin board is stored on.
_bbsnotify/dir:<directions>
   @set this prop on the bulletin board object with directions to the
   bulletin board. [usually from some common point of origin]
_bbsnotify/envlist:<dbref> <dbref> ...
   @set this prop in the enviroment room of an area to notify chars of
   unread messages on specific boards.  The <dbref>'s are the dbrefs of
   the boards in question.  See also _bbsnotify/envnotify.
_bbsnotify/envnotify:<message>
   This prop is set on the bulletin board object and contains the message
   that EnvNotify uses to notify a char of unread messages.  This message
   should be meaningful.  See also _bbsnotify/envlist.
_bbsnotify/tel:<yes/no>
   Set this prop to either yes or no if you want people to be able to
   teleport to your bulletin board or not.  Default is no.