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BOF CSRNet F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions)
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(June 20, 1993)
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Forward:
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Hopefully this document will cover any other questions you
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may have that have as of yet gone unanswered. If not, please,
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when you send me a message, make sure to include the question
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that you felt was unanswered and I will try to cover it in one
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of the other documents, or I will include it in this one.
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F.A.Q.'s
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Q. Does CSRNet carry the InterNet Private E-Mail conference,
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and if so, if I was to carry CSRNet, would I be able to
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write a message on my system to someone on CompuServe, for
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instance?
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A. YES. The InterNet Private E-Mail confernce was one of the
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first items that we connected into when CSRNet was formed.
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You can, and will be able to write a message on your system
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to anyone that you have an InterNet address for. This includes,
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just to name a few, Delphi, CompuServe, America Online,
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AppleLink, AT&T EasyLink Sevices, BitNet, Connect, Genie and
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FidoNet.
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Q. If I become a HOST and feed other systems locally, do they
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have to send you $10 a month as well?
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A. NO. The only fee I require is the $10 per month fee I charge
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for systems that get their mail DIRECTLY from me. This fee
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is to help cover the cost of my monthly connection fee as
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well as my phone bill to bring in this feed Long Distance.
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You can and are highly encouraged to pass your feed onto other
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local systems. You may also implement a monthly fee of your
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own to help cover your cost of bringing in CSRNet Long
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Distance.
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Q. Can I feed other systems that are NOT local to me?
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A. MAYBE. If you are currently the only HOST in your State or
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Province, and there are other systems in your Region, ie,
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State or Province, and you are recieving a majority of the
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newsgroups being carried by CSRNet, then all you have to
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do is ask to become an RC and that will entitle you to feed
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Long Distance systems in your Region.
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Q. Do you use the same addressing format and Interface as a
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true InterNet connection?
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A. Because most BBS software limits the number of characters
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allowed in the "TO:" field of a message, we use a slightly
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different format that handles the job quite well and is just
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as effective. Please refer to the INTERNET.INF file that
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accompanied this document. It contains all the specific
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information that you may be looking for.
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Q. If I don't want to poll you in Cananda for the mail, can I
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poll a CSRNet system in the United States instead?
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A. MAYBE. If there is a HOST CSRNet system in your State, then
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I will be more then happy to allow you to get the mail from
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that system, as long as I am notified before the feed is
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established. This applies to Long Distance systems only. If,
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however, there isn't a HOST CSRNet system in your State, I
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would prefer that you poll me for the mail and if you wish,
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I can make you the HOST CSRNet system for your State.
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Q. If I wanted to be a State or Provincial RC and wanted to
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recieve ALL of the newsgroups that were being carried, how
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much mail would that be on a nightly basis?
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A. At the present time, I am bringing in about 1.5 megs of
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compressed mail nightly, for the 60 some odd newsgroups we
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are currently carrying.
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Q. What special Software do I require to carry these InterNet
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Newsgroups and the InterNet Private E-Mail Conference?
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A. If you are currently carry Echo-Mail, such as FidoNet, you
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have everything that you need. If not, you will need to
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pick up a program for your specific BBS software that will
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allow you to toss Echo-Mail into your BBS conferences.
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Closing:
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I hope I have managed to answer most of your questions. If
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there are still some questions that have been left unanswered
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please send me a netmail message and I will try and answer it
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for you as quickly as possible. You might even want to leave
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me a line stating that your question might be worthwhile in
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this document.
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You may reach me anytime at the following:
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CSRNet - 11:11/0
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InterNet - tim.lajoie@cld9.sccsi.com
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FidoNet - 1:222/21
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Voice - 1-705-949-9275
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BBS - 1-705-942-5370
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Cheers!
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Tim Lajoie,
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Founder of CSRNet
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