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Spam from DM.NET
Who the fuck is "dueling modems"? Why am I getting this shit at my
site? This is dm.com, not dm.net. What a bunch of fucking morons.
"Jim RoadRunner" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>
> ----------
> From: nic
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 5:26 PM
> To: Jim RoadRunner
> Subject: Welcome to Dueling Modems!
>
> Dear James,
>
> Welcome to Dueling Modems!
>
> This letter is to confirm that we've received your signup and billing
> information, and have set up your account.
>
> ***** ACCOUNT INFORMATION *****
>
> Acct #: 0032108
> ID: wild-mouse
> Password: railroad
> Email Name: [email protected]
> Email Destination: [email protected]
>
> We may have tweaked some of the ID/Pwd information you put on the form,
> to meet the requirements of our operating system. Please make sure you
> use the information above when configuring your software.
>
> ***** EMAIL INFORMATION *****
>
> If your email destination is "local," you'll need to set up your email
> program with the following parameters:
>
> POP3 Server: mail.dm.net
> SMTP Server: mail.dm.net
> Email Account ID: wild-mouse
> Email Account Password: railroad
> POP Account: [email protected]
> Real Name: (or your "handle")
> Return Address: [email protected]
>
> ***** BILLING INFORMATION *****
>
> You've chosen to be billed by: Credit Card
> Your first billing month was/will be: Apr-97
> Your billing frequency is: monthly
>
> If you've chosen to be billed by check, you'll receive an invoice via
> email sent to the above destination address.
>
> Electronic Funds Transfer subscribers will receive an additional email
> containing the information you'll need to provide to your bank to set up
> the process.
>
> ***** NEWSGROUP INFORMATION *****
>
> Your personal members' newsgroup is:
>
> dm.members.wild-mouse
>
> ***** WEB PAGE INFORMATION *****
>
> The URL for your personal web site is:
>
> http://www.dm.net/~wild-mouse/
>
> If you've opted to have a personal web page:
>
> To load your web pages, you'll need an "ftp client." This software lets
> you upload files to a remote server.
>
> (Dueling Modems provides links to several ftp packages on our Software
> Warehouse web page.)
>
> Configure your ftp client to log onto:
>
> www.dm.net
>
> Make sure you set up the ftp client software to use the ID and password
> listed at the beginning of this letter. You'll be directly connected to
> your own directory space.
>
> Once connected, you'll see a sub-directory named "web_pages". Log into
> that directory. You can then upload your HTML files.
>
> For help in creating your web pages, check into the dm.html.* area on
> the news server. The staff there are experts, and are delighted to help
> out.
>
> Apologies for the brevity of these instructions. We'll be creating an
> Online User's Guide soon, which will include detailed instructions for
> various software packages. For the time being, though, please ask for
> help in dm.html.*.
>
> ***** USER AUTHENTICATION *****
>
> (aka, Logging into the news server.)
>
> We're beginning to move parts of the service to "subscriber-only" mode,
> which will require you to set up your User ID and Password in your
> newsreading software.
>
> User authentication will also be needed to gain access to private areas
> within the news server. We've set up two groups specifically to test
> your log-in:
>
> dm.priv-test.announce
> dm.priv-test.sign-in
>
> Please set up your newsreader for user Authentication now, and refresh
> your group list to make sure you can reach these two groups. If you
> can't, check into dm.admin.help-desk.newsreaders for assistance.
>
> Unfortunately, the very popular Netscape Navigator does NOT provide any
> way of entering your ID/Password when you try to connect to DM's server,
> which means that eventually you won't be able to reach the BBS with
> Navigator. :(
>
> The solution is to use a different software package. We recommend Free
> Agent for Windows users and NewsWatcher for Mac users. Both of these
> packages are free and available from DM's Software Warehouse web page:
>
> http://dm.net/software.htm
>
> We're taking our time in making this conversion, btw., so as to make
> sure nobody gets caught unable to reach us. So don't worry about that.
>
> Of course, installing and learning new software always takes time and
> often requires a bit of hand-holding. Again, feel free to check into
> the dm.admin.help-desk.newsreader group for help. That group will be
> publicly available for some time to come.
>
> As mentioned above, we will be setting up an Online User's Guide on the
> DM web site. Installing and configuring software will be covered
> extensively. But for the meantime, please use the help desk newsgroup.
>
> Again, welcome to Dueling Modems. If you have any questions, feel free
> to drop me an email at:
>
> [email protected]
>
> If I don't know the answer, we'll find somebody who does. ;)
>
> Nic Grabien
> President, Dueling Modems
>
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps