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FidoNet Projects
  FidoNet Showcase Project  - by Frank Robbins (Zone 1)
  FidoNet.Net Project  - by Peter Didenko (Zone 2)
  FidoPoint Project  - by Denny Mleinek (Zone 2)
  FileGate (IFDC) Project  - by Janis Kracht (Zone 1)
  FTN Technologies Support Project  - by Alexander Kavelin (Zone 2)
  GSS Project  - by Peter Suchkow (Zone 2)
  Husky Project  - by Husky Team (Zone 2)
  ifcico Project  - by Christof Meerwald (Zone 2)
  Ivgate Project  - by Jack Winslade (Zone 1)
  Java Project  - by Jesper Sörensen (Zone 2) Info scheduled for Release!
  K12Net: the Network with Training Wheels  - by Jack Crawford (Zone 1)
  Software Projects  - by Tobias Ernst (Zone 2)
  Zone 7 Project  - by Oleg Savitski (Zone 2)

FileBone (NO Fees)
For Downloading Software
  Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)  - by Harold Holmes (Zone 1)
  Author-Direct Distribution Service (ADDS)  - by Richard Holler (Zone 1)
  Doorware Distribution System (DDS)  - by Ruth Argust (Zone 1)
  FileGate (IFDC)  - by Janis Kracht (Zone 1)
  Maximus File Distibution Network (MaxFDN)  - by Gary Gilmore (Zone 1)
  Windows 32 File Distibution Network (W32_FDN)  - by Gary Gilmore (Zone 1)
For Software Authors (File Uploads)
  Doorware Distribution System (DDS)  - by Ruth Argust (Zone 1)
  FileGate (IFDC)  - by Janis Kracht (Zone 1)
  Maximus File Distibution Network (MaxFDN)  - by Gary Gilmore (Zone 1)
  Windows 32 File Distibution Network (W32_FDN)  - by Gary Gilmore (Zone 1)

FREE Fido Access & Message Posting
For Any BBS User (Services located in Zone 1)
  Dimension 7 BBS  (BBBS) - by Russ Johnson (Oregon - USA)
  Docs Place BBS  (WildCat) - by Ed Koon (Florida - USA)
  FidoTel BBS  (WildCat) - by Shannon Talley (Virgina - USA)
  Hafa Adai Exchange (BBS Networks)  (WildCat) - by Todd Cochrane (Kentucky - USA)
  NorthStar BBBS  (BBBS) - by Ken Wilson (Ontario - Canada)
  Prism BBS  (BBBS) - by Janis Kracht (Kentucky - USA)
  TheLitterBox BBS  (BBBS) - by Tony Campbell (Virginia - USA)
  WinBBS  (BBBS) - by Dale Ross (North Carolina - USA)

For Any BBS User (Services located in Zone 2)
  BCG-Box 4 (BBBS Author's site)  (BBBS) - by Kim Heino (Finland - Europe)
  FidoNet Online  (Microsoft-IIS) - by Spektrum Web Development (Russia - Europe)
  FidoWeb  (Multiple BBSes) - by Andrea Brancatelli (Italy - Europe) down
  The Yellow Cab  (BBBS) - by xxx (Finland - Europe)

These Online BBSes provide FREE and easy access to your favorite ECHO message areas and BBS File areas for BBS Users when you are surfing the Internet! You are expected to be responsible for your actions when using these services or you will be denied access if you break the simple rules!
For Any SysOp (Services located in Zone 1)
  GratisNet BBS  - by Bob Sakowski (Oklahoma - Zone 1)
Free feeds for BBSes, points and users...
We have no games or files but what we do have is the usual list of FIDOnet messaging capabilities as well as FREE internet email and usenet access for local (and not so local) BBSes and users. You are expected to be responsible for your actions when using these services or you will be denied access if you break the simple rules!
  Related Pages -  FidoNet by Internet  (redirect)

FTSC (FidoNet Technical Standards Committee)
  FidoNet Technical Standards Committee  - by Colin Turner (Zone 2)
The Fidonet Technical Standards Committee is responsible for providing a thorough technical definition of FidoNet and its protocols sufficient to maintain it as a compatible electronic mail system.
  Related Pages -  Archive (FTSC)  (redirect)

Home of FidoNet
FidoNet Domain Name
  DNS Query of FidoNet.org (25-Jan2001)  - by WHOIS (Zone 1)
FidoNet.Org DNS expires 26-Feb-2002
FidoNet Trademark Documents
  Basic Facts About Registering A Trademark (1995)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  FAQ About Trademarks (2001)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Certificate of Registration (1988)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Registered Picture (1988)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Status Info for Reg#1452977 (1993)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Status Info for Reg#1503643 (1995)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
FidoNet Trademark expires 13-Sep-2008
  Home of FidoNet  - Domain managed by George Peace (Zone 1)
FidoNet consists of less than 30,000 systems world-wide which comprise a network which exchanges mail and files via modems using a proprietary protocol. They are connected for the purposes of exchanging E-Mail to the Internet throught a series of gateway systems which interact with the Internet via UUCP with cooperating UNIX-based smart-hosts which act as their MX-receivers.

