FTSC - Documents

FTA - FTSC Administrative Documents

FTSC Administrative (FTA) documents guide the operation of the FTSC.
FTA-1000.002   [raw] 1997-12-29 Adrian Walker FTSC Charter
FTA-1001.003   [raw] 1998-01-17 Adrian Walker FTSC Operations
FTA-1001.004   [raw] 1999-01-18 Adrian Walker FTSC Operations
FTA-1001.005   [raw] 2003-04-09 Scott Little FTSC Operations
FTA-1002.002   [raw] 1997-11-29 Adrian Walker Document Submission and Publication Standard
FTA-1003.004   [raw] 1998-01-17 Odinn Sorensen FTSC Membership List and Working sections
FTA-1003.005   [raw] 1999-01-18 Colin Turner FTSC Membership List and Working sections
FTA-1003.006   [raw] 2000-01-02 Colin Turner FTSC Membership List and Working sections
FTA-1003.007   [raw] 2003-03-31 Administrator FTSC Membership List
FTA-1004.004   [raw] 1999-07-05 Adrian Walker FTSC File List
FTA-1005.003   [raw] 1998-03-22 Adrian Walker FTSC Product Codes
FTA-1006.002   [raw] 1998-01-17 Odinn Sorensen Key words to indicate requirement levels
FTA-1007.002   [raw] 1998-01-17 Odinn Sorensen Intellectual Property Rights

FTS - FidoNet Technical Standards

The following documents have been declared as Standards by the FTSC.
FTS-0001.016   [raw] 1995-09-30 Randy Bush A Basic FidoNet(r) Technical Standard
FTS-0004.001   [raw] 1987-12-12 Bob Hartman The Conference Mail System (EchoMail Specification)
FTS-0005.003   [raw] 1996-02-07 Ben Baker, Rick Moore, David Nugent The Distribution Nodelist
FTS-0006.002   [raw] 1991-11-30 Vince Perriello YOOHOO and YOOHOO/2U2
FTS-0007.003   [raw] 1990-10-15 Philip L. Becker, Randy Bush Extending FTS-0001 to include SEAlink protocol
FTS-0008.003   [raw] 1990-10-15 Philip L. Becker, Randy Bush Extending FTS-0001 to include Bark requests
FTS-0009.001   [raw] 1991-12-17 jim nutt MSGID / REPLY; A standard for unique message identifiers and reply chain linkage
FTS-1024.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Michiel Broek Raw ifcico - a protocol for transferring FidoNet mail over reliable connections
FTS-1025.001   [raw] 2004-05-15 Charles Cruden, Vincent Danen, Brent Shellenberg, Ramon van der Winkel Simple E-Mail Attach Transport (S.E.A.T.)
FTS-4000.001   [raw] 2000-10-01 Goran Eriksson Control Paragraphs
FTS-4001.001   [raw] 2000-10-01 Goran Eriksson Addressing Control Paragraphs
FTS-4008.002   [raw] 2003-05-16 Odinn Sorensen Time zone information (TZUTC)
FTS-4009.001   [raw] 2003-05-16 Colin Turner, Joaquim Homrighausen Netmail tracking (Via)
FTS-5000.001   [raw] 1999-06-27 Colin Turner, Andreas Klein, Michael McCabe, David Hallford, Odinn Sorensen The Distribution Nodelist
FTS-5000.002   [raw] 2005-01-26 FTSC The Distribution Nodelist
FTS-5001.001   [raw] 1999-06-27 Colin Turner, Andreas Klein, Michael McCabe, David Hallford, Odinn Sorensen Nodelist Flags and Userflags
FTS-5001.002   [raw] 2005-01-26 FTSC Nodelist flags and userflags
FTS-5002.001   [raw] 2000-10-01 Michiel van der Vlist Pointlist Formats

