F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 26 30 June 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 26 30 June 1997
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TOM JENNINGS IS NOT DEAD!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
It's over! ............................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Announcing the FidoSpine Distribution System for Echoma .. 2
Is The End Near? ......................................... 2
3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 5
FSC-0089 - The INTL netmail addressing control line ...... 5
FSC-0090 - FTSC Issued Product Codes ..................... 5
FSC-0091 - IDSN Nodelist flags ........................... 7
4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 178 ...... 16
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 17
Will Southern Baptists Boycott FidoNet soon? ............. 17
6. NOTICES .................................................. 20
Future History ........................................... 20
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 21
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 21
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 25
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 25
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 26
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 28
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EDITORIAL
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The final installment of the FTSC docs appears in this Issue. If we
get a new FTSC, they have docs of their own but nothing in the volume
of the set now finished publishing. [grin]

Speaking of webpages...

Anyone know what happened to the Region 15 page? Region 19's is also
reporting 'no such server' but that may just have been the load. How
about ZEC2? Steve Woodmore came and went and then came back again but
the ZEC2 and Z2Elist pages don't seemed to have followed. Anybody over
there got new URLs for those? Zone 6's link also seems to have failed
but that could have been the load as well. [Late note: got a NEW URL
for ZEC2 at http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm which is now
reflected in the FidoNet by Internet section. ZEC2 is still working
on the new one.]

And speaking of missing...

Anyone know if Latvia's phone system is down? When I try to call over
there I get a 'system unavailable' intercept and a regular poller from
over there hasn't called here in a couple weeks.

This is the last Issue of my first year as FidoNews Editor. Next week,
1427 will mark where I picked up the ball when Tees disappeared [and
no, I still don't know what happened to him or where he went]. Time
sure flies when you're making the news. [snicker]

Echomail rumblings in this Issue. Looks like the RECs may finally be
organizing. What next? Echopol?

What's new on the IC front?

C.B.

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ARTICLES
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Announcing the FidoSpine Distribution System for Echomail

Over the past years, Fidonet administrative echoes have seen an
increasing amount of discussion about the status of echomail, routed
netmail, distribution systems, etc. A number of us charged with the
smooth operation of Fidonet believe that individual nets and/or nodes
need to be empowered to choose their source of echomail and routed
netmail beyond the existing distribution systems.

Accordingly, a number of Regional Echomail Coordinators and Regional
Coordinators have collaborated in creating the FidoSpine Distribution
System which will give all Regions, Nets, and Nodes an inexpensive
partner for obtaining Echomail and File feeds, and will allow for the
proper routing of netmail under the supervision of the Regional
Coordinators and their assistants, the RECs.

Currently, there are five major FidoSpine hubs that offer both
landline as well as FTP and/or TransX feeds:

Bob Seaborn, 1:140/1 [email protected]
Peter Rocca, 1:2401/305 [email protected]
Ed Georgen, 1:2222/1 [email protected]
Jerry Gause, 1:3651/9 [email protected]
Jim Balcom, 1:109/334 [email protected]

These five hubs can supply any net or node with the level of service
they desire. For a list of echos carried by FidoSpine FREQ FIDONET.NOW
from any of the above. Additional hubs are planned for each region.

Please link into SP_GENERAL for more information about FidoSpine. Free
feed for this echo is available from the above hubs or from the
undersigned:

Bob Kohl, RC10/REC10 1:10/0
Martin Belcke, RC11 1:11/0
Ed Georgen, REC11 1:2222/1
David Moufarrege, RC13 1:13/0
Jim Balcom, REC13 1:13/1
Dallas Hinton, RC17 1:17/0
John Mudge, REC17 1:17/1
Dave Anderson, REC18 1:18/218

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Is The End Near?
By: Clay Tannacore 1:372/4

Is the end of FidoNet in the perceivable future? Does FidoNet have
the ability to withstand the plethora of users heading for The
Internet? Is the rapidly decreasing NODELIST any indication of
FidoNets inevitable death?

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These are questions that I ask myself, daily. These are the same
questions many in FidoNet today are asking themselves. These are the
questions you should be asking yourselves as members of FidoNet.
These are questions that should never have had to be asked by the
members of this association. For as surely as FidoNet was the biggest
and best amateur association in the telecommunication field, it now
must take a back seat to The Internet, because of the inefficient
leadership of the association and a technology that at best is
"dated".

I think the time has come when we, the members of this association,
need to take a careful look at just what is happening in FidoNet
today. Recently we have witnessed an attempt by a few to "customize"
FidoNet to suit their personal agendas. These individuals known as
SSTARS or more commonly called the "BACKBONE" have without authority
of POLICY4 taken it upon themselves to "censor" a certain conference
by removing it from distribution by the "BACKBONE". Without
notification to the moderator of the conference in question, all three
SSTARS agreed (purportedly) to halt distribution of this echo,
contrary to procedures set forth in POLICY4. Conspiring with the
three SSTARS was a "self appointed" individual who called himself the
Overseer of Backbone Operations (OBO). This malcontent who conjured
up this OBO position, did so again without authority of POLICY4. The
three SSTARS and the OBO apparently have come to some sort of
agreement to isolate, if not totally removed, the *EC position from
FidoNet.

