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- FREE ECHO MAIL
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- Brought to you by,
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- The Crystal Palace 818-765-2171 & 310-472-2598
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- Rule #1:
- You MUST call for mail at least once a week!
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- Having said that,
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- We would like to offer FREE Rushnet Echo Mail to any SYSOP that
- wishes to participate.
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- Shouldn't your users have the ability to communicate with the
- world?
-
- It's very simple to setup and implement. In most cases, you can
- have everything setup and running withing 5 to 10 minutes
- depending on the conferences that you wish to add. The only time
- spent then will be setting up the additional conferences that
- you wish to echo.
-
- We would prefer you use the BBS for any questions.
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- SETTING UP THE ECHO MAIL
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- [GETTING STARTED]
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- We have tried to make getting set up in RUSHNET fairly simple.
- First read TNET.DOC. This will help you become familiar with
- TNET. Once you have acquainted yourself with TNET you are now
- ready to tackle the configuration file which is named
- LIGHTNET.CFG. We have tried to take some of the pain out of
- setting this up for you. RUSHNET.CFG has already been set up to
- match our message base areas, all you need to do is change the
- default settings so that the messages will go where you want
- them placed in your BBS system. You will notice these by the
- parenthesis out to the side of the areas that need changing.
- Once you have made these changes you should just about be ready
- to make your first mail run with our system.
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-
- [FIRST LOGON]
- On your first call, simply leave a comment to DAN requesting the
- upgrade to NET-STATUS. You will be validated within 24 hours.
- Once you are connected with CRYSTAL PALACE go to the "Message
- Menu" area, select D to take you into our TomCat Mail program.
- Once you are in TomCat you will need to select which conferences
- you wish to echo. You can do this by selecting [C] to configure
- TomCat, then select each conference you wish to open. When you
- have finished with your selections and return to main menu of
- TomCat you will be ready for your first mail run. Type [D] to
- start you mail download.
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- By using an "!" before your BBS name will allow you to bypass all
- initial welcome screens and take you directly to the Message Menu.
- (Fast login will be enabled after validation).
- Example: First Name Last Name Password
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- !John Doe Password
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- [MAIL PACKET IMPORT]
-
- Now you have downloaded your first mail packet and are ready to
- import them into your own BBS system. To get TNET to import
- messages into your database type [ TNET IMPORT RUSHNET ] This
- will start the import process into your BBS system. If all goes
- well it will place the mail into the message areas you assigned
- in the RUSHNET.CFG file.
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- Make sure TNET.EXE and RUSHNET.CFG are in your BBS's Home
- Directory.
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- Example: C:\WC30 : C:\WILDCAT : Etc....
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- [MAIL PACKET EXPORT]
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- This is a very crucial and important step to keep duplicate
- messages from being sent into the HUB system [ CRYSTAL PALACE].
- When you are ready to upload replies to us please be sure to
- export your mail first. To export your mail packet from your
- system type [ TNET EXPORT RUSHNET ]. Then call the BBS with
- whom you are echoing mail with. After you have uploaded your
- replies then proceed with your download of the new mail packet.
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- * RUSHNET and RUSHNET.CFG can be different if you are echoing
- from another BBS system.
-
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- [RENUMBERING MESSAGE BASE]
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- Since we all have a need to renumber our message bases from time
- to time it is very important that we reset our message pointers
- to prevent duplicates being re-uploaded to the host system. You
- can do this after you have renumbered your messages by typing
- TNET HIGH RUSHNET. This will set the pointers to the last
- message that you have in your system.This should keep duplicates
- from occurring.
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- [DUPLICATES]
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- As many of you have found out duplicate mail is a pain in the
- #$%. Not only does it cost us LD charges but causes the system
- operator some grief in trying to eliminate the duplicated
- messages. DUPCHK is a program that checks for duplicate messages
- and either places them in the wastebasket or kills them. You can
- specify how you want this done by the command line.
-
-
- [ALIASES]
-
- Some of you may have a BBS that uses Alias's as a way for your
- users to keep their annonimity. With the new release of Wildcat
- 3.0 and it's support for using alias's we will only allow
- conferences that are stated as being alias specific. Please be
- sure that if you use alias's that they do not enter our regular
- user message base.
-
- We hope that this file will help you in setting up RUSHNET. We
- have tried to keeps things as simple as possible and hope to
- have a trouble free mail network. With your help we can achieve
- this goal. We look forward to sharing some interesting chat with
- you and all of your users. Let's make RUSHNET into one of the
- best mail networks there is. If you have questions concerning
- RUSHNET you can contact me by calling:
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- THE CRYSTAL PALACE 818-765-2171
-
- Thanks,
- DANIEL MATHIS
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- [CONFERENCES]
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- If you have a conference that you would like to see echoed here
- in the RUSHNET system leave us a comment about it. If you are
- interested in hosting a conference we would really appreciate
- your help in doing so.
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- Please read the CONF.LST file for conference listings