FSP - FidoNet Standards Proposals

The following documents have been proposed as FidoNet Standards.
FSP-1001.002   [raw] 1997-09-27 Odinn Sorensen Timezone information in FTN messages
FSP-1002.002   [raw] 1997-10-19 Odinn Sorensen Numeric reply indication in FTN subject lines
FSP-1003.001   [raw] 1997-05-15 Lee Kindness Suggested use of Nodelist Fields
FSP-1004.001   [raw] 1997-05-15 Lee Kindness Standard FidoNet Addressing
FSP-1005.006   [raw] 1997-11-27 Frank Ellermann Zone 2 nodelist flags
FSP-1006.001   [raw] 1997-12-12 Ramon van der Winkel Kludge for specifying addition e-mail reply addresses
FSP-1007.001   [raw] 1997-12-12 Ramon van der Winkel Multiple recipient address specification to gateway
FSP-1008.002   [raw] 1997-12-29 Michael Hohner New control lines for forwarded messages
FSP-1009.001   [raw] 1997-12-29 Michael Hohner Year 2000 issues in FTN software
FSP-1010.001   [raw] 1999-04-26 Colin Turner, Joaquim H. Homrighausen Via kludge specification
FSP-1011.001   [raw] 1999-06-11 Dima Maloff, Nick Soveiko, Max Masyutin BinkP - a protocol for transferring FidoNet mail over reliable connections
FSP-1011.002   [raw] 1999-10-08 Dima Maloff, Nick Soveiko, Max Masyutin BinkP - a protocol for transferring FidoNet mail over reliable connections
FSP-1011.003   [raw] 2000-07-31 Dima Maloff, Nick Soveiko, Max Masyutin BinkP - a protocol for transferring FidoNet mail over reliable connections
FSP-1012.003   [raw] 1999-06-27 Lothar Behet Integration of IP-Nodes in the nodelist
FSP-1013.001   [raw] 1999-09-04 Peter Karlsson Character set definition
FSP-1014.001   [raw] 1999-09-21 Amir Shabashvili, Adel Chepckunov Moderating by Voting echomail distribution system
FSP-1015.001   [raw] 2000-04-20 Charles Cruden, Vincent Danen, Brent Shellenberg, Ramon van der Winkel Simple E-Mail Attach Transport (S.E.A.T.)
FSP-1016.001   [raw] 2000-07-17 Christian von Busse Automatic configuration of Points
FSP-1016.003   [raw] 2003-06-20 Christian von Busse Automatic configuration of Points in FidoNet
FSP-1018.001   [raw] 2003-12-22 Michiel Broek, Stas Degteff Binkp/1.0 Protocol specification
FSP-1018.002   [raw] 2005-06-06 Michiel Broek, Stas Degteff Binkp/1.0 Protocol specification
FSP-1019.001   [raw] 2003-12-22 Michiel Broek, Dima Maloff, Stas Degteff, Pavel Goulchuck Binkp 1.0 optional protocol extension CRAM
FSP-1020.001   [raw] 2005-06-06 Tobias Ernst, Michiel Broek Binkp optional protocol extension CRC Checksum
FSP-1021.001   [raw] 2003-12-22 Michiel Broek Binkp/1.0 optional protocol extension Multiple Batch
FSP-1023.001   [raw] 2005-06-06 Binkp protocol extension Non-reliable Mode Binkp protocol extension Non-reliable Mode
FSP-1025.001   [raw] 2003-09-08 Michiel van der Vlist IPv6 colon substitution in the nodelist
FSP-1026.001   [raw] 2003-08-07 Alex Shakhaylo Translation of a Fidonet Address into an Internet Domain Name
FSP-1026.002   [raw] 2004-01-31 Alex Shakhaylo Translation of a Fidonet Address into an Internet Domain Name
FSP-1028.001   [raw] 2003-11-01 Stas Degteff FTN Address Format
FSP-1028.002   [raw] 2004-02-04 Stas Degteff FTN Address Format
FSP-1029.001   [raw] 2004-02-07 Michiel van der Vlist Serial number allocation in Message IDs
FSP-1030.001   [raw] 2003-11-17 Aleksej R. Serdyukov Unicode character set in FidoNet messages
FSP-1032.001   [raw] 2004-02-03 Alex Shakhaylo Binkp optional protocol extension Dataframe Compression
FSP-1033.001   [raw] 2004-06-14 Michiel van der Vlist The ICM flag

