The F I D O N E W S Volume 19, Number 01 07 Jan 2002 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | I sure am ___________| | | | | thirsty! / __ | Crash Netmail Articles To: | | | / / \ | Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064) | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | Frank Vest@1:124/6308 | | \_______\(_| /_) | or E-Mail (attach) To: | | _ @/_ \ _ | fidonews@sbcglobal.net | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ ))| Editor: Frank Vest | | |__U__| / \// | Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin | | _______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Water \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | |(_________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2001 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. [ FOOD FOR THOUGHT ] ..................................... 1 2. [ INSIDE ] ............................................... 2 The Fidonews at a Glance ................................. 2 3. [ TOP STORIES ] .......................................... 3 Bad news from Denmark .................................... 3 4. [ GENERAL ARTICLES ] ..................................... 4 CAMPAIGN PROMISES? ....................................... 4 The Death of Zone 1 (Part 1) ............................. 10 The Death of Zone 1 (Part 2) ............................. 13 5. [ EDITORIAL ] ............................................ 16 Water the Dog ............................................ 16 6. [ HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN ] ................................. 19 The Death of Zone 1 (Part 3) ............................. 19 7. [ SPECIAL INTEREST ] ..................................... 21 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 21 8. [ TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ] ............. 23 Fidonet Software List .................................... 23 9. [ JOE JARED'S FIDONET BY INTERNET ] ...................... 27 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 27 10. [ FIDONEWS INFORMATION ] ................................ 33 How to Submit an Article ................................. 33 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 34 FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 1 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ FOOD FOR THOUGHT ] ================================================================= "He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead." ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 2 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ INSIDE ] ================================================================= The Fidonews at a Glance This week's "Top Story" is one of bad tidings. One of our own Sysops, RC23, has passed away. The loss of a Sysop in Fidonet is sad, the death of a Sysop is a real tragedy. :`( In the "General Articles" section we have three submissions. Two from Dale Ross and one from Lesley-Dee Dylan. All are the regular kicks at the Z1C. Did you "Water the Dog" today? Read the "Editorial" and find out. :-) The "Humor in a Fido Vein" is once again from Dale Ross and based on a Monty Python skit with names changed to kick at the Z1C. The "Nodelist Stats" in the "Special Interest" section has a new look. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 3 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ TOP STORIES ] ================================================================= Bad news from Denmark... From: Ward Dossche 2:292/854 Colleagues, I wish I had something better to tell you at the start of the new year but I'm afraid the tidings are bad .... Just a few minutes ago I learned that Derly Lytken (RC23) unexpectedly passed away a few days before Christmas, 53 years old. He leaves behind two grown children. Kaare Olson of 2:237/10 will be taking over as temp-RC until an RC-election will be held. If any of you have messages with condolences to be sent I assume you can address them to Kaare. Let's all turn silent for a few moments now ... \%/@rd ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 4 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ GENERAL ARTICLES ] ================================================================= CAMPAIGN PROMISES? By: Lesley-Dee Dylan 1:250/201 On November 27, 2000, a little over a year ago, Janis Kracht posted the below message in response to a list of questions presented to the candidates for the Z1C position. Her answers are very interesting. Area : Z1_ELECTION Date : Mon Nov 27, 11:39 From : Janis Kracht 1:2320/38 To : All Subj : questions for the candidates... ====================================================================== >1) Are you willing to bind yourself to only invoking P4.07 to solve a > problem rather than prevent someone from doing what they feel needs > to be done? Examples would be using P4.07 to force a node into a > local geographic net against their will when they want to be listed > elsewhere and have an NC/RC willing to have the listing etc... Certainly. As we try to find ways to deal with the survival of our network given the Internet's influence, I believe a number of situations should be examined with a different mindset. >2) Are you willing to bind yourself to accepting the will of the > members of a region in selecting their own RC (eg sysop voting in a > region)? I don't think the word bind is a necessary thing here David. I think it makes sense to do so. >3) In Region 13 we have a local election policy that allows for a > recall vote for RC, will you bind yourself to accept the results > of such a recall should it ever be needed? Yes. >4) What experience do you have working with people you disagree with? Plenty. The fact that the Filebone and the FileGate can work together and have for a good number of years is indicative of this. Within the FileGate itself, I've also worked with people who did not agree with me for one reason or another. If someone had a problem with a particular file echo for instance, I generally am able to find a suitable work-around to take care of the problem. >4a) Can you work with them without losing your temper? Yes. FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 5 7 Jan 2002 >4b) Have you lost your temper working with people you found > disagreeable, if so, what happened and what were the circumstances? No. >5) What circumstances (other than a dead telenumber) in this day and > age are sufficient to toast a node's number? Offhand I can't think of one. I think as we move into more internet connectivity, IP nodes/nets,etc., situations may develop that we haven't thought of at this time. As these issues emerge, I believe they should be looked at on an individual basis with input from RC's, and NC's, etc. regarding how they should be dealt with. >5a) Do you support leaving a 'toasted' node in the nodelist pending >their appeals except in the very rare case of there being >demonstrable harm to the network if the node is left in the nodelist >pending the appeal? Yes. And the same with *C positions as well (NC/NEC, RC/REC, etc.) >6) Do you have any other duties in FIDO? Yes. Coordinator of the FileGate. Network Coordinator of net 2320. Regional Echomail Coordinator of Region 11. >6a) Will they conflict with your being the ZC? No, though I've mentioned to those in my net that should I win this election that if they'd like an election for NC2320, and I'd be willing to continue pulling in the net's echomail/netmail if neccessary. >6a1) if so, what do you plan to do about them? >7) Do you feel that P4.07 needs to be fixed? >7a) If so, in what ways? >7a1) What do you feel you can do to bring about change? Yes I do feel P4.07 needs to be fixed or rewritten altogether. I think we need to re-think the strict geographic conditions of policy 4.07, Zone Mail Hour, and "general sysop-level elections" (or lack of them rather) in Policy 4.07. While some feel Sysop-wide votes can be