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- Welcome to the AA4RE mailbox V 2.12
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-
- Sorry this took so long but I think you will be pleased. Lots of new
- features to make your life as a SYSOP easier.
-
- The biggies are:
- -- Overlay area now shared
- -- Supports BPQHOST mode directly (BPQ v4+) (See PORT_TYPE in PARMS.DOC
- and G8BPQ.DOC)
- -- Added REVIEW command (See REVIEW.DOC)
- -- Added command to display routing info (DR -- See OPERATE.DOC)
- -- Added authentication (See AUTHENT.DOC)
- *** Authentication for BBS not working yet!!! ***
- -- Added callbook support
- -- Lots of server support. W1NPR writes a great bunch of servers that
- do just about anything. Contact him for details
-
- Conversion
- ----------
-
- See CONVERT.DOC. Should be straight forward.
-
-
- Documentation
- -------------
-
- Documentation is spread out in a number of file all ending in .DOC. I
- do this to allow me to update them easily. I am not a very good tech
- writer so things may be a little obscure. N4CHV has written some pretty
- good documentation and should be contacted for copies. I don't have
- them!
-
-
- To my test users
- ----------------
-
- Thank you for helping make 2.12 as good as it is. Your help is greatly
- appreciated. Every hour of your testing makes my job one hour easier.
-
-
- Usage, Registration, and Contributions
- --------------------------------------
-
- A question has come up as to the status of this program. It is free for
- any use (commercial, noncommercial, governmental) but cannot be sold.
- The copyright explicitly says this. The program is NOT public domain.
- You can't take it, make some changes, and sell it as your own.
-
- For those who worry about such things, I explicitly grant permission to
- all Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), Civil Air Patrol
- (CAP), and Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) organizations to use
- these programs.
-
- There is no need to register your copy with anyone. Enjoy!
-
- I don't solicit contributions but any money you want to send will not be
- thrown away. My own equipment is very limited and I depend on friends,
- and companies to supply the different varieties of TNCs. DRSI and
- Paccomm have been very helpful in the past.
-
- Unfortunately there are always a few exceptions to the rule. I reserve
- the right to prohibit anyone or any organization from using this program
- even if permission is granted elsewhere in this statement. I reserve
- the right to charge anyone or any organization licensing fees (not
- without notification, of course)
-
- I also reserve the right to change this policy at any time.
-
-
- Feedback
- --------
-
- Please keep those messages flowing in. My BBS environment here is not
- the same as many of yours so I appreciate your suggestions. Many of the
- features of this release were suggested by SYSOPs who I have never met.
-
-
- Distribution
- ------------
-
- To make my life easier, I distribute the BBS only in electronic form and
- only to a very few places. I also distribute it via Internet, BITNET,
- and the IBM radio Clubs. In addition, there are several people who make
- it a lot easier to find a copy. I have three "official" diskette
- distributors and many unofficial ones (See the BBDIS file). Also many
- sysops copy my stuff to their BBS (both radio and landline). Many
- thanks to all of you that help distribute the code.
-
- **** PLEASE **** distribute all the .DOC files with the BBS. I get many
- many calls where the user does not have them all.
-
-
- Service
- -------
-
- I try to help everyone as much as I can but the mail and phone gets
- overwhelming. I spend a lot of hours working on this program and the
- more time I have to develop things, the faster new releases will come
- out. New SYSOPs should contact others in the same area for assistance
- in setting their system up. I am sure that you will find plenty of
- helpers out there.
-
- I don't get to answer everything I want to so a question or comment may
- never get answered. I am sorry but writing this program is wedged in
- amongst my other hobbies and other ham radio activities.
-
- If you don't like this policy I am sorry but that is the way it is. At
- least you got the program for free and didn't get ripped off.
-
- Please use electronic mail. I am very bad at letters. Phone calls are
- ok if you need a lot of info. I PREFER MESSAGES!
-
- My phone number is 408-847-3210. Please try only between 8:30 PM and
- 9:30 PM Pacific time weekdays or 10 AM to 7PM weekends. Wednesday is a
- bad time to reach me. *** This is CALIFORNIA TIME -- Don't forget to
- convert time zones!!! ***
-
- During the American football season (September, October, and November),
- I usually not a home on Friday nights and all day Saturday.
-
- Electronically, I can be reached via:
-
- Internet: enge @ almaden.ibm.com
- BITNET: ENGE at ALMADEN
-
- You can reach me on COMPUSERV thru the INTERNET gateway.
-
- I can also be reached thru many of the IBM Radio Clubs.
-
- Roy