FSC - FidoNet Standards Proposals

The following documents have been proposed as FidoNet Standards.
FSC-0003.001   [raw] 1986-03-22 Ben Baker FidoNet Route Files Explained
FSC-0004.001   [raw] 1987-02-09 Randy Bush INTL kludge
FSC-0005.001   [raw] 1987-09-20 Wynn Wagner III The Opus Computer-Based Conversation System
FSC-0007.002   [raw] 1990-04-17 Robert Heller FidoNet RFC822-Style Message Format
FSC-0008.001   [raw] 1987-08-10 Vincent E. Perriello Fundamentals of FOSSIL implementation and use (Superceeded by FSC-0015)
FSC-0009.001   [raw] 1987-11-15 Ray Gwinn, David Dodell Nodelist capabilities identifier
FSC-0010.001   [raw] 1987-12-01 Henk Wevers RESYNC, a SEAlink protocol enhancement
FSC-0011.001   [raw] 1987-12-04 Bob Hartman Experiences/corrections to FTS-0001
FSC-0013.001   [raw] 1987-12-18 Fidgit Greylock, Greylock Software A Standard for "Bark" File Requests (Superceeded by FTS-0008)
FSC-0014.001   [raw] 1988-01-06 Wynn Wagner III A Bundle Proposal
FSC-0015.001   [raw] 1988-02-11 Rick Moore Fundamentals of FOSSIL implementation and use
FSC-0016.001   [raw] 1988-03-18 Bob Hartman FidoNet mail session startup
FSC-0017.001   [raw] 1988-03-30 Randy Bush FidoNet Standards Committee Archive Philosophy and Document Naming
FSC-0019.001   [raw] 1987-08-24 System Enhancement Associates, Inc. The SEAlink file transfer protocol (Superceed by FTS-0007)
FSC-0020.001   [raw] 1987-11-13 Marshall Presnell Alternate Nodelist Flag Proposal
FSC-0021.001   [raw] 1988-05-23 Rick Moore VFOSSIL - An OS/2-Subset Video FOSSIL Appendage
FSC-0023.001   [raw] 1988-07-11 Roeland Meyer Bundle name format
FSC-0024.001   [raw] 1988-08-24 Oliver McDonald Type-3 Mail Bundle
FSC-0025.001   [raw] 1988-08-23 George A. Stanislav AVATAR; Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator
FSC-0027.001   [raw] 1988-12-04 Ben Baker, Rick Moore The Distribution Nodelist (Superceeded by FTS-0005)
FSC-0028.001   [raw] 1988-12-04 Barry Geller, Tom Hendricks, Harry Lee, Rick Moore A Collection of Notes on Moving Files
FSC-0030.001   [raw] 1989-04-21 John Cowan Message Identification and Reply for FidoNet
FSC-0031.001   [raw] 1989-05-01 M. Ratledge EchoMail ^aEID: Dup-Checking with Linked Replies
FSC-0032.001   [raw] 1989-05-01 M. Ratledge Uniform Echomail Quoting Style
FSC-0033.001   [raw] 1989-06-11 Todd Kover FidoNet Message ID Proposal
FSC-0034.002   [raw] 1990-08-30 Randy Bush Gateways to and from FidoNet; Technical, Administrative, and Policy Considerations
FSC-0035.001   [raw] 1989-06-22 Michael Shiels Transparent Gateways to and from FidoNet; Technical Considerations
FSC-0036.001   [raw] 1989-06-27 Dale W. Lovell Group Mail Specifications
FSC-0037.001   [raw] 1989-05-01 George A. Stanislav AVATAR; Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator
FSC-0038.001   [raw] 1990-02-22 jim nutt A Domain Proposal For FidoNet
FSC-0039.001   [raw] 1990-09-29 Mark A. Howard A Type-2 Packet Extension Proposal
FSC-0040.001   [raw] 1990-02-23 Michael Shiels Extended Modem Handling
FSC-0042.001   [raw] 1990-03-25 Steven Furber Proposed Modification to the Gateway Agreement Between WWIVnet and FidoNet via the "NetSEX" Program
FSC-0043.002   [raw] 1990-08-30 Randy Bush Some Hints on Recognizing Control Lines in Message Text
FSC-0044.002   [raw] 1990-10-07 Jack Decker An improved method of duplicate message detection and prevention
FSC-0045.001   [raw] 1990-04-17 Thom Henderson A Proposal for a New Packet title Format
FSC-0046.005   [raw] 1994-08-30 Joaquim H. Homrighausen A Product Idenfifier for FidoNet Message Handlers
FSC-0047.001   [raw] 1990-05-28 Pat Terry The SPLIT Kludge Line For Splitting Large Messages
FSC-0048.002   [raw] 1990-10-21 Jan Vroonhof A Proposed Type-2 Packet Extension
FSC-0049.001   [raw] 1990-07-03 Bob Hartman A Proposal for Passing Domain Information During an FTS-0006 Session
