From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:35:36 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Spam from DM.NET
In-Reply-To: <UPMAIL09.199703201933120342@msn.com>
Message-ID: <R76V4D30w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


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" <Wild_Mouse@msn.com> 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: 	wild-mouse@dm.net
>                   Email Destination: 	wild_mouse@msn.com
>  	
> 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:	wild-mouse@dm.net
>                           Real Name:	(or your "handle")
>                      Return Address:	wild-mouse@dm.net
>  	
> ***** 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:	
>   	
>      sysop@dm.net	
>  	
> If I don't know the answer, we'll find somebody who does.  ;)	
>  	
> Nic Grabien	
> President, Dueling Modems
>


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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps