From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: FidoNet (was: Re: Fido mode) Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 07:56:42 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87wng2s8c1.fsf@posteo.net> <87ilrkux00.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15339"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.0 (2022-02-12) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 10 06:58:16 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ndPeS-0003rG-96 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 06:58:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55298 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ndPeQ-0007o4-OJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:58:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35854) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ndPdg-0007no-Rx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:33095) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ndPdc-0003Nt-2R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:57:25 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:154.226.247.80]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000005BF05.0000000062526391.00004C22; Sat, 09 Apr 2022 21:56:48 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ilrkux00.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:136897 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2022-04-09 20:26]: > Philip Kaludercic wrote: > > > From what I understand, fido-mode reproduces the behaviour > > of ido-mode [...] hence fido -> "fake" ido [...] > > Clever! > > I thought it had something to do with FidoNet, which is > > a worldwide computer network that is used for communication > between bulletin board systems (BBSes). It uses > a store-and-forward system to exchange private (email) and > public (forum) messages between the BBSes in the network [1] I was one of peers in FidoNet for shorter time, and it was great feeling to be able to exchange emails worldwide. At that time we did not have access to Internet, but only BBS-es and FidoNet. > Sounds like a/some variety of the Usenet distributed model of > data replication and propagation, which is today known as > a "federation" or federative network architecture with Quite true. I guess it still functions and it may become important backup network when FidoNet https://www.fidonet.org/ -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/