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		FidoNet Policy Document Version 4.07 June 9, 1989 This policy document has been accepted by vote of the FidoNet coordinator structure, and is the current FidoNet policy document until superceded.
		FidoNet is not a common carrier or a value-added service network and is a public network only in as much as the independent, constituent nodes may individually provide public access to the network on their system.
		FidoNet is large enough that it would quickly fall apart of its own weight unless some sort of structure and control were imposed on it.
	www.fidonet.org /policy4.txt (1302 words)

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		FidoNet's MODULA-2 echomail conference is Usenet's comp.lang.modula2 and FidoNet's K12Net conferences are the Usenet's k12.* hierarchy.
		So, at a FidoNet Standards Committee meeting in October 1986, the nodelist was redesigned as a four level hierarchy of zone (continent), net, node, and point, with the address becoming zone:net/node.point, as it remains today.
		Unfortunately, as FidoNet operators were far more socially oriented than their more technical brethren in the other networks, the formal organization of IFNA tended to draw considerable political interest and attracted the less constructive political elements of the FidoNet culture.
	www.fidonet.org /inet92_Randy_Bush.txt (3301 words)

	FidoNet:
		FidoNet was originally founded as a non-commercial network in 1984 by Tom Jennings of San Francisco, California as a means to network together BBSes that used his own "Fido" BBS software.
		Fidonet is governed in a hierarchical structure according to FidoNet policy, with designated coordinators at each level to manage the administration of fidonet nodes and resolve disputes between members.
		As the FidoNet system was best adapted to an environment in which local telephone service was inexpensive and long-distance calls (or intercity data transfer via packet-switched networks) costly, it fared somewhat poorly in countries such as Japan, where even local lines are expensive.
	en.winelib.com /wiki/FidoNet (2554 words)

	WPS:FidoNet
		FidoNet became an explicit social project for me starting in 1985.
		A major component of FidoNet is its newsletter, FidoNews.
		The publication policy is (or at least was) "we publish anything" from FidoNet members (and sheesh, it sure has).
	www.wps.com /FidoNet (804 words)

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		FidoNet implementations must be able to receive and process the FidoNet format nodelist, and transfer nodelists to other nodes.
		For historical reasons, the term packet is used in FidoNet to represent a bundle of messages, as opposed to the more common use as a unit of communication, which is known as a block in FidoNet.
		When a file is transferred via FidoNet, an attempt is made to also pass the operating system's attributes for the file such as length, modification date, etc. FidoNet does this via a special prefix block to the XMODEM file transfer using a protocol known as TeLink.
	www.nsrc.org /lowcost_tools/fidonet/standards/fts-0001.016 (3002 words)

	A FidoNet Primer
		FidoNet nodes are often personal computers in somebody's basement; the system operator (sysop) may be a young child or a retired grandfather.
		FidoNet is designed around point to point transfers: each system can call any other system (literally, using phone lines and modems, or metaphorically through some other mechanism).
		More recently, many FidoNet nodes are directly accessible from the Internet by telnet, as news servers, or as web servers such as http://www.fido-online.com/ which is in both Russian and English..
	www.writebynight.com /fidonet.html (2493 words)

	FidoNet Policy 4 - www.fidonet.us
		On the other hand, FidoNet provides a convenient and effective means for companies and users to exchange informa- tion, to the mutual benefit of all.
		If a sysop allows "outside" messages to enter FidoNet via the system, the gateway system must be clearly identified by FidoNet node number as the point of origin of that message, and it must act as a gateway in the reverse direction.
		In recognition of this, an echomail policy which extends (and does not contradict) general Policy, maintained by the Echomail Coordinators, and ratified by a process similar to that of this document, is recognized by the FidoNet Coordinators as a valid structure for dispute resolution on matters pertaining to echomail.
	www.fidonet.us /policy4.html (10788 words)

	Fidonet Policy
		FidoNet systems are grouped on several levels, and administration is decentralized to correspond with these groupings.
		The smallest subdivision of FidoNet is the individual system, corresponding to a single entry in the nodelist.
		A Zone Coordinator for FidoNet has the primary task of maintaining the nodelist for the Zone, sharing it with the other Zone Coordinators, and ensuring the distribution of the master nodelist (or difference file) to the Regions in the Zone.
	www.mesnil.demon.co.uk /fidonet_policy.htm (10527 words)

