An Introduction to The PUB

The Ottawa PC Users' Group is pleased to offer its members the service provided by "The PC Users' Group's Bulletin Board", or "The PUB" for short.  The PUB is a communications server designed to provide conferencing and file services to Group members. 

Through the communications server, members are able to access information regarding Group meetings and events, exchange electronic messages with other Group members, and transfer files.  The server is run by Group members, for Group members. 

The PUB uses the Wildcat! Software's "Interactive Net Server". The server supports multi-user messaging, file transfers, a List Server, and more.  It supports access from a variety of sources including dial-up, Telnet, FTP and web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.  As well, the Wildcat! Navigator provides enhanced clients for messaging, file transfer, on-line chat, and more. Click here to download the Wildcat! Navigator Client.

The PUB splits information into different functional areas: Group Information, Message Areas, File Areas, On-Line Chat, and User Configuration.  The PUB supports a variety of different client access software.