GM> I have a fairly complex system setup over here to page the sysop, and
 GM> figured i might as well pass it around, if people are interested (let
 GM> me know if you are, and i'll package it up and redo a couple programs
 GM> which need redoing, and see if i can hatch it out in MaxFDN or
 GM> something). 
 GM> Basically what happens, is when someone pages me, it loads up a mex
 GM> program, which is a screen with a little bbs logo on it, and it also
 GM> says "Please enter a page reason..", and then a big box where they can
 GM> enter why they're paging me. 
I have a better system.  When someone "Y)ells" for me, I present them with
a really clever FREEWARE artificial intelligence door known as "Chat with
Lisa".  Of course, she got renamed to "Heather" to throw callers off the
track.
"Heather" answers questions about registration, me, and anything else you
want to ask her....and she is amazingly believable!  One caller "talked"
to her for a half hour!  Plus, her "conversations" are saved in a text
file for later chuckles.
You can program it so that when callers type certain keywords, certain
answers are provided.  If you ask her if she is the sysop, she says she
takes over when I am either drunk or sleeping!!!  :-)
... Truck Pulls: for people who don't understand WWF.
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