• FidoNews 39:02 [00/08]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, January 10, 2022 00:09:38
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 39, Number 02 10 Jan 2022 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
    | |The newsletter of the | | |
    | | FidoNet community. | | Netmail attach to (POTS): |
    | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) |
    | | ____________| | |
    | | / __ | Netmail attach to (BinkP): |
    | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:203/0 |
    | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | |
    | \_______\(_| /_) | Email attach to: |
    | _ @/_ \ _ | b @ felten dot se |
    | | | \ \\ | |
    | | (*) | \ ))| |
    | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Björn Felten |
    | ______ _//|| _\ / | |
    | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. |
    | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+


    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
    The Fidonews Saga ........................................ 2
    3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 3
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 3
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 6
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 6
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 7
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 14
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 14
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15
    7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19

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    FOOD FOR THOUGHT =================================================================

    You are not paid according to how hard you work.

    You are paid according to how hard you are to replace.

    -- anonymous


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    EDITORIAL =================================================================

    The Fidonews Saga

    The first Fidonews issue was published the 4th of December 1984.
    The first couple of months Tom Jennings was the editor. Then Thom
    Henderson took over. Another nine months later single editor era
    ended, for the time being, and a team of editors produced our ezine.

    This lasted for about ten years, when Donald Tees became single
    editor. But just after four months, he went AWOL and no Snooze was
    published for over a month (so if you search for FNEWSD23, 24, 25 or
    26 and don't find anything, now you know why) until Christopher Baker
    took over.

    From thereon it was once again a single editor enterprise (AFAIK).

    Between the 1st of July 1996 and the 14th of January 2002 (almost
    to the day exactly 20 years ago) six editors passed by, giving an
    average of less than one year on the post. That day was also the day
    that the first issue with this editor was published.

    The names of the first 13 editors can be found at the end of the
    Fidonews.

    - = o = 0 = o = -

    As a side note, reading the above mentioned part of the Snooze, I
    realized that the Staff listing needed a long overdue update. Fixed.

    Hopefully this means that fewer people will write to the editor
    complaining about inaccuracies in the lists. The proper info *is*
    after all to be found in the first lines of the lists, if you care
    to read it.



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    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

    List of IPv6 nodes
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

    Updated 8 January 2022


    Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

    1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
    2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
    3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
    4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
    5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f
    7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
    8 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
    9 1:154/10 Nicholas Boël Native Spectrum f
    10 2:203/0 Björn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    11 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
    12 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
    13 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
    14 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    15 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
    16 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
    17 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    18 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    19 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
    20 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    21 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    22 3:770/100 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    23 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
    24 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    25 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    26 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
    27 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    28 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
    29 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    30 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    31 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    32 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    33 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
    34 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    35 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    36 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    37 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    38 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    39 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    40 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
    41 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    42 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
    43 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    44 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    45 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    46 2:467/239 Mykhailo Kapitanov Native Vultr f
    47 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    48 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
    49 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
    50 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    51 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    52 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
    53 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
    54 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
    55 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
    56 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    57 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
    58 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
    59 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
    60 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
    61 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native Oracle f
    62 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
    63 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
    64 2:2452/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
    65 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
    66 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 NOVATOR
    67 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
    68 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
    69 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
    70 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
    71 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
    72 1:106/633 William Williams Native LINODE-US PM *1
    73 2:263/5 Martin List-Petersen Native TuxBox
    74 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
    75 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers 6DWN
    76 1:142/103 Brian Rogers T-6in4 he.net
    77 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    78 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
    79 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
    80 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
    81 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    82 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
    83 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    84 1:218/401 James Downs Native ORG-TT1
    85 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
    86 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
    87 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
    88 2:301/113 Alisha Manuela Stutz T-6in4 he.net
    89 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    90 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    91 1:134/102 Shelley Petersen T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    92 1:134/103 Gordon Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    93 1:134/301 Brandon Moore T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    94 1:134/302 Adam Park T-6in4 he.net f
    95 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
    96 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
    97 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin T-6in4 he.net
    98 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
    99 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native Ziggo
    100 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
    101 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
    102 1:266/420 Scott Street Native Comcast OO
    103 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
    104 1:142/104 Clive Reuben Native SNETFCC-1



    T-6in4 Static 6in4
    T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
    T-6to4 6to4
    T-6RD 6RD

    Remarks:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
    (zone, net, node in decimal notation)
    IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
    OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls).
    INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls).
    PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
    but is configured to try IPv4 first)
    6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
    NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
    and will soon be removed from this list.
    HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
    DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
    removed from this list if the condition pertains.
    PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
    capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
    IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.

