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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to The Witching Hour! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Witching Hour BBS originated back in 1986 when Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) were thriving, before the Big Bad Internet came and killed the BBS.
The Witching Hour was running 24 hours a day from June 6, 1993 until December 31,
1997. At that time The Witching Hour was a Multi-Node BBS with a total of 2 Phone Lines
and at it height almost 1000 Users averaging 100-150 Calls a Day. By
Mid-1996 the Internet had dwindled the system usage to about 10-20 Calls a
Day. After seeing the System Usage Decline in only 6 months the decision was made to Take the System Down.
In early September 1999 we decided to put The Witching Hour Back Online with the
ability to Access it on the very thing that killed it, the Internet. But that was
a failing there was not enugh intrest in bbs at that time. Withthe ability to Telnet
into a BBS it has renewed some of the interest in Bulletin Boards. BBS are a lot more
personal than the Internet and offer a few things that have yet to be done online.
and we kept going up and down in the next few yers we disided to go for broke 2005
and we plan on staying up for atleast 3 years and longer if the interest is there.
The Witching Hour is now a Multi-Node Telnet-able System that is Available Worldwide to anyone with an Internet Connection and Telnet Terminal
Program. This system can be accessed by someone running any of the current operating systems (Windows95/98, Windows NT, Unix, Linux, and others).
This System is a Free System and all Users will have access to all
Areas (Some Areas Require Users to be over 18). But we still would like donations
The Witching Hour carries a large amount of message networks including, DoveNet, FidoNet, PNW-Net, and paranormal net.
There is No Download Ratio implemeted in the File Areas!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Internet Email Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All users of this system are given a new Internet Email address that consists of your BBS UserName followed by our domain name. This essentially gives you another email address which you can use for anything you desire. The format
of the address is :
username@twh.servebeer.com
You can use your Alias, or your Real Name that you entered when you signed up to send/receive email to this mailbox.
All spaces in your Username should be converted into a period (.), if not you must enclose the username in quotes.
Here's a few examples :
Example:
Cipris@twh.servebeer.com
Example:
desmond.robertson@twh.servebeer.com
Example:
user.name@twh.servebeer.com
Example:
realfirst.reallast@twh.servebeer.com
Example: "user name"@twh.servebeer.com
Example: "realfirst reallast"@twh.servebeer.com
E-mail user names are not case sensitive (e.g. Cipris and cipris are
both valid user names).
You can send/receive Email to this BBS Mailbox with your favorite Email client by creating a new account and setting the options as follows :
Account Name : Username on this BBS (eg. Cipris or Desmond.Robertson)
Password : Your PW on this BBS
SMTP Server : Your ISP's SMTP server (eg. mail.yourisp.com)
POP Server : TWH.servebeer.com
You may also forward your BBS Email to your Regular Internet Email Address by going into the (D)efaults Section and turning on Forward EMail to Netmail.
If you are having trouble with this service please drop us a line and we will get you up and running as quickly as possible.
Abuse of this mailbox will result in your removal from this system.
The Witching Hour is not responsible for the contents or data sent/received in these
mailboxes and cannot be held liable.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Servers Addresses : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact Email :
sysop@twh.servebeer.com
BBS :
telnet://twh.servebeer.com ¦ Port 23
IRC : irc://twh.servebeer.com
Web :
http://twh.servebeer.com
This is an automatically generated message sent to all New users.
This message is to inform you of the features of this system as well as
provide a few answers to how this BBS operates.
Thanks for Calling and/or Telnetting to us
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