F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 7 16 February 1998
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
| _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] |
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| /|oo \ | |
| (_| /_) | |
| _`@/_ \ _ | |
| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
| | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 |
| |__U__| / \// | |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
| obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ |
| please refer to the end of this file. |
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THOSE DARN HACKERS!
Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Beware of false FidoNews Issues bearing weirdness! ....... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
Censorship in European FidoNet ........................... 3
3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 6
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 044 ...... 6
4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7
Did you ever get that feeling? ........................... 7
5. NOTICES .................................................. 10
Future History ........................................... 10
6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 11
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 11
7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 15
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 15
8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 16
9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
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EDITORIAL
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Hey! What goes on here? I get back from a week in the Bahamas [my
first real vacation in YEARS!] and find that some miscreant I never
heard of has cracked my password files and perpetrated some kind of
cruel hoax on the world of FidoNet. Can't a guy take a break once in
awhile? [crikes]
Anyhoo, reports of my demise are remarkably premature, to coin a
phrase. [snicker]
Not only am I not dead, but neither is my wife, my son, nor my dog.
We are all just fine and the dog says, "Hello, FidoNet." [No, his
name is Humbert, not Fido {sorry, Tom}.]
So if you received one of these bogus copies purporting to be FidoNews
number 1507, please dispose of it with an anti-virus utility at your
earliest convenience. It is a phony put out by somebody I don't even
know. This HERE, FidoNews, right here, is the one, the only and the
original FidoNews 1507 - accept NO SUBSTITUTES!
The preliminary BS aside, the ZEC1 Election ended this week. I hope
everyone took the rare opportunity to take a Sysop-wide vote in a
Zonal election. If you didn't, don't bellyache about the choice the
ones who did put into office. As is well known, I don't believe in
Echomail so I made no predictions or editorial preferences. I wonder
who won?
This isn't a very big Issue. Not too many folks complaining this
week. There's another brouhaha over in Zone 2 reflected further down
but unless there's something coming in late, it's routine.
On another note, I am retiring as the Editor of FidoNews as of this
edition. I'm getting pretty busy with various other activities that
will be taking the needed time away from doing a decent job with this
effort. I've enjoyed the job and hope you've enjoyed and been annoyed
at the same time. A newspaper should have no friends as it sez in the
Banner. [grin]
To make sure this one has no friends, I am transferring the Editorship
of FidoNews to Zorch Frezberg as suggested by the counterfeit 1507. I
think that is darn good idea in a sick, twisted way. [snicker]
I'll send him all he needs and you send him all he prints.
I'll be shutting down my FidoNet ops in general, too, for awhile. So
if anyone wants to get in touch with me, send to the dreaded Internet
at:
cbaker84@digital.net
and i'll get back to you.
Thanks, for everything.
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C.B.
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ARTICLES
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Censorship in European FidoNet
by Wulf Krueger, 2:2437/209
These are the facts: Ludwig Catta (from now on referred to as
LC), an online user of several mailboxes in region 2:30
(Switzerland) participated in a number of echomail areas. Due to
several violations of the echo rules LC was disconnected from
many of these echos. LC did not respect this but looked for and
found new links and since he is an online user it was almost
impossible to stop him - once disconnected he would simply log
into another mailbox to continue.
Therefor the coordinators of R2:30 decided that *all* echomail
written *by* LC and *all* echomail addressed *to* him was to be
deleted without any notice. Only *after* this was discovered
RC2:30 and REC2:30 decided to make this publicly known - two
weeks after the deletion had begun.
Here is their "official" statement in full length (but slightly
reformatted to be FidoNews-compliant):
==== CUT ====
CC: Ward Dossche, Christian Koelliker, Klaus Schaefer, Andreas Berge
CC: David Hauser, Michel Roch, Michael Huwiler, Ruedi Kneubuehler
CC: Christian Ruf, Pit Biernath
* Crossposted in ECHO.CH
* Crossposted in REGION30
* Crossposted in MODERATOR.GER
> English translation below the german text...
