TELECOM Moderator <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu> (02/03/90)
WELCOME TO COMP.DCOM.TELECOM AND THE <TELECOM DIGEST>
=====================================================
This is a periodic posting to Usenet readers of comp.dcom.telecom, to
tell you a little about the group, and the procedures for posting here.
Comp.dcom.telecom is a moderated newsgroup. Unlike unmoderated groups,
messages in telecom and other moderated groups must first be mailed to
the moderator for review who will in turn post the message, or return
it to you with a reason why it cannot be used.
If you are using the most recent version of software to read and reply
to news at your site, then transmission of messages to the Moderator
of a moderated group is automatic, and nothing for you to worry about.
If using older software and you attempt to post a message direct to a
moderated group, it will be rejected by most sites and re-mailed to
the Moderator, causing the Moderator to receive many, many copies of
your message. Please do not do this!
Of course you may reply direct to the poster of any message, by
writing direct to that person's network address; but messages to the
newsgroup must be sent to 'telecom@eecs.nwu.edu' regardless of the
'from' or 'reply-to' address which might otherwise appear in the message.
'TELECOM Digest' and 'comp.dcom.telecom' are one and the same. The
former is the mailing-list version (and the original publication). The
latter is a message-by-message version undigested which is sent to
Usenet through the news gateway at accuvax.nwu.edu. Although you may
receive the messages in either format you please (just write and ask
for a mail subscription), for the sake of effeciency and to conserve
network resources, it is preferable that you read comp.dcom.telecom
when possible.
Every newsgroup on the net has a purpose: ours is to provide a
continuing discussion on subjects relating primarily to voice
telephony, and secondarily to other telecommunications topics.
Messages in the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom range from the highly
technical to comments and questions by 'average phone users'. No one
with telecom-related questions or comments is excluded from
participation. The group is not for the telecom experts, nor for the
novices, but rather, for *anyone* interested in learning about and
sharing their experiences relating to the telephone.
To protect the legal interests of the thousands of sites and the
several other networks which carry the newsgroup, we *do NOT* print
messages which include code numbers, formulas or schemes to defraud
telephone companies, or other messages which contain what might be
construed as 'illegal' or 'harassing' acts toward telephone companies,
or other voice/data networks, computer sites, etc. Please do not send
this type of message. It won't be printed and it won't be returned.
An 'auto-reply' message is generated at this site when messages are
received for the Digest. This is your assurance that your message was
received in the Moderator's mail, particularly since there is
sometimes a backlog and your message won't go out for a day or so.
In addition to distribution via Usenet as 'comp.dcom.telecom', the TELECOM
Digest is distributed to several Fidonet sites; to subscribers of
MCI Mail, AT&T Mail, and Compuserve (for private use in the subscriber's
email only); it is available on the Net Exchange BBS operated by
Telenet's PC Pursuit; it is distributed to Bitnet sites; and the New
York City Board of Education makes it available on NYCNET facilities.
Our addresses:
Submissions to the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu>
Subscriptions/delivery complaints/other misc <telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu>
Private mail to Moderator -not published- <ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu>
Postal address for books, charts, etc:
TELECOM Digest
Post Office Box 1570
Chicago, IL 60690-1570
Phone: 708-518-6335 (press 1 when requested to enter an extension)
TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom is hosted by the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of Northwestern University,
to whom I am grateful for the use of their facilities, their resources,
and the time and patience of their Postmaster, Bill Lefebre. The help
I receive from 'Moderator Emeritus' jsol is also invaluable.
Messages in TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom are distributed freely,
and you may re-distribute them ONLY if you do not make any charge for
reading or re-transmitting them. Exceptions to this are the standard
fees charged for electronic mailbox service; fees charged by UUNET to
its subscribers and the standard fees charged by public access UNIX
sites such as Portal Communications, Chinet and similar.
Patrick Townson
TELECOM Digest Moderatortelecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (03/01/90)
WELCOME TO COMP.DCOM.TELECOM AND THE <TELECOM DIGEST>
=====================================================
This is a periodic posting to Usenet readers of comp.dcom.telecom, to
tell you a little about the group, and the procedures for posting here.
