jmw@sdchem.UUCP (John M. Wright) (05/01/86)
Can anyone enlighten me as to how I can access/use/subscribe to FidoMail? Is a specific computer and/or terminal software necessary? Snail: John Wright Chem. Dept. (B-014) UCSD La Jolla, CA 92093 Bit/ARPA net: jmw%chem@sdcsvax.arpa uucp: ...!sdcsvax!sdchem!jmw
LENOIL@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert S. Lenoil) (05/07/86)
FidoMail is gatewayed to uucp. Send to: ihnp4!encore!vaxine!spark!net_number!machine_number!username Sorry, I don't have any more details. -Robert Lenoil uucp: mit-eddie!lenoil arpa: lenoil@eddie.mit.edu -------
klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) (05/08/86)
In article <203@sdchema.sdchem.UUCP> jmw@sdchema.UUCP (John M. Wright) writes: > >Can anyone enlighten me as to how I can access/use/subscribe to >FidoMail? Is a specific computer and/or terminal software >necessary? > > Snail: John Wright > Chem. Dept. (B-014) > UCSD > La Jolla, CA 92093 > > Bit/ARPA net: jmw%chem@sdcsvax.arpa > uucp: ...!sdcsvax!sdchem!jmw Fidomail is the networked portion of FIDONET, which is made up of about 860 (at this moment) privately owned PCs (DEC, IBM, TANDY, etc) which are running FIDO software. A FIDO node operates as a regular BBS during the day, allowing users to exchange messages and upload and download files. During scheduled periods, ALL FIDONET nodes switch into FIDOMAIL mode, and exchange both messages and files with other nodes, around the world. If there is interest, I will build a list of all of the nodes and post it to the net. To conserve space, I will compress and uuencode it. As for accessing the net, all you need is a terminal or terminal software and a modem. Most FIDO nodes support 300/1200/2400 baud. Kurt Reisler SYSOP: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _ The World's First / \ Whose dog is that? BBS Network /|oo \ I don't know, but the disk is yours. * FidoNet * (_| /_) _`@/_ \ _ The Bear's Den FIDO 109/74 | | \ \\ (703) 671-0598 | (*) | \ )) Wash-A-RUG FIDO 109/483 ______ |__U__| / \// (703) 359-6549 / Fido \ _//|| _\ / (________) (_/(_|(____/ (jm) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
pwv@fluke.UUCP (05/15/86)
In article <642@brl-smoke.ARPA> 9/24/84; (Robert S. Lenoil) writes: >FidoMail is gatewayed to uucp. Send to: >ihnp4!encore!vaxine!spark!net_number!machine_number!username > >Sorry, I don't have any more details. O.K. How 'bout the other way? (How) Can someone send mail FROM FidoNet TO USENET? -- Pat Vilbrandt John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Everett, Washington USA UUCP: { decvax!uw-beaver, ucbvax!lbl-csam, allegra, ssc-vax, decwrl!sun }!fluke!pwv ARPA: fluke!pwv@uw-beaver.ARPA
ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) (05/16/86)
In article <200@escher.fluke.UUCP> pwv@fluke writes: >In article <642@brl-smoke.ARPA> 9/24/84; (Robert S. Lenoil) writes: >>FidoMail is gatewayed to uucp. Send to: >>ihnp4!encore!vaxine!spark!net_number!machine_number!username >> >>Sorry, I don't have any more details. In particular, most Fido sysops don't send messages for free - the sysop of spark may want remuneration for the phone calls. Truly a 'poster pays' system. > >O.K. How 'bout the other way? (How) Can someone send mail FROM FidoNet TO >USENET? One would presumably send fidomail to node 'spark', with the proper routing information in the address or subject line. Now I don't have any details. -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@c.cs.cmu.edu Phone: (412)CMU-BUGS
john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (05/24/86)
In article <200@escher.fluke.UUCP> pwv@fluke.UUCP writes: >In article <642@brl-smoke.ARPA> 9/24/84; (Robert S. Lenoil) writes: >>FidoMail is gatewayed to uucp. Send to: >>ihnp4!encore!vaxine!spark!net_number!machine_number!username > >O.K. How 'bout the other way? (How) Can someone send mail FROM FidoNet TO >USENET? The following was downloaded from a local Fido. It is presented with the usual caveats: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The UN*X Gateway is Complete! by Bob Hartman Sysop Fido 132/101 The UN*X Gateway BBS This is the news you UN*X hackers have been waiting for - the UN*X Gateway BBS is now capable of sending FidoNet mail on to UN*X systems as well as receiving UN*X mail to be sent via FidoNet! In the past only the latter (UN*X->Fido) was working. In order to use the gateway you must do the following: Sending Fido to UN*X: 1. Send a FidoNet message addressed to "Usenet" on the UN*X Gateway Fido (132/101). The addressee of Usenet is what the system keys on, so make sure you get it right! 2. The first line of the message must be the UN*X UUCP path to be used to send the message. This must be the only thing on the first line! The path does not have to be complete as the host will try to figure out the best routing for the message, but the addresses to major hosts would be: encore!decvax or encore!decvax!ucbvax or encore!ihnp4 To send a message to me use "vaxine!rch" 3. The rest of the message can be any legal FidoNet message. 4. When a message meeting these requirements gets to the gateway, it is converted to UN*X format and sent to the host named 'vaxine'. This UN*X host then sends the mail to the address given in the first line of the message. Sending UN*X to Fido: 1. Send UN*X mail to either decvax!encore!vaxine!spark!net!node!username or ihnp4!encore!vaxine!spark!net!node!username where net is the FidoNet net number, node is the FidoNet node number, and username is the name of the person to receive the message with all spaces changed to the underscore (_) character. The name cannot have any quote marks or other punctuation characters in it except for the underscore character! If it does contain any punctuation marks, then a UN*X mailer somewhere will not properly process the mail and it will get returned as undeliverable. 2. When this message reaches the host 'vaxine', it is sent through a special mail processor that routes it to the gateway using Kermit. 3. Once it is received at the gateway, it is processed and changed into FidoNet mail to the appropriate person at the given Fido node. This gateway has been tested, but if you try it and notice something that seems to be wrong, please let me know so that I can try to fix it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------