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WWIV BBS Software v5
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Builtin Fidonet Support #393

Closed askpatrickw closed 8 years ago

askpatrickw commented 9 years ago

This is probably many potential issues. FTN support could mean:

wwiv commented 8 years ago

depends on https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv/issues/396

wwiv commented 8 years ago

Doesn't depend on 396's JAM support, just the type-2 support (which is already in place.)

rough networkf (F==fido) is done and sort-of works. Needs docs.

TLDR is make a fake outbound node in init for your FTN node # (I use 999). set your in, out, and netmail directories to point to d'bridge's C:\db\inbound, C:\db\outbound, and C:\db\messages.

run network3 .# (for your node number #), it'll create all of the wwiv files you need (BBSDATA.) you do not need to create any bbslist. callout.* etc.

Create a sub, add it to the network for your FTN. You'll now have a fake "host" of 999 (assuming that's what you used for your fake outbound node). Go edit nNAME.net (i.e. nWWIV_TEST.net) in your ftn directory and add the uplink node you want in fidonet format, no@.

i.e. 11:1/100 for Mark's D'Bridge HUB That's it, the processing isn't automatic yet, but you can use the following commands to import from a fidonet bundle (i.e. 00000adb.su?) and export from s999.net to a fidonet bundle.

wwiv commented 8 years ago

not perfect, but works. I'll track enhancements as separate items now

wwiv commented 8 years ago

See https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv/projects/1