	The FidoNet BBS Network
		FidoNet is an association of computer hobbyists whose personal computers run a communications software package known as a Bulletin Board System (BBS), and are linked together with modems over the public telephone system.
		The administrative hierarchy which developed by the expansion of FidoNet is the coordinator structure.
		FidoNet is helping to make the world smaller and better informed, by fostering intercultural communications and a general spirit of friendly cooperation.
	www.reststop.net /dave/fidonet.html (1185 words)

	Steve Mariner's Fidonet Page
		FidoNet is an ameteur hobby network, where each computer on the network is a computer Bulletin Board System (BBS), and they share one facet in common: They all have a piece of software which knows how to use the FidoNet technology protocol in order to send mail and files back and forth.
		Probably the single most powerful cause of FidoNet's explosive growth and popularity was the introduction of EchoMail, a method whereby different discussion groups could be created, and all the users of FidoNet everywhere could join in group discussions on a given subject.
		FidoNet is now shrinking, after some fourteen years of explosive and often troublesome growth.
	home.earthlink.net /~marinersk/fidonet.htm (923 words)

	FidoNet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History
		FidoNet is a point-to-point and store-and-forward email WAN which uses modems on the direct-dial telephone network.
		While the scale of the private use of FidoNet isnot known, it is estimated to be at least as large as the public network.It is known to be used in companies such as AT&T, Georgia Pacific, and theCanadian Post Office, among others.
		The amazing resilience of FidoNet's social and technical structure was madeevident yet again in 1989-90, when the RCs in many of the continentsattempted to exert serious social control under the recently publishedPolicy-4.
	www.dallasinet.com /net124/history.htm (2973 words)

	BBS Corner - The Fidonet BBS Network
		The glue that binds Fidonet into a network is its mutually agreed to network management and topology (structure).
		With thousands of nodes in Fidonet coupled with the fact that many of these systems are running BBSes with countless numbers of callers logging in to read and post messages adds up to a lot of mail traffic being moved all over the world on a daily basis.
		Fidonet is not the only BBS related network that uses this technology.
	www.dmine.com /bbscorner/fidonet.htm (1033 words)

	FidoNet World Wide WebRing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The Fidonet webring is open to active Fidonet sysops listed in the nodelist, points, ans BBS software authors and support sites.
		Net 282 is a FidoNet Zone 1 net covering the extended metropolitan area of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
		Fidonet is message network of bbs where BBS means Bulletin Board System.
	b.webring.com /hub?ring=fidonet (743 words)

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		The current compiled nodelist is always available on the Z1C (Zone 1 Coordinator) system at http://www.filegate.net/nodelist/, or may be available from your Regional Coordinator.
		It is important that your mailer uses the current nodelist because nodes in FidoNet often change phone numbers.
		When direct dialing over telephone lines is used, not updating your nodelist can cause problems when the phone line you reach is no longer used by a system, or when a previously dialable system becomes internet only.
	www.fidonet.ca /nodelist.html (337 words)

	The FidoNet Technology Network at Wishful Thinking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		FidoNet is, or was an amateur network of computer users connected via the public telephone network (PSTN) with direct dialup between nodes, or addresses on the network (including nodes overseas).
		Indeed, part of the FidoNet "Charter" was that it was non-commercial.
		Obviously, not all of these are devoted to, or carry Genealogy traffic, but nevertheless there were quite a few worldwide, the most notable in the UK being ROOTS (UK!) 2:440/50 in FidoNet, SysOp Mike Fisher.
	www.wishful-thinking.org.uk /BBS/fidonet.html (393 words)

	FidoNet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A netmail message would contain the name of the person sending, the name of the intended recipient, and the respective FidoNet addresses of each.
		The FidoNet hierarchy consists of Zones, Regions, Networks, Nodes and Points broken down more-or-less geographically.
		The FidoNet software typically consisted of a number of small utility programs run by manually-adjusted scripts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FidoNet (2573 words)

	Meatball Wiki: FidonetPolicyFour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The Network Coordinator may make arrangements to handle outgoing netmail, but is not required to do so.
		You do not need a node number to send mail, but you must have one in order for others to send mail to you.
		This has advantages to both you and to the rest of FidoNet.
	www.usemod.com /cgi-bin/mb.pl?FidonetPolicyFour (10811 words)

	FidoNet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This ad-hoc system was particularly popular with networks that were built on top of FidoNet.
		FidoNet contained several technical specifications for compatibility between systems.
		Message format - the standard format for FidoNet messages during the time which they were exchanged between systems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fidonet (2573 words)