messy, I don't think they are impossible if organized. >8) What do you feel should be done to market this hobby to potential >new customers? While I don't look at bbs users as customers, nor do I look at nodes in Fidonet as customers, I'm hoping that the idea being worked on in number 10 below may help in this aspect. >9) Do you support the inclusion of IP Only nodes? Yes. FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 6 7 Jan 2002 >9a) Do you support IP Only nodes in coordinator positions? If the coordinator is easily accessable by those in this person's network, yes. >9b) Do you support the creation of an IP Only region or at least an >IP Only net? I think that a dialup network presense in an area can only help to bring nodes _back_ to Fidonet, so I'd like to see both IP regions/nets and geographic regions/nets be available in Fidonet. >9c) Do you agree that any node in north america (at least) on the >internet is local to every other internet node and as such could band >themselves together into a net if they so desire? Yes. >10) What techincal changes should be made in FIDO to make it more >stable and open to potential new members? One idea I've already started working on with some non-Z1 nodes is a new project to use internet technology to attract Internet users to our bbs systems. The project is at its very beginning of Phase one, with some minor details yet to be worked out. Phase one of this idea involves creating a database of all systems in Fidonet to allow a browser user to select a site in the database based on features provided by the site such as message boards (echos), games (doors), etc. Phase 2 of this project will involve tieing a dialup node to the database to pull in connections to systems not available on the internet. Take care, Janis And how well has she kept her campaign promises: 1. Using Policy 4 as a club and geographic exemptions - Q 1) Are you willing to bind yourself to only invoking P4.07 Q to solve a problem rather than prevent someone from doing Q what they feel needs to be done? Examples would be using Q P4.07 to force a node into a local geographic net against Q their will when they want to be listed elsewhere and have Q an NC/RC willing to have the listing etc... A Certainly. As we try to find ways to deal with A the survival of our network given the Internet's A influence, I believe a number of situations should A be examined with a different mindset. Janis has reversed the ruling of Bob Satti that all geographic exemptions were to be pre-granted, and instead is attempting to enforce strict interpretation of geographic (by map) restrictions on node placement. She is using Policy 4 as a club to "punish" FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 7 7 Jan 2002 Region 12 for having the nerve to actually bring new nodes into Fidonet and grow. Janis's interpretation of "geography" is not even in keeping with what is given in Policy 4: P4 A network is a collection of nodes in a local geographic P4 area, usually defined by an area of convenient telephone P4 calling. Networks coordinate their mail activity to P4 decrease cost. Since Policy 4 defines geography, that definition is the one to be used where the word geography appears in the document. It defines "convenient telephone calling," not geography by the map. Policy 4 also sais that network membership is based on geography or technology. P4 Network membership is based on geographic or other purely P4 technical rationale. It is not based on personal or P4 social factors. With Policy 4 saying that geography is based on convenient calling area, to reduce costs, and that nodes join nets based on that definition of geography, or on technology, Region 12 is following Policy 4 in listing new nodes. Janis is changing the rules to suit her friends and punish her enemies. She is misinterpreting policy so she can use it as a club. 2. Democratic rights - Q 2) Are you willing to bind yourself to accepting the will of Q the members of a region in selecting their own RC (eg sysop Q voting in a region)? A I don't think the word bind is a necessary thing here A David. I think it makes sense to do so. Janis Kracht replaced the elected R12C in one week, and appointed her own choice of R12C in her place. Both Janis and the usurper R12C insist that the appointment is in place for a year, and she will not recognize any elected R12C in the place of her appointee. At least, Janis tells us that the usurper R12C considers the appointment to be for a full year - he's not talking to the region and Janis is relaying information to us from him. 4. Getting along with others - Q 4) What experience do you have working with people you Q disagree with? A Plenty. The fact that the Filebone and the FileGate can A work together and have for a good number of years is A indicative of this. Within the FileGate itself, I've also A worked with people who did not agree with me for one A reason or another. If someone had a problem with a A particular file echo for instance, I generally am able to A find a suitable work-around to take care of the problem. FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 8 7 Jan 2002 Janis unilaterally dissolved the FileBone without consultation with the people involved in running it, and her FileGate has taken over the FileBone echoes. When nodes who were supposed to post files in the areas proceeded to do so according to the rules for the echo, she and her cohorts changed the rules, and then accused the nodes of breaking the new rules. She did that twice, in her attempts to prevent the distribution of the alternate routing chart - after Steve Monteith posted the first chart, the rules of the file echo were changed, and after Dale Ross posted it in another area, she changed the rules of THAT echo. Q 4a) Can you work with them without losing your temper? A Yes. I would hope that some of the things Janis has done lately have been done in the heat of temper, and not as cold, calculated acts of maliciousness. Which is worse? Q 4b) Have you lost your temper working with people you found Q disagreeable, if so, what happened and what were the Q circumstances? A No. So if Janis's actions against John Souvestre, the FileBone, Z1B, Region 12, etc. were not acts of temper, then I'm afraid that David Calafranceso asked the wrong question. He should have asked: Q Have you taken out malicious acts of revenge on people Q found disagreeable, if so, what happened and what were Q the circumstances? 5. Excommunications, and removal from office - Q 5) What circumstances (other than a dead telenumber) in this Q day and age are sufficient to toast a node's number? A Offhand I can't think of one. I think as we move into A more internet connectivity, IP nodes/nets,etc., A situations may develop that we haven't thought of at this A time. As these issues emerge, I believe they should be A looked at on an individual basis with input from RC's, A and NC's, etc. regarding how they should be dealt with. Q 5a) Do you support leaving a 'toasted' node in the nodelist Q pending their appeals except in the very rare case of there Q being demonstrable harm to the network if the node is left in Q the nodelist pending the appeal? A Yes. And the same with *C positions as well (NC/NEC, A RC/REC, etc.) Janis Kracht removed the elected R12C, and replaced her with her own appointee, without allowing the R12C to remain in place pending appeal (which is still pending). FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 9 7 Jan 2002 What David was trying to point out in his question was Janis's past history of excommunicating nodes without due process, like she did as N272C. He was trying to determine if she had learned any lessons from her removal as N272C for such acts of excommunication, and the bann that was placed on her again assuming that position for a lengthly period of time. Seems Janis still has exactly the same mentality. 