FSC-0050.001   [raw] 1990-07-14 Thomas Sundblom A Character Set Identifier For FidoNet Message Editors
FSC-0051.003   [raw] 1991-02-25 Tomas Gradin I51; A System-Independent Way of Transferring Special Characters
FSC-0052.001   [raw] 1990-09-23 Gerard van der Land A proposal for making the PATH zone aware
FSC-0053.002   [raw] 1992-12-08 Joaquim H. Homrighausen Specifications for the ^aFLAGS field
FSC-0054.004   [raw] 1991-05-27 Duncan McNutt CHARSET; A System-Independent Way of Transferring Special Characters, Character Sets and Style Information in Messages
FSC-0055.001   [raw] 1991-03-31 Luke Kolin Security Passwords in Nodelist Update Files
FSC-0056.001   [raw] 1991-05-03 Joaquim H. Homrighausen EMSI/IEMSI Protocol Definitions
FSC-0057.003   [raw] 1992-12-07 Joaquim H. Homrighausen, Fabiano Fabris Conference Managers - Specifications for Requests
FSC-0058.002   [raw] 1992-11-01 Wim Van Sebroeck, Jan Spooren A New Way Of Addressing
FSC-0059.001   [raw] 1992-03-08 Jack Decker Newssection Interchange
FSC-0060.001   [raw] 1992-03-08 Frank van der Loos Calculation and Usage of CRCs
FSC-0061.001   [raw] 1992-03-08 Erik VanRiper Proposed Guidelines for the FileBone
FSC-0062.003   [raw] 1996-04-14 David J. Thomas Nodelist flag indicating Online Times of a Node
FSC-0063.001   [raw] 1992-05-10 Jem Miller A Proposal for FidoNet style messages
FSC-0064.007   [raw] 1992-05-10 Jamie Penner InterDomain Message Identification, Gating, Reply Linking and Addressing
FSC-0065.001   [raw] 1992-08-02 Mark Kimes Type 3 ASCII
FSC-0066.002   [raw] 1992-08-02 Mark Kimes Type 3 Binary
FSC-0067.001   [raw] 1992-08-02 Mark Kimes A Proposal For Sensible New Kludge Lines
FSC-0068.001   [raw] 1992-12-13 Mark Kimes A Proposed Replacement For FTS-0004
FSC-0069.001   [raw] 1992-12-13 Robert Heller Proposal for a FidoNet Domain Name Service (DNS)
FSC-0070.002   [raw] 1994-07-15 Franck Arnaud Improving Fidonet/Usenet gating and Dupe Checking
FSC-0071.001   [raw] 1993-01-17 Bill Auclair Distributed FREQ (DFREQ) Specifications
FSC-0072.001   [raw] 1993-02-21 Joaquim H. Homrighausen, Arjen G. Lentz The HYDRA file transfer protocol
FSC-0073.001   [raw] 1993-07-28 John Mudge Encrypted Message Identification for FidoNet
FSC-0074.001   [raw] 1993-07-28 John Souvestre, David Troendle, Bob Davis, George Peace Echomail Specification
FSC-0075.001   [raw] 1993-10-23 Jan Ceuleers ISDN capability flags in the Nodelist
FSC-0076.001   [raw] 1993-12-03 Steve T. Gove Netmail Areatags
FSC-0077.001   [raw] 1993-12-03 Jason Steck Type-10 Packet Format
FSC-0078.001   [raw] 1993-04-11 Clovis Lacerda Gateway between Fidonet compatible networks
FSC-0079.002   [raw] 1995-07-21 Kaleb Axon RTF Mail; Message Formatting in the Type 2 Message Packet
FSC-0080.001   [raw] 1996-06-01 Mikael Ståldal Describing FidoNet with a layered model
FSC-0081.001   [raw] 1995-03-01 Mikael Ståldal Type-3 Packet proposal
FSC-0082.001   [raw] 1995-05-14 Stephan Slabihoud New Packet Type
FSC-0083.001   [raw] 1995-06-17 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard Standard for message IDs
FSC-0084.001   [raw] 1995-09-03 Denis Bider Electronic Data Exchange Standard Level 1
FSC-0085.001   [raw] 1995-09-03 Denis Bider Descriptions of the "NOZIP" and "ERX" nodelist flags
FSC-0086.001   [raw] 1995-09-03 Gordian Schuermann, Mirko Mucko Standard Request Information File (SRIF)
FSC-0087.001   [raw] 1995-10-31 Robert Williamson File Forwarding
FSC-0088.001   [raw] 1995-10-31 Robert Williamson Compatibility and Link Qualifier Extensions for EMSI Sessions
FSC-0089.001   [raw] 1995-10-31 Robert Williamson INTL addressing control line
FSC-0090.001   [raw] 1995-12-09 David Nugent FTSC Issued Product Codes
FSC-0091.001   [raw] 1996-06-01 Arjen G. Lentz ISDN Nodelist Flags
FSC-0092.001   [raw] 1996-09-12 Michael Hohner New Control Lines for Forwarded Messages
FSC-0093.002   [raw] 1996-09-14 Frank Ellermann Reduced SEEN-BY Lines

