FTSC Document Index

FidoNet Technical Standards Committee documents. Converted from text September 4 2026.

FidoNet Technical Standard (FTS)

• FTS-0001.TXT — A Basic FidoNet(r) Technical Standard
• FTS-0004.TXT — FTS-0004 EchoMail Specification
• FTS-0005.TXT — The Distribution Nodelist
• FTS-0006.TXT — and other intelligent Fidonet mail handling packages
• FTS-0007.TXT — An Enhanced FidoNet(r) Technical Standard
• FTS-0008.TXT — An Enhanced FidoNet(r) Technical Standard
• FTS-0009.TXT — A standard for unique message identifiers
• FTS-1024.TXT — Raw ifcico mail transfer protocol
• FTS-1025.TXT — Simple E-Mail Attach Transport (S.E.A.T.)
• FTS-1026.TXT — Binkp/1.0 Protocol specification
• FTS-1027.TXT — Binkp/1.0 optional protocol extension CRAM
• FTS-1028.TXT — Binkp protocol extension Non-reliable Mode
• FTS-1029.TXT — Binkp optional protocol extension Dataframe Compression
• FTS-1030.TXT — Binkp optional protocol extension CRC Checksum.
• FTS-4000.TXT — CONTROL PARAGRAPHS
• FTS-4001.TXT — ADDRESSING CONTROL PARAGRAPHS
• FTS-4008.TXT — Time zone information (TZUTC)
• FTS-4009.TXT — Netmail tracking (Via)
• FTS-4010.TXT — The PING and TRACE flags
• FTS-5000.TXT — The Distribution Nodelist
• FTS-5001.TXT — Nodelist flags and userflags
• FTS-5002.TXT — POINTLIST FORMATS
• FTS-5003.TXT — Character set definition in Fidonet messages
• FTS-5004.TXT — DNS Distributed Nodelist
• FTS-5005.TXT — Advanced BinkleyTerm Style Outbound flow and control files.
• FTS-5006.TXT — TIC file format.

FidoNet Technical Architecture (FTA)

• FTA-1000.TXT — FTSC Charter
• FTA-1001.TXT — FTSC Operations
• FTA-1002.TXT — Document Submission and Publication Standard
• FTA-1003.TXT — FTSC Membership List
• FTA-1004.TXT — FTSC File List
• FTA-1005.TXT — FTSC Product Codes
• FTA-1006.TXT — Key words to indicate requirement levels
• FTA-1007.TXT — Intellectual Property Rights

FidoNet Standards Committee Proposal (FSC)

