The F I D O N E W S Volume 20, Number 49 08 Dec 2003 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Crash netmail articles to: | | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-944907) | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | Routed netmail articles to: | | \_______\(_| /_) | Bjorn Felten @ 2:203/0 | | _ @/_ \ _ | Email attach to: | | | | \ \\ | bfelten@telia.com | | | (*) | \ ))| | | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2 Editorials and Swedish julbord ........................... 2 3. FIDONET CURRENT EVENTS ................................... 3 Fidonet Policy Change Effort ............................. 3 4. FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST .............................. 4 Thanks to those who contribute ........................... 4 5. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN .......................... 5 Gravlax with gravlaxs†s .................................. 5 6. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ..................................... 7 Taking up a collection ................................... 7 7. BEST OF FIDONET .......................................... 8 Checking in .............................................. 8 8. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 10 FIDONet Software References .............................. 10 9. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 17 How to Submit an Article ................................. 17 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19 FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 1 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know. -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 2 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Editorials and Swedish julbord Yes, yes, yes! I agree with all of you that think that a proper Snooze should have an editorial. I feel really bad about not having produced anything along that line for a long time now. But I also hope you can understand, that it's somewhat hard to raise the necessary inspiration to produce something readworthy when the in-basket is empty week after week? Lately we've been blessed with quite a few contributions, and hence the literary spirit suddenly is awoken here in the editors little place, so here goes. Many moons ago I promised I would give you some recipes for typical Swedish dishes. I think I even mentioned 'pickled' salmon. Pickled however to me means a certain amount of vinegar, and that's not used when making 'gravlax', that I now have seen on the internet has become almost as known a word as 'sm”rg†sbord', with variants like Grav Lachs, graved salmon and a couple more. Gravlax in Swedish means buried salmon, and that is how this dish was made initially. The salmon, caught late in the autumn, was buried to be frozen during the winter, and then dug up in the spring. Nowadays we of course don't need this method to preserve the salmon, but as the result was a good tasting fish, we use a modern variety of it -- using the freezer and a plastic bag. Gravlax is a must on a Swedish 'julbord' -- similar to sm”rg†sbord, but bigger (typically 100+ different dishes) and with some Christmas specials on it. I understand that genuine 'Swedish Grav Lax' is very expensive to buy ready made in most other countries, and that's no surprise, since making it involves quite a deal of handywork, and it cannot be made by machines. The ingredients however should not be expensive, so there's a lot of money to be saved here -- apart from the fact that homemade always tastes better, right? :) Also I've seen on the internet all kinds of strange recipes for gravlax, but none that I have seen comes even close to the real McCoy. Adding, e.g. pepper and dill is a complete waste of good ingredients, since all the stuff will be removed after preparation, and nothing will make the salmon taste any different. And most recipes I've seen use far to little sugar. Next week I'll give you the recipe for Swedish meatballs. Hope you can wait that long for it -- here too I found, on the internet, all kinds of strange recipes, but more on that next week. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 3 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FIDONET CURRENT EVENTS ================================================================= Fidonet Policy Change Effort By Frank Vest 1:124/6308.1 As I reported last week, there is interest in changing Fidonet Policy. The "IC" echo is the focal point for this effort. Many Fidonet Coordinators and Nodes are there. If you are a Fidonet Coordinator, it would be appreciated if you would connect to the "IC" echo. If you are a Node, you should still connect to the "IC echo since this effort to change Fidonet Policy can affect you as well. Last week, I reported the count of ZCs and RCs that are connected to the IC echo. That number has increased. Please note the ZCs and RC shown below and if you know how to contact a ZC or RC not on this list, please do so with encouragement to connect to the "IC" echo. Zone-1 (7/10) 60% 1:1/0 1:10 1:12 1:13 1:16 1:17 1:18 1:19 Zone-2 (18/29) 58% 2:2/0 2:20 2:21 2:22 2:23 2:24 2:26 2:27 2:28 2:29 2:30 2:31 2:35 2:46 2:48 2:50 2:51 2:53 2:55 Zone-3 (2/3) 66% 3:3/0 3:55 3:57 Zone-4 (2/3) 66% 4:4/0 4:80 4:90 Zone-5 (0/9) 0% -- Zone-6 (0/5) 0% -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 4 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FRANK'S COLUMN - FRANK VEST ================================================================= Thanks to those who contribute By Frank Vest 1:124/6308.1 Since I still have my column, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank those that contribute to the Fidonews Publication. Prior to the Fidonews Echo, and in the day when Fidonet was the cutting edge of technology, the Fidonews Publication was close to the heart of Fidonet. In my opinion, it is still a very important part of Fidonet. As time, and