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Fun stuff you can do with +finger (Note: All of this is completely optional!)

You can add just about anything you want to your finger with attributes like
&finger_. But you can also use some builtin commands to change
the information in your +finger. For an example, let's look at showing
people when you last logged in and out of the game.

Type the following:

@Aconnect me=@set me=finger_zstatus:Logged on at [time()]
@Adisconnect me=@set me=finger_zstatus:Logged off at [time()]

@aconnect and @adisconnect are "action" commands that will run when you
login to the character and logout (or are disconnected). So, with the above
when login occurs, @set will put a time stamp in the zstatus attribute for
your +finger. When logging out, the time stamp and the text will be changed.

If you want to stop doing this, just clear the @adisconnect and @aconnect
attributes. (@adisconnet me= ) (If you want to know why this isn't included
in +finger automatically, read news pol privacy.)

Another popular modification is to automatically list bbposts when you
login to a character (though this can be irritating when logging into
multiple characters on the same day). Again, @aconnect will be used:

@aconnect me=+bbscan

If you're already using the @aconnect to do something (like on the last
page), you can run more than one command by putting in a ; token between
them. Like so:

@Aconnect me=@set me=finger_zstatus:Logged on at [time()];+bbscan

That will run the two commands, right after another.

It can also be handy to know if you're received @mail. While there's a little
line during the login, it's easy to miss. Putting @mail in your acconnect
will list the headers for all your @mail. Putting @mail un in acconnect
will show only unread @mail.

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