
     [ TQM Newuser Screen ]

     Hey!  This must be your first time using TQM, the QWK mail door for
     RBBS (or the SysOp hosed up the users file and had to start from
     scratch!). So, this is your "intro" to TQM, and all of the wild and
     wonderful things it can do for you.

     TQM is a BBS utility that lets you download, read and reply to
     messages "offline" - that is, using your computer, your editor and
     your spare time.  No longer will you be tied to reading messages while
     logged onto the BBS.  Instead, TQM lets you collect ("bundle") new
     mail on the system.  It then archives the mail and lets you download
     it in compressed form.  You can then use an "offline mail reader" to
     read and reply to messages without being logged onto the BBS.  After
     you've created your replies, you simply upload 'em into TQM, and TQM
     will take care of updating the RBBS message bases with your replies.
     This system lets you read messages at your leisure, and to scan large
     message bases easily for just the mail that you want to see.
{PB
     So... enough of the sales pitch.  What's it take to use TQM? Well,
     you'll need a QWK mail reader (QWK is the format of the archived
     messages that TQM creates).  Check your SysOp's download directories
     for a suitable one, like SLMR, OFFLINE or KingQWK, and download it
     after you leave TQM.

     After that, life's a breeze.  Simply go into TQM, S)elect the
     conferences you'd like to download from, and D)ownload the messages
     using your favorite protocol.  Then unpack that mail reader that you
     downloaded, and follow the directions.  Pretty simple, eh?

     Thanks for using TQM, and if you like it, be sure and ask your SysOp
     to register it.  After all, what's money to HIM?  You're the poor
     one...
{PB