    PM *1 [2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe2b:c319]


    Notes:

    To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
    one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
    node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
    and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destination address
    is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
    an IPv4 address is present.


    Submitted on day 009

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    JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST =================================================================

    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project

    This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
    the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.

    You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
    need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
    operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.

    Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
    your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
    your job, school or whatever.


    Updated 2019-12-03


    URL news://eljaco.se:4119
    Join http://fidonews.eu
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

    URL news://rbb.bbs.fi
    Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360

    URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
    URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
    Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6

    URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
    nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
    Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10

    URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
    Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10

    URL: news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
    Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404

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    FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING =================================================================



    =================================================================
    FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
    =================================================================

    BBS Software List

    Updated 2021-12-27

    Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
    Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
    Sean Dennis

    M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
    P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
    F=TIC/SRIF Processor

    *=Software is available and may be registerable,
    but no longer supported or updated.

    @=Website is operating but is no longer updated.

    ?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.

    O=Software is open source.

    This list contains BBS-related software that is available
    for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
    software and actively developed/supported software by its
    author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
    OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.

    .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
    |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
    `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

    ==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS

    Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
    | | /argus/
    | | v3.210 on 2001-03-29

    BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
    | | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22

    BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
    | | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
    | | v.1.0.4
    | | v.1.1a-112 (alpha)
    | | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
    | | /mailer/binkd/
    | |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/

    D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
    |I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
    Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2021-12-26

    FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
    | | cdp/fp_deluxe/
    | | v2.4 on 2003-09-26

    FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se
    Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
    | | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15

    InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201
    Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
    | | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28

    Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
    |EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20

    Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
    (based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
    | | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
    | |

    T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
    |? | v2608 on 2001-12-12

    AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
    Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmx.com 2:292/140
    Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19

    HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
    | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

    HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
    Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

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    MAIL TOSSERS

    Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
    | | crashmail.html

    FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
    | | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
    | | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
    | | Registration keys are free & available
    | | by request from the author

    Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
    | | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
    | |

    FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
    | | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21

    InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
    Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
    | | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28

    JetMail: JetSys |TU |
    (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01

    Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
    | | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
    | | Source code available in Maximus BBS
    | | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net


    WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
    | | v1.51 on 2015-05-23

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    BBS SOFTWARE

    BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:222/2
    | | b@bbbs.net
    | | v4.01 on 2007-01-28

    EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
    | | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09

    Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com
    Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
    | | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT

    Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
    | | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16

    GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
    | | v19.00

    Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
    Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
    | | v3.5.10b3

    Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
    | | v3.03
    | | Source code available at:
    | | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/

    MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
    |PO | /projects/mbsebbs
    | | ajleary@sourceforge.net
    | | v1.0.7.22 on 2021-05-05
    Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
    | | v1.0b on 2004-04-26

    Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
    |I | v1.12 A46 on 2020-08-26

    NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
    | | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01

    RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
    | | bfmorse@rapro.com
    | | v2.62.2SW

    Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
    | | v1.22/DOS on 2020-10-19

    Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
    | | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
    | | v3.7 on 2010-01-01

    Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
    | | v3.18b on 2020-09-20

    Telegard BBS |B* |
    | | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19

    WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
    Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
    Xpress: Santronics | |
    Software, Inc. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14

    WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
    | | v5.6.1 on 2021-04-23

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    TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF

    Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:218/720
    Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02

    NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
    | | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05

    TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
    | | /tinytic.html

    VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
    | | /vireq.html

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    BBS DOORS/UTILITIES

    Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
    Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
    | | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE

    DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
    Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
    Ruth Argust | |

    Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
    | | bbs-door-games.cfm
    | | scott@jibben.com
    | | 1995-99 Release dates

