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The FIDO system type

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
Since THOR only parses message packets, and makes reply-packets of your messages, you need an external program to download/upload messages from/to your boss. Trapdoor works ok.
Multiple nets.
THOR supports multiple nets, that is, you can parse packets from different nets into one system. To accomplish this, THOR automatically configures an EMail address for each conference (AREA) when adding messages to this conference for the first time. After this, when writing messages in this conferece, the conference EMail address is used instead of the global one. Also, when receiving messages in these conferences, a Netmail-conference is automatically created for each of your FIDO-addresses.
Writing UUCP-messages
By configuring UUCP address and name in Type Options, it is possible to automatically route UUCP addresses through an UUCP gateway. If the address of the gateway is 1:100/200.5, and the uucp-name is UUCP, a message to john.smith@someplace.somewhere will be sent to UUCP at 1:100/200.5, and the fist line in the message will be "To: john.smith@someplace.somewhere". THOR will automatically recognice john.smith@someplace.somewhere as an EMail address, but the recognition routine is very simple, so all addresses not beginning with a number, will be recogniced as an EMail address. This also means that it is not possible to send messages to EMail addresses beginning with a number. This will be fixed in a later release.
Downloading files: FREQ
To request files from your boss, use Download and type in the filename as you would have done with any file requester.
FileAttachments
To attach a file to a message, use the Attach File in the Extras window of the enter/reply window. When attaching a file to a message, the subject you write is ignored.
AreaFix
There is at this time no support for areafix, so joining and resigning AREAS must be done manually. Sorry.
FIDO_EXPORT
If you don't want to have to delete the events after you have sent them, you can use this type instead of the normal FIDO type. When using this type, all events are exported only once; when you leave the fido-system. The drawback with using this type is that you won't be able to edit the events after you have exited the system. If you want to be able to edit your events, you could remove the eventpacker, and insert a line in your call-script (if you use one). Run the command run `getenv THOR/THORPATH`cfgtype FIDO_EXPORT NEP to remove the eventpacker, and insert a line like <path to your thordir>bin/packfido <systemname> EXPORT PUBSCREEN "" in your call-script. This line exports all events.


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