====== Auto Message ======

The **Auto Message** is a short note shown to every user at logon — a single shared message that any user can update. As soon as the next person changes it, yours is gone. It's the BBS equivalent of a whiteboard: casual, public, and ephemeral.

In the [[user:shell:classic|Classic shell]], press **''A''** from the Main prompt.

===== The Auto Message prompt =====

A live capture from [[bbs:vertrauen]]:

  Auto Message Read, Write, or Quit:

===== Commands =====

  * **''R''** — Read the current auto-message
  * **''W''** — Write a new auto-message (see below)
  * **''Q''** — Quit back to the Main prompt

Sysops also see a **''D''** — Delete option to remove the auto-message entirely.

===== Writing a new auto-message =====

Selecting ''W'' gives you up to **3 lines** of text to compose, each up to 76 characters (or shorter if the sysop has a meme/border feature enabled). After typing your lines, you're asked to confirm before the message is posted.

The posted message records your username and the timestamp. Once confirmed, the previous auto-message is replaced for all users immediately.

Only one auto-message exists at a time — there is no history visible to users.

===== See Also =====

  * [[user:|User Documentation]]
  * [[user:shell:classic|Classic shell]] — ''A'' from Main prompt
  * [[:module:automsg|automsg module]] — sysop configuration reference

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