Third party software

FrontDoor-related utilities

Check out the Definite Solutions section for more FrontDoor-related utilities.

fdfct101.exe FDFLDCVT version 1.01 (DOS).
FrontDoor FolderConvert; converts area configuration for a number of Conference Mail packages to FrontDoor’s FOLDER.FD (folder database). Self-extracting archive.
yinf10.exe YINF version 1.0 (DOS).
Control and monitor multi-line FrontDoor systems. Shows status of tasks 0-255, recognizes many semaphores, controls most activities. Self-extracting archive.
fd2max2.zip Acts as a bridge between FrontDoor and native OS/2 BBS software.
fdint105.exe FDInt version 1.05 (DOS).
A set of mail utilities for all FrontDoor operators. Compatibility with Internet-gated mail; Fast Scanning Action; Redirect mail to points; Full multi-line support; Document server; Re-addressing of mail to your local gate; Host mailing lists; Functional listserv; Connect lists to conferences. Self-extracting archive.
fdnlb100.exe NLBrowse version 1.00 (DOS).
Standalone FrontDoor (2.25+) nodelist browser; self-extracting archive.
fd2gi100.exe FrontDoor Nodelist to GIGO; version 1.00 (DOS).
Maps points of systems to specified domains in a GIGO configuration file; self-extracting archive.
fddu110.exe FrontDoor; Dumb Utility version 1.10 (DOS).
Provides a FrontDoor-semaphore aware shell around .MSG utilities which do not properly check for busy semaphores nor create them; self-extracting archive.
fdhis100.exe FrontDoor; (Mail) History Utility version
1.00 (DOS). Allows interactive viewing of FrontDoor mail history files and exporting to an ASCII file in batch mode; self-extracting archive.
inf120x.rar InfoMail/386
A document server for Fidonet systems. Posts documents via NetMail in response to requests from users. Document requests, updates and (NEW!) searches suppored. Supports documents up to 64 Kb with split option. Customisable error and response messages. Now with multiple AKA’s. Indexed (sorted) document list. NetMail “INFOMAIL” at 2:2502/666@fidonet with the subject INFOMAIL for
more details. or download the archive!
uu2fd94.arj UU2FD – updates LASTCALL.FD, INBOUND.HIS,
and OUTBOUND.HIS (FrontDoor last call and mail history databases) with FX-UUCICO traffic statistics.

General utilities

JAMLIB JAM MessageBase Library 1.4.7. JAM is a popular messagebase format for storing Fidonet messages originally devised by Joaquim Homrighausen, Andrew Milner, Mats Birch and Mats Wallin. JAMLIB is a subroutine library for manipulating such messagebases. The archive is in .tar.gz format.
WinRAR
RAR
The RAR archiver for DOS, DOS-32, OS/2, and Windows. You need RAR to decompress archives with the .RAR extension. Click here for more information.
unz532x3.exe Info-Zip (UnZIP) for DOS
Includes 32-bit 386+ version. Freely available Zip extraction program (PKZIP 2.04g compatible). You need this to decompress archives with the .ZIP extension. This is a self-extracting archive.
unz532.exe Info-Zip (UnZIP) for OS/2
Includes 16-bit/32-bit versions. Freely available Zip extraction program (PKZIP 2.04g compatible). You need this to decompress archives with the .ZIP extension. This is a self-extracting archive.
zip22x.rar Info-Zip (Zip) for DOS
Includes 32-bit 386+ version. Freely available Zip archiver (PKZIP 2.04g compatible). This is a .RAR archive.
zip22x.zip Info-Zip (Zip) for OS/2
Includes 16-bit/32-bit versions. Freely available Zip archiver (PKZIP 2.04g compatible). This is a .ZIP archive.
arj250a.exe The ARJ archiver for DOS.
You need ARJ to decompress archives with the .ARJ extension. This is a self-extracting archive.