Great to be back, thanks for the replies..

Got DOVE_net setup now.. does anyone have a write-up for Synchronet BBS to setup Fidonet, what mailer to use, mail tossers, utilities, etc..

Can you poll fidonet hubs/nodes or the NC via the web now similar to how we
are connected to DOVE_net?

Just need to get started on the basic setup, I'll re-learn the rest. :)

73's


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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: The Extremist to All on Thu Dec 05 2013 06:52 pm

Great to be back, thanks for the replies..

Got DOVE_net setup now.. does anyone have a write-up for Synchronet BBS to setup Fidonet, what mailer to use, mail tossers, utilities, etc..

Here: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:fidonet

Can you poll fidonet hubs/nodes or the NC via the web now similar to how we are connected to DOVE_net?

Yes, use a mailer that supports the BinkP protocol (e.g. BinkD).

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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: The Extremist to All on Thu Dec 05 2013 06:52 pm

Can you poll fidonet hubs/nodes or the NC via the web now similar to how we are connected to DOVE_net?

I'm regional coordinator for Fidonet region 10, and virtually all of the nodes poll for mail from me using BINKP protocol. It's like the old dial-up protocols but runs over a TCP port.

There are a handful of mailer programs out there. Binkd seems to be the most featureful program (and cross-platform Linux/Windows) out there, Argus/Radius/Taurus are all similar projects to create a Windows GUI mailer.

http://vadv.ds69bbs.com/argus.php is a good setup tutorial for getting Argus set up.

Fidonews lists a bunch of help pages on the 'net:

Tutorials:

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Mailers:
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Argus: http://net135.ds69bbs.com/argus.php
BinkD example: http://www.filegate.net/zone1/binkd.html (linux)
IREX (BinkP): http://net135.ds69bbs.com/irex.php
Radius: http://time.synchro.net:81/fidonet.ssjs
(Argus clone)

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BBS Specific Helps:
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BBBS FAQ: http://www.filegate.net/zone1/bbbsfaq.html
HOW-TO-BBBS: http://www.filegate.net/zone1/howto-bbbs.html
Max/Binkley: http://www.filegate.net/zone1/maxbink.html (os/2)
Synchronet: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:index (general)
|& BinkD http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:binkd
|& tinytic http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:tinytic
|Install http://wiki.synchro.net/install:index
Tribbs: http://www.archaicbinary.net/howto/tribbs-fidonet-tridog-and
-tritoss.html [wraps]

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Echomail Tosser help:
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FastEcho: http://net135.ds69bbs.com/fastecho.php
Tutorial by Roger Shays, 1:322/759

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FileTosser Help:
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ALLFIX: http://net135.ds69bbs.com/allfix.php

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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: The Extremist to All on Thu Dec 05 2013 06:52 pm

Got DOVE_net setup now.. does anyone have a write-up for Synchronet BBS to setup Fidonet, what mailer to use, mail tossers, utilities, etc..

Can you poll fidonet hubs/nodes or the NC via the web now similar to how we are connected to DOVE_net?

Just need to get started on the basic setup, I'll re-learn the rest. :)

I got setup with Radius pretty easily, documentation is sparce, honestly now that it's running I haven't touched my mailer in ages. I'd google search for Synchronet Fidonet or something like that.

I would go to fidonet.org, find the good old policy4.txt file, refresh yourself on the basic knowledge, and figure out who is your NC. Pointdexter Fortran is my uplink, he's at 1:218/600 I think he maintains a fairly large swath of Fidonet boards, and he's on this network often.

-A.
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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: Android8675 to The Extremist on Sat Dec 07 2013 08:04 pm

Thanks,

Already further down the path with all this... already contacted the NC for region 19 and the hub I will be uplinking to in net 387.. and got everything else setup as far as mail tossing and polling.. just waiting on a node
number.

Everyone has been really helpful!

Ron

Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: The Extremist to All on Thu Dec 05 2013 06:52 pm

Got DOVE_net setup now.. does anyone have a write-up for Synchronet BBS to
setup Fidonet, what mailer to use, mail tossers, utilities, etc..