• FSC-0001.TXT — A Basic FidoNet(tm) Technical Standard
• FSC-0003.TXT — FidoNet Route Files Explained Part 1 -- The Many Faces of FidoNet
• FSC-0004.TXT — unfortunately was mostly to do with exploiting FidoNet financially, but had
• FSC-0005.TXT — The Opus Computer-Based Conversation System
• FSC-0007.TXT — FidoNet(r) RFC822-Style Message Format
• FSC-0008.TXT — IFNA Address: Network 141 Node 491 (141/491)
• FSC-0009.TXT — *Nodelist Flag Changes Draft Document
• FSC-0010.TXT — RESYNC, a sealink protocol enhancement by Henk Wevers 2/0
• FSC-0011.TXT — FSC-0011 by Bob Hartman
• FSC-0013.TXT — A Standard for "Bark" File Requests
• FSC-0014.TXT — A Bundle Proposal
• FSC-0015.TXT — FidoNet Standards Committee index: FSC-0015
• FSC-0016.TXT — FidoNet mail session startup
• FSC-0017.TXT — FidoNet(tm) Standards Committee
• FSC-0019.TXT — File Transfer Protocol
• FSC-0020.TXT — Alternate Nodelist Flag Proposal
• FSC-0021.TXT — FidoNet Standards Committee index: FSC-0021
• FSC-0023.TXT — Subj: Bundle name format
• FSC-0024.TXT — FSC-0024 - A Proposal for a Type-3 Mail Bundle - Oliver McDonald
• FSC-0025.TXT — /* FSC-0025
• FSC-0027.TXT — The Distribution Nodelist
• FSC-0028.TXT — FwdSpec - A Collection of Notes on Moving Files in FidoNet
• FSC-0029.TXT — ** Not Used **
• FSC-0030.TXT — MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION AND REPLY FOR FIDONET
• FSC-0031.TXT — FSC-0031 May 1, 1989
• FSC-0032.TXT — format said text with "Hard" <CR> characters, in order to keep
• FSC-0033.TXT — FidoNet Message ID Proposal By Todd Kover
• FSC-0034.TXT — Gateways to and from FidoNet <tm>
• FSC-0035.TXT — Transparent Gateways to and from FidoNet <tm>
• FSC-0036.TXT — GROUP MAIL SPECIFICATIONS by Dale W. Lovell
• FSC-0037.TXT — Updates: FSC-0025
• FSC-0038.TXT — A Domain Proposal For Fidonet(r)
• FSC-0039.004 — A Type-2 Packet Extension Proposal
• FSC-0039.TXT — A Type-2 Packet Extension Proposal
• FSC-0040.TXT — problems in Fidonet(r) and possible methods of solution. No
• FSC-0042.TXT — WWIVnet and FidoNet(r) via the "NetSEX" Program
• FSC-0043.TXT — Some Hints on Recognizing Control Lines in FidoNet(r) Message Text
• FSC-0044.TXT — This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
• FSC-0045.TXT — A New Packet Header Format Thom Henderson
• FSC-0046.TXT — A Product Idenfifier for FidoNet Message Handlers
• FSC-0047.TXT — This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
• FSC-0048.TXT — A Proposed Type-2 Packet Extension
• FSC-0049.TXT — A Proposal for Passing Domain Information During an FTS-0006 Session
• FSC-0050.TXT — A Character Set Identifier For FidoNet Message Editors
• FSC-0051.TXT — This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
• FSC-0052.TXT — A proposal for making the PATH zone aware
• FSC-0053.TXT — Specifications for the ^aFLAGS field
• FSC-0054.TXT — The CHARSET Proposal
• FSC-0055.TXT — Security Passwords in Nodelist Update Files
• FSC-0056.TXT — EMSI/IEMSI Protocol Definitions
• FSC-0057.TXT — Conference Managers - Specifications for Requests
• FSC-0058.TXT — A New Way Of Addressing In FidoNet(r)
• FSC-0059.TXT — Newsgroup Interchange within FidoNet
• FSC-0060.TXT — This FSC contains information of value to the general FidoNet(r)
• FSC-0061.TXT — Proposed Guidelines for the FileBone
• FSC-0062.TXT — A Proposed Nodelist flag indicating Online Times of a Node
• FSC-0063.TXT — A Proposal for FidoNet style messages
• FSC-0064.TXT — This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
• FSC-0065.TXT — Type 3 ASCII: A proposal =========================
• FSC-0066.TXT — Type 3Binary: A proposal =========================
• FSC-0067.TXT — A Proposal For Sensible New Kludge Lines
• FSC-0068.TXT — This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
• FSC-0069.TXT — A FidoNet (FTN) Domain Name Service
• FSC-0070.TXT — Improving Fidonet/Usenet gating and Dupe Checking
• FSC-0071.TXT — Distributed FREQ (DFREQ) Specifications
• FSC-0072.TXT — The HYDRA file transfer protocol
• FSC-0073.TXT — ENCRYPTED MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION FOR FIDONET
• FSC-0074.TXT — EchoMail Specification
• FSC-0075.TXT — ISDN capability flags in the Nodelist
• FSC-0076.TXT — A Proposal for NetMail AreaTags.
• FSC-0077.TXT — Type-10 Packet Format An FSC Standard Proposal
• FSC-0078.TXT — Gateway between Fidonet compatible networks
• FSC-0079.TXT — A Proposal for Message Formatting In the Type 2 Message Packet
• FSC-0080.TXT — Describing FidoNet with a layered model
• FSC-0081.TXT — A TYPE-3 Packet proposal
• FSC-0082.TXT — This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r)
• FSC-0083.TXT — A proposed standard for message IDs on FTN systems.
• FSC-0084.TXT — Purpose: a straight-forward data exchange standard with space to expand
• FSC-0085.TXT — The NOZIP nodelist flag and its affects on the MN nodelist flag
• FSC-0086.TXT — Information / Description of a new standard
• FSC-0087.TXT — File Forwarding in Fidonet Technology Networks
• FSC-0088.TXT — Compatibility and Link Qualifier Extensions for EMSI Sessions
• FSC-0089.TXT — Fully Qualified FTN Addresses (FQFA) are used to simply parseing. All
• FSC-0090.TXT — issuing product codes for use in FidoNet products used on the
• FSC-0091.TXT — The proposed new information text in nodelist trailer is as follows:
• FSC-0092.TXT — This document proposes a standard for the Fidonet(tm) community
• FSC-0093.TXT — Reduced seen-by lines

