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Article #3122Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
From: Lance A. Brown
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:06
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:06
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bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes: > For God's sake. Can't you just TELL your users that at certain (or even > random) times you take the system down for various housekeeping tasks and > that the phone won't answer during those times? Or is it considered horse- > shit to reveal such secrets to users? What about the new people in town who have just gotten a local BBS listing off of the one board they already know about and are trolling around looking at the local BBS scene. An unanswered non-busy phone would make me not call again; especially if the BBS list is not very current. Lance -- The Full Circle Domain: lance@circle.raleigh.nc.us (Lance A. Brown) [ preferred ] Bangs: ...!wolves!circle!lance
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!pagesat!netsys!agate!stanford.edu!rock!concert!duke!wolves!circle!lance From: lance@Circle.Raleigh.NC.US (Lance A. Brown) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook? Message-ID: <s5FTXB1w165w@circle.raleigh.nc.us> Date: 23 Jan 93 06:06:03 GMT References: <FmmPXB1w165w@1776.COM> Organization: The Full Circle BBS, Raleigh NC - DOS/Waffle 1.65 Lines: 20