The Devil's Doorknob Newsletter

  This is a sampling of a monthly newsletter you could subscribe to. 
The cost to subscribe to this newsletter for one year would be $7.00, 
that's only about .58 a month. The newsletter contains many useful things, 
BBS listings, classified ads, question & answer help column, listings of 
current events, updates and in depth descriptions of new functions and 
features added to the BBS, and more.
  If you are a sysop and wish to list your BBS you can either e-mail me 
a text ad, call me to enter a text ad, or create and ad in Windows .WRI 
(Write) format and upload it to the sysop directory of the BBS, with a 
decription such as : .WRI BBS advertisement. The BBS listings printed will 
be checked before each issue is sent out in order to confirm they are still 
functioning.
  If you wish to have a classified ad printed, you can e-mail a text ad, 
call in a text ad, or upload a .WRI ad. Your classified ad can be for 
anything you wish, items being sold or wanted, emplyment opportunities, 
etc...
  The same goes for any current event you wish to have listed.
  As for the question & answer section, you may send me e-mail with your 
question, or you may sent it real mail to my PO Box, any questions I recieve 
will be printed in the newsletter, so if you don't wish your alias to be 
attached to the question please inform me before you save or mail your 
question.
  While I am here, I will give you a listing of classified ads for items 
& services I have available or want.

FREE: Two cats, male, declawed, neutered, free to good home.

WANTED: Any old fish aquariums that you might want to throw away, cracked 
	ok, but not broken.

SERVICE: Art instruction available, $10/hr, free trial lesson.

SERVICE: Hauling, small loads, $20 per load.

SERVICE: Pet portaits painted, prices range from $20-$100 depending on 
	 size and medium used.

FOR SALE: Sofa set, sofa, loveseat, end table, nothing fancy, beige, 
	  needs minor cusion repair, $30, great for 1st apartment. 

--For all above ads, call Sharon (410)442-2283, 12pm-9pm.


*****New things in store for The Devil's Doorknob*****

  I am currently working on setting up the new version of WWIV, v4.24. In 
this version there is message and transfer directory conferencing, which 
will allow greater ease in locating the messages or files that you want. I 
will be installing multiple full screen editors for use when posting. I 
will be installing many more games (hopefully registered with your 
donations). I am creating more specialized transfer directories to make it 
easier to locate what you wish to download. 
  I plan on putting in many modifications to the new version of the board, 
as each mod is added a brief description will be posted on the board and a 
more lengthy description will be printed in the newsletter. Right now, the 
two most recent modifications have been the addition of a personal tag, and 
ass points. The personal tag is a simple note that you can edit from the 
Defaults section, the note will appear at the bottom of every post and e-
mail as long as you enter yes when saving your messages. The ass points are 
automatically given to a user if they hang up on the board, they are 
manually given if they board has been locked (thus disabling the automatic 
feature.), they are also manually given if you post an off topic crap post 
just to increase your ratio. Once 10 ass points are accumulated you will no 
longer be able to access the transfer section until they are removed.

  You may ask, what is so different between this newletter and the 
electronic BBS? Well, on the BBS the messages, BBS ads, classifieds, etc.. 
scroll off, and sometimes if a user hasn't called in awhile they will just 
clear out the new messages without reading any of them. This way, there is a 
hard copy, making it much easier to go back later to find something you need, 
as many times users are too lazy to go backwards through the messages on the 
board to find a particular BBS number or that one item they were interested 
in buying. Also, lots of times new WWIV users don't really know their way 
around the BBS and will miss everything that you post for however long it 
takes them to understand all the commands.

  As support for the board inscreases, so will support for the users, there 
will be more services, parties, events, etc... Any corrospondence to me by 
mail should be addressed to:

Sharon Ryan
PO Box 358
West Friendship, MD
21794