旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � DoorNet General Information � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Original text by Alex Rose � � 4/4/92 updated 9/29/93 � � New text and editing by Steve Lin � � 4/19/93 � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� The original premise behind DoorNet is to provide a global network environment for the distribution of news and information about DOORs. Since then, DoorNet has expanded to cover actual file distribution of DOOR products in a very rapid and timely manner. Also, DoorNet has extended the concept of interBBS gaming to international scope by providing a global network of interlinked BBS's using these types of DOORs. DoorNet is the first (and still the only) serious attempt to bring message base support and file distribution directly from DOOR developers and support personnel to sysops and users around the world. While it is true that many DOOR developers offer a network conference or two, for the most part the distribution of their conferences is very limited (to a single network or their own DOOR registrants). Before DoorNet, getting responses back from many DOOR authors was problematic at best, with people resorting to calling up Directory Assistance and playing tricks with the hapless telephone operators in order to locate unlisted voice phone numbers or to get even one working data phone number to contact the DOOR authors in question. Even what was once considered "adequate" in established mail networks began to suffer woefully as DOOR developers spread themselves too thin trying to find and participate in every possible DOOR-related conference in any mail network that they could get acceptance into. DoorNet brings everybody to the proverbial table, where everyone can see everyone else and discuss matters freely. DoorNet's mail conferences are divided into only a few main categories: general interest (further subdivided by DOOR topics), network-related, and individual product support. Of all of the DoorNet conferences, only DOORNET is required; the rest are just gravy. But we recommend carrying all of the general interest conferences and offering them to your users so they can talk about their favorite DOORs and chat with their favorite DOOR authors; also, picking up the product support conferences for the DOORs that you run on your own system (or are planning to) may help you immensely. Consult the DoorNet EchoRoster for more details on our conferences (that would be the EROSTER.* file (use PKUNZIP to break out the files within)). If you are a DOOR developer and would like to participate, please let us know so we can accomodate your special needs, which may range from setting up a new conference for your products or doing heavy-duty gating of your existing conference(s) into and out of DoorNet to sending out your DOORs or DOOR utilities to the DoorNet and DFN audiences.