Comp.dcom.telecom is a moderated newsgroup. Unlike unmoderated groups,
messages in telecom and other moderated groups must first be mailed to
the moderator for review who will in turn post the message, or return
it to you with a reason why it cannot be used.
If you are using the most recent version of software to read and reply
to news at your site, then transmission of messages to the Moderator
of a moderated group is automatic, and nothing for you to worry about.
If using older software and you attempt to post a message direct to a
moderated group, it will be rejected by most sites and re-mailed to
the Moderator, causing the Moderator to receive many, many copies of
your message. Please do not do this!
Of course you may reply direct to the poster of any message, by
writing direct to that person's network address; but messages to the
newsgroup must be sent to 'telecom@eecs.nwu.edu' regardless of the
'from' or 'reply-to' address which might otherwise appear in the message.
'TELECOM Digest' and 'comp.dcom.telecom' are one and the same. The
former is the mailing-list version (and the original publication). The
latter is a message-by-message version undigested which is sent to
Usenet through the news gateway at accuvax.nwu.edu. Although you may
receive the messages in either format you please (just write and ask
for a mail subscription), for the sake of effeciency and to conserve
network resources, it is preferable that you read comp.dcom.telecom
when possible.
Every newsgroup on the net has a purpose: ours is to provide a
continuing discussion on subjects relating primarily to voice
telephony, and secondarily to other telecommunications topics.
Messages in the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom range from the highly
technical to comments and questions by 'average phone users'. No one
with telecom-related questions or comments is excluded from
participation. The group is not for the telecom experts, nor for the
novices, but rather, for *anyone* interested in learning about and
sharing their experiences relating to the telephone.
To protect the legal interests of the thousands of sites and the
several other networks which carry the newsgroup, we *do NOT* print
messages which include code numbers, formulas or schemes to defraud
telephone companies, or other messages which contain what might be
construed as 'illegal' or 'harassing' acts toward telephone companies,
or other voice/data networks, computer sites, etc. Please do not send
this type of message. It won't be printed and it won't be returned.
An 'auto-reply' message is generated at this site when messages are
received for the Digest. This is your assurance that your message was
received in the Moderator's mail, particularly since there is
sometimes a backlog and your message won't go out for a day or so.
In addition to distribution via Usenet as 'comp.dcom.telecom', the TELECOM
Digest is distributed to several Fidonet sites; to subscribers of
MCI Mail, AT&T Mail, and Compuserve (for private use in the subscriber's
email only); it is available on the Net Exchange BBS operated by
Telenet's PC Pursuit; it is distributed to Bitnet sites; and the New
York City Board of Education makes it available on NYCENET facilities.
Our addresses:
Submissions to the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu>
Subscriptions/delivery complaints/other misc <telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu>
Private mail to Moderator -not published- <ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu>
Postal address for books, charts, etc:
TELECOM Digest
Post Office Box 1570
Chicago, IL 60690-1570
Phone: 708-518-6335 (press 1 when requested to enter an extension)
TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom is hosted by the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL. I am grateful for the use of their
facilities, their resources, and the time and patience of their
Postmaster, Bill LeFebvre. The help I receive from 'Moderator
Emeritus' jsol is also invaluable.
Messages in TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom are distributed freely,
and you may re-distribute them ONLY if you do not make any charge for
reading or re-transmitting them. Exceptions to this are the standard
fees charged for electronic mailbox service; fees charged by UUNET to
its subscribers and the standard fees charged by public access UNIX
sites such as Portal Communications, Chinet and similar.
Patrick Townson
TELECOM Digest Moderatortelecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (07/12/90)
WELCOME TO COMP.DCOM.TELECOM AND THE <TELECOM DIGEST>
=====================================================
This is a periodic posting to Usenet readers of comp.dcom.telecom, to
tell you a little about the group, and the procedures for posting here.
