BBS Mystic Bulletings
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14Intron · 2019-02-21 20:38

Hello there!! Can anyone help me out with the System Bulletins from
Mystic?

I just want to add more!!

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dperry324 · 2019-02-22 01:25

Bulletins are based on the filename.  Check the bulletins menu entry.
That's where the bulletin file names are defined. Look for them in
your text directory.

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14Intron · 2019-02-23 11:20

I can't find it!

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dperry324 · 2019-02-23 18:01

In your text directory, you'll find bullet1.asc, bullet2.asc and
bulletin.asc.  To add more bulletins, create the files bullet3.asc,
bullet4.asc, etc.  Then edit bulletin.asc to reflect the new
bulletins.

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14Intron · 2019-02-23 18:20

And how do I edit the bulletin.asc?

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14Intron · 2019-02-23 18:30

[The Photo](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/529724005708726274/
548934641751687180/unknown.png)

The image of what I get

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mysticbbs · 2019-02-24 22:34

There are many ways to edit the file.  Mystic has its own built in
ANSI and Pipe editor that you can use to open the bulletin.asc or to
create bulletX files (the actual bulletins).

One way is to go into System Configuration, Select Themes and open a
theme then select "Display Files" on the right side.  It will open up
a list of files in your TEXT directory for that Theme.  There you will
find bulletin.asc and if you select that it will open up Mystic's ANSI
editor.

You could also edit it from a command prompt by typing "mystic -ansi
text\\bulletin.asc" to open up the file.

There are lots of ways to do this same task though, so I can't say for
sure which you will find easiest.

Edit: Also if you have access to a BBS that has fsxNet there is a
Mystic support echo that sometimes gets 200-300 messages a week
specific to Mystic.  You may find that as a good place to get your
questions answered as well.

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mysticbbs · 2019-02-26 02:23

Looks like you've saved the file in UTF8 format using a text editor.
You shouldn't save it as UTF8 as Mystic will translate it to UTF8 if
the user has selected that encoding.  You can use a text editor if
you'd like to edit a .ASC file but you have to save it in the original
format not UTF8.

If you use Mystic's ANSI editor you won't have to worry about any of
that, but it will not feel familiar if you've never used an ANSI
editor before.

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14Intron · 2019-03-03 08:34

Aaah, thanks!!