Hi Guys,

I tried to setup fidonet with SBBS 3.17b but I don't get it working if I read the wiki etc... My node is 2:280/311

I have a host I have to poll. The google results give me gone websites :(

Where to put the nodelist? I cant find a BACKBONE.NA file, according the dutch NC they dont work with that.

Can anyone help me please?
HAWKEYE

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Hawkeye to All on Wed Jul 24 2019 04:00 pm

I tried to setup fidonet with SBBS 3.17b but I don't get it working if I read the wiki etc... My node is 2:280/311

Where to put the nodelist? I cant find a BACKBONE.NA file, according the dutch NC they dont work with that.

So I've just been through this exercise - and have setup Synchro as well.

I think the nodelist can go anywhere - as long as you reference it properly in sbbsecho.ini (use echocfg to configure that).

I created my BACKBONE.NA by hand - you might need to do the same. (Havent figured out where there is a list of all available Fido echos - and I'm too scared to ask.)

...oEo*

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Hawkeye to All on Wed Jul 24 2019 04:00 pm

Hi Guys,

I tried to setup fidonet with SBBS 3.17b but I don't get it working if I rea the wiki etc... My node is 2:280/311

I have a host I have to poll. The google results give me gone websites :(

Where to put the nodelist? I cant find a BACKBONE.NA file, according the dut NC they dont work with that.

Can anyone help me please?

Am I having dejavu or did you just recently ask these exact same questions?

digital man

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Alterego to Hawkeye on Fri Jul 26 2019 13:40:15

I think the nodelist can go anywhere - as long as you reference it properly in sbbsecho.ini (use echocfg to configure that).
I created my BACKBONE.NA by hand - you might need to do the same. (Havent figured out where there is a list of all available Fido echos - and I'm too scared to ask.)

Thanks. Do you have maybe some links with tutorials you were able to use?

I will try tomorrow some next steps.
HAWKEYE

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Digital Man to Hawkeye on Fri Jul 26 2019 00:25:06

Can anyone help me please?

Am I having dejavu or did you just recently ask these exact same questions?

Yes and no. Yes I put it in another area (Dovenet in stead of Sysops) and also some months ago but the dutch fidonet guy gave me some pointers but cannot help me. The info I found then here didnt result in it working so my second try now.

Any guide or step by step tutorial text or youtube ;) you can point me to?

Any help appreciated.
HAWKEYE

- MASH BBS - http://mash4077.ddns.net:4077 - The Netherlands -

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Hawkeye to Alterego on Sat Jul 27 2019 10:50 pm

Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Alterego to Hawkeye on Fri Jul 26 2019 13:40:15

Thanks. Do you have maybe some links with tutorials you were able to use?

No, but its pretty easy.

BACKBONE.NA is a test file with two columns.

First one is the Echo tag, the second column is a free form description.

EG:
BINKD The binkd mailer

...oEo*

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You can pretty much download the current BACKBONE.NA file from most Fido connected BBSes. The latest is always available on my BBS via telnet to winserver.org.

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Hawkeye to Digital Man on Sat Jul 27 2019 10:55 pm

Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Digital Man to Hawkeye on Fri Jul 26 2019 00:25:06

Can anyone help me please?

Am I having dejavu or did you just recently ask these exact same questions?

Yes and no. Yes I put it in another area (Dovenet in stead of Sysops) and also some months ago but the dutch fidonet guy gave me some pointers but cannot help me.

I replied to your message posted in DOVE-Net Sysops and you never replied to.

The info I found then here didnt result in it working so my
second try now.

Oh, what excactly did you try and didn't work?

Any guide or step by step tutorial text or youtube ;) you can point me to?

Did you get netmail working? Forget everything else until you know that netmail
is working.

digital man

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Digital Man to Hawkeye on Mon Jul 29 2019 00:37:54

I replied to your message posted in DOVE-Net Sysops and you never replied to.

That is weird. Maybe I didnt saw it will search for that message.

Oh, what excactly did you try and didn't work?

I tried to follow the instructions in the wiki and found some articles on google but I couldnt follow them because they were pointing to US related fido things.

Did you get netmail working? Forget everything else until you know that netmail is working.

No I didnt. The dutch fido hub said the same. Can you pin point me to an instruction to do this? Tommorow I will focus on netmail also checking wiki.

Thanks.
HAWKEYE

- MASH BBS - http://mash4077.ddns.net:4077 - The Netherlands -

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Warp 4 to Alterego on Sun Jul 28 2019 13:23:25

You can pretty much download the current BACKBONE.NA file from most Fido connected BBSes. The latest is always available on my BBS via telnet to winserver.org.

Thanks!
HAWKEYE

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Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Hawkeye to Digital Man on Thu Aug 01 2019 10:53 pm

Re: Dutch FidoNet on SBBS 3.17 dont get it working
By: Digital Man to Hawkeye on Mon Jul 29 2019 00:37:54

I replied to your message posted in DOVE-Net Sysops and you never replied to.

That is weird. Maybe I didnt saw it will search for that message.

Oh, what excactly did you try and didn't work?

I tried to follow the instructions in the wiki and found some articles on google but I couldnt follow them because they were pointing to US related fido things.

Did you get netmail working? Forget everything else until you know that netmail is working.

No I didnt. The dutch fido hub said the same. Can you pin point me to an instruction to do this? Tommorow I will focus on netmail also checking wiki.

Do you have an FTN address assigned yet? If you do, then you configure that address in SCFG->Networks->FidoNet->Address. If you have chosen a FidoNet mailer and have it installed and configured, then simply using the (E)mail -> (N)etmail menu option from the BBS (terminal server), you should be able to send a netmail message to your hub (e.g. "sysop@your-hubs-FTN-address") and ask
for confirmation of receipt.

If that works, then you can ask if your hub supports remote Area manager (aka AreaFix) requests, agree on a password to use for AreaFix and start sending those requests via NetMail, e.g.

To: areafix@your-hubs-FTN-address
Subj: <your-areafix-password>

Body: %HELP

You should get an automated reply message telling you the available areafix messages (e.g. %LIST, %+ALL, etc.) and you can send more requests to add/remove
echo areas using the supported areafix commands.

digital man

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