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From: pozar@well.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
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Subject: Re: FidoNet; mail
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 11:54:08 EST
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In article <1629@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes:
>Quoted from <258@puff.wisc.edu> ["Re: FidoNET Newsletter (long - 110 lines)"]
, by plocher@puff.wisc.edu (John Plocher)...
>+---------------
>|   This networking is done over normal voice grade phone lines, with the
>| originator paying the phone bills.  Users can send mail to users on any
>| other Fido BBS in the world, with delivery overnight.  Messages can
>| also be sent to anyone on Usenet, again, see below.  Currently, FidoNet
>| (the name for the global network of Fidos) consists of over 1000
>| systems in USA, Canada, England, Holland, (other European contries too)
>| Australia, Indonesia...
>+---------------
>
>Along with the UANet scheme I'm working on, I am trying to integrate FidoNET
>with UA; this requires that the UNIX system call out, because Fido can't be
>made to log in to UNIX (or so I understand).
>

   Actually Fido has a special schedule to set aside packetized mail.  During 
that schedule you can run a scripted modem programme to upload the mail to the
UNIX system that is hosting the gateway.   In this way Fido can call out.
   I'm working on a gateway that will do approximatly that.

        Tim Pozar
        pozar@well.uucp
        Sysop 125/406
        (415) 788-2022 (work)