6. Other Fido duties will not interfere with Z1C duties - Q 6) Do you have any other duties in FIDO? A Yes. Coordinator of the FileGate. Network Coordinator of A net 2320. Regional Echomail Coordinator of Region 11. Q 6a) Will they conflict with your being the ZC? A No, though I've mentioned to those in my net that should A I win this election that if they'd like an election for A NC2320, and I'd be willing to continue pulling in the A net's echomail/netmail if neccessary. Janis Kracht has claimed that system overload was causing her problems, and therefore cut Matt Bedynek's file feed suddenly and before he could arrange an alternate feed. The alternate feed she appointed for him was unable to handle the file load, and Matt's file feed was normally several days behind everyone else. This disruption in the file feed led to the delay of transmitting the nodediff to Region 12 for two to four days for several weeks, until Dale Ross and Todd Cochrane were able to acquire a more adequate feed for the nodediff. Processing and distribution of the nodediff is the primary responsibility of the Z1C. 7. Updating Fido policy Q 7) Do you feel that P4.07 needs to be fixed? Q 7a) If so, in what ways? Q 7a1) What do you feel you can do to bring about change? A Yes I do feel P4.07 needs to be fixed or rewritten A altogether. I think we need to re-think the strict A geographic conditions of policy 4.07, Zone Mail Hour, and A "general sysop-level elections" (or lack of them rather) A in Policy 4.07. While some feel Sysop-wide votes can be A messy, I don't think they are impossible if organized. Janis Kracht has done absolutely nothing towards updating the current Fido policy, and in fact has taken backward steps to impose her interpretation of the outdated and destructive geographic clause on Region 12. 8. Attracting new nodes - Q 8) What do you feel should be done to market this hobby to FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 10 7 Jan 2002 Q potential new customers? A While I don't look at bbs users as customers, nor do I A look at nodes in Fidonet as customers, I'm hoping that A the idea being worked on in number 10 below may help in A this aspect. Janis insults BBS callers by reverting to the old terminology of "users," comparing BBS callers to drug abusers. Her acts as Z1C are harming the one area of Zone 1 that is making the most visible and effective effort to attract new nodes into Fidonet, Region 12 and in particular net 229. 9. Attracting new IONs to join FidoNet - A 9b) Do you support the creation of an IP Only region or at A least an IP Only net? Q I think that a dialup network presense in an area can Q only help to bring nodes _back_ to Fidonet, so I'd like Q to see both IP regions/nets and geographic regions/nets Q be available in Fidonet. And this would be why Janis is so upset about Net 229's extensive work to attract IONs to join FidoNet? Q 9c) Do you agree that any node in north america (at least) on Q the internet is local to every other internet node and as such Q could band themselves together into a net if they so desire? A Yes. Here, Janis agrees that the Internet makes all internet nodes in North America local to each other, and yet, in practice, she is insisting that the ION net 229 not be allowed to list any nodes which she herself as classifed as "local," and instead they must be listed by a map. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Death of Zone 1 (Part 1) Part 1 you are reading it now and it contains the article which was posted in FN_SYSOP. Part 2 is my commentary on the subject in genearl Part 3 is a little comic relief on the topic This post by Carl "inspired" me to write this weeks article: The Death of Zone 1. I have included it for those that may have missed it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Area: FN_SYSOP FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 11 7 Jan 2002 From: Carl Austin Bennett (1:249/116) Date: 12/30/2001 12:57:44 PM To : Carol Shenkenberger (6:730/275) Date: 12/30/2001 2:05:28 PM Subj: Re: WHOHAH Boy! --------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:249/116 3c2f1d49 @TZUTC: -0500 @REPLY: 6:730/275 632872f8 @CHRS: CP437 2 @TID: hpt 0.9.8/lnx 18-04-01 21 Dec 01 13:27, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Lesley-Dee Dylan: LDD> That's definitely a current note - after Tony was appointed by LDD> Janis. If Tony had said that before the election or during the LDD> campaigning, he would have had ONE vote. But don't expect any LDD> help from Janis there - she WANTS region 12 to be gutted. CS> No, she checked with Tony via email and has more to add to it. CS> Me? I'm too far away and not linked to any Z1 specific echos to CS> get a full story. As you know, these things travel normally in CS> several echos at once. Unfortunately some of the echos involved are limited: SYSOP249 and Z1REGCON I don't have either of them anymore, but used to carry both and do *not* like what I've been seeing. I've been watching tony in action in local areas like USERS249 since about 1993 and he's always had a very negative attitude. At that time, most of his negativism was directed at the othernet community (which he called notw - net of the week) and at teen sysops (cybertots). Now that most othernets are gone, tony appears to have found a new target. About a year and a half ago, tony was NEC249 and our NC (Ian Lin at the time) dropped offline permanently without notice after a hard drive crash. There was some limited interest in holding an NC election to replace him, but only one candidate (Joe Delahaye) expressed an interest. The proper handling at that point should've been to acclaim Joe for a one-year term, then hold an election; that wasn't pessimistic enough for tony's tastes. Instead tony went into a "fido is dying" spiel that he's been repeating endlessly in the local net ever since. He claimed that there would never be another NC249 election due to apathy and that he as NEC was making a "command decision" to "appoint" Joe due to lack of interest. He seems to have taken much glee in autoposting the number of Z1 nodes remaining each week, "chronicling the death of fidonet" in his words as the size of the segment steadily drops toward zero. He's had much to say locally on everything from the growing role of PVT ION's to the resignation of REC12 Ken Wilson last year to the objections FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 12 7 Jan 2002 raised by R12 nets for whom P4 was creating problems (1:229, 1:2404, maybe even 1:250). All of what he's had to say has been consistently and incredibly negative. Meanwhile, at the regional level, tony has been dead silent. An unknown quantity. He popped up for about a day in the REG12 echo when Janis started tampering with Lesley-Dee's segments and just as quickly vanished, never to be heard from in that forum again. I'd suspect he's still in the local echos, but I no longer have access as he (as the current NEC249) has passworded me out. And then there's the whole can of worms we know as Z1REGCON. The handling of this echo has posed an awkward problem for many an R12C due to the insistence of certain RC's upon using it to discuss matters directly affecting nets in our region in a private forum where the affected nets are not free to respond. Z1REGCON has long represented an awkward Catch-22 for our RC's; bring the questions discussed there back into the region for the people directly affected to comment and get attacked by fellow RC's for somehow "leaking the echo" or don't do so and get attacked by all because the affected nodes were being denied a chance to comment on issues directly affecting them. Can't win. Unfortunately Janis, at the invitation of one of the RC's stateside who was upset at seeing 1:229 still growing by actively recruiting IONs over a wide geographical area while the rest of the zone is declining, decided to use Z1REGCON as a forum in which to develop a so-called set of "guidelines" which