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		    Gateway Software UNIX <-> FIDO
				   
				   
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			     Version 3.0

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This is FIDOGATE, a gateway software between the worlds of FIDONET and
the UNIX mail/news system. FIDOGATE will convert FIDO mail packets to
RFC822-style messages and vice versa.

It is placed under the GNU General Public License, see file COPYING
for details.


Requirements for FIDOGATE:

	* Something that gets you FIDONET mail.
	  If you want a FIDO mailer, I recommend using the UNIX version of
	  BinkleyTerm.

	* Installed news system. (CNews or INN)

	* A mail transport agent. (sendmail or smail)

	* A mail user agent. (mail, elm, or whatever)


FIDOGATE basically consists of two programs:

fido2rfc  converts FIDO mail packets to news batches (for FIDO EchoMail)
	  and mail messages (for FIDO NetMail). This output can be fed
	  to rnews/rmail.

rfc2fido  converts news batches, news messages, and mail messages to
	  FIDO mail packets.
	  

Further included is

fidorun   feeds the output of fido2rfc to rnews and rmail. (This is
	  typically called from fido2rfc via a command line switch.)

toaddr	  gets addresses of the mail recipients from an RFC822 mail
	  header. (This is used by fidorun.)

mail2news a simple converter to convert mail messages to messages
	  suitable for posting into the news system. Can be used for a
	  mail-news gateway.


See file INSTALL for information about installing the software.


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This stuff is a derived version of a posting to Usenet's alt.sources
some time ago. I rewrote most of the code and enhanced it in several
places, so it has changed a lot.

The original authors are:
    Teemu Torma     wrote the first version.
    Heikki Suonsivu did some changes and improvements and posted version
                    0.3.3 to the net.
                    EMail: FIDO 2:504/1
                           ...!mcsun!santra!hsu
                           HSU@FINGATE.BITNET
Also used is the getdate.y date/time parser written by
    Steven M. Bellovin     (unc!smb).


$Date: 1993/08/12 10:48:56 $, Martin Junius
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