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                  The ScreamNet Network Rules and Regulations 
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 -*‏ General Rules ‏*-

        This Net is not established to undermine the rights of SysOps,
who may be using other sets of rules on their BBS systems, however,
certain conditions must be met in order to continue to be a node/hub of
ScreamNet.
        No abusive/racist/slanderous or otherwise offensive posts shall be
made in any conference, nor included in off-line mail reader taglines. Hub
SysOps will have the last decision as to what is offensive, and node feeds
may be cut due to abusive posts.
        Messages are to be posted in their proper conferences. If a
conference cannot be found for a particular post, a general conference
has been established for such posts, it's SCR_CHAT (General Chat).
Non conference-specific posts shall be left off the network.
        There is to be no swearing in any ScreamNet conference INCLUDING
the Flaming echo. This does NOT include the Adult echoes where only users
with a VERIFIED age of 18 years or older are permitted to have access.
However, swearing with the intentions of flaming or bashing in any Adult echo
is *NOT* pemitted and will NOT be tolerated.
        Discussions of illegal activities are not permitted. This includes,
but is not limited to, hacking, carding, phreaking, pirating, boot-legging,
virus coding, and many other illegal activities.
        Aliases are allowed in all of the ScreamNet conferences EXCEPT the
SCR_SYSOP (ScreamNet SysOps ONLY) conference where REAL NAMES are required.
REAL names please!
        Adult areas are to be accessible by ADULTS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
It is the resposibility of YOU (the Sysop) to make sure your users with adult
access are in fact 18 years or older.
        ScreamNet messages are not allowed to be gated to non-members of
ScreamNet. SysOps who want mail gated to them MUST apply for node status.
        ANSI codes, BBS macros, and BBS Color codes (such as the codes
used by Renegade, PCBoard and Wildcat) are not permitted in any ScreamNet
conference except the SCR_ANSI (ANSI Art) and SCR_ADS (BBS Ads) conferences.
This includes your quote header.
        Posting of BBS advertisements is to be made in the SCR_ADS (BBS Ads)
conference ONLY. Posts advertising money-making schemes and other such posts
soliciting consumers is also prohibited. 
        Taglines and signatures of moderators from other nets are required.
This helps everyone know where their messages are going and helps to find
where messages are comming from if we have to find a user's location!
Please! Limit taglines/signatures to 4 lines or less.
        What is permitted is free, on-topic discussion of the conference
subject, barring anything described in the paragraphs preceding this
one.


 -*‏ SysOp-Specific Rules ‏*-

        Node SysOps are asked to monitor the message traffic through
their BBS. Continuous offensive posts, as deemed such by either the Net
Administrator, or a Coordinator, will result in the node in which the
messages are being posted be asked to either remove the offensive user
from his/her BBS, or to lock him/her out of the ScreamNet conferences.
In extreme cases, or if the SysOp refuses to cooperate, the node feed will
be cut off.
        Also make note that the ScreamNet does not provide users with the
means to exchange private messages with users of other BBS systems.
Private messages are allowed, but it is up to the individual SysOp
whether or not to review private network mail. There are no
private-message-specific areas, although there is a SysOp-only conference,
in which regular users should NOT have access. Only the SysOp(s) of that
specific BBS will have access to the SysOp-only conference on each BBS.
        ScreamNet nodes will always report to their hubs to report any
problems, otherwise they may report directly to the Net Administrator or
the Net Coordinator.
        ScreamNet SysOps are not allowed to edit any message sent or
received via ScreamNet. ScreamNet Nodes are required to retrieve mail
AT LEAST 3 times a week. Preferably daily if you can!
HUBS are required to poll on a daily basis so as to keep all new mail
readily available for your nodes.

If you have any questions at all please contact:

Maria Forshaw (ScreamNet Net Administrator) at

    ScreamNet 96:617/0 or 96:617/100
    FIDO      1:101/195
    RGSNet    50:580/103
    ITCNet    85:858/101

            -*OR*-

George Scarfo (ScreamNet Net Coordinator) at

    ScreamNet 96:617/1 or 96:617/200
    FIDO      1:101/715
    RGSnet    50:580/100
    RCnet     66:1200/0
    ITCnet    85:858/0 or 85:858/112


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