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InfiNet - The International Freedom of Information Network.
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Setup Tips and Operation Guidelines.
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Setting Up - Once your application has been accepted:
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1. Obtain your node number, and the node number of your assigned net host.
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2. Make up a list of which echoes you will be carrying on your system. (You
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may always add more later). Keep in mind the four REQUIRED echoes: INF-
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GEN, INF-SUGG, INF-SYS and INF-TEST. Aside from those four, the rest of
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the InfiNet bases are completely optional.
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3. Setup the echoes on your system, both in your bbs software and in your
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mail tosser's area manager.
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4. Send a listing of which bases you intend to carry to your host (via
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netmail or e-mail), along with your node number. Tell him you are setup.
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NOTE: Some hubs require use of AreaFix, an automated processing system
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which allows you to add or remove setup bases without the host-sysop's
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intervention. It is generally suggested that you use this method anyway,
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as it greatly speeds up all phases of the host system's activity. Read
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the enclosed text file "AREAFIX.TXT" for information on using AreaFix.
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5. Post ONE test message in INF-TEST. (This is the ONLY place on InfiNet
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that you should post a test message! DO NOT post one in every base you
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are setting up!) Scan for outbound messages, then force-poll your host,
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verifying that your front end sent the message. If your host already has
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you setup, you may also receive your first packet of mail.
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6. If all is working well, next time your system polls your host, you should
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receive a reply saying that someone received your test message. If not,
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call your host and ask for assistance.
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7. All done! Welcome to InfiNet! Sit back and watch the messages pour in.
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Hints, Tips, and General Information:
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ú InfiNet is absolutely free. The only cost of membership is any long-
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distance charges which may be incurred through polling for messages.
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ú If you wish to bring a new system into InfiNet, give the sysop this
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entire archive, as distributed (typically, "INFINET.ZIP"). Have him
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fill out the enclosed application ("INFINET.APP"), and then return it
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to Infinite Darkness, InfiNet World Host, at 69:100/100, or 1:369/23.
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ú InfiNet is fully ANSi compatible. If you have a switch within your
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software to enable/disable ansi within each base, set it to On/Enable.
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InfiNet also allows the use of Forum-standard pipe color codes (indicated
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by a | (pipe), followed by two digits from 00-15). It is recommended
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that you use a software which is also compatible with this popular
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standard. If you run a *.MSG-type mail processor, you may request a
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utility which converts all occurences of these pipe codes into pure ansi.
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This converter may be File Requested at no charge from 69:100/100 or
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1:369/23 - simply request magicname "PIPE" (without quotes).
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ú Use of handles on InfiNet is highly encouraged. Handles are NOT solely
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the domain of the computer underground; a good handle is an extension of
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your personality - it shows the world who you are, what you enjoy, and
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what you are like. It is strongly suggested that all sysops enable usage
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of handles on their system (at least for THIS network, as most other
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networks disallow use of handles), and allow their users to post on
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InfiNet with their selected handles. On SOME networks and online
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computer services, handles MAY be used as "walls" to hide behind, in
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order to facilitate the execution of a crime. On InfiNet, handles are
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simply another route of free expression, and are a very simple way of
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having fun. Don't hassle it. Of course, you ARE free to use all real-
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names on your bbs - it is simply a recommendation. We at InfiNet will
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NEVER force our required ideas upon other sysops simply because we think
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it "right" or "correct". Feh.
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