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(these tend to be smaller, struggling nets); while others
have a somewhat selective application process -- though
the requirements most often are not extremely testing,
normally consisting of pledges that you will try to
control your users.)
In the extreme case, there is a minority of BBSs with
demanding -- nay, oppressive -- membership application
processes. One might even call them "ordeals" -- which
may include up-time minimums, lengthy, detailed
applications and virtual "visits" by the "selection
committee" to determine suitability. The trade off is
that the sysop who lands a spot on a net like this can be
assured a certain amount of civility. Often it is
deceiving though, since these organizations are as
subject to the biases and petty politics of any of the
loosest net, even though they think their overbearing
requirements make them immune.

Each individual sysop will gravitate -- as you will --
toward the style of networking that suits them. Don't
worry about acceptance, since for the most part, people
realize eventually that they didn't really want to be
anyplace where they weren't wanted anyway.

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[11.1.07] - Do the echo nets have e-mail?

Some offer what's called "netmail". It is not
instantaneous transfer e-mail like one may be used to on
an internetted business or school system, but the
messages travel at the same leisurely pace (usually one
hop per night) as the other messages.

Some net tech offer a form of somewhat instant mail
called "crash mail". But it entails a direct long-
distance call from one board to another, incurring the
long-distance charges. Sysops won't allow this unless
there is a plan to pay the costs.

Also, even though the best sysops attempt to give a
semblance privacy, no user should ever consider that
their mail is completely free of snooping. Advise your
readers that they should never commit to netmail anything
they would be ashamed of if it were somehow to be made
public.

This will slowly change. If no one in this FAQ has
mentioned it yet, every sysop should have a look at a
book called _Syslaw_, by attorneys Lance Rose and
Jonathan Wallace. It is their legal opinion that sysops
should make every effort to provide their users with as
much privacy as possible. Many sysops at present are
under the impression that the government requires the
opposite.

A note on the grossly misused term -- censorship.
Remember the First Amendment applies to governments ONLY,
a private institution -- which your BBS will be -- is not
required to allow any expression deemed inappropriate by
its owner. This bears on networking in that no network
can require you to carry a conference you consider in bad
taste. Private organizations are well within their rights
to edit and select what they present to their public.
Think of yourself as a publisher, and don't shudder if
some less-knowledgeable-than-you user shouts
"censorship." They have no basis.

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[11.1.08] - How can I start my own net?

Starting a net requires little more than a knowledge of
the networking software and at least one other sysop of
like mind. Establishing a large general interest network
might be a staggering undertaking, but you can try your
hand at a small narrowly themed network and see what
happens. If it spreads, then go on from there. If it
stagnates, then bide your time, learn, and try again some
other time.

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[11.1.09] - How will my users interact with the nets?

Few BBS networks apply any sort of draconian "moderation"
(And those few are easy to identify, and avoid, if
desired). Alternately, the security of a heavily
controlled net may cause a sysop less loss of sleep over
what sort of verbiage comes to reside in his or her
storage memory.

Expect to have an occasional user who draws the ire of
the network brass. Your users may consider that you --
their friendly neighborhood sysop -- may have more
loyalty to a local, possibly paying customer, than to
some faceless network. Consider the pros and cons of
backing a user against a network administration.
Experience has shown that in the vast majority of
instances, the sysop will side with the net, not wanting
to endanger a feed that pleases so many other users, and
offends but one. The issues involved in most network
disputes are notoriously sticky and hard to resolve, if
they can even be pinned down. There is a surprising
amount of territoriality involved, and a not-very-
surprising amount of -- as there is in every other human
endeavor -- power madness.

In practical matters, your users, the hip ones anyway,
will use offline mail readers to grab messages from your
local and network conferences. They can then be read
offline and responded to at leisure. For this the sysop
will have to provide a "mail door". There are many
shareware models of these doors circulating. Most, if not
all, adhere to the QWK/REP formats.

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[11.1.10] - How can I avoid becoming merely a "net outlet?"

The act of establishing a non-networked BBS, which
attracts users and has a life of its own, before hooking
up to a net is the best way to insure that there is
activity unrelated to your network feed. This can be done
by establishing message areas with local flavor, or with
topics that appeal to the users you will most likely
attract. The best way to think of a BBS is as a "news
service" and if you make it lively and different every
day -- by initiating conversation and exciting interest
in local issues -- you will go a long way to insure a
loyal local following.

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[11.1.11] - What are some of the network that are out there?

Here's a shorthand list of the echo networks whose
administrators made the effort to get their nodelists
into FENs (_Free Electronic Networks_). If one or more
strike your fancy then perhaps you can pop over to the
bookstore or book-carrying computer store and browse
through for the numbers, committing the number of the
closest to your locale to memory.  This is not nearly a
complete list of all the networks out there. Such a list
might be impossible to compile.