Betrifft: Ausschluss des Online-Users Ludwig Catta aus dem Fidonet
Schweiz (nachfolgend als LC bezeichnet)
Liebe Region 30 Nodes,
Nachdem LC hier in der Schweiz mehrmals unangenehm aufgefallen ist,
indem er in mehreren Echos die Schreibverbote der Moderatoren nicht
beachtet hat und diese boeswillig durch Boxen-Wechsel umgangen hat,
haben wir beschlossen, LC im Fidonet Schweiz als "unerwuenschte
Person" zu bezeichnen.
Die Gruende fuer diesen Entschluss:
----------------------------------
- Die gesamte Schweiz wurde wegen LC beinahe von der PHOTO.GER
abgehangt
- LC ist aus Deutschland und schreibt in Schweizer-Boxen - warum???
- LC hat immer mehrere Boxen wo der seine Mails absetzt um etwelchen
Sanktionen der Moderatoren zu entkommen
- LC hat die gleichen Probleme in vielen deutschen Mailboxen
- LC ist und bleibt ein Unruhestifter wie wir ihn hier in der Schweiz
seit 10 Jahren nicht hatten, und auch nicht wollen
FIDONEWS 15-07 Page 4 16 Feb 1998
Die Konsequenz:
--------------
- Echomails von und an LC werden hier in der Schweiz nicht mehr
transportiert
- Netmails bleiben selbstverstaendlich unangetastet
mit freundlichen Gruessen
RC30 Christian Koelliker
REC30 Peter Witschi
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
English translation:
Concerning: Exclusion of the online-user Ludwig Catta from Fidonet
Switzerland (in the following abbreviated as LC)
Dear Region30 Nodes
After LC hs been disagreeable conspicuous cause he did not pay
attention to the disallowance to write form the moderators of
multiple echos and he malevolently went round all disconnections
by changing the node, we decided to designate LC as "persona non
grata" in Fidonet Switzerland (also known as region30).
The reasons for this resolution:
--------------------------------
- Whole Switzerland has been nearly disconnected from PHOTO.GER
because of LC
- LC lives in Germany and he writes in Swiss BBS-systems, why?
- LC is always present in multiple BBS-systems from where he writes
to escape any sanctions from the moderators.
- LC has the same problems in a lot of German BBS-systems as well.
- LC is and stays a troublemaker like we did not have one since ten
years in Switzerland, and we also not want to have.
The consequence:
----------------
- Echomail from an to LC will no longer transported here in
Switzerland.
- Netmail keeps, of coarse, untouched.
With compliments
RC30 Christian Koelliker
REC30 Peter Witschi
==== CUT ====
These are the facts - but why exactly do I feel the urge to
publish that? Simply because I am shocked at my *own* reaction.
I always believed that censorship is one the worst threats to
our community and tried to fight against it. And now when a
person is concerned that I don't like and that I consider to be
no major loss I gave up my principles and I supported this
FIDONEWS 15-07 Page 5 16 Feb 1998
"automated censorship". Knowing what the consequences might be
I agreed with censorship as a possibility to stop LC. This was
only my first and very emotional reaction without really
thinking about it but I am ashamed of myself to see how easily I
accepted censorship.
FidoNet has always been a melting pot of different believes,
opinions and philosophies. Till now it has always been possible
for everyone to speak out aloud what he or she thinks without
having to fear personal consequences (provided that he or she
did so with reasonable objectivity).
If anyone violates our rules we have our policies which enable
us to react to such misbehaviour. Censorship is definitely *not*
the right way to deal with such problems if we want to remain a
network of free speech, of personal freedom and rightfulness.
If we accept censorship as a legal means to exclude someone from
FidoNet this will be only the first step towards an
authoritarian FidoNet with misuse of power and arbitraryness as
the new rules.
I was relieved to see that many my fellow sysops whole-heartedly
*disagreed* with me when I was supporting automated censorship
and I do strongly believe that most of us don't want such acts
of arbitraryness in FidoNet.
Don't make the mistake I made when I accepted censorship because
the effect seemed to be satisfying - next time it might be you
or me whose mail will be deleted. I ask you all to speak out
against censorship in FidoNet, against arbitraryness and against
that nightmare of a "Brave New" FidoNet.
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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 044
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
!Zone/Jul!Ndl-016!Nodel.-023!Nodel.-030!Nodel.-037!Nodel.-044!%%!
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
! 1/037 ! 6053 ! 6020 -33! 6020 0! 5872 -148! 5872 0!27!
