Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Networking
Subject: Re: Fido type networks
From:    Weatherman #1 @1 (Mark)
To:      Morgul #1 @8315
Date:    Mon Feb 08, 2021 20:10

M> But Jesus Christ, FidoNet is still doing things the slow, complicated way
M> I  just looked at the policy doc, and they're still using policy docs from
M>  1989!!!! I enjoyed being part of Fidonet, but damn if they aren't some of
M> the  most stubborn, resistant to change, overly officious people.

Some things change and some things stay the same.  Fidonet has stayed the same.

M> They still aren't making it easy to join their networks. Looking over the
M> nodelist, I'm still not sure how to tell my system *where* to send email
M> to  just to get started. The WWIV docs are retty straight forward on
M> setting  things up, but the Fidonet nodelist looks even more confusing
M> than it did 30  years ago when I first joined it.

I can get you a node in 261 if you are interested (and I can remember how to
send off the nodediff).  Of all the FTN networks, I pay the least attention to
Fidonet.

- Mark

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