Can you poll fidonet hubs/nodes or the NC via the web now similar to how
we are connected to DOVE_net?

Just need to get started on the basic setup, I'll re-learn the rest. :)

I got setup with Radius pretty easily, documentation is sparce, honestly now that it's running I haven't touched my mailer in ages. I'd google search for Synchronet Fidonet or something like that.

I would go to fidonet.org, find the good old policy4.txt file, refresh yourself
on the basic knowledge, and figure out who is your NC. Pointdexter Fortran is
my uplink, he's at 1:218/600 I think he maintains a fairly large swath of Fidonet boards, and he's on this network often.

-A.
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Andy/Android8675

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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: Android8675 to The Extremist on Sat Dec 07 2013 08:04 pm

I would go to fidonet.org, find the good old policy4.txt file, refresh yourself on the basic knowledge, and figure out who is your NC. Pointdexter Fortran is my uplink, he's at 1:218/600 I think he maintains a fairly large swath of Fidonet boards, and he's on this network often.

Uh, 218/700. You're /600. :)

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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: The Extremist to Android8675 on Sun Dec 08 2013 02:23 pm

for region 19 and the hub I will be uplinking to in net 387.. and got everything else setup as far as mail tossing and polling.. just waiting on a node number.

Everyone has been really helpful!

You can use 1:387/999 until you get assigned a node number. That should be enough info to at least send a netmail messsage to your NC (this is all in Policy4.txt, which I'll assume you've read) from your BBS. It's a good way to prove that you can send netmail.


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Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: Poindexter Fortran to Android8675 on Mon Dec 09 2013 07:07 am

Uh, 218/700. You're /600. :)

So weird... but yes, I'm /600, dunno why I can't get that # to stick...


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On 12/6/2013 7:02 AM, Poindexter Fortran wrote:

Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: The Extremist to All on Thu Dec 05 2013 06:52 pm

TE> Can you poll fidonet hubs/nodes or the NC via the web now similar to how
TE> we are connected to DOVE_net?

I'm regional coordinator for Fidonet region 10, and virtually all of the nodes
poll for mail from me using BINKP protocol. It's like the old dial-up protocols
but runs over a TCP port.

There are a handful of mailer programs out there. Binkd seems to be the most featureful program (and cross-platform Linux/Windows) out there, Argus/Radius/Taurus are all similar projects to create a Windows GUI mailer.

One might also check out D'Bridge www.nickandre.com. It is at version
3.97, suns in a DOS window and ties in with Binkd. Version 4, due out
around Christmas or the first of 2014, will be multi-platform, including Windows and Linux.


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Re: Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: W6RAY to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Dec 21 2013 07:57 am

One might also check out D'Bridge www.nickandre.com. It is at version 3.97, suns in a DOS window and ties in with Binkd. Version 4, due out around Christmas or the first of 2014, will be multi-platform, including Windows and Linux.

Offtopic, do you have a how-to to get d'Bridge working with Synchronet/Sbbsecho? I was debating moving, but I'm being really lazy and am kindda hoping someone has a starting point to help with transitioning.

Comments can be netmailed if you so desire: android8675[at]shodan.synchro.net


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Android8675 wrote to W6RAY <=-

Re: Re: Thanks! Great to be back! Fidonet help?
By: W6RAY to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Dec 21 2013 07:57 am

One might also check out D'Bridge www.nickandre.com. It is at version 3.97, suns in a DOS window and ties in with Binkd. Version 4, due out

Now up to 3.98.

Offtopic, do you have a how-to to get d'Bridge working with Synchronet/Sbbsecho? I was debating moving, but I'm being really lazy
and am kindda hoping someone has a starting point to help with transitioning.

I read it somewhere, but I cannot find it just now for some reason.
I will look for it as time permits, but with tomorrow being Christmas eve
my schedule is busy then, with a bit of time Christmas morning. My wife
and I will be putting the BBS on "autopilot" until the New Year, but I may
have more time to search for it then.

A good place to ask may be in the D'Bridge Fidonet echo. I often lurk there
as well.


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