would effectively reverse the long-standing position of pre-granting all geographic exceptions. This was done specifically to create problems for 1:229 and my response (publically) was that the only hope of stopping the decline in Z1 numbers was for other nets and regions to follow 1:229's lead in actively recruiting new nodes and adapting to Internet, not to hinder their efforts. In other words, the entire situation for a conflict had already been created, largely behind closed doors, weeks if not months before I listed Dale as RIN and turned all the RC12 stuff over to my elected successor, Lesley-Dee Dylan. Janis already disliked Lesley-Dee; it was Lesley-Dee who had raised too many awkward questions during the ZC race about Janis' having edited DavidC out of the nodelist in her NC days, and that issue hurt Janis badly in the vote. Janis did incredibly badly in R12 in that race, receiving no support at all. It's therefore not surprising that Janis was unwilling to work with Lesley-Dee or with R12 in general. Unfortunate, as Janis and tony have managed to create the following problems to disrupt smooth operation of the Region this month: - The process of nodelist updates has been effectively shut down region-wide since December 7, with no new listings from any net FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 13 7 Jan 2002 anywhere in R12. - Mail for nets within R12 arriving at Janis' system appears to have been rerouted to tony and hits a dead-end there, affecting everyone in the Region - Many old political battles (everything from the blanket geographic exemption to the right to vote for *C's) have been reopened by Janis, despite the divisive results all of these would've caused when they were fought long ago. - Mail within 1:249 itself is broken as we have an NEC passwording out a node; moving an affected node to another net to bypass the problem is easier said than done as there is no longer any way to update the R12 nodelist segment. If what Janis originally set out to do was to prevent 1:229 from recruiting new IP sysops anywhere outside downtown Oshawa, Ontario she's certainly accomplished what she came for and then some. I'm sure she's grinning from ear to ear at this point, secure in the knowledge that she has broken the *C chain in this region so badly that no net in or east of Ontario is free to add nodes Unfortunately, preventing the addition of new nodes is only going to speed the inevitable demise of zone one. We've already lost almost 10% of existing Z1 nodes within the last month and interfering with the addition of the few rare new nodes is only going to ensure that the decline will continue unhindered. If the current problems continue and numbers decline at present rates, there may not be a zone one a year from now. I'm sure this will bring great pleasure to tony "fido is dying" summerfelt as he counts the nodelist size each week and watches it disappear, but I doubt that anyone else will be celebrating. -+- carlb@cafe.dyndns.org + Origin: Pause-Caf‚ Kingston 613-549-5599 telnet:cafe.dyndns.org (1:249/116) SEEN+BY: 249/116 379/1 @PATH: 249/116 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Death of Zone 1 (Part 2) Janis Kracht the current Z1C may not have directly set out to kill Zone 1. However, she is well on her way to doing so. While the rest of FidoNet may continue to stand, the fall of Zone 1 is accelerating. Can a ZC kill a Zone? Can a ZC kill a Region? Can an RC kill a Region? What if the two team up? Certainly that would make it easier to kill a Region. Has the Z1C found the perfect person to take care of her problems in Region 12? Why would an RC want to kill a Region? Does the RC want to kill FidoNet? Yes a lot questions... FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 14 7 Jan 2002 Last month the Z1C appointed Tony Summerfelt as the new R12C replacing Lesley-Dee Dylan the elected R12C. Janis removed an elected RC that was on the job less than one week and she has openly refused to accept another election from Region 12. Her statement on a new election is that Tony will call an election in one year. Her firing of the RC broke several campaign promises that she made. To use P4 only to solve problems instead of preventing someone from doing what they feel needs to be done Bind herself to accept the will of a Region and accept their sysop voted RC Allow for a recall of an RC She also promised to keep a node number in the nodelist until all appeals had been completed. So she has gone back on her word. Other articles will go into greater detail on her broken campaign promises, so I will not go into them here. To understand the problems you have to know what the base problems is And that problem is NET229. How can that be? The problem is that this Net is bringing new nodes into FidoNet. How or why is that problem? The growth of NET229 and Region 12 has made several RC's jealous, namely R18C Ross Cassell. Ross was very upset about the NET229 web site. Why was he upset? Because the NET229 website shows new sysops how to join FidoNet and all the examples that they provide show the new sysops how to join NET229 in the process. Ross proclaimed that this was not fair. Shortly after this outburst Janis came out with: Guidelines for nodelisting new ION nodes. Those of you that have seen these guidelines probably wondered why did she do this. Now you know. Basically her guidelines take away the pre-granting of out of geographic area that former IC Bob Sati approved. Geographic restrictions were not to be enforced unless they caused a problem. Apparently they are causing problems for some. The problem is that NET229 is growing while other parts of Zone 1 shrinks. Region 12 sysops spoke out against these Guidelines that Janis presented. During that same time period Jack Yates suggested that Janis should use P4 to "squash" them. Shortly thereafter the Z1C fired the newly elected R12C and replaced her with Tony Summerfelt. The Z1C has a history with Lesley-Dee Dylan and to say they are not friends is a mild understatement! Janis' blood pressure must double every time she sees a message from Lesley-Dee. Lesley-Dee wrote a FidoNews article prior to the last Z1C election that was unfavorable towards Janis. There have been many echo battles across various echoes over various Fido-Political topics between the two. So Janis used the opportunity to squash Region 12 while delivering a personal blow to an old foe. Now Region 12 is stuck with Tony FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 15 7 Jan 2002 Summerfelt. The Region 12 nodelist segment has not been updated in over a month. NetMail routing into parts of Region 12 has been disrupted. Janis and Tony have both accomplished to upset the smooth operation of the network. Doesn't P4.07 speak against this? Their actions have caused a MAJOR disruption in Region 12 and Zone 1 So what about the appointed RC of Region 12, Tony Summerfelt? How does he figure into to all this? Apparently Tony has a documented history in his Net of wishing for the death of FidoNet. He is documenting that death in his local NET echo. Why? He would like to give his computer to his niece. He cannot give it to her as long as FidoNet is around. So why doesn't he just leave FidoNet and give her the computer? Apparently he wants to hang around and kill FidoNet. Here it is January 5, 2002 and Tony has not setup a secure connection with the NC of the largest Net in Region 12 for processing that Net's nodelist segment. NET229 happens to be one of the very few Nets in Zone 1 that continues to grow. Apparently Tony has not setup any arrangements with any of the NCs except the NC of his Net. Because of this the Region 12 segment has been frozen. This has resulted in an alternate Nodelist going into use. This nodelist contains all the same information that the "official" nodelist has with the exception of the region 12 segment. The Region 12 segment in the alternate