    John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com

    Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
    | | nannette@shiningstar.net
    | | Doors are registerable via website

    Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
    Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
    | | Tel: (404) 256-9518

    T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
    Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
    | | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE

    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 |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
    | | d@dhakota.org
    | | Last update: 2008-04-11

    WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
    | | v3.0 on 2011-06-27

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    POINT SOFTWARE

    APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
    | | v1.25 on 2001-12-12

    CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
    | | pm@crosspoint.de
    | | v3.12d on 1999-12-22

    FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
    | | support@freexp.de
    | | v3.42 on 2010-06-27

    FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
    | | /fidoip/
    | | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12

    OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
    | | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
    | |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
    | | dev@openxp.uk English/German
    | | v5.0.42 on 2019-12-28

    WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org
    | | English/German/Spanish
    | |https://stargate.org.uk/winpoint/
    | | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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    SYSOP MAIL EDITORS

    GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
    | | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
    | | NOTE: Unstable versions released often

    SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
    | | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
    | | Website is in German and English

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    INTERNET UTILITIES

    Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
    | | crosser@average.org

    Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
    | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
    | | v2.29 on 2001-10-21

    JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
    | | /jamnntpd.html
    | | 1:120/544

    Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
    | | /lgate
    | | gul@gul.kiev.ua

    MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
    | | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06

    RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
    | | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
    | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v1.32 on 2011-04-29

    TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
    | | transnet/index.html
    | | transnet@ressl.com.ar
    | | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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    INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS

    Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
    Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
    | | This is probably the most updated BBS
    | | list on the Internet for a general
    | | BBS list.

    Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
    | | Maintained automatically
    | | This list is specifically for
    | | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
    | | automatically updated nightly.

    The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
    | | This website is more than just files,
    | | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
    | | BBS sysops and people who want to
    | | become sysops. This site is run by
    | | the same person who does the Telnet
    | | BBS Guide.

    BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
    | | This website offers a searchable list
    | | of Telnet BBS's.

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, January 10, 2022 00:09:38
    File Archives:

    http://archives.thebbs.org
    http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
    http://www.simtel.net
    http://www.bbsfiles.com
    http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
    http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
    http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/

    Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)

    The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.

    If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
    above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
    FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------

    -----------------------------------------------------------------

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, January 10, 2022 00:09:38
    =================================================================
    SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

    Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
    By EchoTime @ 2:203/0

    (Some nets may have lost their last
    digit for technical reasons)

    pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
    nodes mean dev no mean dev no

    154/* 8.2m 6.9m 697 1.1h 3.9h 696
    201/* 1.4m 0.8m 4 0.0h 0.0h 4
    221/* 0.9m 0.6m 806 5.3h 7.4h 805
    280/* 0.7m 0.5m 904 5.8h 6.2h 903
    292/* 3.7m 1.8m 28 7.5h 16.9h 27
    320/* 2.3m 3.7m 263 1.9h 3.9h 261
    502/* 0.9m 0.3m 8 4.2h 5.9h 8

    Sigma 2.9m 4.9m 2710 4.1h 6.5h 2704

    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.007
    size 187.2kb
    date 2022-01-07

    The nodelist has 1015 nodes in it
    and a total of 1485 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    33 regions
    175 hosts
    70 hubs
    admin overhead 282 ( 27.78 %)

    and 110 private nodes
    41 nodes down
    37 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 188 ( 18.52 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 44 ( 4.33 %)
    9600 = 187 ( 18.42 %)
    (HST = 2 or 1.07 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 80 or 42.78 %)
    (V32B = 18 or 9.63 %)
    (V34 = 87 or 46.52 %)
    (V42 = 79 or 42.25 %)
    (V42B = 19 or 10.16 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 783 ( 77.14 %)

    ISDN = 33 ( 3.25 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 808 ( 79.61 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 83 ( 8.18 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 60 ( 5.91 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 174 ( 17.14 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 18 ( 1.77 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 4 ( 0.39 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.49 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 870 ( 85.71 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 317 ( 31.23 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 23 ( 2.27 %)



    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
    [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
    [ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Monday, January 10, 2022 00:09:38
    =================================================================
    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 text. If you could type it on your keyboard, it's probably
    quite OK. No line may be longer than 70 characters.

    b) Put a title to the article. Put the title in two times. The first
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    your name and FidoNet address, present or former. If former, you
    may want to add some other address where you can be reached for
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    c) Deadline for article submission is Sunday, 22:00 UTC.


