CompuServe Thread

Well, If you haven't specified a file transfer protocol in your global settings, then the next time you log on you'll be given the menu again for the protocol. CIS remembers what you select the first time you download and uses that for the remainder of the session, which *is* sometimes a bit annoying, but most of the time it saves time. If, after you've selected your protocol for your session, you want to change it for a download, you can use the DOW <filename>/PROTO:<protocol> from the LIB nn: prompt, and it will override the original selection. (For example, DOW STUFF.ARC/PROTO:QUICKB would use Quick B protocol…) One on one online help with a live person is where you can find it. If you do a UST command from the forum prompt, that will list other users with a user number (usually 1-300 max) assigned to each one. If you have an urgent question, try this, and if you see someone with "Sysop" or "AsstOp" or "WizOp" or similar things as part of their name, then they're the people to ask. To send a message to them, type the command: SEN <user number> <some message> where <user number> is the number you saw in the UST, and <some message> is a line of text you want to send. Don't, however, be too surprised if no answer comes back. There are times when you cannot receive such messages (downloading a file, for example), and also, the person may be using an offline program like Whap! to automatically read the message base, and never even realize you sent a message. There is also always the HELP command, at most any prompt, which gives you most of what you need to know. I'd try that first for most problems. Finally, there is the PRACTICE forum, where you can practice using the various commands and features of the forums. –>Steve Bennett

Eric, The sysops all drop by at odd times of the day, but none of us stays online for long periods. If you sign on and need help, you can stop at any prompt and type UST and that will give you a list of people who are online at that time. Should a sysop be online, you can try sending a message to us. When you get that list, the first number in the line will be called a 'job number'. Suppose the list looked like this: 5 76702,337 FTW Betty Clay/SYSOP You could then send me a message asking for help by typing (at a ! prompt) sen 5 Could you please help me? I would get the message if I was in a place where I could stop to help. There are a few places in the forum from which I would not get it. You might get back a system message saying I was busy (if I was downloading something at the time) or I might not see the message to answer it (if I were collecting messages with Whap! at the time.) If I saw it, though, I would send back a message to you, we could meet in the COnference room, and I'd help. So would any of the other sysops. ……Betty

Eric, CompuServe's Ymodem is true Ymodem (Ymodem batch). If your software supports B or B+ you'll want to use that. Robert