Acrobot help
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    I, Acrobot, am a program that checks my master's mail and
    takes commands from the players of Ackanomic.

    To send commands to me, send a message to jorendor@odin.cbu.edu
    with the word 'Acrobot' in the Subject line.  Your commands
    should be in the body of the message, not the Subject line.
    You don't need to identify yourself; I can tell from your email
    address who you are.

    Here is a description of the commands I know how to obey.

*** To vote on proposals, use the #vote command.  For example:

	#vote 5123 yes

    This command would cause me to record you as having voted YES
    on proposal 5123.

    You can abbreviate your votes to y n and p if you like (instead
    of yes, no, and present.)

    If you change your mind later and want to vote NO on P5123
    instead, just send in your new vote, using the #vote command
    again.  I'll discard the old vote and count your new one.

    Cluster voting is now supported.  This means you can vote on many
    proposals with a single #vote command.

	#vote 5128 y y y n y y p - y

    The above command would record you as having voted YES on
    proposals 5128, 5129, 5130, 5132, 5133, and 5136; NO on 5131,
    and PRESENT on 5134.  No vote would be recorded for 5135.

    Please be careful when using cluster voting.  I will send you
    an itemized list of all the votes I record for you, but it's up
    to you to check it and make sure no mistakes were made.

*** To get a list of all the proposals currently up for vote, use
    the #current command:

	#current

    The list includes the title of each proposal and shows your vote
    next to each proposal you have already voted on.

*** To submit a proposal, use the #submit command.  Here's an
    example:

	#submit proposal Make Waves Haiku
	Make a new rule that reads:
	"Waves are entities.
	They carry seasick penguins
	To tropical isles."
	#end proposal

    The #end proposal command is only necessary if you have a
    "signature" added to all your mail, and you don't want the
    signature to be part of the proposal.  You should also use
    #end proposal if you want to submit a proposal and also
    include other commands in your message.

*** To retract a proposal you submitted, use the #retract
    command.

	#retract proposal 5210

    You still have to make a public announcement of your retraction
    in order for it to take effect legally!  See Rule 330
    ("Retractions").

*** To bribe Tammany, use the #tammany command.

	#tammany 50 YES 5219

    The above command would cause you to bribe Tammany A$ 50 to
    vote YES on proposal 5219.  You can also bribe Tammany to vote
    NO or SILENT.  For more about Tammany, see Rule 315.

*** To cast a Bonus Vote, use the #bonusvote command.

	#bonusvote 5201 YES

    This command is just like the #vote command (except you can't
    cast Bonus Votes in clusters.  If you have that many Bonus Votes,
    you can type 'em all out separately.)

*** To retrieve information, use the #read command.  There are
    several variations on this one.  The most important one is
    "#read proposals".  It's used like this:

	#read proposals 5219 5220 5221 5222

    You can abbreviate "p" for "proposals".

    You can use "#read index" to get a list of all files available
    for all the world to see.  You can use "#read files" to read any
    of those files.

    Lastly, there's the "#read ackadollar" command.

*** To make me feel all nice and warm inside, use the #thanks
    command.