General Info on FidoNet
FidoNet consists of approximately
30,000
systems world-wide which
comprise a network which exchanges mail and files via
Modems
using a proprietary protocol. They are connected for the purposes of
exchanging E-Mail to the Internet thru a series of
gateway systems
which interact with the Internet via
UUCP
with cooperating UNIX-based
smart-hosts which act as their MX-receivers.
With some exceptions, you
cannot
Telnet or FTP to a FidoNet site,
only communicate via E-Mail and Usenet News.