! 2/037 ! 14439 !14406 -33!14360 -46!14370 10!14384 14!67!
! 3/037 ! 570 ! 573 3! 566 -7! 565 -1! 553 -12! 3!
! 4/037 ! 425 ! 424 -1! 410 -14! 410 0! 406 -4! 2!
! 5/037 ! 91 ! 91 0! 91 0! 87 -4! 87 0! 0!
! 6/016 ! 1091 ! 322 -769! 322 0! 322 0! 322 0! 1!
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
! 22669 !21836 -833!21769 -67!21626 -143!21624 -2!
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@papillion.ne.us>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <cbaker84@digital.net (Christopher Baker)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 98 09:18:53 -0600
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
Priority: Normal
Subject: Fwd: Calling for Tech Support - FWD
==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
Calling For Technical Support
Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring...
Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring...
Ring... Ring...
Thank you for calling Technical Support. All of our technicians are
currently busy helping people even less competent than you, so please
hold for the next available technician. The waiting time is now
estimated at between fifteen minutes and eternity. In order to
expedite your call, please punch your 63-digit product identification
number onto your telephone touch pad, followed by your product serial
number, which can be found in a secret compartment inside your
computer where, for security purposes, it is printed in the smallest
typeface known to mankind. Do that now.
(Lengthy excerpt from Mahler's "Lugubrious" Symphony in C Minor)
Thank you again for calling Technical Support. We recommend that you
sit at your computer, preferably turning it on at some point, and have
at hand all your floppy disks, CD-ROM disks, computer manuals and
original packing materials in order to allow the technician to aid you
in the unlikely event that he ever takes your call. It would also be
helpful for you to refrain from sobbing while explaining your problem
to the technician. Shouting obscene threats will cause you to be
immediately disconnected and blackballed from further communication
with Technical Support, not only from ours but that of every other
electronics-related firm in the industrialized world.
(Medley of Hootie and the Blowfish hits rendered by the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir)
Thank you once again for calling Technical Support. In order to enable
us to better assist you, it would be helpful to know more about you
and your equipment. Have you called Technical Support before? If you
have, please press the numeral "one" on your telephone touchpad. If
not, press the numeral "two." If you are not sure, using the letters
on your touchpad, spell out the phrase: "I am confused and despondent
and quickly losing the will to live." Once you have finished, hang up
your phone and make arrangements to sell your computer because by the
time the technician takes your call, it will be obsolete, and you will
be too senile to use it anyway.
FIDONEWS 15-07 Page 8 16 Feb 1998
(Rangoon Opera Company's classic 1963 recording of Wagner's "Ring
Cycle" in its entirety)
Thank you for calling Technical Support. Unfortunately, all of our
technicians just went out for lunch. This means that to the estimated
waiting time we gave you earlier, you may now add at least another two
hours.
(Wayne Newton singing "Danke Schoen" 1,743 times)
Thank you for calling Technical Support. Before talking to the
technician about your problem and risking the possibility that you may
be wasting his valuable time, please ask yourself the following
questions: If my monitor screen is dark, is it possible I have
forgotten to plug in my computer or, alternately, that I have been
suddenly struck blind? Have I exhausted every possible means of help
before utilizing the sacred, last-resort-only telephone option? Have I
sent a fax to Fast Fax Technical Support? Have I consulted my manual?
Have I read the Read-Me notice on the floppy disk? Have I called up my
know-it-all geek cousin who I can't stand but who can probably fix
this thing for me in under five minutes? Have I given the central
processing unit of my computer a good, solid whack? If you can not
honestly answer "yes" to all these questions, please get off the line
immediately so that our overworked technicians can help those truly
desperate customers whose suffering is so much greater than yours.
(Recording of Tibetan monks performing a six-day chant celebrating the
reincarnation of one of their recently deceased colleagues into the
form of a salamander.)
Thank you for calling Technical Support. You may not be aware that
this week we are featuring a discount on a number of popular CD-ROM
titles you may wish to purchase, such as the best-selling Porn
Doubler, which allows you to access erotic material from the Internet
twice as fast. If you would like to hear all 26,000 titles read to
you, shout "Yes! Yes! Yes!" into the telephone now. This will not
cause you to lose your place in line for Technical Support; in fact it
may jump you ahead of several other callers.
