Below are the brief user instructions on how to use the Remote Echo
Control (REC) program.  Please read these instructions carefully. While
REC uses a common user interface, there will be some differences that
you will need to be aware of.

  To use REC you simply send a net-mail message to this system, specifying
a password, a list of any echos that you want turned on or off, and a
list of any reports that you desire.  The password will be provided to
you by the Sysop of this system.

  You need to send your message to "REC" at this address.  On the subject
line you need to put your password.  Then In the body of the message you
put any of the various command that you want.

  Here is a sample message:

=== start of sample
To: REC on 1:104/435
Fr: Dan Fitch on 1:104/317
Sub: Password
LOCAL_SYSOP
-BAD_NEWS
+NET_HELP
%Query
=== End of sample


  REC will send back a message telling you what it did or why it couldn't
do what you asked. If you have any questions about the reply you receive,
just ask the sysop of this system.

  Here is a list of commands available to you:

{tag}      - link {tag} to your system
+{tag}     - same as above
-{tag}     - unlink {tag} from your system
%Status    - Send a current status report
%Query     - Send a list of all active echos
%List      - Send a list of all available echos
%Unlink    - Send a list of all available unlinked echos
%Suspend   - Temporarily stops all your echos
%Pause     - alias for the %Suspend command
%Resume    - Restarts your echos after a %SUSPEND command
%Rescan    - activates rescanning on all echos requests after this line
%Help      - Sends this message
%Node      - Your sysop will tell you how to use this one if you need it

  You can specify more than one {tag} on a single line as well. For example
you can have a line like "HST FUNTIMES SYSOP", which will request all 3
echos at the same time. You cannot mix link and unlink request on the same
line, and you cannot mix any of the reports on the same line.

  In addition each of the {tag} fields above can be "Multi-Tag" names, or
"wild-card" characters.  You can put a "*" on the end of a tag to mean any
echo that begin with these letters.  For example, "HST*" might also get you
"HSTSALE", "HSTOLD", and "HST".  Please be careful as you can can start a
large number of echos with one of these requests.

  If the Sysop of this system is using echo-lists, you can use Multi-Tag
to start or stop a entire echo-list.  The available report will tell you
which echos are part of what list.  If you want you can request the entire
list using Multi-Tag.  For example, if the available report shows several
echos you want in a list name "LOCAL", you can say "LIST=LOCAL" for the
{tag} field above. This will get you every echo on that list that is already
on this system.  However, if you also want to get the echos on the list that
are not yet coming to this system, simply use "LISTFOR=LOCAL".

  Caution: Some of these echo-lists can hold hundreds of echos.  Make sure
you know what echos you will get from a single multi-tag request. A request
of "*" or "LISTFOR=FIDONET" could result in your getting the entire FidoNet
echo-mail backbone sent to your system each day.

  That's all there is to it!  REC is a very powerful and flexible program,
and still very easy to use.  If you have any questions, please ask the
sysop of this system.  Later!