chan_4

Channel 4 is the guest help channel. Admins (see help adm_info) and other
helpful, knowledgeable users monitor channel 4 and are ready to assist you.

ASKING A QUESTION
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If you need assistance about something but don't know whom to contact, ask
your question on channel 4. Here's the procedure:

 1. Type the following in your console:

  tell 4 I have a question about ...   [this sends the message to channel 4]

 2. Watch your screen for a response. You may be contacted directly (in a
    personal tell) or through channel 4 itself (so everyone can listen to the
    discussion and help out).

 3. If you want to continue talking on channel 4, type:

  tell 4 <message>                     [everyone on channel 4 will hear you]

 4. When you are done being helped, you can either stay on channel 4, in
    order to help others and/or learn from their questions, or turn off
    channel 4 by typing:

  -chan 4                              [this will set channel 4 off for you]

SPECIAL NOTES
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 o The "tell" is used for both tells to channels and tells to individual
   users. Please be careful when using tells.

 o To learn about the various ways of communicating on this server, type help
   intro_talking

 o In order to see who is listening to channel 4 at any given moment, type
   "inch 1". A list of user handles will be displayed.

 o There are many channels on this server. The complete list is given in help
   channel_list. Please use the right channel for your topic. For example,
   use channel 2 for a discussion about server issues.). At present guests
   may not talk in other channels than 4 and 53.

SEE ALSO
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adm_info channel channel_list inchannel intro_talking tell

AUTHORS
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Created: 18 August 1996 Friar
Last Modified: 27 February 2008 mhill