How to Setup... or Information About...
  An Explanation of MX-receivers (1994)  - by Burt Juda (Zone 1)
  FIDO via Internet (1998)  - by Nick Soveiko (Zone 1)
  Fido-Point-HowTo by Roland Rosenfeld (1996)  - Translated by Oliver Much (Zone 2)
  FidoNet Gateway (2000)  - by David Brummel @ The Artemis Project (Zone 1)
  Gateways to and from FidoNet (1990)  - by Randy Bush (Zone 1)
  How to use the UUCP <=> Fido-Net Gateway (1988)  - by Lee Damon (Zone 1)   Text  
  MSGID Conversion for Fido-Internet Gateways (1997)  - by by Martin Junius (Zone 2)
  Sending E-mail <=> FidoNet using UUCP Gateways (19xx)   (Zone 2)
  Use of Aliases in the BBS world (1990)  - by Jim Thomas (Zone 1)
  UUcode Basics (1995)  - by David Wills (Zone 1)
  UUCP Mail Interchange Format Standard (1986)  - by Mark Horton (Zone 1)
  Why Point? (1996)  - by Richard Halsall & revised by Robert Bull (Zone 2)
  Related Pages -  FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)  (redirect)

Humor in FidoNet
  Monkey Business  - in FidoNews #1609 (1999) (Zone 1)
  New FidoNet Logo  - by Thom LaCosta (2001) (Zone 1)
  Origin of the Internet - FidoNet  - by Bob Moroney (1997) (Zone 1)
  Policy 33.5 - The Final Insult  - in FidoNews #1512 (1998) (Zone 1)
  The Hotline (from the FidoNet Newsletter)  - by Todd Van Hoosear (1997) (Zone 1)
  The Proper Way to Run a Help Desk  - in FidoNews #1435 (1997) (Zone 1)
  The Ranks!  - by Chris Britton (1998) (Zone 1)
  Welcome to the FidoNet Olympics  - by Dave Bealer (1992) (Zone 1)

International Zone Maps
  Maps Depicting Zones 1-6  - (Zone 1)
  Related Pages -  Zones in FidoNet  (redirect)

Joining FidoNet
  About Joining FidoNet  - (Zone 1)
  Related Pages -  What Is FidoNet?  (redirect)

Legal Issues
1988
  Big Brother Online  - by Thumpr Of ChicagoLand (1988) (Zone 1)
  UnAuthorized Email Disclosure Law Suit  - BBS User vs SysOp (1988) (Zone 1)
1989
  FBI BBS Surveillance (CPSR FOIA Request)  - by Marc Rotenberg (1989) (Zone 1)
1990
  Attack From Above...  - by BBS Press Service, Inc (1990) (Zone 1)
  California Law Targets Info Possession as Felonious??  - (1990) (Zone 1)
  CPSR Seeks FBI data on BBS Monitoring  - by Marc Rotenberg (1990) (Zone 1)
  CPSR's FOIA request from the FBI  - by Marc Rotenberg (1990) (Zone 1)
  Crackers, Kapor and Len Rose  - by Pat Townson (1990) (Zone 1)
  FBI response to query of BBS Spying  - by Director, Dept of Treasury (1990) (Zone 1)
  Prodigy, Problems, and Censorship  - by Karl Lehenbauer (1990) (Zone 1)
  Rumors Regarding A Computer Modem Surcharge  - by FCC (1990) (Zone 1)
  Stings and such  - by Rambo Pacifist (1990) (Zone 1)
  Telecoms Ripping off BBSs?  - by Michael Riddle (1990) (Zone 1)
  What to do When the Police come a'knocking  - by Czar Donic (1990) (Zone 1)
1991
  Computer Publication and the First Amendment  - by Brian Peretti (1991) (Zone 1)
  FCC Citation of Packet BBSs for Store-and-Forward Msg  - (1991) (Zone 1)
  The FBI Comes Rapping, Rapping at Your BBS  - by Brock Meeks (1991) (Zone 1)
  The Politics of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986  - (1991) (Zone 1)
1994
  A Hoax In Time (Hoax Modem Tax)  - by Brock Meeks (1994) (Zone 1)
  Amateur Action BBS Bust  - by David Loundy (1994) (Zone 1)
  Massive Piracy Raids in Italy Codenamed "Hardware 1"  - (1994) (Zone 2)
  Nabbing The Pirates Of Cyberspace  - by Philip Elmer-Dewitt (1994) (Zone 1)
1998
  Background on Hoax Modem Tax  - by FCC (1998) (Zone 1)
2001
  The Outlaw Fringe of the Electronic Frontier  - by Brad Cox (2001) (Zone 1)

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