	How to Join Fidonet
		Today, we also have the means to accommodate systems running the appropriate software from the Internet, and if you wish to run a node from your DSL, cable modem, or other like connection, we would be happy to have you.
		If it is a Fidonet BBS, you can generally access the Fidonet conferences (known as Echos) that might be carried on that system.
		While we will try to be prompt, Fidonet is a hobby and the people in this hobby have real lives to live.
	biseonline.com /r19/join.html (943 words)

	What is Fidonet
		In early 1999 Fidonet has approximately 30,000 nodes, down from 38K in 1996.
		Fidonet is a "store and forward" mail system.
		Any messages entered on a Fidonet system is copied, compressed and stored for delivery on the next available connection to the system or systems that the message is addressed to, routed through or, in the case of Echomail, accesses that particular message conference.
	biseonline.com /r19/whatis.html (232 words)

	BOTW Directory - Computers > Bulletin Board Systems > Fidonet
		FidoNet Net 282 - Short discussion on the Fidonet and how it is being used in the extended metropolitan area of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
		Fidonet News - Serves as the newsletter of the Fidonet community.
		The Fidonet Nodelist - Historical exploration and analysis of Fidonet in a table form, with detailed technical information and graphs.
	botw.org /top/Computers/Bulletin_Board_Systems/Fidonet (310 words)

	Fidonet Network info at Hafa Adai Exchange & BBS Networks the World's Largest BBS's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Fidonet began in San Francisco in the 1980's as a mail system, used by founder Tom Jennings, to pass his new software package, FidoBBS, to beta testers.
		Mailers used on Fidonet provide the security you need to ensure unauthorized individuals don't break into your system or obtain mail or files for which they are not designated.
		The conference areas on Fidonet have individuals who preside over them, called Moderators, and their "job" is to oversee echo mail discussion and topicality.
	www.bbsnets.com /public/fido.htm (991 words)

	THE FIDONET HOMEPAGE
		A reason for becoming a FidoNet point (or a point in another network) is that it will be easier for you to read conference mail (echomail).
		To become a point in FidoNet, contact a fidonode anywhere in FidoNet (preferrably close to where you live) and simply ask if the node accepts new points.
		Right now FidoNet has around 33000 systems connected throughout the entire world, so it should not really be a problem to find a system that accepts points.
	www.terminate.com /fidonet (703 words)

	FTSC - FidoNet Technical Standards Committee
		The FTSC is an elected body of FidoNet developers and administrators who document technical practice in FidoNet, and FidoNet Technology Networks (FTN).
		FidoNet is a worldwide amateur mail and file transfer network that began in approximately 1984.
		FidoNet technical standards, standards proposals and related documents have been archived and indexed.
	www.ftsc.org (91 words)

	FIDO via Internet. FAQ (lang:english)
		This FAQ started in SU.IP.SYSOP echo as an first attempt to summarize experience of Fidonet sysops from Regions 45, 46, 47, 49, 50 and 51, Zone 2.
		This part of cyberspace is also known as fido7, as these countries used to share country code 7 some time ago.
		Common sense is that Fidonet systems should be able to exchange mail directly.
	www.doe.carleton.ca /~nsoveiko/fido/fido-over-ip.FAQ.english.html (1518 words)

	FidoNet - www.fidonet.us
		FidoNet is a world-wide network of over 15,000 systems which exchange mail and files using a mix of proprietary and internet protocols.
		If you are interested in finding out how to join FidoNet, you've come to the right place.
		The FidoNet universe comprises six regions: North America [Zone-1], Europe [Zone-2], Australia and New Zealand [Zone-3], Latin America [Zone-4], Africa [Zone-5] and Asia [Zone-6].
	www.fidonet.us (105 words)

	Fidonet Community Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		I know there are lots of stuff like that hiding in the archives of most BBSs; if you have something you think might be of interest, I hope you are able to interpret the obfuscated email address in the letter head.
		So, if you setup fidonet echoes, you must make sure your users are authenticated before they are allowed to write anything.
		It may interest them to know, that what they enter in the "Organisation:" field ends up in the origin line, unless you use one of the options, described in the main doc, to use a fixed origin line of your choice.
	www.fidotel.com /public/fidonews/archive/2004/FIDO2138.htm (3381 words)

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