nodelist reflects the changes made by the NCs of the Region. It also lists the elected RC of the Region. I have asked N229C Robert Coutre in Netmail to comment on the situation. I can sum his words up by saying that he is very concerned about the tone of the current conversation with Tony Summerfelt. It does not appear that any headway is being made. Tony told everyone in REG12 that he would toast PVT and HOLD entries in the nodelist. He said that everyone in the nodelist should be running a BBS and it should be available. I am only speculating, but Tony might be telling Robert what is going to happen to all the ION nodes he has listed. Robert, I would be very concerned that Tony will edit the segments that you submit. Janis has already edited the Region 12 segment. There is no doubt in my mind that she would approve of and possibly encourage Tony to edit the Net segments that are submitted. Tony, if you really do care about Region 12, then get your butt into REG12 and face the crowd. The current actions of Tony and Janis are not in the best interest of Region 12, Zone 1 or FidoNet. So bring out your dead Zone 1, and if they are not dead Janis has her nodelist scissors ready to clip away at your nodelist segment. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 16 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ EDITORIAL ] ================================================================= Water the Dog By Frank Vest 1:1/23 Reference "http://www.well.com/~jonl/works/tjennings.html" FidoNet is more importantly a social mechanism. It was pretty obvious from the start that it was going to be a social monster, almost more so than a technical thing. And it had to do with the original environment of bulletin boards, which were around for quite a while by the time I got around to doing Fido. Every bulletin board was completely different, run by some cantankerous person who ran their board the way that they saw fit, period. So FidoNet had to fit in that environment. What a profound statement. By itself, this one paragraph describes Fidonet. Yes, we are a social mechanism, a monster at times as well as technical at other times. In one breath we can call someone names, make accusations, praise, then ask for, and get, help from the same person that we just insulted. "Cantankerous"? Of all the words in any language, could there be a better one to describe Fidonet? I think not. We run our systems the way we see fit. They belong to us individually. We own and operate them as we see fit, period. "Cantankerous"? You bet we are. :-) Many seem to lose sight of what Fidonet is and where it came from. Some seem to think that Fidonet created the BBS. Others feel that the BBS should fit Fidonet. In reality, the BBS was around before Fidonet. "Fidonet had to fit into that environment" as stated by Tom Jennings. You remember, that bunch of "cantankerous" Sysops that run their BBS as they see fit? :) Now, where does that leave Fidonet today? Well, with the advent of the Internet, which, by the way, was around before Fidonet as well, we could, and often do, complain that the Internet is killing Fidonet. It's argued that this group, that person or others are killing Fidonet due to many reasons. Is that the "social monster"? It's stated that Fidonet is behind the times and can't compete with the new technology. Is that the "technical thing"? Maybe so. Maybe Fidonet is struggling because of technology and maybe some groups are hurting Fidonet and maybe the Internet has hurt Fidonet and maybe... just maybe... there's more to it? FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 17 7 Jan 2002 What else could it be?? Hmmm... let's see... "Every bulletin board was completely different, run by some cantankerous person who ran their board the way that they saw fit, period. So FidoNet had to fit in that environment." Just what is Fidonet? Is it a social mechanism? Is it a technical thing? Is it full of "cantankerous" people? Yes, and more. But, the main thing that Fidonet was supposed to be, is a bunch of Bulletin Board Systems. WHAT HAPPENED?!? Let's look at what Tom Jennings said with some word substituting: The WWW is more importantly a social mechanism. It was pretty obvious from the start that it was going to be a social monster, almost more so than a technical thing. And it had to do with the original environment of the Internet service provider, which was around for quite a while before the WWW. Every Internet service provider was completely different, run by some cantankerous person who offered access the way that they saw fit, period. So the WWW had to fit in that environment. Yes, I know this isn't realistic, accurate and can be argued against. The point is that Fidonet and the Internet aren't that much different. Read on; The Internet is a bunch of "service providers". Fidonet is a bunch of "service providers". The ISP provides access to the Internet for the users. The BBS provides access to Fidonet for the users. Both offer this service. What would either be without the "users" of the service? What would happen if the ISPs stopped offering access to the public (users) via web browsers, and other means? The Internet without users would be a group of providers that had nothing better to do than charge each other for access to each other. A upward increasing circle of charges that blows up in the end. What would happen if Fidonet stopped offering access to the public (users) via BBSs? Fidonet without users is a group of providers that argue over who is doing what in the realm of helping or hurting Fidonet. A upward increasing circle of fighting that blows up in the end. Dear Readers; Fidonet is in the position above today. How many Nodes in Fidonet actually operate a BBS? How many that do are open to the public (users)? Fidonet without Bulletin Board Systems is like a dog without water. We can feed the dog by attracting new Nodes. We can exercise the Dog by advertising to attract new Nodes, but without the water that the users provide, the dog will not survive. Let's not forget to "Water the Dog". FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 18 7 Jan 2002 As I see it, Fido needs three things... Food; Nodes that run Bulletin Boards Water; Users to access those Bulletin Boards Exercise; Advertisement to attract both users and Nodes Without food, the Dog will starve. We do need Nodes in Fidonet. Without water, the Dog will thirst to death. We need Users. Without exercise, the Dog will become fat and lazy. We need to advertise to attract new Users as well as new Nodes. Are you taking care of the Dog? Many today are only feeding the Dog. They think that by adding new Nodes and/or making it easier for new Nodes to join, they will cause the Dog to survive and bring it back to health. No, the Dog will still die of thirst. Maybe you are exercising the Dog. That's fine. he needs to be advertised. Many think that by advertising Fidonet to attract new Nodes, they will cause the Dog to survive and bring it back to health. No, the Dog will still die of thirst. Both of the above are important to the health of the Dog... Still.... if all we are doing is one or even both of these things, the Dog will not survive. I'll close with the above thoughts. I hope you will pardon me. I have a Dog that needs to be watered and exercised. :-) Did you "Water the Dog" today? