2.11BSD/src/new/notes/Mod.diffs/diffs.doc
*** 2.1.old Wed Jul 1 16:23:05 1987
--- 2.1 Wed Jul 1 16:23:14 1987
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.ix
Read the policy note.
.ix
! Check on anonymous and networked status.
.ix
Register a complaint/suggestion about notesfiles.
.ix
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.ix
Read the policy note.
.ix
! Check on anonymous, networked, local, and moderated status.
.ix
Register a complaint/suggestion about notesfiles.
.ix
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After the prompt,
type the insert command along with the text you wish to enter.
Write the text to the disk and leave the editor. The system will prompt
! you for various options if they are available: anonymity, director
! message status, and the note's title.
To write a response to a note type ``w'' while that note or any of
its responses is displayed.
The same steps used to write a base note
should then be followed.
.ss "Mailing Notesfile Text"
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After the prompt,
type the insert command along with the text you wish to enter.
Write the text to the disk and leave the editor. The system will prompt
! you for various options if they are available: signature block, anonymity,
! director message status, and the note's title.
To write a response to a note type ``w'' while that note or any of
its responses is displayed.
The same steps used to write a base note
should then be followed.
+
+ In the case of moderated notesfiles where submissions should be
+ sent to the notesfile topic administrator, the behavior of ``w'' is
+ changed slightly.
+ When writing a new note the notesfile system will prompt to
+ say, ``Moderated, send mail to moderator?''
+ A response of ``y'' will invoke the mail program with the To: line set
+ to the moderator's name.
+ The text entered will not be entered into the notesfile.
+ Instead a mail message with the text is sent to the topic administrator.
+ He or she will check the submission for appropriateness, then insert it
+ into the notesfile for distribution.
+
+ Writing a response in a moderated notesfile invokes the mail program without
+ prompting.
.ss "Mailing Notesfile Text"
*** 2.2.old Wed Jul 1 16:23:51 1987
--- 2.2 Wed Jul 1 16:23:54 1987
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If unspecified, the system uses a standard set which usually includes
``general'' and ``net.general''.
.ix
+ ``NFSIG'' specifies the file name containing a signature block to be included
+ at the end of a note or response.
+ If this variable is set, notes will prompt whether to include this file
+ when the user writes a new note or response.
+ The signature block typically contains the user's name and various mail paths
+ back to him or her.
+ It should be kept small and concise.
+ .ix
``PAGER'' is the paging program (``more'', ``pg'') which is used for scrolling
the help files.
The default paging program is /usr/ucb/more.
*** 3.1.old Wed Jul 1 16:24:09 1987
--- 3.1 Wed Jul 1 16:24:11 1987
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.ix
Allow the notesfile to be networked.
.ix
+ Toggle the notesfile's moderated and local flags.
+ .ix
Permit or restrict anonymous notes.
.ix
Compress the notesfile.
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(o) Notesfile: OPEN Next note in slot: 1
(n) Networked: YES Deleted Notes (holes): 0
(A) Is Archive: NO Deleted Responses (holes): 0
+ (M) Moderated: YES
+ (L) Local: NO
(e) Expiration Threshold: Default
(E) Expiration Action: ARCHIVE
(D) Archive with Dirmsg: NOCARE
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Options available on this page include: access lists, policy
note writing, title & director messages, open/close notesfile,
+ moderated & local notesfiles,
network enabling, anonymous notes, notesfile compress, and delete
a list of notes.
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Arrangements must be made with the notesfile system ``owner'' to do the network
transfers.
+ .ss "Moderated Notesfiles"
+
+ Type ``M'' (``moderated'') to toggle whether a notesfile is moderated
+ or not.
+ Moderated notesfiles do not allow direct submissions.
+ Instead the text entered with a ``w'' command is enclosed in a mail message
+ and sent to the topic moderator.
+ A list of notesfiles and moderator mail addresses is kept in ~notes/moderators.
+
+ .ss "Local Notes"
+
+ Type ``L'' (``local'') to toggle whether the notesfile is local
+ to the site.
+ Local notesfiles don't prompt to include signature files if the NFSIG
+ environment variable is set.
+
.ss "Anonymous Notes"
Type ``a'' (``anonymous'') to toggle the availability of
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Mapping is performed by the transmission program ``nfxmit''.
The ``nfrcv'' program does not consult this table.
+
+ .ss "Moderated Notesfiles"
+
+ Moderated notesfiles don't allow direct submission of new notes
+ or responses.
+ The text entered by a user after a ``w'' command is collected by the mail
+ program of choice and sent to the topic moderator.
+ A list of notesfile names and moderator mail addresses is kept in the
+ file /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/moderators.
+ Each line of the file has a notesfile name, white space (tabs or blanks),
+ then the mail address of the moderator.
+ Any text following a ``#'' is considered a comment.