FidoNet Standards Proposal (FSP)

• FSP-1024.TXT — Binkp/1.1 Protocol specification
• FSP-1027.TXT — Binkp extensions: No Dupes mode and No Dupes Asymmetric mode (russian text)
• FSP-1031.TXT — Binkp optional protocol extension Multiple One-Way Batch Mode
• FSP-1037.TXT — Squish messagebase format
• FSP-1040.TXT — SRIF file request interface
• FSP-1041.TXT — The BEER nodelist flag

FidoNet Reference Library (FRL)

• FRL-1001.TXT — Suggested use of Nodelist Fields
• FRL-1002.TXT — Standard Fidonet Addressing
• FRL-1003.TXT — The Distribution Nodelist (was: FTS-0005.003)
• FRL-1004.TXT — Timezone information in FTN messages
• FRL-1005.TXT — Via kludge specification
• FRL-1006.TXT — Binkp - a protocol for transferring FidoNet mail over reliable connections
• FRL-1007.TXT — Numeric reply indication in FTN subject lines
• FRL-1008.TXT — Kludge for specifying addition e-mail reply addresses
• FRL-1009.TXT — Multiple recipient address specification to gateway
• FRL-1010.TXT — New control lines for forwarded messages
• FRL-1011.TXT — Year 2000 issues in FTN software
• FRL-1012.TXT — Moderating by Voting echomail distribution system
• FRL-1013.TXT — Binkp optional protocol extension Multiple Password
• FRL-1014.TXT — Hudson Message Base (HMB) locking semantics
• FRL-1015.TXT — Zone 2 nodelist flags
• FRL-1016.TXT — Integration of IP-Nodes in the nodelist
• FRL-1017.TXT — The ICM flag
• FRL-1018.TXT — Binkp/1.0 optional protocol extension Multiple Batch
• FRL-1019.TXT — IPv6 colon substitution in the nodelist.
• FRL-1020.TXT — Character set definition in Fidonet messages
• FRL-1021.TXT — Unicode character set in FidoNet messages
• FRL-1022.TXT — Binkp optional protocol extension CRC Checksum.
• FRL-1026.002 — Translation of a Fidonet Address into an Internet Domain Name
• FRL-1026.TXT — Translation of a Fidonet Address into an Internet Domain Name
• FRL-1028.TXT — FTN Address Format
• FRL-1029.TXT — Serial number allocation in Mesage IDs
• FRL-1032.TXT — Binkp optional protocol extension Dataframe
• FRL-1033.003 — Automatic configuration of Points in FidoNet
• FRL-1033.TXT — Automatic configuration of Points in FidoNet
• FRL-1034.TXT — Advanced BinkleyTerm Style Outbound flow and control files.
• FRL-1035.TXT — DNS Distributed Nodelist
• FRL-1036.TXT — IPv6 numbers in the nodelist.
• FRL-1038.TXT — The INO4 flag.
• FRL-1039.TXT — Tic file format.
• FRL-1040.TXT — PING and TRACE Flags.

FTSC Product Code List

• FTSCPROD.003 — FTSCPROD.003
• FTSCPROD.004 — FTSCPROD.004
• FTSCPROD.005 — FTSCPROD.005
• FTSCPROD.006 — FTSCPROD.006
• FTSCPROD.007 — FTSCPROD.007
• FTSCPROD.008 — FTSCPROD.008
• FTSCPROD.010 — FTSCPROD.010
• FTSCPROD.011 — FTSCPROD.011
• FTSCPROD.012 — FTSCPROD.012
• FTSCPROD.013 — FTSCPROD.013
• FTSCPROD.014 — FTSCPROD.014
• FTSCPROD.015 — FTSCPROD.015
• FTSCPROD.016 — FTSCPROD.016
• FTSCPROD.017 — FTSCPROD.017
• FTSCPROD.018 — FTSCPROD.018
• FTSCPROD.019 — FTSCPROD.019
• FTSCPROD.020 — FTSCPROD.020
• FTSCPROD.TXT — FTSCPROD.TXT