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# fidohub - The FTN Hub
## About
Fidohub is a docker container with a collection of software tools so that you can run a FTN<sup>*</sup> hub.
<sup>* FTN means Fidonet Technical Network - the network that BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) use to exchange mail and files with each other.
Contained in the image is:
### Mailers
* BINKD - A mailer that transfers files to other system via the TCP/IP network.
* QICO - An EMSI mailer that uses the Zmodem (and others) protocols to transfer mail and files
* IFCIO - Another EMSI mailer like QICO
### Tossers
* Husky HPT - A tosser that processes incoming mail (echomail and netmail), as will as files (TIC).
* Crashmail - Another mail tosser, like HPT
### Other Utilities
* JAMNNTPD - An NNTP daemon that can make your echomail/netmail via NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol)
* MakeNL - For nodelist management
* ZeroTier - A VPN network
* GoldED+ - So you can read your mail
* NGINX - So that connections to mailers can be down over SSL
## Docker
This image is available for both Intel and Raspberry PI systems.
To get started with the image, click [here](install)