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$Id: README,v 4.36 2003/04/10 21:22:05 n0ll Exp $

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			F  I  D  O  G  A  T  E

			      Version 4

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		        * Fido-Internet Gateway
		        * Fido FTN-FTN Gateway
		        * Fido Mail Processor
		        * Fido File Processor
		        * Fido Areafix/Filefix
		     ============================


WARNING!!! If you're migrating from FIDOGATE 4.2.9 to 4.4.x, please
note the following *MAJOR* changes:

     4.3a1..a5	New directory hierarchy, new config files
		/etc/fidogate/*.conf (see doc/dirs.html)

     4.3.0+	In addition, FIDOGATE now uses a single config file
		/etc/fidogate/fidogate.conf for *all* programs.

     4.4.x	The new stable release, even somewhat well documented.
		See ANNOUNCE for recent changes.


Please subscribe to the FIDOGATE mailing list!!!

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[ For detailed instructions see doc/fidogate.txt ]

Needed:

* GNU CC or ANSI C compiler
* GNU make
* GNU flex/bison or lex/yacc
* Perl5
* sendmail m4 configuration files
* GNU m4 for the sendmail m4 configuration

Compiling:

1.  Edit config.make
2.  Edit config.h if needed
3.  Run "make depend"
4.  Run "make"

Installing:

5.  Run "make install-dirs" to create the installation directories
    (only if needed)
6.  Run "make install" to install the programs
7.  Create the various config files and put them into CONFIGDIR
    (see examples/... to get started)

See also doc/fidogate.txt (PostScript documentation can be compiled by
running "make doc" in the doc/ subdirectory) for a detailed
description of the FIDOGATE installation.

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There is a *NEW* mailing list for FIDOGATE discussions and
announcements:

    mailto:fidogate-list@lists.sourceforge.net

To SUBSCRIBE to this mailing list goto

    http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fidogate-list

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Latest version:

The latest version of FIDOGATE can be found at:

    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10739

    ftp://ftp.fidogate.org/pub/fidogate/
    http://www.fidogate.org/pub/fidogate/


See also the FIDOGATE home page at:

    http://www.fidogate.org/
    http://fidogate.sourceforge.net/

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Warning: configuration changed a lot since release 3.9.7, so using an
old configuration without any changes for release 4 will cause
problems.

In particular, Roland's fgpack script (see doc/Fido-Point-HOWTO) does
*NOT* work with the release 4 ftnpack!!!

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GNU-WIN32 version:

As of FIDOGATE 4.2.5, the source can be compiled with the Cygnus
GNU-WIN32 development environment for Windows 95 and NT. You'll need
the WIN32 version of perl, too. See examples/win32/config.make.

GNU-WIN32 information can be found at
    http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/

Perl for WIN32 information can be found at
    http://www.activestate.com/

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Contributing patches:

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING RULES FOR CONTRIBUTING PATCHES:

* No changes to the indentation, white space etc. No beautifying,
  please.

* Supply only context diffs (command diff -u), not complete changed
  files.

* Supply patches against the latest version of FIDOGATE, or even
  better against the FIDOGATE CVS repository.

If you do not follow these simple rules, it is quite likely that I'll
not integrate your patches.

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$Date: 2003/04/10 21:22:05 $
Martin Junius
mailto:mj@fido.de