On-Line #20 21 января 1996

ZXNet

Notes sysop - On the e-mail.

            NOTES sysop



   About e-mail. Anticipating questions from some not
quite understandable people to an article in ONLINE-19, once 
the points corresponding to: 


   1. The user himself selects the server with which it has
better communication and with whom he pleasant to work in your 
address (ZX Net), after consultation with the sysop bear the 
number of servers and their phone number. 


   2. This does not mean that the user "cuts off" from other 
BBS! How it works - and keep working with absolutely any 
server! However, all personal correspondence should be only 
through "their" station, which you yourself have chosen. This 
applies only the mail files.



   3. You can also send a letter directly to the server that
specified in the NET-destination address. And with NET-address, 
there is no need to score an absolutely all the servers of 
their message, hoping that somewhere (if any) recipient at him 
plucked. 


   What it does:


   - Hierarchy gives the freedom to sysop (free time). Do not
to call all over Moscow in search of the addressee. Sysop 
"fuses" e-mail files to your coordinator. If a recipient of its 
network not, then the coordinator sends the files or city 
coordinator to the station, as well as pass on - it is their 
difficulty (unless, of course, the address entered correctly). 
Thus, You work (in the mail for) only one BBS, sysop

only works with its coordinator, etc. That is ONLY
ONE CORRESPONDENT. All work with only one reporter, but the 
file-letter reaches the addressee! 


   - Because the work is only on the single chain links, your
the text will read a limited number of people and he always 
gets to whom addressed. Because such an arrangement 
communication link such as: "Call hesitated and I forgot to 
pass" would look ridiculous (if not dishonestly). 


   When transferring programs this trick will not work, since 
1000 sectors - it is not 2-100.



   In this case, you can send files directly to a friend
that BBS, where he is permanently assigned, but before sending 
by sysop must leave the text that contains the attributes: "I, 
Vacek (ZX Net: 095.xxxxxxx .. xxxxxxx) give the following 
files: xxxxxxxx.B, xxxxxxxx.C subscriber ZX Net: 095: xxxxxxxx 
.. xxxxxxxx your server. "After that, send text files to 
programs. 


   Addressee, taking the program from the server, leaving the 
same sysop file with the message that he took the programs and 
files from the server can be removed. 


   Agree that poor communication between subscribers, this 
option is not so bad after all? 


   It is even preferable for the post, than the transfer of 
files chain, but only if you know exactly (from

Net-Address) that your correspondent lives on the particular 
BBS. 


   And as much as, if not the disk, then for sure, "cataloging" 
of the space freed on most BBS! User because it is more 
convenient, reading the directory, find out where the title 20 
files, than with a 100! 


   I hope these arguments to dot the "i" for those
who do not yet understand the meaning of computer networks and 
electronic mail. 

            Alex Research BBS 1641684; 22.30-06.20
                  ZX E-Mail: alexey@alex.zx.msk.ru
                  ZX Net: 095:1641684.
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