Subj : Compiling from source
To   : Avon
From : Oli
Date : Sun Jan 24 2021 09:37:57

Avon wrote (2021-01-24):

 A> On 23 Jan 2021 at 10:02a, Oli pondered and said...

 Ol>> It's not unlikely that fidogate will get you a running and stable
 Ol>> system faster
 Ol>> than soupgate, even it takes some time to learn and configure it.
 Ol>> But I have never used it, just guessing.

 A> It seems like quite a beast in that it also offers not just gating but
 A> tossing etc. as well. I'm well down the path of setting up HPT as a
 A> tosser so not really wanting to use that aspect of Fidogate if I don't
 A> need to. But who knows.

:)

I think fidogate does not support message bases like Squish or JAM. Only pass-through tossing and gating to/from an NNTP server.

 A> It's a bit disheartening trying to get what is a simple process involving
 A> two exe files in windows working on Linux.

Yeah ... FTN / BBS is really a niche and most software is unmaintained.

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