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- From: carlyle@premiernet.net (Jeffrey Carlyle)
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- Subject: alt.bbs.iniquity FAQ
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- Summary: Frequently asked questions by readers of alt.bbs.iniquity
- and by users of the Iniquity BBS software.
- X-Last-Updated: 1996/08/27
- Originator: faqserv@penguin-lust.MIT.EDU
- Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu alt.bbs.iniquity:3145 alt.answers:31573 news.answers:121357
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- Archive-name: bbs/iniquity-faq
- Alt-bbs-iniquity-archive-name: iniq-faq.txt
- Posting-frequency: 20 days
- Last-modified: 01 Jun 1996
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: alt.bbs.iniquity FAQ
-
- (alt.bbs.iniquity FAQ)
-
- alt.bbs.iniquity FAQ Version 1.03
-
- Copyright 1996 by Jeffrey Carlyle, Stratoware. All rights reserved. This
- article is not in the public domain, but it may be redistributed so long
- as this notice, the acknowledgments, and the information on obtaining the
- latest copy of this list are retained and no fee is charged. The code
- fragments may be used freely; credit would be polite. This FAQ is not to
- be included in any static archive (eg. CD-ROM or book); however, a pointer
- to the FAQ may be included.
-
- =============================
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- =============================
-
- Section 1. General FAQ and Newsgroup Information
- Section 2. General Iniquity Information
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Section 1. General FAQ and Newsgroup Information
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- <q:1.01> - What is this article for?
- <q:1.02> - Who has contributed to this article?
- <q:1.03> - How can I search this article for a particular topic?
- <q:1.04) (question removed)
- <q:1.05> - What is alt.bbs.iniquity about?
- <q:1.06> - Is alt.bbs.iniquity available as a mailing list?
- <q:1.07> - What's this "netiquette"?
- <q:1.08> - How can I learn more about Usenet?
- <q:1.09> - What other technical newsgroups should I know about?
- <q:1.10> - Where can I get the latest copy of this FAQ list?
- <q:1.11> - What should I post in alt.bbs.iniquity?
- <q:1.12> - What should not be posted in alt.bbs.iniquity?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.01> - What is this article for?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- This is the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list for the newsgroup
- alt.bbs.iniquity. This list is maintained in versions; new questions
- and revised questions in this version are not marked do to the
- restructuring of the FAQ; however, in future versions new or
- revised questions will be marked with "*new*" or "*revised*" in the
- subject. This list is posted every 20 days.
-
- FAQ lists are intended to reduce the noise level in their newsgroups
- that results from the repetition of the same questions, correct
- answers, wrong answers, corrections to the wrong answers,
- corrections to the corrections, debate, etc.
-
- This list should serve as a repository of the canonical "best"
- answers to the questions in it. The names of folks who have helped
- to improve this FAQ list are listed in <q:1.02> - "Who has contributed
- to this article?".
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.02> - Who has contributed to this article?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- This list is maintained and edited by Jeffrey Carlyle, Stratoware,
- Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. (carlyle@premiernet.net)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.03> - How can I search this article for a particular topic?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- To search for a particular topic, save this article to a text file
- and use your favorite editor's find function to search for a word.
-
- You can use the MS-DOS Editor to search for a topic. Run the editor
- and load the FAQ. Press ALT+S to activate the search menu then press
- F. In the box that says find what enter the word you want to look for.
- When you are completed, press enter. If a match is found EDIT will
- highlight it. If that is not what you were looking for press F3 and
- EDIT will show you the next match.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: (question removed)
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.05> - What is alt.bbs.iniquity about?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- alt.bbs.iniquity concerns issues involving Mike Fricker's Iniquity
- Bullentin Board Software for MS-DOS compatible systems.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.06> - Is alt.bbs.iniquity available as a mailing list?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Sorry, no.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.07> - What's this "netiquette"?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Netiquette is good Usenet etiquette. It includes basic rules like
- the ones below. (See also <q:1.08> - "How can I learn more about
- Usenet?")
