On 2019 Mar 02 12:24:00, you wrote to Dmxrob:

 Dm>> So I am totally lost with Fidonet here.  I managed to get fsxNet up
 Dm>> and running with relative ease, but this Fidonet stuff is throwing me
 Dm>> for a loop.  They assigned me a node number, but that was about it.
 Dm>> Have no ideas where to pull echoes from, nodelists, etc. anything.

 TL> They should have let you know who your hub was, so you can at least
 TL> pick up routed netmail.

i think you mean host instead of hub... the only official hub in FTN is within
a net and generally then only in very large nets... it plays like a
mini-host... complete with hub-segs and all... like the host, it is not
required to do anything other than to make routed netmail available to the
destination system...

 TL> Most Fidonet nodes will also pick up echomail there, though you can
 TL> pick up echomail from any Fido node you like.

true but i would probably say many instead of most...

 Dm>> Not even 100% sure how having Fidonet and fsxNet together won't
 Dm>> clobber one another (assuming the zones keep that all straighted
 Dm>> out?)

 TL> No dramas.  Different zones, and if you use 5D addressing, different
 TL> domains as well.

true again 

 Dm>> Anyone out there willing to help understand where to go from here?

 Dm>> To be fair, back in the 80s and 90s this whole Fidonet thing was
 Dm>> confusing as well!

 TL> You need to find out where your main feed (for netmail) will be.  I'm
 TL> surprised that information wasn't given to you.

it was when he was assigned his node number 


we're gonna go watch a Dragon fly now 

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