(Tape loop of background music from the soundtrack of Johnny Mnemonic
starring Keanu Reeves.)
Thank you for calling Technical Support. Our electronic sensors
indicate that you are about to slump over and die from a massive
frustration attack combined with severe dehydration from lack of food
and water. Before doing so, please take a moment to place your
telephone receiver back in its base and switch off your computer so as
not to wear down its internal battery. As a non-living person, you
will have no further need of Technical Support and so we regretfully
must remove you from our list of registered product users. Remember,
we valued your patronage and were happy to serve your needs. Do not
hesitate to have your heirs or beneficiaries contact us should any
further technical problems arise.
===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================
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NOTICES
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Future History
30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.
17 May 1998
Independence Day, Norway.
22 May 1998
Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
14 Sep 1998
Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].
22 Sep 1998
First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.
1 Dec 1998
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
Tom Jennings.
24 Jul 1999
XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
31 Dec 1999
Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
1 Jan 2000
The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
1 Jun 2000
EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
1 Jan 2001
This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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[from 1449. Ed.]
Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
New entry: Tornado, a BBS from Konstantin Klyagin. Welcome to the
list... ;-)
-=- Snip -=-
Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column
OS Platform :
Software package name :
Version :
Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? :
Author / Support staff contact name :
Author / Support staff contact node :
Magic name (at the above-listed node) :
Please include a sentence describing what the package does.
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
-=- Snip -=-
MS-DOS:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
ALLFIX 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.12 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT
FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD
FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO
GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
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Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV
Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY
Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386
JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H
JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G
MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL
Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX
Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE
McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP
Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD
NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR
Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP
QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS
RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
Silver Xpress
Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP
Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH
StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK
StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD
Terminate 5.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO
TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO
TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP
TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS
TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG
TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS
WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS
OS/2:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
FleetStreet 1.21 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
FP-OS/2 97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow 323/107 FPOS2
GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUEP
Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEF
PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO2
WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2
Windows (16-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW
Windows (32-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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Argus 95/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 A9I
Argus NT/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ANI
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_W32
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTW
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFW
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
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WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP
Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.12 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
Amiga:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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CrashMail 1.31 T X Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.2 O F Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHTICK
DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
2:310/6 TRAPDOOR
TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS
Atari:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY
BTNC 2.00 N G Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 BTNC
JetMail 0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker 2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
Semper 0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten 2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA
Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
be listed by the first match.
Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
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the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information.
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
of this appearance.
============
FidoNet:
Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
HTML FNews http://www.fidonews.org
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc.htm
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
Region 13: http://www.ggw.org/net2613/
Region 14: [disappeared?]
Region 15: [disappeared?]
Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm
Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm
REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/
Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html
Region 19: http://www.compconn.net
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm
Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/
Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)
Region 25:
http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French)
Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss)
Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian)
Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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 (in Greek and English)
Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
============
Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
============
Zone 4: (not yet listed)
Region 90:
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish)
============
Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
============
Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)
============
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
Editor: Christopher Baker
Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
Donald Tees
"FidoNews Editor"
FidoNet 1:1/23
BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)
more addresses:
Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net
cbaker84@fidonews.org
cbaker84@aol.com
cbaker84@msn.com
(Postal Service mailing address)
FidoNews Editor
P.O. Box 471
Edgewater, FL 32132-0471
U.S.A.
voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please]
[1800-0100 UTC/GMT]
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
FidoNews.
Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
Copyright 1998 Christopher Baker. All rights reserved. Duplication
and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For
use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
the Editor.
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
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back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSFnn.ZIP] for a
particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
current year [8], i.e., FNWSJAN8.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 98.
Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
1 - 15 for 1984 - 1998, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
size from 48K to 1.4M.
INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
http://www.fidonews.org
http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
*=*=*
You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:
jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net
with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist
and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email
distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no
message to the same address above.
*
You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
by sending email to:
ftpmail@fidonews.org
with a Subject line of: help
and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
www.fidonews.org.
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You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
http://www.fidonews.org
STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
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for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 13 Megs.
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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
available almost immediately after publication on the Editor's new
homepage on the World Wide Web at:
http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It
is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
Zone 1 Echomail Backbone.
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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable
from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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"Disagreement is actually necessary,
or we'd all have to get in fights
or something to amuse ourselves
and create the requisite chaos."
-Tom Jennings
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