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A MESSAGE TO SYSOPS
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Two items that I feel are worth bringing to your attention:
1. A number of sysops who receive DTPBBSxx.ZIP on a regular basis have pointed
out the value of posting this list as a bulletin available to all. The
reasons for this are basic.
First is that it is a service to the user. The second is that the number of
folks getting involved in BBSing is increasing dramatically. This means a
number of new users. While many of them may be able to use this list (or
others like it), they have problems. Some have yet to learn the ins and
outs of downloading; others haven't got their zip utilities yet, so they
can't deal with zipped files; and so on.
Not being a sysop myself, I hadn't really thought about this before.
Obviously, whether you choose to post this list or any other is entirely up
to you, but I feel it's worth your consideration.
2. With the onrush of technology in the desktop publishing arena, many boards
are now carrying desktop conferences, files, message bases and so forth. If
you are one of these boards, you may be aware that there was a loose-knit
group of boards known as the National Publisher's Exchange (NPE).
The NPE was founded and run by Ed Aborn, former sysop of the Eastern
Publisher's Exchange BBS in Florida. Regretably, Ed's board is now defunct.
As a result, the NPE itself has been reorganized and is now known as the
International Publishers Exchange (IPE). This is a major international
effort aimed at opening the communication channels between desktop
publishing oriented bulletin board systems, corporations and user groups.
(More detailed information is contained in the accompanying file,
PUBNET.TXT).
If this sounds at all interesting to you, or you feel you can be helpful in
this effort, contact either Gene Rodrigues on the Desktop Publishing Forum
(408/629-1885; FidoNet nodes 1:143/25 and 8:914/408) or Carl Dickson on the
Infinite Perspectives BBS (301/924-0398; FidoNet node 1:109/519). Sysops in
Europe are encouraged to contact John Wilson on the Publisher's Paradise
(44-536-725596; FidoNet node 2:254/100).
Alternatively, you may contact Gene, Carl or John through PubNet--the IPE's
BBS network--by connecting to one of the participating boards (noted with
an asterisk in the accompanying DTPBBS list) and leaving a message in the
PubNet conference.
Thanks for listening,
Frank...