This package is a series of batch files, config files, and executables
that will enable you to transport FidoNet echos via UUEncoded email to
other systems that are also so enabled.

REQUIREMENTS
============

   o  AmigaDOS 2.04 or Arexx 1.15
   o  DLG Pro 1.0 or later
   o  Amiga UUCP by Matt Dillon.  This has only been tested here with
      1.17 beta 4, but may also work with 1.16.
   o  A FidoNet mail processor
   o  UUXT by Asher Feldman.  A different UUCoder may work, but you'll
      have to modify things to work with it.

   o  An Amiga would be nice :-)


INSTALLATION
============

I have conveniently sorted things out for you into different directories,
so this should be fairly simple and straightforward.

First thing you need is a handy destination to send things to. That
destination should have a designated email address to which all incoming
fido mail should be sent.

Next, you need to invent a fake account for the same purpose -- people
sending you UUEncoded fidomail will send to this address, too.  You do not
need to actually create an account on your system for this fake address --
it is an alias used by UUCP.

   Examples:

      fidomail UUEncoded to 1:202/720.0 should be addressed to
               fido@elric.maximumaccess.com

      fidomail UUEncoded to 2:100/100.0 should be addressed to
               dlg@somesystem.co.uk

Now, copy the contents of the REXX directory into your REXX: directory or
wherever you keep your AREXX scripts at.

Next, copy the contents of the BIN directory into wherever it is you keep
miscellaneous fidonet and/or UUCP utilities.  This consists of one
program, TIMESTAMP, and you'll need to edit the Arexx script to point to
it if it is not in your C: directory.

Next, LOOK at the contents of the fido/batch dir.  You'll find a sample
POST_BUNDLE.DMB batch file.  It has two versions of the command line you
should use with slight modification -- that being the fido address you're
processing for and the destination email address.

Next, LOOK at the contents of the UUCP/UULIB directory.  You'll find here
an extract of the ALIAS config file.  Modify your own ALIAS file with this
line, using your chosen email account in place of the one provided.


THEORY OF OPERATION
===================

   INCOMING
   ========

      People sending UUEncoded fido mail will address it to your
      designated email "account".  When email arrives addressed to that
      account, the entry in the UULIB:ALIAS file triggers UUXT, causing it
      to place the decoded mail packet into your INBOUND: directory,
      where, of course, your fidonet mail package will then process it
      when next called.

   OUTGOING
   ========

      A bit more complex.

      In your POST_BUNDLE.DMB file, or similar (if you're not using
      PDQMail), an entry calls the Arexx script MailXPort.rexx with two
      arguments: the fido address to search for (all 4 address elements!),
      and the destination email address if any is found.

      The Arexx script looks for packets and bundles destined for the fido
      address, and if it finds them, renames them using the TIMESTAMP
      program into a format that will be acceptable to the other end of
      the chain.  It then UUEncodes it, then sends it using SendMsg (DLG).
      Finally, it deletes it.


SETUP
=====

   You must modify your UULIB:ALIAS file accordingly, and you must modify
   FIDO/BATCH/POST_BUNDLE.DMB or its analog for non-PDQ systems.  You must
   copy the TIMESTAMP file and the Arexx script over to the appropriate
   directories.  Once that is in place, it's pretty much automatic.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
================

   Thanks to Jim Hendry for passing this on to me, though I did meddle a
   bit with it to make it slightly more flexible.

   I have no idea who made TIMESTAMP but if you find out, please put me in
   touch.

Jeff Grimmett
DLG Development
Oct 9 1996