Network                 Topic
--------                ------
ACONET                  Dutch network of Acorn computer
users
APEX                    Virtual reality
ATARINET                Atari users
AUTHORSNET              Writing
BIGNET                  Large folk
BIRDNET                 Exotic birds
BIZYNET                 Business (requires individual
user fee)
CENTIPEDE               Writing, philosophy and
speculative history
CHESS NET               Chess
CINEMA-NET              Movies and show business
CITADEL Nets            The unnamed association of
Citadel BBSs
DHARMANET               Buddhism
DOORNET                 Online door software
DUCKNET                 General interest
EDA NET                 Fantasy role-playing
EICNET                  General interest
EPUBNET                 Electronic publishing
EROSNET                 Adult
ESN                     Enterprise computing
FEDNET                  Canadian government agencies
FIDONET                 General interest
FISH NET                General interest
FRANCOMEDIA             French language
FURNET                  Anthropomorphism
GEO INFO NET            Geology
HOME NET                Homebodies
HSANET                  N/A
ICN                     General interest
ILINK                   General interest
INDRANET                General interest
INFINET                 Computing
INFINITYNET             General interest
INFONET                 General interest
INTELEC                 General interest
ISANET                  BBSing
ISG                     BBSing
ISN                     Italian shareware distribution
ITCNET                  General interest
LION NET                Adult
MAGNET                  General Interest
MARANATHA! NET          Christian
MHZ NET                 Computers
MTLNET                  Internetting
NORTHSTARNET            General interest
ODYSSEY-NET             Networking
OS2NET                  Operating System 2
PRIME                   Christian
QBBSNET                 BBSing
QUIXNET                 General interest
RESHET                  Jewish
RIME                    General interest
RUSHNET                 Music
SCURVY NET              Alternative
SING                    General interest
SNJ NET                 General interest
SOURCENET               Computing
STARNET                 General interest
STORMNET                General interest
ThrobNet                Adult
TOADNET                 General interest
TGNET                   Cross-gender issues
TSA-NET                 Computing
ULINK                   General interest
USERNET                 General interest
USPOLNET                U.S. Politics
UTAHNET                 General interest
VEGASNET                Gambling
VETLINK                 Military veterans
WILDNET                 General interest
WISHNET                 General interest
WWIVNET                 General interest

Contacting ThrobNet:
Available in any ThrobNet conference, or through Laura's Lair
BBS at 417-683-5534 or Laura's Lair South BBS at 214-750-5894.
Faxes are accepted at 417-683-6187 or 214-750-5892. You may
call Joe & Laura voice at 417-683-6196 or Doug Kent & Violet at
214-750-5893. ThrobNet Administration: Joe Crosby, Laura Brito,
Doug Kent, Violet. Internet; [e-mail]
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Subject: Free Network!
From: [e-mail] (Ken Elpus)
Date: 4 Sep 1994 00:30:46 -0400
Message-ID: <34bihm$[e-mail]>

[ Article crossposted from alt.bbs ]
[ Author was Ken Elpus ]
[ Posted on 3 Sep 1994 12:12:46 -0400 ]

MorrisNet/2! is a free network for all interested sysops. We
use the FidoNet protocol, offer Internet Gating, Fidonet
Gating, Gofer files System (NOT Internet Gopher), and a
Network-wide game of BRE.

MorrisNet/2 is not the largest FidoStyle network in the world.
An we like it that way.  Do you really want all the hassles of
the largest? A Nodelist larger than most commercial software?
Thousands of echo's that none of your users participate in?
Tyrannical moderators?

You just don't need the hassle.

Check out MorrisNet/2... we're smaller, friendlier.  And we're
free. We have Networked message areas that you can actually
follow.. Our files system allows you to request files from any
other node - even if you aren't a sysop!

For more information, mail [e-mail].
Or, FTP to:

oak.oakland.edu : /SimTel/msdos/bbs/mnet2app.zip
ftp.uu.net      : /vendor/mnet2/*.*

--
Ken Elpus, Resident Sesquipedalianist
[e-mail]
E-Mail for PGP Public Key
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Good luck and see you on the nets.


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                 CHAPTER 12 -SETTING UP FILE LIBRARIES
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Q: Where can I get an assorted selection of shareware/freeware
   files to start up the file libraries on my BBS?

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12.01 - SHAREWARE VENDORS
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The following is a list of shareware vendors.

[12.01.1] - Public Brand Software

Public Brand Software BBS, [phone]
Commercial Shareware Vendor
Public Brand Software, Indianapolis, IN

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[12.01.2] - Megafile Distribution System - Eastern Shore
Communications

The Megafile Distribution System (MDS) is a sysop-only file
collection system designed to fulfill the needs of established
and growing bulletin board systems.

Long-distance calling for file collection is expensive. Those
bulletin board systems able to afford this type of file
collection have the luxury of being current, collecting files
on the day that they are released.

For those systems not able to afford the long-distance luxury,
CD-ROMs have traditionally been used to increase a bulletin
board system's capacity, with the drawback that files are four
to six months old when they are placed online.

MDS fits in between these two methods.  File collection is done
in the same manner as the large systems do, each and every day.
Depending on the plan you choose, one or two 60-megabyte tapes