UU2FLO v1.0
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                   Written by Ray Akey (aka Heavy Metal)
 From an idea proposed and started by Dave Vandermeer (aka Night Stalker)


PLEASE READ THESE DOCS IN FULL.  I know the joys of receiving a new toy and
how docs are very easy to overlook but if you wish your system to receive
and process news 100%, please take the few minutes to read this doc.  It's
not really that long, nor is it technically worded.

First of all, this program assumes the following:

- that you already have Matt Dillon's UUCP (or some compatible setup for
  UseNet traffic) up and running.
- that you have a fidonet compatible address and a fidonet compatible mailer
  up and running.


History:
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	UU2FLO was written mainly because of the UUCICO program's limitations and
it's slow transfer speed.  UU2FLO simply does the job of converting batched
UUCP files to a format that allows them to be transferred to a UUCP node
using any FidoNet-compatible mailer.  This allows for MUCH MUCH faster
transfer by using your ZEDZAP/ZMODEM mailer (ie. Trapdoor or the soon to be
EMSI-ready MetalSoft mailer "Flood") to achieve maximum transfer. 

The only stipulation is that the receiving node must have some sort of
FidoNet-type address.  For example, The Metal Shoppe offers a network
called AFidNet which is a STRICTLY AMIGA network.  We use AfidNet addresses
to transfer UseNet news (UUCP news files) to nodes that are in the AFidNet
network and we use FidoNet addresses to transfer UUCP messages to nodes that
have a FidoNet address.

To get a template of the arguments UU2FLO supports. enter "UU2FLO" in your
CLI/Shell.  An example follows:

	SYNTAX: UU2FLO LOCAL <local UUCP site> REMOTE <remote UUCP site> FQFA <fqfa>

   where,
          <local UUCP site> is your system's UUCP nodename.
          <remote UUCP site> is the receiving system's UUCP nodename.
          <fqfa> is the remote system's fully qualified fidonet address.

          You may omit the "point" portion of the fidonet address if your
          mailer supports 3D addressing.

	examples:

		UU2FLO LOCAL metshop REMOTE ntrnl FQFA 1000:6820/0
      UU2FLO LOCAL metshop REMOTE mythago FQFA 1000:6800/6

      "metshop" is my UUCP node name
      "ntrnl" and "mythago" are remote UUCP nodes that poll my system
      "1000:6820/0" and "1000:6800/6" are the AfidNet fido compatible
        addresses of ntrnl and mythago, respectively.


FLO2UU.EXE
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	This AmigaDOS script is included to allow the fidonet system to restore
the UUCP files, that he received through his fidonet mailer, back to his
UUSPOOL: directory.  For example, each node runs UU2FLO to convert the
remote system's waiting UseNet News/Mail to the fidonet transferrable format.
Once those files are transferred by your perspective front-doors, they
arrive in your "inbound" directory. They must then be moved to the UUSPOOL:
directory so that UUCP can find and process them.

	SYNTAX: EXECUTE FLO2UU.EXE <path to inbound> <uucp sitename>

	where,
		<path to inbound> is the receiving system's inbound mail directory.
      <uucp sitename> is the receiving system's UUCP sitename.


Please note that the required UUXQT command is not present in the FLO2UU.EXE
script because I realize that not all systems unpack mail/news the moment
they receive it.  If you DO wish your news to be unbatched the moment it is
received, load UU2FLO.EXE into any text editor and add the following command
to the end of it:

	<path>UUXQT

where <path> is the path where your UUXQT command is located.

if you do not add the UUXQT command to the FLO2UU.EXE script, you must at it
to your CRON or event scheduler.


Future Plans:
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   XenoLink compatible file renaming & extensions.
   ...no others at the moment - any suggestions?


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Bug reports:

   FIDO:     Ray Akey@1:246/74
   CLINK:    Ray Akey@911:8000/2
   AfidNET:  Ray Akey@1000:6800/0
   INTERNET: rakey@metshop.jammys.net

   The Metal Shoppe BBS -> (519) 256-0278
                           (519) 255-7378
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