If you just want to read what others have posted, an account is not necessary. If you wish to reply or start a thread of your own, you will have to login to the system. You may set up an account but you will need to agree to the acceptable use policy and fill out the form. We keep records of your name and email, as well as the IP address of the computer you are using. This information will be keep confidential and is collected to ensure that the postings on the bulletin boards are appropriate and to enable us to take corrective action if needed.

The main window displays the total number of messages first, followed by a list of all the subjects, who posted them, and when.
If the message was posted within the past five days it is marked -- New!!.

To see whether you have read the particular message, look at the color of the subject link.
If the subject looks like this, then you have read the message.
If the subject looks like this, then you haven't read the message (recently). Your browser will "forget" what you have seen after a few days.

The first message of a "thread" is marked by this bullet: .
Any replies to that message are "threaded" and are marked by this bullet .

The program will no longer accept HTML tags. The emoticons below can be used in your postings, however. Simply enter the appropriate text and the icon will automatically appear to the reader.

[smile]	[bigsmile]	[cool]	[evil]
[wink]	[disapprove]	[question]	[clown]
[frown]	[shy]	[shocked]	[angry]
[dead]	[sleepy]	[kisses]	[approve]
[thumbsup]	[thumbsdown]