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TIPS AND TRICKS FOR YOUR MESSAGES
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SENDING PRIVATE MESSAGES
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If you need privacy,  you can set aside the remainder of a message,  so that it
can only be read by the people that you list.

To declare the  remainder  of a message as private, start your line like this:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<JOE>> The rest of this message is :
: for Joe, and only Joe can read it.  :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL
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You can list  more  than one person, as shown in this example:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<JOE><HAROLD>>  Type your message  :
: here and only Joe & Harold see it.  :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL

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For example,  let's say  you've typed a few lines for general consumption,  and
wish to set aside  the rest of the message for  FREDDY,  MARIO and BERNIE.  You
would do it this way:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<FREDDY><MARIO><BERNIE>> Hello!    :
: How are you, today?  I am fine.     :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL

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You can  use this technique  to reserve several "Privates" in one message.


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HOW TO TALK BEHIND SOMEBODY'S BACK
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This one's  just  for fun:  you can set aside part of your message such that it
can read only by people who  AREN'T  in the  list of names.  An example:  let's
say you're  planning  a surprise  party for  JOE and HAROLD.  You'd put this in
front of the relevant text:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: ><JOE><HAROLD><  Say, everybody,    :
: let's give Joe & Harold a party!    :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL

...and so forth.   JOE and HAROLD would not be able to read the text.


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WHEN YOU CAN'T FIT IT ALL ON ONE LINE
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If you simply can't  fit  all the names for a Private or an Exclusive on one 80
character line, simply stack them:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<JOE><HAROLD><MARY><KENNETH>>      :
: <<PHILBERT><ROGER><JOAN>> Okay, we  :
: launch our attack tonight at 8:00!  :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL


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USING SEVERAL GIMMICKS IN ONE MESSAGE
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You can freely mix  Privates  and  Exclusives.  Here's the way you'd  type up a
short message that uses all these techniques:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: Hello, everybody!  Nice day, eh?    :
: Now, some Privates and Exclusives:  :
:                                     :
: <<BILL><JILL><PHIL><MORRIS><BORIS>> :
: <<HARRY><MARY>>  Hey, we are going  :
: to have a party for Fred and Joe!   :
:                                     :
: <<FRED><JOE>>  Hi.  Are you two     :
: available next Saturday?            :
:                                     :
: ><FRED><JOE><  Everybody, please    :
: don't mention to Fred and Joe that  :
: we're going to give them a party!   :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL


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A QUICK ASIDE
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You can jump  OUT  of a  private or exclusive message  by ending it with ><*><.
This lets you make a quick comment to somebody, like this:
        
;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: Say, John, that was a good analysis :
: of Bilgecorp's new stock report!    :
:                                     :
: <<BILL><JILL>>                      :
: Do you suppose he knows about your  :
: lawsuit against Bilgecorp?          :
: ><*><                               :
:                                     :
: Anyway, John, let me know how your  :
: investment services does!           :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL

Note that the following example would NOT work properly:

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;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: Say, John!  Great analysis!         :
:                                     :
: <<BILL><JILL>>  Do you agree?       :
: ><*><                               :
:                                     :
: Speak to you later, John.           :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL

Sapphire can't  distinguish between  this  and a  multi-line  private/exclusive
header.   You must have  at least  one line  of text between the header and the
special ><*>< symbol.


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PRIVATES & EXCLUSIVES FOR FILE TRANSFERS
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When typing up your documentation for a file upload,  you can include a Private
header in the summary line, which will make the file inaccessible  to everybody
except the people you list.

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HANDY TIP:  If you and the people who are running this system  are swapping the
same file back and forth,  include your  OWN  name in the  summary line  of the
documentation.  For example, if your name was FRED JONES:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<FRED JONES><SYSOP>>  Here is the  :
: file containing the text I want you :
: to edit.                            :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL


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CONCLUSION
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If all this  sounds complicated to you, start by experimenting with simple pri-
vate messages to  one person.  Then try some of the other tricks later on!
;LEV 6  


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SPECIAL FEATURES
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(This part of the article is displayed only to members at level 6 or higher)

You can specify a range of levels eligible to read a private as follows:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<LEVEL 5-8>>  Hello, high-level    :
: members!  Only you can read this!   :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL        

This technique can be used to address only a particular level, as follows:

;FNC HEY
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<LEVEL 6>>   This is a special     :
: message for level 6 users only!     :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
;FNC FIL

With these techniques, you could, for example, GIVE a file to [E]veryone, then
restrict the file so that only a certain range of levels could download it.