FRL - FidoNet Reference Library

Fidonet Reference Library (FRL) documents are former FSPs which were not granted FTS standing, and former FTS documents that have been replaced or fallen into disuse. They are maintained in the library permanently for reference and historical purposes.

FRL-1001.001   [raw] 1999-06-15 Lee Kindness Suggested use of Nodelist Fields
FRL-1002.001   [raw] 1999-06-15 Lee Kindness Standard Fidonet Addressing
FRL-1003.003   [raw] 1996-02-07 David Nugent The Distribution Nodelist (was: FTS-0005.003)
FRL-1004.002   [raw] 2003-05-27 Odinn Sorensen Timezone information in FTN messages (was: FSP-1001.002)
FRL-1005.001   [raw] 2003-05-27 Colin Turner, Joaquim Homrighausen Via kludge specification (was: FSP-1010.001)
FRL-1007.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Odinn Sorensen Numeric reply indication in subject lines
FRL-1008.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Ramon van der Winkel Kludge for specifying addition e-mail reply addresses
FRL-1009.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Ramon van der Winkel Multiple recipient address specification to gateway
FRL-1010.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Michael Hohner New control lines for forwarded messages
FRL-1011.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Michael Hohner Year 2000 issues in FTN software
FRL-1012.001   [raw] 2003-08-27 Amir Shabashvili, Adel Chepckunov Moderating by Voting echomail distribution system
FRL-1013.001   [raw] 2004-03-04 Michiel Broek Binkp optional protocol extension Multiple Password
FRL-1014.001   [raw] 2005-02-10 Andrew Milner Hudson Message Base (HMB) locking semantics

FTSC Product Codes

The FTSC publishes a list of all product codes issued. The filename is FTSCPROD.nnn, where nnn is a number which increases with each revision. The list is an ASCII text file with one line per product. Please refer to FTA-1005 for more information.

FTSCPROD.002   [raw] 1998-07-10 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (1998-07-10)
FTSCPROD.003   [raw] 1999-05-18 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (1999-05-18)
FTSCPROD.004   [raw] 1999-07-09 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (1999-07-09)
FTSCPROD.005   [raw] 2000-01-02 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (2000-01-02)
FTSCPROD.006   [raw] 2000-01-22 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (2000-01-22)
FTSCPROD.007   [raw] 2003-08-27 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (2003-08-27)
FTSCPROD.008   [raw] 2003-12-31 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (2003-12-31)
FTSCPROD.010   [raw] 2005-01-15 FTSC FTSC Product Codes (2005-01-15)

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