technology, march on, many seem to forget the Fidonews Publication. With the Fidonews Echo in place, it is simply easier to post there. I'll agree that the Fidonews Echo is faster and more interactive, still, the Fidonews Publication has its place. Some people read the Publication that don't read the Echo. Articles in the Publication are posted each week in the Echo for discussion. I suppose that give the Publication a small plus. :) At any rate, I note that Philip Lozier has published a "BBS and FidoNet Software News" article. My thanks to you for this, Philip. I hope this will become a regular column in the Fidonews Publication. I realize that new FTN software and upgrades don't happen as often as they once did, but this is still a good subject for the Fidonews. It was good to see Carol Shenkenberger publish another recipe. Yes, recipes are not really Fidonet related, but the Fidonews is more than just software. People make up Fidonet. People like to eat... at least I do. :) On a closing note. I've recently read that the Fidonews Editor should write an editorial each week. While I think that would be nice, please remember that the job of the editor in not the same as reporter. It takes more than an editorial each week to make a newsletter. Regards, Frank ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 5 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN ================================================================= Gravlax with gravlaxs†s By Bj”rn Felten, 203/208 1 fillet of salmon (with skin) 5 cl sugar 5 cl salt Sauce: 3 cl (two tablespoons) mustard 3 cl sugar 3 cl vinegar 1 eggyolk 10 cl good cooking oil salt, pepper & chopped dill The fillet must first be frozen for at least three days, this because there is an itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny chance that it can contain a small parasite. It is perfectly harmless when dead, and dead it will become after three days in the freezer. Obviously the fillet must be thawed before continuing with the preparations. :) First make sure you get the bones out of the fillet. They are all evenly located (with some 5-10mm distance) in the middle of the fillet. Place the fillet skinside down and gently run your finger over it to locate the bones. Use a pair of pliers to gently remove them. Observe the angle they have, so you can pull them out the same angle. Now place the fillet in a plastic bag. Mix the sugar and the salt and add it into the bag. Give it a good shake, and then try to remove as much air as possible before sealing the bag with a knot. Place the bag in the fridge and put a weight of some kind on it, a table plate or two is enough. Let it marinate for at least three days; four or five is even better. Turn the package over once a day, while giving it a good rub, to make sure the sugar/salt mixture can reach every part of the fillet. Now take out the fillet and remove as much of the sugar-salt mix as possible. Once again place the fillet skinside down on a cutting plate and try to carve as thin slices as possible. The slicing angle should be very shallow, so you get as big slices as possible, but angle the knife just before you reach the skin and then go horizontally. The slices can be rolled to form little roses, or can be just put on a plate, nicely arranged. The sauce: Mix mustard, sugar, vinegar and eggyolk carefully. Then add the oil first a drop at a time, while whipping (just as when you make mayonnaise) and then at an increasing rate. Season with salt, pepper FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 6 8 Dec 2003 and chopped dill to your own liking. A typical Swedish sauce has *lots* of dill in it, but very little salt & pepper. This is a typical snack like dish. You can put it on toast or eat it alone, with a good dash of the 'gravlaxs†s' on it. If you make roses out of the slices, you can use it to garnish any seafood dish. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 7 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ================================================================= Taking up a collection (snipped from the POL_INC echo) A lobbyist, on his way home from work in Washington, D.C., came to a dead halt in traffic and thought to himself, "Wow, this seems worse than usual. He notices a police officer walking between the lines of stopped cars, so he rolls down his window and asks, "Officer, what's the hold up?" The officer replies, "The President is depressed, so he stopped his motorcade and is threatening to douse himself in gasoline and set himself on fire. He says no one believes his stories about why we went to war in Iraq, or the connection between Saddam and al-Quaida, or that his tax cuts will help anyone except his wealthy friends; the press called him on the lie about Iraq trying to buy uranium from Nigeria, and now the NBC White House reporter Campbell Brown is threatening to sue him for the sexual innuendo he made to her at his recent press conference. So we're taking up a collection for him." The lobbyist asks, "How much have you got so far?" The officer replies, "About 14 1/2 gallons, but a lot of folks are still siphoning. