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-ngThe rules of the BBS are normally displayed here, but the sysop has not
-yet defined them. So in the meantime, please use common sense and follow the
-golden rule: "hTreat others as you yourself wish to be treatedng."
+ncYour Internet e-mail address here on @BBS@ is:
+<h@EMAILADDR@nc>
 
-Of course technical rules like "hDo not upload commercial softwareng" and
-"hDo not upload virus or trojan horse filesng" also apply, so please ask the
-sysop for details.
+You can access the file areas using any hyFTPnc client by pointing
+it at h@HOSTNAME@nc (port 21) 
+and logging in with your username and password. If the sysop
+has a Guest/Anonymous user account configured, you can point
+a web browser at hftp://@HOSTNAME@/00index.htmlnc
+for a nice HTML interface to the file areas.
 
+You can retrieve your e-mail using any Internet (POP3) hye-mailnc client
+by pointing it at h@HOSTNAME@nc (port 110) 
+and logging in with your username and password. The sysop may
+even allow relaying of mail through the SMTP server (port 25),
+ask h@SYSOP@nc for details.
+
+You can access the message areas using any yhNewsgroupnc (NNTP) reader
+by pointing it at h@HOSTNAME@nc (port 119) 
+and logging in with your username and password.
+
+You may also use hyGophernc (port 70) and yhFingernc (port 79) clients
+to access many read-only facilities on this BBS.