Comp.dcom.telecom is a moderated newsgroup. Unlike unmoderated groups,
messages in telecom and other moderated groups must first be mailed to
the moderator for review who will in turn post the message, or return
it to you with a reason why it cannot be used.
If you are using the most recent version of software to read and reply
to news at your site, then transmission of messages to the Moderator
of a moderated group is automatic, and nothing for you to worry about.
If using older software and you attempt to post a message direct to a
moderated group, it will be rejected by most sites and re-mailed to
the Moderator, causing the Moderator to receive many, many copies of
your message. Please do not do this!
Of course you may reply direct to the poster of any message, by
writing direct to that person's network address; but messages to the
newsgroup must be sent to 'telecom@eecs.nwu.edu' regardless of the
'from' or 'reply-to' address which might otherwise appear in the message.
'TELECOM Digest' and 'comp.dcom.telecom' are one and the same. The
former is the mailing-list version (and the original publication). The
latter is a message-by-message version undigested which is sent to
Usenet through the news gateway at accuvax.nwu.edu. Although you may
receive the messages in either format you please (just write and ask
for a mail subscription), for the sake of effeciency and to conserve
network resources, it is preferable that you read comp.dcom.telecom
when possible.
Every newsgroup on the net has a purpose: ours is to provide a
continuing discussion on subjects relating primarily to voice
telephony, and secondarily to other telecommunications topics.
Messages in the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom range from the highly
technical to comments and questions by 'average phone users'. No one
with telecom-related questions or comments is excluded from
participation. The group is not for the telecom experts, nor for the
novices, but rather, for *anyone* interested in learning about and
sharing their experiences relating to the telephone.
To protect the legal interests of the thousands of sites and the
several other networks which carry the newsgroup, we *do NOT* print
messages which include code numbers, formulas or schemes to defraud
telephone companies, or other messages which contain what might be
construed as 'illegal' or 'harassing' acts toward telephone companies,
or other voice/data networks, computer sites, etc. Please do not send
this type of message. It won't be printed and it won't be returned.
An 'auto-reply' message is generated at this site when messages are
received for the Digest. This is your assurance that your message was
received in the Moderator's mail, particularly since there is
sometimes a backlog and your message won't go out for a day or so.
In addition to distribution via Usenet as 'comp.dcom.telecom', the TELECOM
Digest is distributed to several Fidonet sites; to subscribers of
MCI Mail, AT&T Mail, and Compuserve (for private use in the subscriber's
email only); it is available on the Net Exchange BBS operated by
Telenet's PC Pursuit; it is distributed to Bitnet sites; and the New
York City Board of Education makes it available on NYCENET facilities.
Our addresses:
Submissions to the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu>
Subscriptions/delivery complaints/other misc <telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu>
Private mail to Moderator -not published- <ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu>
Postal address for books, charts, etc:
TELECOM Digest
Post Office Box 1570
Chicago, IL 60690-1570
Phone: 708-518-6335 (press 1 when requested to enter an extension)
TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom is hosted by the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of Northwestern University,
to whom I am grateful for the use of their facilities, their resources,
and the time and patience of their Postmaster, Bill Le Febvre. The help
I receive from 'Moderator Emeritus' jsol is also invaluable.
Messages in TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom are distributed freely,
and you may re-distribute them ONLY if you do not make any charge for
reading or re-transmitting them. Exceptions to this are the standard
fees charged for electronic mailbox service; fees charged by UUNET to
its subscribers and the standard fees charged by public access UNIX
sites such as Portal Communications, Chinet and similar.
Patrick Townson
TELECOM Digest ModeratorTELECOM Moderator <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu> (09/02/90)
WELCOME TO COMP.DCOM.TELECOM AND THE <TELECOM DIGEST>
=====================================================
This is a periodic posting to Usenet readers of comp.dcom.telecom, to
tell you a little about the group, and the procedures for posting here.
Comp.dcom.telecom is a moderated newsgroup. Unlike unmoderated groups,
messages in telecom and other moderated groups must first be mailed to
the moderator for review who will in turn post the message, or return
it to you with a reason why it cannot be used.
