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 ³ The Intelec Network - 5 Year Anniversary Get-Together - West Coast Edition ³
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 ³  Sat. 09/17/94 - For info  msg Sharon Devol in the Gatherings Conference.  ³
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 ³ Open to any and all Intelec Users, Moderators  and SysOps. Meet the people ³
 ³ behind the messages! Make new friends or meet those you've been posting to ³
 ³ for the past few years. A good time will be had by all! Cliff Watkins will ³
 ³ be there, will you? For details, please drop a note to Sharon Devol in the ³
 ³ Intelec Gatherings Conference. More Info To Follow. Hope to see you there! ³
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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!

    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.  Per my statement
    above, we're adding it now, but it won't be fully available until August
    31 approx. Many thanks go Stacy Smith for all of his help and support on
    this matter!


                              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 þ is made by pressing ALT 254.
      þ Intelec þ                       \   We just care that any of these
      þ Intelec Network þ                >  network "identifiers" are used
      þ Intelec (tm) Network þ          /   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 great
      piece of software when setup properly,  but not everyone seems to be
      able to properly configure it... so Intelec 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
                      There are 3 ways to apply to Intelec

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   ³ Mail your application to Intelec  or  upload it to the Intelec Network ³
   ³ Host BBS, Intelec Online. Our number & address are in this information ³
   ³ packet. We will call your board and if we approve you can then mail to ³
   ³ us the application fee. When it's received, relays can then begin with ³
   ³ your chosen hub site. There are 2 other faster ways to apply so if you ³
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   ³ begin as soon as you are ready. This is the fastest method since there ³
   ³ is no additional waiting  for the network application fee to get here. ³
   ³ The "return envelope" is so we can mail your check back to you  in the ³
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