To use FIDO with THOR, set up a new system with system-type set to FIDO. It is suggested that you configure a separate upload directory for the FIDO-system, since FIDO tends to make several files there.
If you have used SPOT/Trapdoor before, you already have Inbound/Outbound directories set up, so just set the download/upload directories to these directories (In Files/Paths).
FIDO-packets are usually named <something>.PKT or <something>.<weekday><grabnr>, where <something> is a 8 digit hexadesimal number, <weekday> is one of MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA and SU and <grabnr> is a number between 0 and 9.
Therefore, this pattern for the Mail packet name will cover most, if not all, names a packet may have:
"#?.((MO|TU|WE|TH|FR|SA|SU)[0-9]|PKT)"
(Write this, without quotes, in the Mailpacket string gadget)
Next, set up a Email address in the User Options window (User Info). All references to Email address in THOR, means your *FIDO* address, so this is your net-address (For instance, my address is 2:212/8.15) If you're not a registered user of THOR, or you use another name on the FIDO system than is in your keyfile, you must also type in your username.
After that, go to the Import/Export window. Here you kan set up the archiver to use when archiving events. Default is Zip, and you will probably never need to change it. You can also set up which charset to use when writing messages. Default here is ISO (LATIN-1). If your boss doesn't like that you write 8-bit messages, change to one of the 7-bit charsets (NO7, DK7, UK7 etc..). This charset is also used when importing messages, if the messages does not contain a CHSR/CHARSET kludge.
The other things in the Import/Export window are explained in the THOR documentation.
Type Options next. This is an ARexx script, which let you set some FIDO options.
Origin: You may customize the Origin line, which is added to all the messages you write (except netmail-messages). If you specify "My Point" here (and your fido-address is 1:2/3.4), the messages will get the line " * Origin: My Point (1:2/3.4)" added to them. If you don't specify an origin text, the name you configured for your FIDO system will be used instead.
Password: This password will be used in all your reply-packets.
Force INTL lines: If you experience problems with your netmail not coming to the receiver, try setting this to yes.
Pack NetMail: if you write many messages in NetMail.*, it could be an idea to pack these messages to improve transfer-time when uploading packets to your boss. If you write one or two messages each time, it probably won't help much.
UUCP address: This is the address of the gateway to send internet messages through (will be explained later).
UUCP name: This is the name of the UUCP gateway.
Uploading you reply-packets
Multiple nets.
Writing UUCP-messages
Downloading files: FREQ
FileAttachments
AreaFix
FIDO_EXPORT
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