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====== Hard-coded .A?? files ======

In certain situations, ProBoard will display default .A?? files.

Just what is an A?? file?

All .A?? files are files that have the file extensions of .AVT, .AVP, .ANS, or .ASC.  If the .ANS/AVT/AVP file cannot be found, the .ASC file will be displayed (if it exists).

Note: You have to insert your own "Press [Enter] to continue" prompt if necessary!

  AFTERPW.A??    Displayed to a user after they have entered their password
  BEFOREPW.A??   Displayed to a user right before ProBoard asks them for
                 their password.
  BIRTHDAY.A??   If a user logs in on his/her birthday, this file will be
                 shown after the news file.
                 Note: you can run a pex-file to congratulate a user on                      
                       his/her birthday.
  DLDELAY.A??    Displayed to a user who has to wait <n> minutes before
                 downloading. Refer to Configuration - Time/DownLoad Limits
                 (F5) for more information on setting the number of minutes
                 for the DownLoad Delay.
  DLHANGUP.A??   Displayed to a user who has selected [G]oodbye after
                 download, after the 10 second timer to abort the hangup,
                 has expired.
  DUPESFND.A??   Displayed to a user who uploads one or more duplicate
                 files to your BBS if "Check Duplicate Uploads" is set
                 to "Yes" in PROCFG's File Transfer Options.  The file
                 will be displayed to the user once the duplicate check is
                 completed if any duplicate files are found.
  EVENTDUE.A??   Shown if a user can't login because of an event that has
                 to run soon.
  EXPIRED.A??    When a user's level has expired, this file is shown.
  EXP_WARN.A??   Displayed when the user's level expires within less than
                 30 days.
  GOODBYE.A??    Displayed when the user is logging off, just before the
                 carrier is dropped.
  INTRO.A??      Displayed when a user logs in, BEFORE asking a user's name
                 and password.
  INTRO<n>.A??   This is the same as INTRO.ASC/ANS except that this file
                 that can be displayed to the specified node number.  For
                 Example: to display it to node 2 you would create a file
                 called INTRO2.A??.  If no INTRO<n>.A?? exists, ProBoard
                 will then show the file INTRO.A?? or LOGO.A??
  MAXPAGE.A??    Displayed when the user has tried to page the SysOp too
                 many times.
  MSGHELP.A??    Replaces the built-in message reading help if this file
                 exists.
  NEWS.A??       Displayed AFTER the user has read his/her new mail.
  NEWUSER.A??    Displayed to user before ProBoard asks "Are you a New
                 User?".  When the user enters their name and ProBoard does
                 not find their name in the user file, ProBoard asks "Did
                 you enter your name correctly?"  If the user indicates
                 they did, this file (if you create it) will display to the
                 user.
  NEWUSER1.A??   Displayed when a new user is logging in, BEFORE he/she has
                 started the questionnaire.
  NEWUSER2.A??   Displayed when a new user is logging in, AFTER he/she has
                 completed the questionnaire.
  NOACCESS.A??   Displayed when user is not allowed to log onto one or more
                 lines because their access level is lower than the one
                 specified in the command line PROBOARD -L<level> (used to
                 start ProBoard on that node).  Read the "Reference
                 Section" of this manual, under "Command Line Options &
                 Errorlevels" for more information on this command line.
  NOTAVAIL.A??   Displayed when the user tries to page outside paging hours
  PAGED.A??      Displayed when the SysOp does not respond when the user
                 tries to page.
  PRIVATE.A??    Is displayed when your system is configured as a private
                 system, and a new user tries to log in.
  SECxx.A??      'xx' stands for a userlevel. If a user with level xx logs
                 in, this file will be displayed (eg. SEC25.ANS). The file
                 is shown after all WELCOME<x> files and before the
                 mailcheck.
  TRASHCAN.A??   Shown when a user tries to use a name listed in
                 TRASHCAN.CTL file.
  WELCOMEx.A??   Displayed at login, after the user entered his/her name.
                 The 'x' stands for a digit ranging from 1 to 9; these
                 files (if they exist) will be displayed in ascending
                 order, 1-2-...-9, BEFORE a mailcheck is done.
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