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- SEA Technical Memorandum #0101, Using SEAdog within FidoNet
- Last updated: July 29, 1987
- Copyright 1988 by System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
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- Using SEAdog Within FidoNet
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- There exists a public amateur network of electronic mail hobbyists who send
- and receive mail using the FidoNet Protocol. Indeed, the FidoNet Protocol
- derives its name from this network, which is usually called "FidoNet",
- since it originally began as a network of Fido bulletin boards. There are
- now many mail systems that can (and do) participate in this network,
- including SEAdog.
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- If you have purchased SEAdog with an eye to partici pating in this network,
- then there are several things you should do. First and foremost, you
- should be aware of the various policies established to govern the actions
- and interrelations of nodes on the net work. These are described in the
- FidoNet Policy and Procedures Guide, which is available from the
- International FidoNet Association (IFNA). This document describes such
- things as how to obtain a node number, how to obtain node list updates, how
- to resolve disputes with other nodes, and a host of other matters that
- anyone participating in the public amateur network should be aware of.
- This document is available from:
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- International FidoNet Association
- PO Box 41143
- St. Louis, Missouri 63141
- United States of America
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- The International FidoNet Association is a non-profit corporation which
- performs many useful services, including publishing a weekly electronic
- newsletter and keeping an eye on possible legislation which may affect
- users of electronic mail.
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- You should use somewhat different mail events when operating on FidoNet
- than are appropriate in a commercial mail network. We recommend some
- variation of the following:
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- Event base 4:00 ;Based on start of National Mail Hour
- Event H all -1:00 -0:30 ;Locals to hubs
- Event G all -0:30 0:00 ;Hubs to outbound gates
- Event T all 0:00 1:00 ;National Mail Hour
- Event V all 1:00 1:30 ;Inbound gates to hubs
- Event W all 1:30 2:00 ;Hubs to locals
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- Adjust the event base as needed for your time zone and to allow for
- Daylight Savings Time. Remember: if you advance your system clock, you
- should also advance your event base, and vice versa. FidoNet does not
- observe Daylight Savings Time.
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- Check with your network host for the exact times on the events surrounding
- National Mail Hour. If your net does not have hubs, then you can leave out
- events H and V. If you do not have an outbound host, then you can leave
- out events H and G. If you are in a region, then we recommend a single
- event (with the tag "A") covering National Mail Hour. Please refer to the
- "Events" chapter of the SEAdog Technical Reference for more details about
- the meanings of the various tags.
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- You will need to translate the St. Louis format node list into the proper
- format for SEAdog. We suggest you use our XLATLIST utility for this
- purpose.
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- If you have an outbound host, then you will need to modify the St. Louis
- node list. (FidoNet inbound and outbound hosts are sensibly equivalent to
- SEAdog inbound and outbound gateways.) You would do this by placing an
- OGATE statement in your XLATLIST control file. For example, if your
- outbound host is node 107/16, then your XLATLIST.CTL file should contain:
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- OGATE 107/16
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- You should place XLATLIST and ROUTEGEN in SEAdog mode by placing a SEADOG
- statement in the XLATLIST control file. We advise that you use SEAdog
- implicit routing wherever possible. Detailed routing files can be used,
- but are not needed.
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