Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: Maintained (FTN) network list?
From:    Gamgee(21:2/138)
Date:    Wed Sep 09, 2026 13:59

-=> J0hnny A1pha wrote to All <=-

 JA> Hi all. I'm wondering if there's an "authoritative" (or frequently
 JA> updated) list of FTNs with links to public Infopacks and nodelists?

 JA> Synchronet has a registry system that is updated (from what I can see
 JA> in git) about 2x per year. It's manually owned by Digital Man:

 JA> ; If you find any information to be missing or incorrect, please let
 JA> ; Digital Man (Rob Swindell@1:103/705) know.

 JA> And there used to be a Google sheet that was updated frequently as well
 JA> - not sure if that exists anymore.

 JA> Those are a great resources, and what I'm trying to do is find or
 JA> create a reliable "registry" type service that can be accessed
 JA> centrally (by users or user agents). Maybe on github.

 JA> (I'm the maintainer of ViSiON/3 and it's part of an "FTN Setup Wizard"
 JA> feature).

 JA> I realize that some nets are not public, some wither on the vine, and
 JA> would rely on updates from maintainers - or things like github repos
 JA> where updates/changes can be discovered (FSXnet at tqwNET have repos
 JA> for infopacks) OR ingested from TIC processing from the network itself.

 JA> We're all that remains of small-ish group of BBS enthusiasts, and was
 JA> hoping to make it easier for folks to discover join and configure their
 JA> networks based on interests, language, geography, etc.

There is no "authoritative" list of FTNs.  I think the Google document
floating around is the closest to a "complete" list, but it has LOTS of
inaccuracies in it.  Suggest starting with that and fixing it up with
what you can find out, and eventually posting a link to it so the rest
of us can help "fine-tune" it into a better product.



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