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 19 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN ] ================================================================= The Death of Zone 1 (Part 3) Taken from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Scene 2 BIG CLOSE UP of contorted face upside down. A leg falls across it. Creaking noise. The bodies lurch away from the viewer to reveal they are amongst a huge pile of dead nodes on a swaying cart that is lumbering away. It is pulled by a couple of ragged, dirty emaciated sysops. Behind the cart walks an evilly-laughing *C who looks slightly more prosperous, but only on the scale of complete and utter impoverishment. She wears a black hood and looks sinister. Snookums: Bring out your dead! We follow the cart through a wretched, impoverished plague-ridden zone one nodelist segment. A few echomail-starved downlinks run about in the mud scavenging. In the open doorway of one BBS perhaps we just glimpse a pair of legs dangling from the ceiling. In another doorway an old elflord is beating a cat against a wall rather like one does with a mat. The cart passes 'round a dead IP hub in the mud and a user tied to a cart is being hammered to death by four echo moderators with huge mallets. Snookums: Bring out your dead! There are legs stuck out of windows and doors. Two sysops are fighting in the mud - covered from head to foot in it. Another user is on his hands and knees shovelling mud into his mouth. We just catch sight of a node falling into a well. Snookums: Bring out your dead! tony: here's one! Snookums: Ninepence. Net229: I'm not dead! Snookums: What? tony: nothing... there's your ninepence. Net229: I'm not dead! Snookums: 'Ere. They say they're not dead. tony: yes they are. Net229: I'm not! RC12: They aren't. tony: they will be soon. they're very ill. fidonet is dying. Net229: I'm getting better! tony: you're not. you'll be stone cold dead in a few minutes. Snookums: I can't take 'em like this. It's against regulations. FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 20 7 Jan 2002 Net229: I don't want to go on the cart. tony: don't be such a cybertot. Snookums: I can't take them. Net229: I feel fine. tony: do me a favour. Snookums: I can't. tony: well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? they won't be long. Snookums: I promised I'd be in the next Region. They've lost nine today. tony: when's your next round? Snookums: Thursday. Net229: I think I'll go for a walk. tony: you're not fooling anyone you know. (to snookums) isn't there anything you could do? Net229: (singing unrecognisably) I feel happy... I feel happy. Snookums looks at Net 1:229 for a moment. Then they both do a quick furtive look up and down the street. Snookums very swiftly brings up the P4 club and hits the old net. (Out of shot but the singing stops after a loud nodelist bonk noise.) tony: (handing over the money at last) thanks very much. Snookums: That's all right. See you on Thursday. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 21 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ SPECIAL INTEREST ] ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.004 size 1166.7kb date 2002-01-04 The nodelist has 10512 nodes in it and a total of 13731 non-comment entries including 6 zones 65 regions 484 hosts 727 hubs 902 private nodes 347 nodes down 688 nodes on hold. Admin overhead is 1282 ( 12.20 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 964 ( 9.17 %) 9600 = 8963 ( 85.26 %) (HST = 183 or 2.04 %) (CSP = 1 or 0.01 %) (PEP = 14 or 0.16 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 2 or 0.02 %) (V32 = 5035 or 56.18 %) (V32B = 575 or 6.42 %) (V42 = 4835 or 53.94 %) (V42B = 616 or 6.87 %) 2400 = 109 ( 1.04 %) 1200 = 6 ( 0.06 %) 300 = 470 ( 4.47 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- F_Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 3947 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS -------------------------------------- XB Binkleyterm 2.0 9 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 11 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 7 -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 22 7 Jan 2002 XR Opus 1.03 70 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 406 Tabby -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 4559 Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 3636 ( 34.59 %) MailOnly nodes = 5574 ( 53.03 %) Listed-only nodes = 810 ( 7.71 %) Other = 492 ( 4.68 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 23 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ] ================================================================= Fidonet Software List By Todd Cochrane Type: B=BBS D=Door M=Mailer T=Tosser C=Communication (terminal) U=Utility P=Point Software I=Internet (telnet, BinkP...) <+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=+=-=-+-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+> ( Software Name ) |Type| ( Author/Contact ) <+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=|=-=-|-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+> |BBBS Home Page |B | b@bbbs.net | | | | www.bbbs.net/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |ELEBBS The Elevator |B | elebbs@elebbs.com | |Software Production | | www.elebbs.com | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Hermes II Project |B | info@HermesII.org | | | | http://www.hermesii.org/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Maximus BBS Support |B | sales@lainus.com | |Page (Non Official) | | http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |MBSE BBS |B | Michiel Broek | | | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | | | http://mbse.sourceforge.net | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Mystic BBS |B | http://www.mysticbbs.com/mystic/ | | | | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Nexus Bulletin |B | groberts@nexusbbs.net | |Board System | | http://www.nexusbbs.net/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Proboard, Searchlight, |BC | info@telegrafix.com | |Telegrafix | | http://www.telegrafix.com | |Communications | | 540-678-4050 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |RemoteAccess |B | Bruce Morse | |Central | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | | | http://www.rapro.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Spitfire BBS |B | MDWoltz@AOL.COM | |Buffalo Creek Software | |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Synchronet BBS |BT | sysop@vert.synchro.net | | | | http://www.synchro.net | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Telegard BBS |B | support@telegard.net | | | | http://www.telegard.net/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Wildcat Interactive |BTMI| sales@santronics.com | |Net Server | | http://www.santronics.com | FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 24 7 Jan 2002 |Plantinum Express | |(305)248-3204 | | | | Santronics Inc. | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Bentstone Capabilities |D | info@stonebenders.com | |Group | | http://www.srupc.com/mall | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Jibben Software |D | scott@jibben.com | | | | http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |JNS Software Door Games|D | Rusty Johnson | | | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com | | | | 304-733-0113 | | | | http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Legend Of The Red |D | | |Dragon Reborn | | | |(L.O.R.D.) | | http://www.lordlegacy.org/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |PC Pursuits |D |brucep@pop.kis.net | | | |(301)240-6653 | | | |http://www.pcpursuits.com/products.htm | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |S and T Software |D |Mark Bappe | | | |mark.bappe@bozax.iainc.net | | | |(770)788-6843 | | | |http://bozax.iainc.net/public/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Shinning Star BBS Doors|D |nannette@shiningstar.net | | | |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Sunrise Door Software |D |Al Lawerence | | | |al@sunrisedoors.com | | | |(404)256-9518 | | | |http://www.sunrisedoors.