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OT Re: Amateur Peering

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On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:44:27 -0500, Nigel Reed wrote:

> Are you only gating fidonet groups that specifically allow gating? Many
> expressly forbid it, or only allow with mod approval. Some are already
> gated.

Fido's rules are and always have been archaic, I ran a BBS back in late  
80s/90's (Ezycom under DOS/Desqview/Qemm) and i think it was 91 or 92 
added this new thing called "the internet" with tcp trumpet sock or 
something similarly named to allow logins - back then it more of a play 
thing since Peter said Ezycom update facilitates it, boy those were the 
days we had compuserve on a super blazingly fast best-thing-to-ever-
happen 2400bps modem line :) 

the zone "kommandant" regulary objected to us allowing logins - on the 
internet line, whilst the other dialup line was always in its hourly 
reserved netmail hour (4-5AM here), I argued with the kommandant for 
several weeks on why I should lock everyone out when the dedicated dialup 
was complying, I fulfilled my netmail obligations keeping the dialup 
free, he knows that because our "discussion" was all via netmail :)  he 
cut me off 3 times over period of a year for that until he moved to 
terminate my node altogether.

I then got a direct (IIRC called a point node) arrangement from John 
(everybody knows John in Zone 1, also went on to run a fair size ISP in 
the US from what I heard in later years) I had all my feeds and netmail 
from him via the internet (until I closed the BBS in late 90's - it ran 
for about 12 years all up).

Over the following 2 or 3 years, my story was repeated several times over 
by other BBS's here, but they just ended Fidonet rather than seeking 
other access.

Some people insist in living in the stone ages, and Fido doesnt seem to 
have realised its own policies are whats seen its demise, like this, 
forbidden to gate areas, thats right forbid them, heaven forbid people 
discover Fidonet by finding their discussions on usenet, not advertise 
and prevent others discovering them - not that I can imagine there being 
many in 2026 anyway but I confess to not giving a damn enough to go 
looking :)

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Amateur Peering IntraNIC <intranicnetwork@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 08:54 -0700
  Re: Amateur Peering "Roberto CORRADO" <i@secure.corradoroberto.it> - 2026-09-17 18:32 +0200
    Re: Amateur Peering IntraNIC <intranicnetwork@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 09:41 -0700
      Re: Amateur Peering "Roberto CORRADO" <i@secure.corradoroberto.it> - 2026-09-18 20:52 +0200
  Re: Amateur Peering Ivo Gandolfo <usenet@bofh.team> - 2026-09-17 21:02 +0200
    Re: Amateur Peering Madison <madison.brooks@skeetchestn.ca> - 2026-09-17 13:47 -0700
      Re: Amateur Peering Ivo Gandolfo <usenet@bofh.team> - 2026-09-17 23:29 +0200
        Re: Amateur Peering Madison <madison.brooks@skeetchestn.ca> - 2026-09-17 14:48 -0700
          Re: Amateur Peering Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> - 2026-09-18 12:58 -0500
            Re: Amateur Peering IntraNIC <intranicnetwork@gmail.com> - 2026-09-19 18:09 -0700
              Re: Amateur Peering noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-09-20 11:28 +1000
  Re: Amateur Peering Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> - 2026-09-18 12:44 -0500
    Re: Amateur Peering "IntraNIC intranicnetwork"@gmail.com - 2026-09-18 10:47 -0700
    OT  Re: Amateur Peering noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-09-19 11:18 +1000
      Re: OT Re: Amateur Peering Fae Empress <admin@mail.su.gy> - 2026-09-19 15:51 -0700
        Re: OT Re: Amateur Peering noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-09-20 11:17 +1000

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