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-Using Hey
+The hey program is one of RedBrick's most popular services. It lets you send instant messages to other users over the Redbrick network. It was developed and is maintained by RedBrick members and has since spread to various other servers including other college netsocs.
-[ Author : Declan McMullen (skyhawk) : 2003]
+Below is a tutorial on how to get used to sending and recieving heys on RedBrick.
-The hey program is RedBricks answer to instant messenger software. It was developed and is maintained by RedBrick members and has since spread to various other servers including other college netsocs.
-Below is a tutorial on how to get used to sending and recieving heys on RedBrick
+== Sending a hey ==
-Sending
+Sending a hey is very simple. From the command prompt, type "hey" followed by the username you want to send the message to and hit return, like so:
-Sending a simple hey is very straight forward simply type:
+ undone@murphy (~) -> hey phaxx
-hey username and hit the return key
+This will start hey and let you write a message to "phaxx" or whoever you'd like to talk to. You can then start typing your message on the next line:
+ undone@murphy (~) -> hey phaxx
+ I think it's about time we updated the tutorial on how to send and receive heys, don't you?
+When you're done typing your message, hit return to move onto a new line. Then hold ctrl and press d to send the message. You should get a confirmation message telling you that the hey was sent successfully (the default confirmation message is "groovy") and then you'll be returned to the prompt. Then when phaxx checks his prompt, he'll see the message like this:
+ Message from undone@murphy on pts/489 at [ Fri 15/Dec/2006 18:43:20 GMT ] ...
+      -===================================================================-
+      | I think it's about time we update the tutorial on how to send and |
+      | receive heys, don't you?                                          |
+      -===================================================================-
+ EOF
+The "EOF" stands for "End of file", meaning that it's the end of the message.
-Then you type in the message you wish to send and press return again. To send the message hold down ctrl and hit the d key.
 However there are various other options that hey can take to personalise the messages you send: