From: apb.admin@n7kbt.rain.com
Subject: APB ACS Frequently Asked Questions
Followup-To: alt.personals.bondage
Reply-To: apb.admin@n7kbt.rain.com
Organization: Anonymous Contact Service @ N7KBT
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 10:30:05 GMT

Frequently Asked APB ACS Questions (With Answers...)

Last update: September 21, 1992

Here are some answers to these common questions...

1) How do I get an alias?
    Mail to apb.ping@n7kbt.rain.com

2) I don't need an alias. I just replied to someone's message.
    You received an alias so that the other person can reply to you
    and maintain *their* anonymity.  Besides, it's free :-)

3) How come my message got cut off?
    The software strips anything beyond a line that starts with "--"
    because it looks like a signature.  Enough sites/users don't
    know that it's suppose to be "-- " (space).  Sigh.

4) Can you delete/change my address?
    I could, but since nobody else can use it, I'd rather not.
    If you really MUST have the alias deleted, I can just forward the
    mail to /dev/null here.  Send mail to apb.admin@n7kbt.rain.com

5) Why do I have 'n' aliases?
    A couple of reasons are that you may have posted from different machines
    in or out of your domain, or more likely, your mail took a different
    path to get here, due to rerouting by hosts along the way.

6) My pings come back, but I haven't seen my message...
    News takes a much more roundabout path than mail, and hence, takes
    significantly longer to get to some sites. News can take 2 weeks
    to reach the most outlying leaf nodes.

7) Can I post something without the 100-line limit cutting me off?
    The 100-line limit has been removed.  There is currently no limit to
    the size of the message you wish to post or send.

8) How do I use this service?
    Read the signature of any anonymous message, or see the companion
    postings on how to use the apb ACS.

9) How do I follow up anonymously?
    Save the article to a file.  Invoke your mailer, address the followup
    to apb.post@n7kbt.rain.com, and read in the file you saved.  Edit to
    your heart's content.  Send it.

10) I can't find n7kbt.
     apb.*@n7kbt.rain.com should work.
     uunet!n7kbt.rain.com!apb.* is an alternate.

11) Can I post something to a newsgroup other than apb here?
     No.  There are provisions to post to apb, and e-mail only.

12) How do I post non-anonymously?
     Just do it.  Apb isn't moderated; anyone can post.  If you need technical
     assistance, ask the news guru at your site.

13) I would like to post a test message.
     The net and I would rather you didn't. Again, if you sit back and
     read, you'll see that it does in fact work rather well.

14) How can I cancel an article I just posted?
     You can't.  Within ~30 minutes of receipt of your article by n7kbt,
     the article has already been posted to many machines around the
     world.  Your best bet is to think before you post.  Your next best
     bet is to submit another article retracting what you said in the first
     one.

15) I sent mail to apb.post but didn't see my article.  What's wrong?

     I have absolutely no idea.  You MUST send me any/all error messages
     you got as well as letting me know exactly how you submitted the
     article and what the Subject: of your article is.  If I don't get at
     least this much information, your request for help will be silently
     ignored (I don't have time to ask people for it).

     You should also ask your local news administrator if you're having any
     problems with news locally.  Other sites may have received your article
     even if you didn't.

16) What the hell does "n7kbt" stand for, anyway?
     It doesn't.  It's my Amateur (Ham) Radio call sign.

17) When is the "Short Form" of the instructions posted?
     Every Sunday.

18) When is the "Long Form" of the instructions posted?
     Twice a month, on the first and the fifteenth.

19) Can you delete my alias?  I don't need it any more.
     First of all, see #4.  Since I can't reuse the number, it's just as
     well to leave it be, except in cases of harassment.

20) Why didn't I get a reply to the mail I sent to apb.admin?
     Three possibilities:
       a) I haven't gotten around to answering it yet.
       b) My answer got lost somewhere along the way.
       c) Your question is answered in the Intro postings or the FAQ.


		-John

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To use this service, send EMAIL to:
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Test path/get alias:		apb.ping@n7kbt.rain.com
ACS administrator:		apb.admin@n7kbt.rain.com