    In case a) and b) above is not crystal clear, here's an excellent
    summary by Ward Dossche, a major article contributor:

    Piece of cake:

    1) Ascii text
    2) Line length of 70
    3) Put this at the very top:

    *The title of your text
    The title of your text
    Your Name - Your Nodenumber

    The title is there twice, the line with the * is how it will be
    visible in the table of content.


    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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    Retractions *.rtx | General Fidonet Articles *.art
    Guest Editorial *.gue | Fidonet Current Events *.cur
    Fidonet Interviews *.inv | Fidonet Software Reviews *.rev
    Fidonet Web Page Reviews *.web | Fidonet Notices *.not
    Getting Fidonet Technical *.ftc | Question Of The Week *.que
    Humor in a Fido Vein *.hfv | Comix in ASCII *.cmx
    Fidonet's Int. Kitchen *.rec | Poet's Corner *.poe
    Clean Humor & Jokes *.jok | Other Stuff *.oth
    Fidonet Classified Ads *.ads | Corrections *.cor
    Best of Fidonet *.bof | Letters to the Editor *.let

    If you don't know or are not sure, send the article anyway. Put a .TXT
    on it and I'll try to figure out where it should be in the Fidonews.

    If you follow these simple guidelines, there should be little problem
    in getting your article published. If your submission is too far out
    of specs for the Fidonews, it will be returned to you and/or a message
    sent informing you of the problem. This DOES NOT mean that your
    article is not accepted. It means that there is something in it that I
    can not fix and I need your help on it.

    Send articles via e-mail or netmail, file attach or message to:

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    E-Mail b @ felten dot se
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    word "fidonews" somewhere in the subject line! That way it
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    + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
    | |
    | Editor: Björn Felten, 2:2/2 |
    | |
    | The IPv6 list: Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555 |
    | The S/W list: Andrew Leary, 1:320/219 |
    | |
    + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +

    + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - EDITORS EMERITI - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
    | |
    | Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince |
    | Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, |
    | Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink, |
    | Doug Meyers, Warren D. Bonner, Frank L. Vest |
    | |
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    Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of Fidonet.
    There is no copyright attached to Fidonews, though authors
    retain rights to their contributed articles. Opinions expressed
    by the authors are strictly their own. Noncommercial duplication
    and distribution within Fidonet is encouraged. Authors are
    encouraged to send their articles in ASCII text to the Editor
    at one of the addresses above.

    The weekly edition of Fidonews is distributed through the file
    area FIDONEWS, and is published as echomail in the echo FIDONEWS.

    The different articles are distributed in the file area SNOOZE.
    A service to various projects for making Fidonews available on
    the web with a more pleasing lay-out.

    These sources are normally available through your Network
    Coordinator. The current and past issues are also available from
    the following sources:

    + -- -- -- -- -- -- - FIDONEWS AVAILABILITY - -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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    | current issue FIDONEWS |
    | back issue, volume v, issue ii FNEWSvii.ZIP |
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    | |
    | On the web: |
    | http://eljaco.se/FILES/fnews/ |
    | http://fidonews.eu/FNEWS/ |
    | |
    | The Snooze *and* the FIDONEWS echo in your newsreader: |
    | news://eljaco.se/FIDONEWS |
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to ALL on Monday, January 10, 2022 07:23:39
    EDITORIAL

    The Fidonews Saga

    The first Fidonews issue was published the 4th of December 1984.
    The first couple of months Tom Jennings was the editor. Then Thom Henderson took over. Another nine months later single editor era
    ended, for the time being, and a team of editors produced our ezine.

    Please tell us about the last editor, Frank Vest.

    This lasted for about ten years, when Donald Tees became single
    editor. But just after four months, he went AWOL and no Snooze was published for over a month (so if you search for FNEWSD23, 24, 25 or
    26 and don't find anything, now you know why) until Christopher Baker
    took over.