-
- - Always read a newsgroup for a reasonable time before you post an
- article to it.
-
- - Pick the one right group for your article; don't crosspost unless
- absolutely necessary. If you absolutely must post an article to
- more than one group, do crosspost it and don't post the same
- article separately to each group. See <q:1.09> - "What other
- BBS newsgroups should I know about?" when considering where to post
- an article.
-
- - Before you post a question, make sure you're posting to the right
- newsgroup; the best way to do that is to observe the preceding
- rule. Check the group's FAQ list (if it has one) to make sure
- that your question isn't already answered there.
-
- - When you post a question, if you ask for email responses then
- promise to post a summary. Keep your promise. And make it a real
- summary: don't just append all the email you got. Instead, write
- your own (brief) description of the solution: this is the best
- way to make sure you really understand it.
-
- - Before you post a follow-up, read the other follow-ups. Very
- often you'll find that someone else has already made the point you
- had in mind.
-
- - When someone posts a question, if you want to know the answer
- don't post a "me, too". Instead send email to the poster asking
- him or her to share responses with you.
-
- - When posting a follow-up to another posted article, remove all
- headers and signature lines from the old article; just keep the
- line "In <article>, so-and-so writes:". Also cut the original
- article down as much as possible; just keep enough of it to remind
- readers of the context.
-
- - Keep lines in posted articles to 72-75 characters. Many
- newsreaders chop off column 81 or arbitrarily insert a newline
- there, which makes longer lines difficult or impossible to read.
- But you need to keep well below 80 characters per line to allow
- for the > characters that get inserted when other people post
- follow-ups to your article.
-
- - Keep your signature to 4 lines or less (including any graphics),
- and for heaven's sake make sure it doesn't get posted twice in
- your article.
-
- - Don't post email without first obtaining the permission of the
- sender.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.08> - How can I learn more about Usenet?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- There are two important newsgroups for learning about how Usenet and
- newsreader software works:
-
- - news.announce.newusers contains periodic postings that everybody
- is asked to read before posting anything to Usenet. (In theory,
- all new users are subscribed to news.announce.newusers
- automatically. But in practice not all newsreader software does
- that, so that many people violate the guidelines given there
- simply because they don't know about them.)
-
- - news.newusers.questions is described as "Q & A for users new to
- the Usenet". But new and long-time users can ask or answer
- questions about Usenet and newsreader software there. There's an
- important article, "Welcome to news.newusers.questions! (weekly
- posting)", that everyone is asked to read before posting to
- news.newusers.questions. (See below for ways to get a copy of
- that article.)
-
- The following postings in news.announce.newusers might be considered
- the "mandatory course" for new users:
-
- Introduction to news.announce.newusers
- What is Usenet?
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- Rules for posting to Usenet
- A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
- Hints on writing style for Usenet
- Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
-
- The articles mentioned above are downloadable via ftp from
- rtfm.mit.edu in the following files:
-
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/news-newusers-intro>
- Welcome to news.newusers.questions! (weekly posting)
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/news-announce-intro/part1>
- Introduction to news.announce.newusers
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/what-is-usenet/part1>
- What is Usenet?
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/usenet-faq/part1>
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/posting-rules/part1>
- Rules for posting to Usenet
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/usenet-primer/part1>
- A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/usenet-writing-style/part1>
- Hints on writing style for Usenet
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/emily-postnews/part1>
- Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
-
- For rtfm.mit.edu instructions, see <q:1.13> "Where are FAQ lists
- archived?"
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.09> - What other technical newsgroups should I know about?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Caution: Some of these newsgroups have specialized charters; you'll
- probably get flamed (and deserve it) if you post to an inappropriate
- group. Most groups have FAQ lists that will tell you what's
- appropriate. Don't post a request for the FAQ list; instead,
- retrieve it yourself.
-
- - comp.bbs.misc is for general BBS topics. This newsgroup supersedes
- alt.bbs; however, many articles are still posted or cross-posted to
- alt.bbs.
-
- - alt.bbs.ads is devoted to BBS advertisements.
