Subj : Re: fsxNet mail moves so fast!
To   : Avon
From : Blue White
Date : Wed Apr 03 2024 08:07 am

 > I recall gating Usenet to FTN packets back around 1993, it was a
 > kludge setup using Waffle BBS and some other FTP packet tossers. The
 > PC was always working hard.

Yep, I did that in the early 1990's.  I was running a board where FTN was
not native so it was an extra challenge.  I think it went something like
this:

Waffle <-> Fredmail <-> Squish <-> Fidogate <-> My Board

"Fidogate" in this case was the "tosser" that ran in between the FTN
tosser and my board which converted *.msg files into the board's message
bases.

Then someone wrote a package for GT Power that would replace the Waffle
callouts to the Usenet provider, and that IIRC also replaced the
Fredmail-Squish-Fidogate part.  Made things a lot easier.



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