Just before Christmas of 1994, I put out a little set of text files
that I thought might be useful to TriBBS sysops who were wondering
how to work their way through the minefield of getting their BBS
set up for Internet email and newsgroups.  Since that time, I've
had a great number of people contact me through the TriBBS Support
Conference in TriBBSNet and from as far away as England on the
internet to thank me for putting it together.  That made the whole
project worth it for me.  It's great to see other people having a
little easier time getting hooked up to the Internet.

Since Christmas, there have been a few changes that I thought might
make a revision of the original text files worthwhile.  We've now
got a new and improved TriToss program from Mark Goodwin.  Also,
I've had a little more experience with my Internet setup now and
thought it might help to reflect that in the text files.  A lot of
people couldn't find some of the programs I referenced in the
text and configuration files so I thought I'd just throw them into
the overall zipfile this time.  That's going to bloat the size of
the file you've downloaded but at least you won't have to wander
all over creation looking for some of the programs.

I haven't made any huge attempt to write a "history" file or
anything like it.  If this is the first time you've read this
set of files, just follow the instructions and everything will
be fine.  If you followed some of the hints and suggestions in
the first set of files, you might be well served to read through
this set of files again to see what has changed.

Anyone who needs any help or can't figure out what I'm saying
can reach me in the TriBBS Support Conference on TriBBSNet or
at ben.askew@bhabbs.com.  I'll do everything I can to help out.

Thanks,
Ben Askew
6 May 1995

