INFONET A friendlier way to communicate! Echo-Mail Conferences Designed for Boards Using QWK/REP Packets! TNET/RNET/QNET Compatible WHERE DID WE COME FROM? Many of 'us' users have felt that FidoNet and some of "those" types of echo-mail conferences generally are not very friendly to the users or sysops. Sysops in particular are expected to jump through hoops, change their sleeping schedules, and sacrifice their sanity in order to participate and become members of these networks! Also, on some of the other Networks, WE have been amazed at the amount of mail that has passed back and forth between sysops complaining about this and that and then this again. Do you want a change?! Sure you do! WE CAN PROMISE YOU that INFONET will offer greater: 1. Sysop Flexibility 2. Consumer Awareness (Working on ads now!) 3. Friendlier Users 4. Marketing Emphasis 5. Ease of Use 6. Moderator Diplomacy 7. FUN! WE CAN ALSO PROMISE YOU THAT: 1.) We Like Spirited Discussions! 2.) Sysops and Users won't be 'twitted' because they are expressing views that are not popular. Electronic forums are wonderful melting pots of ideas! 3.) Our Buy/Sell/Swap Conference welcomes Commercial Ads! Our polls have told us the obvious: Your users want to read and search through ads that offer quality merchandise. Not only used but new. Commercial vendors provide the ads that prompt many callers to call your board in search of good deals. Don't worry, they are not allowed to leave 1000 line messages. Message lengths are limited to 150 lines - plenty for any ad. ALSO: We wanted to take it one step further and establish a marketing campaign to highlight InfoNet and its Supporting Bulletin Board Systems (YOU!) around the country. All of the Bulletin Board Systems will need to support the new QWK/REP Packet Standard. Initially, the bulk of the conferences will be mainstream interests, to appeal to the majority of your users. WHERE IS IT BASED? California Online! has enthusiastically agreed to support INFONET and act as the National Hub. (415) 898-5416 high speed // (415) 898-2565 ANOTHER REASON WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT: Would you rather belong to a Messaging System that every sysop in your town carries, or InfoNet which will be exclusive for one sysop per calling area? We think the latter! Your callers should have a reason to call YOUR BBS. Hubs will have a larger exclusive area, branches a little smaller, and nodes will have their local rights. This territorial organization protects the sysops and rewards them for their support of InfoNet. For the users, this system will provide a seamless, efficient, and robust messaging system! OK! LET"S GO! Give us a call! It's as easy as that. (Wondered why you didn't call us before?!) Leave Jim Thornson an e-mail message at California OnLine! telling him that you want to echo InfoNet and he'll upgrade you that same day to NetSysop Status. (Please be sure to leave your BBS name, number, and other pertinent information.) Then, send in the InfoNet.app form. Instructions will be found on the form. That's it! We want you to become an active member right away, so let us know who you are! CONFIGURATION FILE Look in the file area for Info1092.zip or Info1192.zip (November'92) information packets. We've supplied everything you need to get started today! We hope you are a little familiar with TNet, etc. and how it works with your BBS. If you do have problems with your setup, I will be glad to help either by voice or e-mail. Jim Thornson California Online!/InfoNet (415) 898-2565 (2400 3-Lines) or (415) 898-5416 (14400 v32.bis 2-Lines)