I'm curious what software people are using under Linux to gate usenet to and from Fido technology networks? I realise most
people don't do this, but I'm wanting to :-)
I'm using synchronet to do it. It works well (although I must admit I
dont post on usenet) - I just feed some usenet areas to a downstream
node.
Back in the day, I ran a BBS using the tools in ifmail. It includes an interface to the local mailing system (SMTP) and Usenet system (INN, usually).
There is a pretty big difference between this and what Synchronet is doing. Synchronet connects to a remote NNTP server as a user, and logs
in as that user to post. It downloads news to its local Synchronet database. Basically, its idea is to pull the Internet stuff into the
BBS world.
The opposite is true of ifmail; it is designed to pull the BBS world
into the Linux environment. It assumes standard Linux accounts for
mail, news, etc. You would participate on Fidonet using Pine, or a
regular IMAP client, or a regular NNTP client, etc.
Interesting... I did see the ifmail tools in Debian/Ubuntu, but hadn't got as far as exploring them further.
I have ifcico running on Hub 3 (in case somebody wants to use an EMSI mailer) - but it core dumps too easily. If there is something not right
in the config file, or you enabling debuging it core dumps :(
That said, I only use ifico for fido over telnet. For fido over TCP I
use QICO which is much more reliable. (But qico doesnt help you with
Hey All,
I'm curious what software people are using under Linux to gate usenet to and from Fido technology networks? I realise most people don't do this, but I'm wanting to :-)
I'm playing with Spoon/Soupgate, and while it mostly seems to work, I find I'm getting occasional corrupted messages being imported into the BBS. I've not tried exporting from the BBS back to usenet yet.
Before I look further into that I'm keen to know what software people who are doing this are using - there may be much better tools for the job that my Google-fu just can't find :-)
Advice most welcome!
Cheers,
Bob.
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Re: Re: Usenet/News to FTN gateway software?
By: tassiebob to John Goerzen on Sun Jul 03 2022 08:41 pm
> Interesting... I did see the ifmail tools in Debian/Ubuntu, but hadn't got as far as exploring them further.
I have ifcico running on Hub 3 (in case somebody wants to use an EMSI mailer) - but it core dumps too easily. If there is something not right in the config file, or you enabling debuging it core dumps :(
That said, I only use ifico for fido over telnet. For fido over TCP I use QICO which is much more reliable. (But qico doesnt help you with news, which is what this thread is about :)
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i interested in your setup.
i want to setup ifcico via mgetty to dialup session.
i interested in your setup.
i want to setup ifcico via mgetty to dialup session.
Re: Re: Usenet/News to FTN gateway software?
By: Ragnarok to deon on Mon Aug 15 2022 11:11 pm
> i interested in your setup.
>
> i want to setup ifcico via mgetty to dialup session.
I dont use mgetty - havent used it for a long time now. But it shouldnt be too hard...
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