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$Id: README,v 4.35 2002/09/16 20:19:34 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.

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

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$Date: 2002/09/16 20:19:34 $
Martin Junius
mailto:mj@fido.de