    From thereon it was once again a single editor enterprise (AFAIK).

    Between the 1st of July 1996 and the 14th of January 2002 (almost
    to the day exactly 20 years ago) six editors passed by, giving an
    average of less than one year on the post. That day was also the day
    that the first issue with this editor was published.

    The names of the first 13 editors can be found at the end of the
    Fidonews.

    Are you sure there were only 13? And how were each of those
    editors selected (selected)? Given that at least one of them
    died in office. Inquiring minds would like to know ...

    As a side note, reading the above mentioned part of the Snooze, I
    realized that the Staff listing needed a long overdue update. Fixed.

    Staff? What staff? Who is the assistant editor? The name escapes me.

    Hopefully this means that fewer people will write to the editor complaining about inaccuracies in the lists.

    Letters to the Editor should always be *encouraged* rather
    than discouraged. Especially by the "editor". So certainlly
    that statement makes no sense. No sense at all.

    The proper info *is* after all to be found in the first lines of the lists,
    if you care to read it.

    Where is the name of Frank Vest listed?

    --Lee

    --
    What beer drinkers drink when they're not drinking beer

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to FidoNews Robot on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 00:01:02
    Hello ALL,

    EDITORIAL


    The Fidonews Saga

    The first Fidonews issue was published the 4th of December 1984.

    The first couple of months Tom Jennings was the editor. Then Thom

    [..]

    The names of the first 13 editors can be found at the end of the
    Fidonews.

    Now I found out what happened.
    In the USA, there is no #13.
    Kind of like trying to find the 13th floor.
    It just does not exist.
    Which is why Frank Vest was never a real person.
    And thus not listed as editor #13.

    My sincerest apologies to all.
    And to any person (real or imagined) named Frank Vest.

    --Lee

    --
    Love trumps hate!

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 00:40:29
    And thus not listed as editor #13.

    I don't understand. Do you not see 'Frank L. Vest' at the end of the EDITORS EMERITI list, the big square at the end of the Snooze?



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 00:55:12
    Letters to the Editor should always be *encouraged* rather
    than discouraged. Especially by the "editor". So certainlly
    that statement makes no sense. No sense at all.

    You are right. Maybe next time I'll publish any comment, on the lists that I do not edit, in e.g. the rebuttals column?



    - = o = 0 = o = -


    Ideas for Subject areas:

    Subject File
    ----------------------------------
    Rebuttals to articles *.reb




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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Björn Felten on Monday, January 10, 2022 18:44:00
    Björn Felten wrote to Lee Lofaso <=-

    And thus not listed as editor #13.

    I don't understand. Do you not see 'Frank L. Vest' at the end
    of the EDITORS EMERITI list, the big square at the end of the
    Snooze?

    Quit talking to yourself in public, Bj?rn.



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Dan Clough on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 02:19:46
    Quit talking to yourself in public, Bj?rn.

    None of that shit in this echo!

    //The Moderator




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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 14:04:52
    Hello Björn,

    Letters to the Editor should always be *encouraged* rather
    than discouraged. Especially by the "editor". So certainlly
    that statement makes no sense. No sense at all.

    You are right. Maybe next time I'll publish any comment, on the lists that I
    do not edit, in e.g. the rebuttals column?

    Hmmm ... That is food for thought.




    - = o = 0 = o = -


    Ideas for Subject areas:

    Subject File
    ----------------------------------
    Rebuttals to articles *.reb

    Thumbs up!

    Now all I gotta do is start writing some articles so others
    can at least try to rebut ...

    --Lee

    --
    I think they bought a Jeep

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 14:04:57
    Hello Björn,

    And thus not listed as editor #13.

    I don't understand. Do you not see 'Frank L. Vest' at the end of the EDITORS
    EMERITI list, the big square at the end of the Snooze?

    I tried to explain it to you. It is all quite simple, really.
    And it is not just the USA that regard the number 13 as unlucky,
    but all English-speaking areas.

    You see, it all goes back to the Last Supper. The number 13 is
    unlucky because one of those thirteen present was the betrayer of
    Jesus Christ. And Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus,
    was the 13th to sit at the table.

