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Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Xofraq to Digital Man on Fri Oct 04 2024 08:02:04

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a response from a hub for Fidonet?

I've sent out a message to RC and within 24 hours I got back a reply.

I sent out a request to who the RC said should be my hub, but I get nothing back. So part of me wonders if I'm having a problem sending to the hub.

The thing without a response makes it hard to know.

And the message is gone, it can't be found.

As far as I know I can't get a message back from the hub using fidonet type addressing because I don't have a password for the hub.

And I see in the log file bink pulls error about authentication, which makes sense to me.

So I'm not sure if I have done things correctly. I think so because the RC got back to me vai regualar email.

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To: bbsing

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Re: Help with FidoNet setup

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a response from a hub for Fidonet?

I've sent out a message to RC and within 24 hours I got back a reply.

I sent out a request to who the RC said should be my hub, but I get nothing back. So part of me wonders if I'm having a problem sending to
the hub.

Depends on the people involved. Where do you live?



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To: bbsing
Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: bbsing to All on Mon Nov 18 2024 11:03 am

Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Xofraq to Digital Man on Fri Oct 04 2024 08:02:04

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a response from a hub for Fidonet?

I've sent out a message to RC and within 24 hours I got back a reply.

The RC assign/give you a node address?
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To: Digital Man
Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Digital Man to bbsing on Mon Nov 18 2024 22:19:46

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a response from a hub for Fidonet?

I've sent out a message to RC and within 24 hours I got back a reply.

The RC assign/give you a node address?

No the RC sent me over to the NC at 105.

I think he did that because I'm in Island County WA, seems like the area outside of the cofirmned cities ont he page:

https://www.region17.net/whowho.html

I'm not sure though becuase it looks like 105 is in Oregon state.

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To: Gamgee
Re: Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Gamgee to bbsing on Mon Nov 18 2024 20:25:48

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a response from a hub for Fidonet?

I've sent out a message to RC and within 24 hours I got back a reply.

I sent out a request to who the RC said should be my hub, but I get nothing back. So part of me wonders if I'm having a problem sending to the hub.

Depends on the people involved. Where do you live?

I live on Whidbey Island, Island County WA.

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To: bbsing

bbsing wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Gamgee to bbsing on Mon Nov 18 2024 20:25:48

Does anyone know how long it takes to get a response from a hub for Fidonet?

I've sent out a message to RC and within 24 hours I got back a reply.

I sent out a request to who the RC said should be my hub, but I get nothing back. So part of me wonders if I'm having a problem sending to the hub.

Depends on the people involved. Where do you live?

I live on Whidbey Island, Island County WA.

Okay, so looks like you'd go into Region 17, Net 138.

Here are the RC and NC lines from the current nodelist for them:

Region,17,North_West,AB_AK_BC_ID_MT_OR_NWT_SK_WA_YT,Dallas_Hinton,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,INA:bandmaster.ddnsfree.com,IBN

Host,138,Rainer_Net,Pierce_County+_WA,Gene_Buckle,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XX,IBN:bbs.retroarchive.org,IFT,ITN

So I'd suggest trying a netmail to Gene Buckle there, or perhaps log in
to that BBS and leave him a local message or something. Good luck.



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To: BBSING

So I'm not sure if I have done things correctly. I think so because the RC got >back to me vai regualar email.

Sounds like you need to ask your RC, via email, if the hub operator has an email address you can contact him with first.


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To: Dumas Walker
Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Dumas Walker to BBSING on Tue Nov 19 2024 10:50 am

So I'm not sure if I have done things correctly. I think so because the RC got >back to me vai regualar email.

Sounds like you need to ask your RC, via email, if the hub operator has an email address you can contact him with first.

when i got a fidonet setup there was an issue with the hub and he refused to talk via internet email and he would only call ME during the day when i was at work. i could not call him or schedule a time. on top of that he was mostly deaf and couldn't hear shit over the phone. he's not with us now

i had to go with someone else. i wouldn't even carry fidonet. it's not worth it.
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MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Dumas Walker to BBSING on Tue Nov 19 2024 10:50 am

So I'm not sure if I have done things correctly. I think so because the RC got >back to me vai regualar email.

Sounds like you need to ask your RC, via email, if the hub operator has an email address you can contact him with first.

when i got a fidonet setup there was an issue with the hub and he
refused to talk via internet email and he would only call ME during the day when i was at work. i could not call him or schedule a time. on top
of that he was mostly deaf and couldn't hear shit over the phone. he's not with us now

i had to go with someone else. i wouldn't even carry fidonet. it's not worth it.

There are assholes everywhere, including in FidoNet.

Doesn't mean everyone in FidoNet is an asshole, or that it has no value.



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To: MRO

Sounds like you need to ask your RC, via email, if the hub operator has an email address you can contact him with first.

when i got a fidonet setup there was an issue with the hub and he refused to talk via internet email and he would only call ME during the day when i was

t

work. i could not call him or schedule a time. on top of that he was mostly deaf and couldn't hear shit over the phone. he's not with us now

i had to go with someone else. i wouldn't even carry fidonet. it's not worth it.

If BBSING also runs into similar issues, he may also need to try someone
else.


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To: Dumas Walker
Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: Dumas Walker to BBSING on Tue Nov 19 2024 10:50:00

So I'm not sure if I have done things correctly. I think so because the RC got >back to me vai regualar email.

Sounds like you need to ask your RC, via email, if the hub operator has an email address you can contact him with first.

I think you are right here. I will have to ask for email.

I see in my message logs the binkp out is erroring due to a authentication.

This makes sense because I don't have a password with the hub.

I see the .out files still in my fidonet outbound folder.

So the process with Fidonet isn't working well from tutorials and documentation.

Back in the dialup days probably was different.

I'll seek out an email.

I think I'm blocked from logging into bbs.retroarchive.org, due to all the attempts at sending netmail to them.

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Re: Help with FidoNet setup
By: bbsing to Dumas Walker on Sat Nov 23 2024 12:20 am

I see in my message logs the binkp out is erroring due to a authentication.

This makes sense because I don't have a password with the hub.

Normally, authenticated BinkP sessions are allowed/just-fine. The problem would be if one of the endpoints has a password defined and the other does not (or they don't match). But not having a password (on both sides) does not normally cause any kind of authentication error.
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