TAG    WILDCAT
RULE   WILDCAT.RUL
Purpose of the FidoNet WILDCAT! Sysops Support Conference 
(Echo)
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LAST REVISED:  May 18, 2000
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 The WILDCAT! Sysops Support Conference is a gathering place for
 all WILDCAT! Sysops whether they run Fido/Echomail or not.
 
 This is a forum to ask questions and seek answers to
 operational support problems.  This covers both WILDCAT! and
 directly related 3rd party products.
 
 At this time, the Conference may be made available to all
 callers, whether they are sysops or not.  The Moderator retains
 the right to close the Conference to Sysops only at any time.
 Sysops should try to monitor messages published here by their
 callers for topic appropriateness whenever possible.
 
Rules for the WILDCAT! Sysops Support Conference
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1.  No BBS advertisements are welcome in the Conference.
    A simple "Hello, I'm new here" will do.  BBS phone numbers
    and *any* other extraneous information in messages or
    signatures (other than origin lines) constitutes advertising
    and is not permitted.
 
2.  Product advertisements *are* welcome under the following
    conditions only:
 
    a.  Keep advertisement to *ONE PAGE or LESS* (one page 
means
        30 - 40 lines) INCLUDING tearlines and useless data such
        as offline reader signature lines, etc.
 
    b.  Advertisements should be written to convey *quiet
        professionalism* of both advertiser and audience.
 
    c.  Product advertised must be DIRECTLY usable by, with, or
        for WILDCAT! BBS software, but not exclusively so.
 
    d.  Price of product may be included in advertisement.
 
    e.  Either a FidoNet node number, phone number, or mail
        address (U.S. Mail or whatever is appropriate for your country)
        should be provided for contact.
 
    f.  The Moderator will have the final decision as to what
        products and/or services are appropriate to advertise.
 
3.  *NO FLAMING WILL BE TOLERATED* on *any* person, vendor,
    product, or service participating in this conference.
 
4.  Please keep all messages ON-TOPIC.  Any post that does not
    deal with an actual operational problem/question or an answer
    to such, is considered off topic.
 
    If you don't know what's allowed, *ASK* first or re-read this
    Rules file.
 
    The Moderator has the final decision as to what is on or off
    topic.
 
5.  Excessive quoting is not permitted.  When responding to a
    message, please QUOTE *ONLY* THE TEXT YOU WISH TO     
RESPOND TO,
    NOTHING MORE. Please *do not* include personal
    hello/goodbye/"In a message to" lines, offline mail reader
    signature/tag lines, mail processor signature/origin lines,
    etc. in the quoted response.  Please keep all messages
    reasonably short and to the point.  Be considerate of others.
 
6.  Handles are *not* allowed in the Conference.  Real names
    only, please.
 
7.  ASCII, ANSI and WILDCAT! specific graphics and graphics 
codes
    are not permitted in messages.  Not everyone reading the
    conference can translate them.
 
8.  This Conference is *not* an official support medium for *any*
    Mustang Software, Inc. or Santronics Software, Inc. product
    including WILDCAT!.  For support, contact Santronics Software,
    Inc. directly.
 
9.  The WILDCAT! Echo may *not* be gated outside of FidoNet by
    anyone to or from any QWK or Fido Technology network without
    the express permission of the Moderator.
 
10. Repeated offenses of the rules by any participant may result
    in that node's link to this Conference being cut.
 
11. The conference is *not* to be used as a medium to report bugs
    of beta software to the authors.  Contact the author directly
    to report the bug/problems.  If a question comes up about
    the operational side of beta software, then feel free to ask
    a question about the software in the conference.
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bob.mcgrath@modemadd.com