It was not easy to find the right information to re-join Fidonet after 15+
years, in the end Janis Kracht gave me the Z3 contact details and it went
smoothly from there.

The reason for this is conflicting information on the internet due to dead
links, old websites and a lack of updates etc.

Andre made some very relevenant and pertinent points about this with multiple
domains for the same thing, however without knowing the reasons behind the
domain issues it is difficult to move forward but due to the time taken this
had led to more domains being added for the same thing (frustration).

For example, my google search (Aus) for 'fidonews" showed a quite a few
differnt web site options and the site fidonews.eu was not one of them.

I think, it is got to the point were most sites are not really offical and
or updated.

If there was some sort of agreement (wishful thinking) on a specific sites
then if all other sites would add links to them this issue would be gone.

Hopefully this is under discussion aty the higher levels and a solution will
soon be found as the present situation is a hinderance to growing Fidonet.

Terry

On Mar 10, 2019 03:30pm, Bj”rn Felten wrote to Dan Clough:

 DC>> No. It's obscure and not even REMOTELY obvious to a newcomer that
 DC>> they should look in there.

 BF>    On top of the results from Google (for me -- YMMV) is the old,
 BF>    defunct fidonet.org site. Even there it's a link to the likewise
 BF>    defunct fidonews.org site. Doesn't that make you curious if you are
 BF>    really into Fidonet? What better place to get information about
 BF>    something than a dedicated magazine?

 DC>> Even then, if they did, is there any
 DC>> useful information in the magazine that would help a new
 DC>> prospective Sysop get a node number?

 BF>    Well, maybe you haven't read any recent (as in the latest 500 or so)
 BF>    issue properly? You can for instance try fidonews.eu from where
 BF>    opens up a plethora of fidonet echoes to read before you start
 BF>    asking advice about how to go Full Fidonet Node.

 BF>    But rather than complaining, why don't you write an article about it
 BF> yourself? Don't always expect other people to do things for you...



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