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |The Brainex System |D |info@brainex.com | | | |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Trade Wars Door Game |D |jpritch@eisonline.com | | | |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ | | | |1:299/110 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Vagabond Software |D |Bryan Turner | | | |vagabond@darktech.org | | | |http://vagabond.virtualave.net/ | | | |1:124/7013 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |FMail Support |T |wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org | | | |http://fmail.nl.eu.org/ | | | |2:280/1076 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Squish Tosser |T |http://www.lanius.com/squish.htm | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Argus RITLABS |M |argus@ritlabs.com | | | |373-2-246889 | | | |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ | FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 25 7 Jan 2002 | | |2:469/84 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |FrontDoor |MTPC|Definite Solutions | |FrontDoor APX | |sales@defsol.se | |Mailer/Point Software | |http://www.defsol.se/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |BeeMail Home Page |M |http://beemail.gexonline.net | | | |Stephen Proffit | | | |1:211/405 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net/ | |Frontend Mailer | | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |BinkD |MI |maloff@corbina.net | | | |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Fidogate |UIT |Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net | | | |http://www.fidogate.org/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Fidonet to Internet |IM |Bo Bendtsen | |Mailer | |sales@terminate.com | | | |http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |GiGo Software |UI |http://www.gigo.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Internet Rex |IM |cruden@cs.ualberta.ca | | | |http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Tmail |IM |http://www.tmail.spb.ru/index-19.htm | |(Russian /w English DL)| | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |TransX Multiboard |M |support@multiboard.com | |Communications Inc. | |http://www.multiboard.com/software/ | | | |transx.html | | | |1:2401/305 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |TransNet |I |transnet@ressl.com.ar | | | |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Watergate |I |ramon@sbbs.se | | | |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |JetSys-Home of JetMail |TU |http://www.jetsys.de/ | |JetStat and other Atari| | | |Fidonet utilities | | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |APoint (Author) |P |http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm| | | |http://www.apoint-mail.de (Co-Autho) | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |CrossPoint |P |("Original" version) | | | |http://www.crosspoint.de | | | |http://www.apoint-mail.de | | | |(OpenXP Projekt) | | | |http://www.openxp.com (English) | | | |http://www.openxp.de (German) | | | |CrossPoint (XP2 Team) | FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 26 7 Jan 2002 | | |http://www.xp2.de | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |WinPoint95 |P |http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |The OpenXP CrossPoint |P |http://www.happyarts.de/xp | |Projekt | | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Terminate Terminal |P |http://www.terminate.com | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |PPoint-FTS compatible |P |http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm | |E-Mail System | | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| \====================================================================/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 27 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ JOE JARED'S FIDONET BY INTERNET ] ================================================================= . -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- . | FIDONET-RELATED SITES | ` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- ' Last update: 8:16 PM 12/17/01 Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com. All email addresses here for purpose of corresponding with fidonet members about obtaining a feed. Please do not list the virtual email addresses on any web page. - = slated for removal (Invalid URL) ? = Unable to connect FidoNet Homepage: http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews: http://www.fidonews.org [HTML] ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/ Echolist: http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidonet/fidoip.html SDS Files: http://fidobbs.dk/download (Web Access to SDS) FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/ General: http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html Parody: http://www.fidonet.ro/ Foti http://www.fidonet-on-the-internet.org History http://www.fidonet-on-the-internet.org Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.r10.org Net 102 http://home.earthlink.net/~kayshapero/net102.htm Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/ Net 203: Region 11: http://www.vector11.com/region11/ Net 2410: http://www.vector11.com/net2410/ Region 13: http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/ Net 109: http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/net109/ Net 261: http://www.baltimorepress.com/~net261/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Net 267: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Region 14: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14 Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/ Region 15: http://www.bobsplc.com/public/reg15 Region 16: Region 17: http://www.region17.net Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140 Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/ Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19 FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 28 7 Jan 2002 Net 124: http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/ http://texoma.net/~flv Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German) http://www.was-ist-fido.de/ Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German) Region 25: Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French) http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/ Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish) REC34: http://www.fidospain.org Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/ Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English) Region 42: http://www.fido.cz Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English) Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian) Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian) Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian) Net 5028: HTTP://5028.nordnet.ru/ Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English) ?? Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian) Net 5074: http://www.n5074.z2.fidonet.net ?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian) Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org Zone 4: Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish) Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://r65.yeah.net http://www.cfido.com (Chinese) Fidonet Via Internet Hubs a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email address. The email is translated as follows firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will also receive routed notice of this feature. FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 29 7 Jan 2002 v-email flag firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com | email address or Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate | | |latency| -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------ Zone 1 | | | | 10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c 10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c 18/500 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c 103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | CABLE | n/c 103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c 103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c 105/8 @ Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c 105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr 106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ??? 