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  • Re: Trying to connect to

    From Joacim Melin@2:201/120 to Kurt Weiske on Tue Apr 16 07:31:14 2024
    Dale Shipp wrote to BjöRn Felten <=-

    I opened fidonews.eu in crome and clicked on the anonymous link --- and
    nothing happened. I could get a listing of the fidonews issues, but
    none of them said anything about how to become a member of fido.

    Same here.

    fidonet.io at least gave some info that might be helpful. I only
    glanced at it and cannot say how useful it would be for a complete
    novice -- but certainly more helpful than fidonews.

    I think we need to consider an infopack. Include a nodelist, a text application with instructions, a file backbone listing, echo listing,
    and a
    couple of paragraphs describing what to expect.

    Whether or not we could come to an agreement on the content would be
    a good
    litmus test for the network.

    Just do it and send it to me and I'll host it on www.fidonet.io. It's time to get things moving and if some doesn't want to be a part of it then so be it.


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  • From Robert Stinnett@1:290/10 to Kurt Weiske on Tue Apr 16 07:31:14 2024
    Re: Re: Trying to connect to
    By: Kurt Weiske to Dale Shipp on Mon Mar 11 2019 08:58 am

    I think we need to consider an infopack. Include a nodelist, a text application with instructions, a file backbone listing, echo listing, and a couple of paragraphs describing what to expect.

    An infopack would go a long way to getting things where they need to be. This shouldn't be too hard of a task, and one I would hope wouldn't get stuck in the tarpit of beauracracy.

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Kurt Weiske on Tue Apr 16 07:31:14 2024
    I think we need to consider an infopack. Include a nodelist, a text application with instructions, a file backbone listing, echo listing, and a couple of paragraphs describing what to expect.

    That is a good idea. I could create an infopack for net 153 at least.

    Whether or not we could come to an agreement on the content would be a good litmus test for the network.

    There was at one time a list of IP nodes that were accepting links for the fidonet echo and file areas. I think that would also be a good idea to have that sort of info available for new (and existing) nodes.

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