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I N T E L E C
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!
Intelec currently supports the "QWK format" but we are working on adding
FTS in the next month and Intelec may be available via FTP by the end of
the summer to mid fall. We do not currently support PostLink/PCRelay but
we will be looking into other formats as technology advances or as newer
QWK standards are set. "FTS" consists of any Fido-compatible tosser that
exist like QFront, Front Door, D'Bridge, FidoPCB, etc.
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. We do not tolerate that and it results in instant
removal from Intelec. To help prevent this from happening on through
your BBS, you may consider only giving the ability to enter public
mail to those who have been validated. You may also want to give the
ability to join our relayed conferences to users who are 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 your hub site. This can save you real embarrasment!
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. I won't, but the rest of the network will "have
your hide", I will just be VERY upset with you...
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.
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 Cliff Watkins
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 will help PostLink to not be confused as to which
conference to insert mail to. Cross-echoes are also a serious prob-
lem that we do NOT appreciate. These stupid mistakes being made with
PostLink are why PostLink is *NOT* 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. Our rules are all fair
and easy to follow and we have them only for the fact that we do not
tolerate obnoxious/troublemaking users. We're VERY swift in removing
them to keep our quality level high! So do us all a favor, and take
the time to read over our NETRULES.IN file. When you do I think you
will be pleased with how well Intelec is managed. We are not one of
the leading BBS networks for nothing.
Intelec Network Application Process
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│ Upload your application directly to the hub you wish to relay through. │
│ Then, the hub will call your board to approve or decline and if you're │
│ approved you can begin relays in as little as 24 hours!! If you apply │
│ directly with the host (if you are not a satellite SysOp requesting to │
│ relay with the host) then you could be putting "several days" of delay │
│ into your application. Please bear this in mind when applying. Thanks! │
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Cliff Watkins, administrator of Intelec, has released some of the best
PCBoard "PPE" utilities around. ConfJoin, the ultimate Conference Menu
utility, can't be beat. We are also the authors of SubscriP, winner of
#1 Commercial PPE at ONE BBSCON 1994! SubscriP let's you accept orders
for Subscriptions or Products via credit card, check or COD and it can
upgrades users instantly for subscriptions via check for those who do
not support credit cards! We KNOW how important instant upgrades are!
And if you need some custom PPE work, tell us your specs and we'll see
what we can do for you. Thanks, Cliff Watkins - Intelec Administrator.