106/2000 | Bob Juge | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ??? | n/c 106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c 107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo. 134/11 @ Michael Grant | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX aDSL, 60 | n/c 138/146 | Marc Blakely | BinkP,FTP | ??? | n/c 140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16 142/906 | Chris Griffin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 150/220 | Dave Nemeth | UUE | ??? | n/c 153/7715 | Dallas Hinton | BinkD, FTP | CABLE | ??? 167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c 167/166 | Jesse Dooling | POP? UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c 218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c 220/10 | groberts@nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c 229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c 229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? | 229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | n/c 249/116 | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE |ADSL,60 | n/c 250/98 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 250/99 | Brent McLaren | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c 250/102 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 267/169 | Philip Lozier | FTP TX | ??? | n/c 261/1380 | Joe Davis | UUE TX | ??? | n/c 280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo. 297/11 | Michael McCabe | TX | ??? | n/c 323/120 | Craig Healy | VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c 360/5 | Bennie Hutto | FTP VMoT | aDSL | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | CABLE | n/c 379/1 @ Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c 379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 393/9005 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ??? | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 396/45 | Marc Lewis |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL | n/c 396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c 2215/300 | Dennis Haddox | UUE,TX | CABLE | n/c 2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | 384K,60| n/c 2410/213 | Kevin Bentz | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c 2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo 2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 30 7 Jan 2002 3613/1275 | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE,FTP | 28.8 | n/c 3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c 3830/10 | Matt Bedynek |FTP, BinkD | OC3 n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 2 | 20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c 22/222 | Kim Heino | BinkP | ??? | n/c 28/1 | Lody Caenen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c 37/37 | Gabor Z. Papp | BinkP | ??? | n/c 47/999 | Andrej Kirejev | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c 201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c 203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c 211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BinkP | 8/2mb | n/c 221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c 236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c 240/6298 | Steve Tell | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c 252/110 | David Rance | UUE | ??? | n/c 255/90 | Simon Avery | UUE | ??? | n/c 263/950 | Sean Rima | TX UUE | ??? | n/c 280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 280/1601 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c 280/4312 | Jos Huijnen | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ??? | n/c 280/5003 | Kees van Eeten | BinkP ifcico | ??? | n/c 292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k | n/c 292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | n/c 292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c 292/907 | Bart Verhaeghe | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K | n/c 292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c 301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c 332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c 333/0 | M Gianformaggio | BinkP | ??? | n/c 335/534 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c 335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 341/14 | Rafael Suarez | BinkP VMoT | ??? | n/c 341/51 | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT | | 341/66 | Angel Ripoll | VMoT | | 343/168 | Jose Casanova | VMoT | | 344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c 346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c 347/1 | Javi Polo | UUE | | 348/105 | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE | | 382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/558 | Vlad Hrusca | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c 423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/256 | Andrew Rutkas | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/640 | Alex Semenyaka |BinkP ifcico UUE| ??? | n/c 465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 31 7 Jan 2002 469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c 469/128 | Oleg Vasenyoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c 550/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | ----- | n/c 2410/201 | Karsten Ebeling | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c 2432/200 | Sven Dueker | BinkP TX UUE | ??? | n/c 2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c 2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn 2487/3000 | Steffen Gross | BinkP | ??? | n/c 3830/10 | Matt Bedynek | FTP, BinkP | 100Mb | n/c 5002/5002 | Victor Belyakov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5014/4 | Alex Bagmanov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/52 | Peter Didenko | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/54 | Serge Wizgounoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/69 | B Chernivetsky | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/238 | Sergey Gubanov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/1251 | K Stepanekov | UUE | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 5049/12 | Amir Shabashvili | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5054/3 | Andrew Popov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5080/80 | Eugene Zorin | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5083/21 | Alexander Uskov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5090/2 | Andrew Titov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 3 633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c 640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c 712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c 774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 4 801/161 @ Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 |n/c 902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 6 65/3000 | Lawrence Fan | UUE | 33600 | free 653/1009 | Maorong Chen | UUE | ??? | free 654/0 | Bin Li | UUE,BinkP | 33600 | free 654/1501 | Lawrence Fan | UUE,BinkP | 28800 | free -- * FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various) * UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers * BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks * TX = TransX * NFS = Linux Networking * ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer ---------------------------------------------- Fidonet oriented news servers news.osirusoft.com FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 32 7 Jan 2002 news.tardis.net Fidonet oriented chat rooms. room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-01 Page 33 7 Jan 2002 ================================================================= [ FIDONEWS INFORMATION ] ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are the -=_guidelines_=-: No more than 70 characters per line. 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