USING PAGES
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In addition to a users PRIVATE conference, individual and personal messages can 
be sent directly to a user by sending a 'page'. These will be presented to the 
user by interrupting their current task (unless they are writing a message, 
then the page is delayed until they have finished).

How to Send a Page
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To send a user a page you type 'p' in the LuBBs main menu or '/p' when you are 
in the 'talk' system (see help file). You will then be asked to type in the 
LuBBs user name of the person you wish to page. This will take you into the 
message editor where you can type your message. When you have finished type 
'Esc' 'z' to quit the editor (this will be different if you have changed the 
default editor). You are then given 4 options to choose from, which are 
explained below (some are not displayed).

Key	Function
---	--------

 S	Send the message to the user.
 
 R	Re-edit the message to correct a mistake.
 
 C	Check the spelling in your message. This will only bring up the words
 	that are incorrectly spelt. You can then type 'r' to re-edit the
 	message.
 
 A	Abort sending the message if you no longer wish to send it.
 
 P	Pipe to a command.
 
 ?	Displays a brief summary of the commands available.

In addition to an ordinary page you can send a quick, short page by using the 
Fast Page option (this gives you 3 lines maximum). To do this either type 'f' 
in the LuBBs main menu or '/f' when you are in the 'talk' system (see help 
file).


How to Reply to a Page
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When another LuBBs user has paged you, you will receive a message near the 
bottom of your window that looks like the following (LUBBS USER would be 
replaced by the name of the person paging you).

LUBBS USER is paging you.
Accept, Ignore or Quit? A

Key	Function
---	--------

 A	Accept the page so that you can read it.
 
 I	Ignore the page and don't read it.
 
 Q	Quit from LuBBs completely. This function if often required if you are 
 	nearing the end of your 90 minutes on LuBBs and you need to logout to 
	save your session details.


Once a page has been accepted you will be able to read it, after which you will 
be presented with the following options.

Key	Function
---	--------

 R	Reply to the page. This will give you the option of including the text 
 	from the page sent to you, so that you can answer the different points. 
 	You can either type 'y' or 'n' to include the text. This will take you 
 	into the message editor described above in the section on how to send a 
 	page.

 F	This will enable you to send a quick reply, without going through the 
 	message editor. This gives you 3 lines maximum.
 
 P	Send the page to your PRIVATE conference where you can treat it as a 
 	normal message. This option will still allow you to reply to the page 
 	as a page, or you can exit.
 
 X	Exit from the pager without replying to it.


If someone logs off before you receive the page, you can still reply to it but
you'll be informed that the person has logged off.

In addition, you can reply to messages in a conference using a page by using a 
subject name of PAGE when replying.

Finally, if you try to reply to a PRIVATE message while that person is logged 
on you will be asked whether you want it sent in a page instead, to which you 
can reply 'y' or 'n'.


Guidelines for Paging Other Users
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Please see the help files on General Guidelines for LuBBs Usage and Entering 
Messages into a Conference for additional points on paging users. However, we 
recommend that you are not an annoyance to the user you are paging. If the page 
were likened to a telephone call (irrespective of the initiator), then anything 
which could be classed as a nuisance phone call, would be classed as an 
annoyance.