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Intelec has been relaying since Sept 1989 and we'll be around for a long
long time. Many other networks advertise the fact that they're different
but Intelec shows it right out in the public eye. We have a fully public
NetAdmin conference for users and SysOps alike to offer up their views.
With one administrator there's no red tape or committees, issues are re-
solved faster than any other network. Problem users are dealt with much
more expeditiously than in other networks so our friendly environment is
maintained. We have more mail flow than most other networks and we keep
the quality level high. We firmly believe in respect and we don't permit
profanity or flaming in our conferences! If your users would like to ex-
change e-mail with a friendly bunch of people, join the Intelec Network!
But if quality means little or nothing to you you've got a small handful
of networks left to choose from. Afterall, that's why Intelec has become
so popular, our quality sets us apart! Intelec Network is an active net
and one of the highest in quality and activity! But we're strict when it
comes to our policies. There is no free speech in Intelec and our rules
of behavior are all strictly enforced. But this has a beautiful result,
there is no anarchy here, those making themselves a problem, are removed
after 2 offenses and if severe enough without warning at all. The result
is a peaceful network where opposing viewpoints are discussed maturely,
and a calm and enjoyable atmosphere is easily maintained. If your board
is full of users seeking this kind of e-mail sanctuary, they will have a
very good time with our network. If they are problematic, arrogant, and
immature, applying may not be a good idea. Boards with constant problem
users are eventually removed entirely and sometimes permanently. But we
have found it's far more common for users to enjoy a peaceful atmosphere
than to try to destroy it. We have been around for many years now and we
know how to treat users, with respect. Intelec has more quality traffic
nearly every other BBS network around, and without the anarchy found in
nearly every other BBS network relaying today. Intelec, # 1 in quality!
Intelec currently supports QWK and FTS formats and is available via FTP
and Satellite in "QWK format" only. The Intelec Network does not support
PostLink/PCRelay but we will be looking into other formats as technology
advances or as QWK standards improve. FTS includes any "Fido-compatible"
tossers such as QFront, Front Door, D'Bridge, FidoPCB, PCBFido, etc.....
For details on FTP see the enclosed SATELLIT.FTP file.
SOME COMMON MISTAKES
We're all human, we all make mistakes. This file is here to describe
what some of the more common mistakes we've noticed are and what we
can do to help prevent making them or repeating them in the future.
Mind you, some of these are required and some are only suggestions.
Users with aliases or unvalidated users sometimes get in the network
and use profanity. To help prevent this from happening through your
system, you might consider only giving the ability to enter "public"
mail to those who have been validated.
Every once in a while, software seems to have a mind of it's own. If
you know that the network REP packets that your system generates is
less than 50K, use our free utility IS.EXE to check it's size before
you upload it to the hub site. This can save you real embarrassment!
IS.EXE & docs are available on the Intelec Host BBS and other sites.
If you are approved for Intelec relays, *do not* send through those
"My BBS is now echoing this conference" type posts in any conference
other than NetAdmin.
If you're a PCBoard SysOp, do not enable the "origin tagline" in PCB
Setup. We don't use them in the network and is only useless baggage.
If the feature is eventually useful for something, it'll be allowed.
Our name... We've seen some pretty weird variations of our name used
and we want to share some of the winners here. Granted, it can be a
bit confusing. We have seen INTELLECT, INTELECT and INTELLEC to show
a few. Our name is Intelec. Only one L and only one T. While our net
is also quite *intellectual*, our network name has been derived from
International Telecommunications thus the combination of IN & TELEC.
Taglines... We require our network name in your tagline. You may use
any of the following variations, the ■ is made by pressing ALT 254.
■ Intelec ■ \ We just care that any of these
■ Intelec Network ■ > network "identifiers" are used
■ Intelec (tm) Network ■ / at the START of your taglines.
For SysOps who are connecting to the Intelec Network host system (if
you are a Super Regional Hub or Satellite or FTP Node, this is the
tagline (the only tagline) that you must show for your Host tagline:
Intelec Host ■ Oroville CA ■ 916-534-1253 ■ USR D/S V.34
The only allowable exceptions are to put a different phone number in
the tagline, such as 916-534-1253 or 916-534-1263. Any other tagline
used MUST be corrected to maintain a connection with the host BBS.
Conferences.... Unlike nearly every single network around, Intelec's
NetAdmin conference is fully public, open to all users. NetAdmin is
for administrative issues, discussions and is a required conference
to be carried by all Intelec member systems. Every Intelec SysOp is
required to follow this conference, "at a minimum" of mail addressed
to ALL or to THEM. Or as in "mail-reader-terminology", mail to Y/A.
It is suggested that they scan for mail addressed from John Young
if this is easier for them. The last thing I want to see is for mail
I send to correct a problem that is ignored/unread/unresponded to.
It's even better if we get feedback from our SysOps about conference
or policy proposals but we know that involvement isn't for everyone.
Also... Moderators, SysOps and Regionals are ALL private conferences
none of which should be made available to the general public.
If you make any conference changes on your system, whether deleting
or adding any new conferences, do the next mail run manually. If an
error was made it is far better that you catch than I catch it. If I
catch it odds are that hundreds of boards are effected by the error.
This does not go over very well at all.
If you use PostLink software for any OTHER network(s) you may carry,
please use prefixes on your conference names, such as IN_Politics or
RI_NetAdmin. This helps PostLink from getting confused (and it does)
as to "which" conference to insert mail to. Cross-echoes are also a
serious problem that we do NOT appreciate. These mistakes being made
with PostLink is why PostLink isn't approved for use within Intelec.
It is not to criticize those running it successfully, it is a decent
piece of software when setup properly, but not everyone seems to be
able to properly configure it, so Intelec Network cannot support it.
Lastly, SysOps are to have read the network rules, this is required.
Some do, but some don't. Some don't have any idea that something may
be a rule, and trust me, we enforce them all