1 BBOARD

  BBOARD command reads a previously created bulletin board.
  The bulletin board is an MM mail file that can be examined
  by many users.  For example, if the bulletin board is named
  PENGUIN, when users want to post information to the bulletin
  board, they send mail to the PENGUIN address.  The system
  then delivers the mail to the PENGUIN.TXT file.  Users can
  read the bulletin board using BBOARD or from an MM session.

2 Creating_a_Bulletin_Board                                  

  A bulletin board is created by defining the 
  MULTINET_BBOARD_board logical name to point to the
  directory specification of the bulletin board file.
  When an article is posted to the bulletin board, if
  the file does not exist, the file is automatically 
  created by MultiNet.

  For example, to create the PENGUIN bulletin board, 
  use this command:

  $ DEFINE /SYSTEM /EXEC MULTINET_BBOARD_PENGUIN - 
  _$ USERS:[BBOARD]PENGUIN.TXT 

  Then when an article is posted to the bulletin board,
  the file is created.  (This command assumes that the
  USERS:[BBOARD] directory was created previously by a
  systems administrator.)

2 Posting_Articles                                         

  Articles can be posted to the bulletin board with 
  MM, VMS Mail, or via SMTP by sending mail to the 
  name of the bulletin board.  For example to post
  an article to the PENGUIN bulletin board from MM,
  enter these commands:

  $ MM
  MM>SEND PENGUIN
   Subject: Greetings!
   Message (End with ESCAPE or CTRL/Z.
    Use CTRL/B to insert a file, CTRL/E to enter editor,
    CTRL/K to redisplay message, CTRL/L to clear screen 
    and redisplay, CTRL/N to abort.):
  Welcome to the Penguin Bulletin Board!
  ^Z
  S>SEND
  MM>QUIT

  To post to the bulletin board from VMS Mail, enter
  these commands:

  $ MAIL
  MAIL>send
  To:    smtp%"penguin"
  Subj:  Greetings!
  Enter your message below.  Press CTRL/Z when complete, or
  CTRL/C to quit:

  Welcome to the Penguin Bulletin Board!
  ^Z
  MAIL>^Z

  If the bulletin board is on a remote system, include the
  system in the e-mail address.  For example, if PENGUIN is
  on node ANTARTICA, the complete address is
  PENGUIN@ANTARTICA.

2 Reading_the_Bulletin_Board                              

  The bulletin board can be read by one or more users
  with the BBOARD command.  For example, to read the
  PENGUIN bulletin board, enter this command:

  $ BBOARD USERS:[BBOARD]PENGUIN

  To simplify access to the BBOARD command, set the 
  BBOARD logical name to point to the directory 
  containing the bulletin board file:
  
  $ DEFINE /SYSTEM /EXEC BBOARD USERS:[BBOARD]

  Thereafter, the bulletin board can be read with 
  this command:

  $ BBOARD PENGUIN
  
  BBOARD stores the last date that a message was read
  from the bulletin board in the BBOARD.DATES file.
  This file is stored in the user's login directory.  

  In addition, the bulletin board can be read from an
  MM session using the BBOARD command.  For example,
  to read the PENGUIN bulletin board, enter these commands:

  $ MM
  MM>BBOARD USERS:[BBOARD]PENGUIN
  N       1 15-Dec treefrog@tgv.com Greetings! (nnn chars)

  Last read: 14-Dec-92 18:37:59, 1 message (0 old), 1 pages
  MM>TYPE 1
  [text ...]
  MM>QUIT

  Again, if the BBOARD logical name is set, the BBOARD
  command can be shortened to the bulletin board name, such
  as:  MM>BBOARD PENGUIN

2 Qualifiers                                              

/AFTER

 /AFTER=date

  Display messages received after the specified date.

/LAST

 /LAST

  Start at the last message received.

/PAGE

 /PAGE

  Paginate the displayed messages.
  
