Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!dhw68k!ofa123!rick From: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Software to go from Fidonet to Usenet, and vice versa Message-ID: <2336.27A61D0B@ofa123.fidonet.org> Date: 30 Jan 91 00:19:09 GMT Organization: Universal Electronics Inc. Lines: 46 On Charles "Chip" Roberson writes: CR> Try looking around for a program called UFGATE (Usenet Fidonet GATEway) CR> which I believe is available from Tim Pozar on Fidonet. However, don't CR> expect any help on getting it set up. You will be on your own. The CR> documentation describes what has to be changed but not really how to use CR> it. No user manual, so to speak. The documentation isn't that bad. The problem most people have setting up Ufgate is lack of understanding of the uucp/Usenet/Internet world. CR> It also doesn't work with some of the FidoNet mailers. Most of the mailers in common use work quite well with Ufgate. Obviously one would avoid using a mailer that doesn't work with Ufgate. CR> And lately FidoNet has been some resistent to CR> becoming an integral part of the other network communities. I find the CR> attitude disappointing and myopic. I haven't seen any resistance to gatewaying to the Usenet world. In fact all Fidonet nodes have Internet addresses. Gateways have been in place for some time now. CR> We have been told to look at waffle, but waffle is a full blown BBS. CR> However, someone seems to say that waffle can be used as a gateway. Waffle does not include any gatewaying functions. CR> Generally, there are very few on FidoNet who know how to gateway to CR> usenet, so you have a lot of work to do on your own. Depends on what you mean by "very few". -- Rick Ellis Internet: rick@ofa123.fidonet.org Compuserve: >internet:rick@ofa123.fidonet.org BBS: 714 939-1041 --------------------------------------------------------------------------