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 8 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= BEST OF FIDONET ================================================================= Checking in ----[ IC ]----------------------------------------------------- On: Sun 7 Dec 2003 8.12 By: Philip Lozier To: Frank Vest Re: Checking in --------------------------------------------------------------- FV> Putting it another way, Welcome to the world according to FV> Thom. FV> Putting it another way, Welcome to the world according to FV> Frank. FV> Putting it another way, ..... FV> :) ..... welcome to the world according to Phil: It is about time that somewhere in FidoNet, manditory participation/ acknowledgment has been put in place. It is far too long that *C's can just sit back, process a nodelist, and think they are providing any useful service to FidoNet at all, other than fueling their own egos of having a feather in their hat. The silent participation of the past is one of the major reasons Fido has degressed as much as it has. If it is allowed to continue, then the nodelist will continue to be innacurate, dead weight will clog things up to no end, and nothing will ever change. Never mind the idea of after so many years it has come to the idea of having to force any RC's to get their heads out of the sand to get an accurate view of where FidoNet is at on this, I think it should be taken further... The IC should mandate that the ZC's locate all of their RC's, and find out who is dead, and who is not... non-responsive RC's should prompt for contacting of any nets supposed to be in the region of the dead weight by the ZC, and find out what's up, and make repairs accordingly. RC's that are contacted, should be required to do the same with the NC's under them, and NC's with their nodes. If an accurate nodelist is to be maintained, this is the only way to do it. Any *C not in agreement with that idea, IMO, is not fit to be a *C. Having entire nets listed that are defunct, for years in some cases, or only have one node operating through an independant feed, is ridiculous... having non-responsive RC's is even more ridiculous. Everybody cries freedom... freedom is not free. Everybody cries "hobby"... well, hobbies aren't free either, so if contacting RC's below somebody, NC's below somebody, or nodes below somebody, costs a few bucks, then it is a "hobby related expense" that was basicly agreed to be sometimes necessary when the mere node hobbyist decided to stick a feather in their hat. Having to participate in administrative events (board meetings if you FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 9 8 Dec 2003 will) was also added when that feather got stuck in their hat... any *C not wanting to do what it takes, should just return to being an end node, and resign the responsibility that comes with their position. IMO, the first priority is cleaning all the dead listings out of the nodelist, and insuring that future node listings will be accurate... then we can move on with issues that relate to FidoNet as a whole, as we will have an accurate number as to consider a "majority" of nodes. Just my two cents worth on it. Phil --- FMail/Win32 1.60+ * Origin: FoReM BBS! ... telnet://theforem.dyndns.org <*> (1:267/169) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 10 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= -=:{ FIDONet Software Reference }:=- Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' Argus |M |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889 | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001 BeeMail: |M |http://beemail.gexonline.net 1:105/10 Stephen Proffit | | beemail@gexonline.net BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102 | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998 BinkD |MI |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | | maloff@corbina.net | | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003 Fidonet to Internet: |MI |http://www.terminate.com Bo Bendtsen | | sales@terminate.com | | v2.00 on Mar 23rd 1997 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101 | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/ | | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003 InterMail, InterEcho |MT |http://www.ifido.com 1:1/133 | | bob@nwstar.com | | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE Radius (based on |M |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38 Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463 | | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003 Terminate |MBP |http://www.terminate.com | | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997 Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608 WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 11 8 Dec 2003 Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204 Software, Inc. | | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.4 FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org 2:280/1076 | | wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60 JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 Squish |T |http://www.lanius.com | | sales@lanius.com v1.11 | |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ Watergate |TUI |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/ | | ramon@sbbs.se | | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222 ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002 EZYCom BBS |BT |http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dcbbs/ | | pjs@optushome.com.au 3:633/104 | | v2.0 on 3 May 2003 Falken BBS |B |http://falkenbbs.com | | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002 Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final Maximus BBS |B |http://www.lanius.com | | sales@lanius.com v3.01 | |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802 Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002 Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com | | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001 Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net | | groberts@nexusbbs.net | | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001 Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 12 8 Dec 2003 | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002 RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/ Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150 | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999 Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net | | v3.10L Beta Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net | | support@telegard.net | | v3.09g2 SP4 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/ | | last update: Jun 2002 BBS Central |D |http://www.rpcomputers.com