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C H A M A S
The Chaos Mailbox System
The Chaos Mailbox System has existed now since May, 1988. The name is derived from the Chaos Duo (Waldi and Terra), who got it at a Relay Party in Nijmegen.
This Help file refers to Version 4.0 of the Chamas, which was fully re- programmed in November to avoid ever-increasing chaos in the Chamas 3.2.
In general:
The German Press Law applies (as for all german Mailbox systems) to the Chamas, and, as managers, we're responsible for the contents of the message boards, as long as we're unable to say who the sender is. Therefore it's neccessary to register with the Chamas using NICK <nickname>. Also, any racist, terrorist, war-promoting or personal attacks mistaken for news in the mailbox will be erased and the sender will be banned from the Chamas. You can log into the Chamas with help from CHECKIN, whereas CHECKIN N prevents the issue picture from coming. After the log-in, it is announced which boards contain new messages since your last log-in.
Shell of Chamas
Version 4.0 of the Chamas uses a so-called Geoshell. This was introduced for the first time by the Geo1 Mailbox X.25 and is today a widespread standard for Mailboxes. After certain technical problems were able to be ironed out, we decided to install this in the Chamas as well. You can receive the Chamas's command set with ?.
The Chamas Daemon
Within the Chamas, there's a daemon, which oversees the Chamas; it is also responsible for timeouts. If the user says nothing for a period of 5 minutes while on the Chamas Relay If the user sends nothing to the Chamas for a period of 15 minutes
Commands for the Chamas:
HELP
You can check out online help for the various commands using this command. e.g. HELP WRITE , HELP BOARD , etc.
BOARD This command is pretty important. With BOARD * (or, B *) you can be shown the boards available. Behind the board names stand the symbols:
# for writing-protected. Only users in Level 2 or lower can write to such boards. (e.g. CCC, CCO, etc.) * for reading-protected. Only users registered on a priviledged user-list can retrieve from such boards. Direct inquiries to Terra (151133@DOLUNI1). + means, you are subscribed to this board. This is to say, you are immediately sent new messages in this board. - not subscribed.
Also with this command, you can 'enter' a board. This is neccessary in order to see the contents of a board, etc. You'll receive a listing of those boards which contain the available new messages. You'll receive a listing of those boards containing new news at hand.
INVENTORY
With this command it's possible to ascertain the contents of the boards. To do that, it's neccessary, through BOARD <boardname>, to be put yourself in a board.
INVENTORY * ( I * ) will list all the messages in a board.
INVENTORY (I) will list all new messages in a board.
READ/SEND You can, using these commands, read messages, or otherwise have them sent to you.
e.g.: RE 1403 or SE 1411 1412.
Should a file be longer than 50 lines, it can only be sent to you.
WRITE
This command enables you to receive short instructions regarding how to write into the Chamas Boards or else the News Net.
SUBSCRIBE
This command lets you register with the Netnews and the Chamas Boards. The domain is always required. So, for example, SUB chamas.general oder SUB sub.market.
UNSUBSCRIBE
Exactly.....just for unsubscribing.
NET
With this command it's possible to check out what network groups are available and whether you're subscribed.
NET shows which network groups there are. At present these are SUB and
DNET. These are also the domains for the SUBSCRIBE, WRITE, etc. commands.
Using NET <net group>, you can determine with which groups you are registered. e.g.: NET SUB.
ADDRESS
ADDRESS gives you personal data about yourself.
With ADDRESS <nickname>, you can determine the UserId and NodeId of another user.
CALL
Should problems arise, you can use this command to get in touch with one of the operators.
ACTIVE
With this command you can determine who is still logged into the Chamas.
RELAY
The Chamas Interchat System
- /SIGNON Log in
- /BYE Log out
- /WHO Who's on the Chamas Relay
- /SU <nick> Summons an active user to the Chamas
- /ACTIVE Who's on the Chamas System
EXIT
To exit a board and return to the main menu, type EXIT. With EXIT * you leave the Chamas entirely. In the main menu, however, EXIT is sufficient to get you out of the System.
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