BULLETIN

     BULLETIN provides an effective  means  for  the  system
managers  to  disseminate information to users in a friendly
fashion.

                          Features

      o  Bulletins of general interest can be  sent  to  all
         users
      o  Bulletins can be filed by subject  for  perusal  by
         interested users
      o  Users  are  presented  with  bulletins  only   once
         (unless they request old ones)
      o  Users  are   informed   of   new   information   on
         specialized topics only once
      o  Users may optionally file or print bulletins


                         Setting up

The nicest feature about bulletin is  its  friendly  nature.
Unwanted and indecipherable information is not forced down a
users' throats, but is there for any interested user.  Thus,
for  example,  if  you  file a bulletin under the subject of
PASCAL, all users will be informed (only once!)  that  there
is new information on PASCAL.  Interested users can read the
new bulletins, while those not using PASCAL can ignore them.
There  are  three things to set up for most effective use of
the program.

     1.  Put the BULLETIN help  file  in  your  system  help
         file:
          $  LIBR/HELP SYS$HELP:HELPLIB BULLETIN


     2.  If you have  a  system  wide  login.com  file,  you
         should enter the command:
         $ if "''f$mode()" .eqs.  "INTERACTIVE" then -
                 $bulletin
         If  you  enter   this   command   before   enabling
         control-Y,  this  will  force  users  to  read  new
         BULLETINS  filed   under   the   general   interest
         category.

     3.  Encourage  users  to  place   in   their   personal
         LOGIN.COM   files   BULLETIN   commands   to   read
         information on subjects of interest to them.


Refer to the first bulletin and the  HELP  BULLETIN  command
for more info.