Bentstone |D |http://www.srupc.com/mall Capabilities Group | | info@stonebenders.com Cheepware: |D |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/ Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:11/200 DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201 Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | DoorMUD |D |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002 Elysium Software |D |http://www.elysoft.com | | mpreslar@mailcity.com Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates JNS Software: |D |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ Rusty Johnson | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com | | Tel: (304) 733-0113 John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com | | support@johndaileysoftware.com LORD (Legend of the |D |http://www.lordlegacy.org Red Dragon) Reborn | | mike@lordlegacy.org | | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001 Lord-II IGMs |D |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/ FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 13 8 Dec 2003 PC Pursuits |D |http://www.pcpursuits.com | | brucep@pop.kis.net | | Tel: (301) 240-6653 Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ | | jpritch@eisonline.com | | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002 Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013 Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org | | last update: Jul 17th 2002 (various) |D |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/ +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de | | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13 CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460 | | support@freexp.de | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot) OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004 | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002 PPoint |P |http://www.alcuf.ca 1:249/114 | | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600 | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003 SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999 TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Allfix |U |ftp://ftp.nwstar.com 1:140/12 | | bob@nwstar.com | | v5.13 (v6?) FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 14 8 Dec 2003 GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997 Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 PeopleComm Terminal |CUI |http://www.peoplecomm.org 1:128/148 (BBS & Telnet w/ | | edward.williams@adelphia.net ZModem) | | v1.01a on Feb 11th 2003 TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998 TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.multiboard.com/software/ Communications, Inc.| | support@multiboard.com 1:2401/305 | | v3.5 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/ (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings) +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.org http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu http://hobbes.nmsu.edu Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// vice http:// above) *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=* Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68 ( or FReq Magic INFO direct for E-mail address ) WildCat! BBS at +1-337-232-4155 24/7 33.6kBps,8,N,1 Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 15 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.339 size 933.5kb date 2003-12-05 The nodelist has 7954 nodes in it and a total of 10764 non-comment entries including 6 zones 58 regions 436 hosts 565 hubs admin overhead 1065 ( 13.39 %) and 1023 private nodes 317 nodes down 405 nodes on hold off line overhead 1745 ( 21.94 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 656 ( 8.25 %) 9600 = 6906 ( 86.82 %) (HST = 139 or 2.01 %) (CSP = 1 or 0.01 %) (PEP = 11 or 0.16 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.01 %) (V32 = 3651 or 52.87 %) (V32B = 357 or 5.17 %) (V34 = 4625 or 66.97 %) (V42 = 3905 or 56.55 %) (V42B = 376 or 5.44 %) 2400 = 74 ( 0.93 %) 1200 = 6 ( 0.08 %) 300 = 312 ( 3.92 %) ISDN = 670 ( 8.42 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2624 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 16 8 Dec 2003 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 8 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 11 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 6 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 41 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 318 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 3586 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1360 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 2449 ( 30.79 %) MailOnly nodes = 4401 ( 55.33 %) Listed-only nodes = 615 ( 7.73 %) Other = 489 ( 6.15 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-49 Page 17 8 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred method if you want reasonable control over how the published article will appear in the Fidonews: a) Plain ASCII text. If you could type it on your keyboard, it's probably quite OK... b) Put a title to the article. Put the title in two times. The first time, on the first line, with an * before it. The second time, on the second line, without the * and centered. This will help in the format since the title with the * is removed and used in the index, the second line will become the headline. On the third line, put your name and FidoNet address, present or former. If former, you may want to add some other address where you can be reached for personal comments. c) Deadline for article submission is Sunday, 12:00 UTC. Help the Editor by following the above guides. Below are some subjects and the file extension for the article as set in the configuration file for the making of the Fidonews. Please help by putting the file extension of the correct subject on the file name if known.. 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