
                     M A I N   M E N U   O P T I O N S

[M]............Message Menu
   The MESSAGE menu is displayed for entering, reading and other mail
   manipulation.

[F]..............Files Menu
   Takes you directly to the file menu where file uploads and downloads are
   available.

[C]...Comments to the Sysop
   This choice enables you to enter a private message to the system operator.
   WILDCAT! makes these comments an integral part of the message base for
   easy reply by the sysop, if desired.

[B]...........Bulletin Menu
   When the B option is selected, the Bulletin Menu is displayed. The Bulletin
   menu could be considered a sub-menu of sorts, in that it presents you with
   the options of reading one or more bulletins by selecting a bulletin
   number, re-listing the bulletins that are available for display, or simply
   returning to the MAIN menu. If any bulletins have been updated since your
   last logon, you will be presented a listing of those bulletins by number.

[P]..........Page the SYSOP
   This selection is used for you to page the system operator. The response of
   the local system may vary depending on whether the current time is within
   the sysop's paging hours, whether the page override toggle is on, and
   whether the page bell is turned on or off.  Pages are only made if the time
   falls within the sysops defined paging hours.

[I]..Initial Welcome Screen
   Contents of the HELLO files are re-displayed to you, with screen pauses
   determined by your user settings and the respective files. This option
   allows you to review the contents of these entry-level display screens
   without having to logoff and then call again.

[Q]...........Questionnaire
   You are presented with a menu screen containing numbered listings of
   questionnaires made available by the sysop.  Select the desired
   questionnaire to answer.

[V]...........Verify a User
   A search can be made on any portion of any user name on the system.
   Pressing V brings up a sub-prompt - "Search for what string?"  At the
   sub-prompt, enter all (or portion of) a name.  The more information that
   is provided at this prompt, the more detailed the resulting search. A
   search of "Jim" would find every user named Jim on the system, along with
   their calling city and state, and the date of their last call.  A search
   of "jim h" would find, for example, both Jim Hightower and Jim Harvey,
   plus any others whose first name was Jim and whose last name begins with
   the letter "H".  Notice in this example that the search is also insensitive
   to case.

[Y]...........Your Settings
   You are allowed to make changes to certain information in the User database
   with this option. When [Y] is selected, a complete screen of your personal
   settings is displayed.

   From the sub-menu, you may alter the entries in many areas, but other
   items are maintained by the system or the system operator, and are provided
   as information only.

[S].......System Statistics
   This menu choice displays the contents of a file containing statistical
   information about this system.  It may be a simple summary of the number
   of callers and the date the system began, or may go into extreme detail
   with percentages of callers at each baud rate and include graphs of system
   time usage.

[U]............Userlog List
   You are presented with the entire user list of the system, displayed in
   alphabetical order, along with the date they last called and their calling
   point of origin. The usual screen pauses are in effect while using this
   option.

[D]...................DOORS
   The door feature in WILDCAT! allows you to run other programs made
   available by the sysop through a menu choice.  Doors can be almost any
   type of program from a database to games.

[N]..............Newsletter
   This menu choice displays the contents of the NEWSLTR.BBS file with screen
   pauses.  The sysop may have placed any type of information in this file
   for your review.  It is very much like a bulletin file, but may be read
   directly from the menu.

[G].......Goodbye & Log-Off
   Terminates the current connection and disconnects. If your current help
   level is set to the NOVICE mode, choosing the Goodbye option gives you a
    way to "back out" of the command, and entering this command brings up a
    friendly question, "Are you sure you want to logoff?".  If you respond
    with a "Y", then normal logoff procedures are begun.  Otherwise, WILDCAT!
    will assume the command has been entered in error, and will return to the
    then current menu.  Once you have changed help levels to REGULAR or
    EXPERT, this extra prompt will no longer be displayed. WILDCAT! assumes
    that the you know the commands well enough to deliberately wish to logoff.
    The Goodbye command is available in ALL major menus and performs exactly
    the same in each of them.

[H]..............Help Level
   WILDCAT! supports three different levels of menu prompts. The first and the
   default value for new users is the Novice level.  At this level, the user
   is presented with full dynamic menus, .BBS plain menus or .SCR color menus,
   and a command line prompt containing the name of current menu area (MAIN,
   MESSAGE, FILE, SYSOP), and the first character for a particular option in
   the current menu.  The characters presented agree with the letter
   designator selected for that option.

   The second level is the Regular level. At this level, only the command
   line is presented with the name of the current area of the system and
   the first letter option designators. No menus are displayed at this level.

   The final and highest level is the Expert level.  At this level, only the
   particular area of the system is indicated.  No menus or letter
   designators are included.  The HELP LEVEL command is available in ALL
   major menus and the usage is exactly the same in each of them.

[?]............Command Help
   Displays this Help information screen.

[W]......Who else is ONLINE
   Selecting this choice in a multi-line system presents you with a list of
   the names of users logged on to other nodes sharing the system.  If a node
   is not being used but is UP it is reported as Waiting for Calls.

[T]...Talk with other Node(s)
   If a multi-node system is in operation this choice will allow you to enter
   into private or public group chat with other callers on other nodes. A
   sub-menu is presented with further details and its own help screen.

[J].........Join Conference
   Used to change conferences.  Each conference contains ONE message section
   and may also have a number of file areas available.  Conference
   descriptions are displayed when this command is selected, and additional
   help files in that area fully explain procedures for changing conferences.

