Shorten the default newuser info screen considerably: don't assume the sysop

has all these TCP/IP services enabled and available for the users.

text/newuser.msg

 
n
cYour Internet e-mail address here on @BBS@ is:
 <
h@EMAILADDR@
n
c>
 
-You can access the file areas using any 
h
yFTP
n
c client by pointing
-it at 
h@HOSTNAME@
n
c (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.html
n
c
-for a nice HTML interface to the file areas.
-
-You can retrieve your e-mail using any Internet (POP3) 
h
ye-mail
n
c client
-by pointing it at 
h@HOSTNAME@
n
c (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@
n
c for details.
-
-You can access the message areas using any 
y
hNewsgroup
n
c (NNTP) reader
-by pointing it at 
h@HOSTNAME@
n
c (port 119) 
-and logging in with your username and password.
-
-You may also use 
h
yGopher
n
c (port 70) and 
y
hFinger
n
c (port 79) clients
-to access many read-only facilities on this BBS.
+If your sysop (@SYSOP@) has enabled the Synchronet mail (SMTP)
+server, you may be able to receive Internet e-mail at this address,
+so you may want to make a note of it.