    As you know, Tom Jennings was the first editor of the Fidonews.
    And Frank Vest was the 13th to sit at the table. And we all know
    what he did ...

    --Lee

    --
    Work sets you free.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Lee Lofaso on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 06:28:00
    Lee Lofaso wrote to Björn Felten <=-

    As you know, Tom Jennings was the first editor of the Fidonews.
    And Frank Vest was the 13th to sit at the table. And we all know
    what he did ...

    No, we all don't. I don't recall who was the editor when I started out -- I think it was still Tom Jennings on the masthead.


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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Lee Lofaso on Friday, January 14, 2022 14:33:33
    On 11/01/2022 23:04, Lee Lofaso : Björn Felten wrote:

     BF>> I don't understand. Do you not see 'Frank L. Vest' at the end of the EDITORS
     BF>> EMERITI list, the big square at the end of the Snooze?

    I tried to explain it to you. It is all quite simple, really.
    And it is not just the USA that regard the number 13 as unlucky,
    but all English-speaking areas.

    Bullshit! Superstitious claptrap.

    You see, it all goes back to the Last Supper. The number 13 is
    unlucky because one of those thirteen present was the betrayer of
    Jesus Christ. And Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus,
    was the 13th to sit at the table.

    As I said - superstition.

    --
    Regards
    David

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to David Drummond on Saturday, January 15, 2022 20:16:57
    Hello David,

    I don't understand. Do you not see 'Frank L. Vest' at the end of the
    EDITORS
    EMERITI list, the big square at the end of the Snooze?

    I tried to explain it to you. It is all quite simple, really.
    And it is not just the USA that regard the number 13 as unlucky,
    but all English-speaking areas.

    Bullshit! Superstitious claptrap.

    Oh, I am sure some non-English speaking areas also regard the
    number 13 as unlucky for the same reason.

    You see, it all goes back to the Last Supper. The number 13 is
    unlucky because one of those thirteen present was the betrayer of
    Jesus Christ. And Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus,
    was the 13th to sit at the table.

    As I said - superstition.

    There is nothing superstitious about any of this. It is all
    in the holy book. Jesus chose all the disciples, and the last
    one chosen was Judas Iscariot. And during the last supper he
    told all of them that one of them would betray him. After he
    finished his meal, he told his betrayer to get on with it,
    and went alone to pray in the garden.

    12 disciples + 1 Jesus = 13

    The last disciple chosen by Jesus was Judas Iscariot.
    The last disciple to sit at the table was Judas Iscariot.
    The disciple Jesus referred to as "Satan" was Judas Iscariot.

    Jesus went alone to pray in the garden.

    Some of the disciples later went to see what was going on.

    Judas Iscariot approached Jesus and kissed him. On the lips.
    In front of Roman soldiers. And seen by some of the disciples.

    Do you know what Jewish religious leaders do to guys who
    frolick in public places? Roman soldiers might not care, but
    Jewish religious leaders definitely do.

    And what about the other disciples? What do you think went
    through their heads when they found out that Judas Iscariot
    and Jesus were closer than brothers?

    Yes, Jesus was defintely right. One of them most definitely
    did betray him. Which is why the number 13 is, and always will
    be, an unlucky number.

    Unless you think Jesus was a girl.

    --Lee

    --
    Whose streets? / Our streets!

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Saturday, January 15, 2022 21:14:07
    Oh, I am sure some non-English speaking areas also regard the
    number 13 as unlucky for the same reason.

    My daughter has birthday the 13th. She's the luckiest person I know.

    http://eljaco.se/Zandra.jpg





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  • From Dmitry Protasoff@2:5001/100.1 to Björn Felten on Saturday, January 15, 2022 23:18:06
    Hello, Björn!

    Saturday January 15 2022 21:14, you wrote to Lee Lofaso:

    Oh, I am sure some non-English speaking areas also regard the
    number 13 as unlucky for the same reason.

    My daughter has birthday the 13th. She's the luckiest person I
    know.

    http://eljaco.se/Zandra.jpg

    Amazing! ;)

    My sister's birthday is 13th of May. Also very lucky, more than me, for sure ;)

    Best regards,
    dp.

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