From: desotofireflite@VALHALLA.remove-azx-this

To: Mauro Veiga
Re: Text to a user on logon
By: Mauro Veiga to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Feb 22 2021 09:28 am

Before I know Synchronet, I used GAP BBS for a while, which had an interesting function - you could make an ASCII or ANSI screen to be
seen by a specific user during login, simply naming it with a
certain combination of letters from Name. It was very useful when
you wanted to communicate something important to a specific user.
Is it possible to do something like that on Synchronet?

The file you are talking about in GAP, was stored in the /GAP/MAIN/USERINFO directory, it was made ou of the last name (up to 5 characters), and the letter of the first name. Example, for my name C.G. LEARN, it would be LEARNC or LEARNCG for the graphic
version (Color) since gap did not use file exteensions. Another example would be for DARIN MAY, would be MAYD and MAYDG. These files had to be made by the sysop for the particular user, but it came in very handy, as the user was forced to see them during
login, and they were deleted after that had been seen.

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From: mauro.veiga@ABUTRE2.remove-yma-this

To: DIGITAL MAN
Hello, Rob.

Before I know Synchronet, I used GAP BBS for a while, which had an
interesting function - you could make an ASCII or ANSI screen to be
seen by a specific user during login, simply naming it with a
certain combination of letters from Name. It was very useful when
you wanted to communicate something important to a specific user.
Is it possible to do something like that on Synchronet?



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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-h56-this

To: Mauro Veiga
Re: Text to a user on logon
By: Mauro Veiga to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Feb 22 2021 09:28 am

Hello, Rob.

Before I know Synchronet, I used GAP BBS for a while, which had an
interesting function - you could make an ASCII or ANSI screen to be
seen by a specific user during login, simply naming it with a
certain combination of letters from Name. It was very useful when
you wanted to communicate something important to a specific user.
Is it possible to do something like that on Synchronet?

Sounds like email. Or a telegram. You could use either method. Or do you mean it appears during *every* login for that user?
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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-u7h-this

To: DesotoFireflite
Re: Text to a user on logon
By: DesotoFireflite to Mauro Veiga on Mon Feb 22 2021 09:53 am

Re: Text to a user on logon
By: Mauro Veiga to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Feb 22 2021 09:28 am

Before I know Synchronet, I used GAP BBS for a while, which had an interesting function - you could make an ASCII or ANSI screen to be seen by a specific user during login, simply naming it with a
certain combination of letters from Name. It was very useful when
you wanted to communicate something important to a specific user.
Is it possible to do something like that on Synchronet?

The file you are talking about in GAP, was stored in the /GAP/MAIN/USERINFO directory, it was made ou of the last name (up to 5 characters), and the letter of the first name. Example, for my name C.G. LEARN, it would be LEARNC or LEARNCG for the graphic version (Color) since gap did not use file exteensions. Another example would be for DARIN MAY, would be MAYD and MAYDG. These files had to be made by the sysop for the particular user, but it came in very handy, as the user was forced to see them during login, and they were deleted after that had been seen.

Sounds exactly like a telegram in Synchronet, except telegrams are much easier to create.
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From: desotofireflite@VALHALLA.remove-u9b-this

To: Digital Man
Re: Text to a user on logon
By: Digital Man to DesotoFireflite on Mon Feb 22 2021 09:57 am

Sounds exactly like a telegram in Synchronet, except telegrams are much easier to create. --

Yeah, the telegram is the modern day version of it. It does the same thing, and it's much easier on the sysop to implement. As a GAP support system, I was just explaining what GAPS system did, so he could compare.

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