From: "Janis Kracht" 

Hi there,

> Hello. This is my first post.  I used to run a BBS in the 90s.  I'd love to
>set one up now. But I'm wondering a few things. Due to severe bandwidth limits
>in the Rural area I am I would love to know if Fidonet would allow me  to host
> a telnew BBS on a server  that is not in my home?

You should be able to set up the BinkD mailer there in Iowa to get and send 
echomail and netmail - the bandwidth is incredibly low for messages, so it 
shouldn't cause a problem.  As far as using a remote server, sure you can do 
that but it's probably going to cost you some.  Also, if you still have a
modem 
around, you can dial up or have mail delivered to you from a number of
systems, 
mine included.  I send a bunch of modem feeds mail/files since I've already
got 
a dialing plan in use that enables free calls all over the U.S.

If you'd like to get a fidonet node number just go to this link, and fill out 
the application http://www.filegate.net/zone1/

The link for the application is on that main page.. there are help files for a 
number of internet mailers in the links section on the right side of the page.

Take care,
Janis

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