-
- - alt.bbs.lists is for BBS lists. alt.bbs.lists.d is for descriptions
- of these lists.
-
- - alt.bbs.doors is for questions or comments about BBS doors. If you
- want to know how to make a door work in Iniquity post in
- alt.bbs.iniquity. If you want to know anything else about a door
- post in alt.bbs.doors.
-
- - alt.bbs.* and comp.bbs.*: There are several newsgroups devoted to
- individual BBS programs.
-
- - Garbo-Ann is a moderated one-way mailing list which is used
- by Garbo MsDos and Windows archive managers to announce new
- additions to Garbo collections. This is for those who cannot
- subscribe to the comp.archives.msdos.announce newsgroup.
-
- To subscribe to Garbo-Ann send a message to
- Majordomo@Garbo.uwasa.fi using the format below.
-
- To: Majordomo@Garbo.uwasa.fi
- Subject: subscribe
-
- subscribe garbo-ann youremail@somewhere.net.land
-
- - MSDOS-Ann is a moderated one-way mailing list which is used by
- SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), to announce
- new additions to the msdos collection. This is for those who cannot
- subscribe to the comp.archives.msdos.announce newsgroup.
-
- To subscribe to Msdos-Ann send a message to
- listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET using the format below.
-
- To: listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET
- Subject: subscribe
-
- subscribe msdos-ann
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.10> - Where can I get the latest copy of this FAQ list?
- Date: 24 Aug 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- You can retrieve the latest version of this list as
-
-
- <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/usenet-by-group/alt.bbs.iniquity/iniq-faq.txt>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.11> - What should I post in alt.bbs.iniquity?
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Any post concerning the Iniquity BBS software is welcome in
- alt.bbs.iniquity. Release notices for new Iniquity utilities
- are welcome.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:1.12> - What should not be posted in alt.bbs.iniquity?
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Flames are not welcome. The readers of alt.bbs.iniquity are
- sorry you might have had trouble with Iniquity, but we would
- not be using it if we believed it to be bad software. Constructive
- critism of Iniquity is welcome.
-
- BBS ads are not welcome. A list of BBSes running Iniquity would
- be nice, but a flood of messages announcing individual boards is
- undesirable and a waste of bandwidth. Please post adds in
- alt.bbs.ads.
-
- Posts having nothing to do with Iniquity are also unwelcome.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: Section 2. General Iniquity Information
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- <q:2.01> - What is Iniquity?
- <q:2.02> - What is the latest version of Iniquity?
- <q:2.03> - Where can I find Iniquity? *revised*
- <q:2.04> - Is there an Iniquity FTP site?
- <q:2.05> - Is there an Iniquity WWW site?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:2.01> - What is Iniquity?
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Iniquity is bulletin board software for MS-DOS compatible systems
- written by Mike Fricker.
-
- Iniquity requires a FOSSIL driver to run and is currently distributed
- as freeware.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:2.02> - What is the latest version of Iniquity?
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- At the time of this writing the latest version of Iniquity is
- Version 1.00 Alpha 25 release 2.
-
- For information on obtaining this version, please see <q:2.03>.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:2.03> - Where can I find Iniquity? *revised*
- Date: 24 Aug 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- The official website has moved back and forth often. As of
- Saturday August 24, 1996 it was found at:
-
- <http://www.isisnet.com/iniquity/>
-
- The ftp site is:
-
- <ftp://ftp.telepath.com/pub/people/dipydawg/iniquity>
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:2.04> - Is there an Iniquity FTP site?
- Date: 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Yes. Please see <q:2.03>.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: <q:2.05> - Is there an Iniquity WWW site?
- Date: 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 CDT
-
- Yes. Please see <q:2.03>.
-
- (end alt.bbs.iniquity FAQ)
-
- (copyright notice)
- Iniquity is copyright 1994-1995 by Mike Fricker.
- The alt.bbs.iniquity FAQ is copyright 1996 by Jeffrey Carlyle.
- (end copyright notice)
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