05/25/98

Our RaceNet information files and nodelists are available at our FTP
site. The address is ftp.tao.com. We will be working on putting the
daily mail packets up on the site for you to download and enable you to
upload your reply packets. More on that when it is functional.


05/21/98

We added a new conference to the RaceNet lineup.

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Name:     RN_SIMRACE
Host:     Chas Bornemann
CoHost:   Bob Watson
Desc:
    In this conference you find the latest on Racing Simulations
    like Nascar Racing, CART Racing, Grand Prix 2, Soda, Need for
    Speed, and others.  News and discussions on Offline and Online
    Racing Series, setups, new tracks, carsets and utilities.
    NO COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS!
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As of 05/04/98, all of the RaceNet conferences are being gated into
RelayNet (RIME) and are available via their secure NNTP server at
news.relaynet.org. If you wish access to the NNTP server, you must
register by completing the NNTP application on our web site at
http://www.tao.com/racenet.html. Once completed and submitted, you
will receive a confirmation e-mail from Don Barba, listing your
access name & password for the server. You may use your favorite
news reader to read & post to any of the NNTP conferences (Both
RaceNet & RelayNet). If you have any questions about this, please
let me know.

A complete RaceNet NNTP conference listing can be found in NNTP.TXT


Bob Watson
RaceNet Administrator


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Okay, here is the new RaceNet conference changes as of 05/01/98.
This new conference lineup will help keep our focus directed toward
racing and hopefully increase the message traffic in each conference.
Your comments are requested.

We are also in the process of gating our conferences with RelayNet
(RIME). Testing is going on now and the project will be complete
within the next week or so. Once this is complete, all of the RaceNet
conferences will be available on the internet via RIME's secure NNTP
server. More on that once the conferences are in place and tested.


Bob Watson
RaceNet Administrator

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The following conferences have been added:

RN_NASCAR

The following conferences have been renamed:

U_HOTROD -> RN_HOTROD

The following conferences have been merged into the new NASCAR conference
and are being deleted:

RN_ALL-PRO
RN_BGNNORTH
RN_BUSCH-GN
RN_DASH
RN_MODIFIED
RN_SUPERTRK
RN_SW-TOUR
RN_NW-TOUR
RN_WIN-WEST
RN_WRS

The following conferences have been merged into the CYCLES conference
and are being deleted:

RN_PROSTAR

The following conferences are just being deleted:

RN_AUTOFIX
RN_BARTEND
RN_BEER
RN_CAR-NEWS
RN_COM-SALE
RN_DRIVING
RN_DUTCH
RN_GER-CHAT
RN_GERMAN
RN_MUSTANGS
RN_NASA
RN_PAWEA
RN_PLNTCONN
RN_PROCESS
RN_RECIPES
RN_SCANNERS
RN_SOLO
RN_SPRINTS
RN_STORM95
RN_TEENS
RN_TOURING
RN_TROPICAL
RN_USNEWS
RN_VAWEA
RN_VOLKSWAG
RN_WASH-DC

