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> Where on the Internet can I obtain a copy of the
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> FidoNet nodelist?
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Tim Pozar responds:
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I keep the nodelist on my anonymous ftp site of ftp.lns.com
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[140.174.7.11]. Look in the /pub/text directory.
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Tim (pozar@kumr.lns.com)
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Tom Jennings adds:
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Keep the following in mind:
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o The nodelist is a copyrighted work, and is for
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use only by FidoNet sysops and users, or others working
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in some way with the FidoNet network (mailer authors,
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gateways, etc).
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o The nodelist is *not* a bulletin board list for human
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callers. It is used by automated machinery to connect
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to other FidoNet nodes. Many of the systems listed in
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the nodelist operate during limited hours only!
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o The nodelist may not be used for any commercial purpose,
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directly or indirectly. (It is OK for your business to
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use the nodelist on a node connected to the FidoNet
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network -- that's different).
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o The FidoNet is militantly anti-commercial.
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o You may post the nodelist for further distribution, only
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if you do not modify the file in ANY WAY (changing com-
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pression method etc is OK) and make these restrictions
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clear to potential users.
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o If you have specific questions regarding the use of the
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nodelist, please contact Tom Jennings at FidoNet 1:125/111
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or tomj@fidosw.fidonet.org.
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o FidoNet sysops are paranoid, cranky and take offense at
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the slightest mistake. You're better off banging hornets nests
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with sticks if ya wanna wrastle. Some have egos the size
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of small planets. Don't say I didn't warn you. Our
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computers may be smaller, but they are mean and smart.
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o FidoNet is organized in a radically different manner than
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nearly any other network you can think of. There is *no*
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central authority of any kind. You must deal with actual
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individual humans. Organization varies radically with time
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and place. Act as you would like to be treated.
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o Last and not least, FidoNet people get very tired of network
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elitism; the assumption that because we're composed of (mainly)
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bulletin boards, our technologies are trivial and simple and
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somehow "not a real network". Please don't fall into this trap.
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REALITY CHECK: If you aren't a FidoNet person, and you just want to
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look, or get the phone number for a node you want to call, or are
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thinking about joining or becoming an author or are just plain
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curious, go right ahead and look. If you do decide to pull out a phone
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number and start dialing, you better be damn sure you can decipher the
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time-of-day codes and other magical keywords (please don't ask me to
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do this for you) or you'll annoy someone to no end (and if they have
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callerID, you will be annoyed back :-)
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Be ethical -- don't do to others what you don't want done
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to you.
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If you are on the Internet, and have further questions about FidoNet,
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send your questions to deitch@gisatl.fidonet.org, who in real life is
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David Deitch in Atlanta, Georgia, USofA. A volunteer also, so be nice
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and have patience.
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