If you are using the most recent version of software to read and reply
to news at your site, then transmission of messages to the Moderator
of a moderated group is automatic, and nothing for you to worry about.
If using older software and you attempt to post a message direct to a
moderated group, it will be rejected by most sites and re-mailed to
the Moderator, causing the Moderator to receive many, many copies of
your message. Please do not do this!
Of course you may reply direct to the poster of any message, by
writing direct to that person's network address; but messages to the
newsgroup must be sent to 'telecom@eecs.nwu.edu' regardless of the
'from' or 'reply-to' address which might otherwise appear in the message.
'TELECOM Digest' and 'comp.dcom.telecom' are one and the same. The
former is the mailing-list version (and the original publication). The
latter is a message-by-message version undigested which is sent to
Usenet through the news gateway at accuvax.nwu.edu. Although you may
receive the messages in either format you please (just write and ask
for a mail subscription), for the sake of effeciency and to conserve
network resources, it is preferable that you read comp.dcom.telecom
when possible.
Every newsgroup on the net has a purpose: ours is to provide a
continuing discussion on subjects relating primarily to voice
telephony, and secondarily to other telecommunications topics.
Messages in the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom range from the highly
technical to comments and questions by 'average phone users'. No one
with telecom-related questions or comments is excluded from
participation. The group is not for the telecom experts, nor for the
novices, but rather, for *anyone* interested in learning about and
sharing their experiences relating to the telephone.
To protect the legal interests of the thousands of sites and the
several other networks which carry the newsgroup, we *do NOT* print
messages which include code numbers, formulas or schemes to defraud
telephone companies, or other messages which contain what might be
construed as 'illegal' or 'harassing' acts toward telephone companies,
or other voice/data networks, computer sites, etc. Please do not send
this type of message. It won't be printed and it won't be returned.
An 'auto-reply' message is generated at this site when messages are
received for the Digest. This is your assurance that your message was
received in the Moderator's mail, particularly since there is
sometimes a backlog and your message won't go out for a day or so.
In addition to distribution via Usenet as 'comp.dcom.telecom', the
TELECOM Digest is distributed to several Fidonet sites; to subscribers
of MCI Mail, AT&T Mail, and Compuserve (for private use in the
subscriber's email only); it is available on the Net Exchange BBS
operated by SprintNet's (nee Telenet) PC Pursuit; it is distributed to
Bitnet sites; and the New York City Board of Education makes it
available on NYCENET facilities.
Our addresses:
Submissions to the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu>
Subscriptions/delivery complaints/other misc <telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu>
Private mail to Moderator -not published- <ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu>
Postal address for books, charts, etc:
TELECOM Digest
Post Office Box 1570
Chicago, IL 60690-1570
Phone: 708-518-6335 (press 1 when requested to enter an extension)
TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom is hosted by the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of Northwestern University,
to whom I am grateful for the use of their facilities, their resources,
and the time and patience of their Postmaster, Bill Le Febvre. The help
I receive from 'Moderator Emeritus' jsol is also invaluable.
Messages in TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom are distributed freely,
and you may re-distribute them ONLY if you do not make any charge for
reading or re-transmitting them. Exceptions to this are the standard
fees charged for electronic mailbox service; fees charged by UUNET to
its subscribers and the standard fees charged by public access UNIX
sites such as Portal Communications, Chinet and similar.
Patrick Townson
TELECOM Digest Moderatortelecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (01/02/91)
WELCOME TO COMP.DCOM.TELECOM AND THE <TELECOM DIGEST>
=====================================================
This is a periodic posting to Usenet readers of comp.dcom.telecom, to
tell you a little about the group, and the procedures for posting here.
Comp.dcom.telecom is a moderated newsgroup. Unlike unmoderated groups,
messages in telecom and other moderated groups must first be mailed to
the moderator for review who will in turn post the message, or return
it to you with a reason why it cannot be used.
If you are using the most recent version of software to read and reply
to news at your site, then transmission of messages to the Moderator
of a moderated group is automatic, and nothing for you to worry about.
If using older software and you attempt to post a message direct to a
moderated group, it will be rejected by most sites and re-mailed to
the Moderator, causing the Moderator to receive many, many copies of
your message. Please do not do this!
Of course you may reply direct to the poster of any message, by
writing direct to that person's network address; but messages to the
newsgroup must be sent to 'telecom@eecs.nwu.edu' regardless of the
'from' or 'reply-to' address which might otherwise appear in the message.
'TELECOM Digest' and 'comp.dcom.telecom' are one and the same. The
former is the mailing-list version (and the original publication). The
latter is a message-by-message version undigested which is sent to
Usenet through the news gateway at accuvax.nwu.edu. Although you may
receive the messages in either format you please (just write and ask
for a mail subscription), for the sake of effeciency and to conserve
network resources, it is preferable that you read comp.dcom.telecom
when possible.
Every newsgroup on the net has a purpose: ours is to provide a
continuing discussion on subjects relating primarily to voice
telephony, and secondarily to other telecommunications topics.
Messages in the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom range from the highly
technical to comments and questions by 'average phone users'. No one
with telecom-related questions or comments is excluded from
participation. The group is not for the telecom experts, nor for the
novices, but rather, for *anyone* interested in learning about and
sharing their experiences relating to the telephone.
To protect the legal interests of the thousands of sites and the
several other networks which carry the newsgroup, we *do NOT* print
messages which include code numbers, formulas or schemes to defraud
telephone companies, or other messages which contain what might be
construed as 'illegal' or 'harassing' acts toward telephone companies,
or other voice/data networks, computer sites, etc. Please do not send
this type of message. It won't be printed and it won't be returned.
An 'auto-reply' message is generated at this site when messages are
received for the Digest. This is your assurance that your message was
received in the Moderator's mail, particularly since there is
sometimes a backlog and your message won't go out for a day or so.
In addition to distribution via Usenet as 'comp.dcom.telecom', the
TELECOM Digest is distributed to several Fidonet sites; to subscribers
of MCI Mail, AT&T Mail, and Compuserve (for private use in the
subscriber's email only); it is available on the Net Exchange BBS
operated by SprintNet's (nee Telenet) PC Pursuit; it is distributed to
Bitnet sites; and the New York City Board of Education makes it
available on NYCENET facilities.
Our addresses:
Submissions to the Digest/comp.dcom.telecom <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu>
Subscriptions/delivery complaints/other misc <telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu>
Private mail to Moderator -not published- <ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu>
Postal address for books, charts, etc:
TELECOM Digest
Post Office Box 1570
Chicago, IL 60690-1570
Phone: 708-518-6335 (press 1 when requested to enter an extension)
TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom is hosted by the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of Northwestern University,
to whom I am grateful for the use of their facilities, their resources,
and the time and patience of their Postmaster, Bill Le Febvre. The help
I receive from 'Moderator Emeritus' jsol is also invaluable.
Messages in TELECOM Digest/comp.dcom.telecom are distributed freely,
and you may re-distribute them ONLY if you do not make any charge for
reading or re-transmitting them. Exceptions to this are the standard
fees charged for electronic mailbox service; fees charged by UUNET to
its subscribers and the standard fees charged by public access UNIX
sites such as Portal Communications, Chinet and similar.
The Telecom Archives
--------------------
If you have ftp privileges at your site, you can visit the Telecom
Archives and get some really good files relating to telecom, along
with the past nine year's worth of back issues of TELECOM Digest.
ftp lcs.mit.edu
login anonymous give username@site.name for password
cd telecom-archives
have fun! enjoy your visit!
Other Publications We Support
-----------------------------
Two other Digests we recommend, which began as spin-offs from TELECOM
Digest overflow messages are:
Computer Underground Digest (CuD)
The social and legal issues involved with phreaking and
hacking. To be added to the list: tk0jut2@niu.bitnet
Caller ID / Telecom Privacy Discussion List
An ongoing debate: Is Caller ID good or bad?
To be added to the list: telecom-priv-request@pica.army.mil
Patrick Townson
TELECOM Digest Moderator