The malefactors in their attempt to take over FidoNet, or at least
"control" it by means of "EchoMail blackmail", have given the members
of this association a choice. You either "live with the way we want
things to run, or go to hell and find another way to get your mail".

The above is but one small episode in the path of destruction that I
fear FidoNet is following. There are many others equally as
devastating taking place, and no one in a position to halt these
infractions is doing anything (apparently) at all. The members have
raised their voices in protest, but have been silenced by either
ineptness as to how to do anything, or through the lack of support of
other members who care little about FidoNet and haven't the
testosterone to engage in battle those who would bring down this
brotherhood.

Another reason for my concern pertaining to FidoNets conceivable
demise is I have just finished reading the latest addition of FIDONEWS
(1425), in which the editor (Chris Baker) make reference to the lack
of distribution of our newspaper in Zone 2. POLICY4 says that
FIDONEWS is "the glue that hold us together" (or some such nonsense),
in which case we had better start looking to another "fastening
device" to do the job. FIDONEWS has now turned into an outlet for the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) enrollment/membership campaign
and fund raiser. We find ourselves reading how great they (ACLU) are,
and what they have done for us in the telecommunication fields.
GREAT! Let us all send in our last cent to an organization that is so
anti-American, that even the old USSR wouldn't tolerate it. No matter
what your opinion is concerning the ACLU, I see little value of
publishing their agendas in our (FidoNets) news-letter/paper. Why
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can't we have articles published by SysOps in FidoNet? Why hasn't the
"leadership" of FidoNet attempted to "keep in touch" with the common
folks by using this media? Why must it be left up to the sycophants
(like myself) to publish their views in FIDONEWS?

Why, why, why? I'll give you my opinion. Because we deserve just
what we're getting. We have allowed the power-brokers to manipulate
FidoNet for so long, it would take a massive enema to clean up the
crap we have to live with now. We have sat back and watched the take
over with the attitudes that "someone else will put a stop to this"
for so long, we have forgotten how to do battle. We have become a
slothful bunch of indolent jerks, with no backbone and a testosterone
level of piss-gnats. Not me of course, I have a good excuse for not
fighting back. I'm Italian! That's just about as good of an excuse
as anyone else out there has, so, why not?

Folks, we need to take action (lock-n-load) quickly if we ever want
this association to live. We need major adjustments to POLICY4
[4.07]. We NEED an EchoMail (ECHOPOL) policy that ALL can agree on,
and we need to get it implemented, PDQ. There has been a new
conference established specifically for discussions pertaining to an
EchoMail Policy and it's called "FIDOECHOPOL" and I encourage EVERYONE
to import it, and participate in it.

In the meantime, I wish you all the best, and I apologize for the need
I felt in writing this article, as I know how infuriating I can
be . . . [snicker]

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GETTING TECHNICAL
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[This is the last installment of the FidoNet History series dealing
with FidoNet Standards and Proposals. These docs have been
reformatted to 70 columns as required. This may cause internal tables
to appear askew. High ASCII characters have been converted or
removed. Node numbers and telephone numbers may be out of date.] Ed.

| Document: FSC-0089
| Version: 001
| Date: 31 October, 1995
|
| Robert Williamson FidoNet#1:167/104.0

The INTL: netmail addressing control line
Robert Williamson FidoNet#1:167/104.0

Purpose: to provide complete destination and origin addressing
information.

Replaces: INTL, TOPT, FMPT, MSGTO and DOMAIN:

Usage: ALL netmail.

Format:
Fully Qualified FTN Addresses (FQFA) are used to simply parseing.
All fields must be present, nothing may be assumed. It is
differentiated from the old INTL control by the presence of the
colon ":". The colon also makes it fully compliaint with the control
line convention specified in FTS1.

SOH||INTL:" "DFTN#dzone:dnet/dnode.dpoint
OFTN#ozone:onet/onode.opoint||CR

d.... indicates a Destination address field
o.... indicates an Originator address field
dftn and oftn are uppercase.
|| indicates concatination and is used for illustration only.
SOH = 0x01
CR = 0x0D

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| Document: FSC-0090
| Version: 001
| Date: 9 December, 1995
|
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| Author: David Nugent, 3:632/348@fidonet

FTSC Issued Product Codes
by David Nugent, December 9, 1995.

For many years, the FidoNet Technical Standards Committee has been
issuing product codes for use in FidoNet products used on the
network (specifically those products responsible for creation and
exchange of data over the network; products creating FidoNet type-
2 packets described in FTS-0001 and mailers talking together using
FidoNet protocols described in FTS-0001, FTS-0006, FTS-0007 and
FSC-0056. The primary purpose of using these product codes was not
to create a registry of FidoNet related products, but to
facilitate the identification of products responsible for network
problems and providing a means by which authors might be contacted
by the Committee should problems with a specific product be
brought to its attention. Products issued with FTSC codes

In respect to this objective, the results have only been partially
successful. True, the product code list has been used from time to
time both to identify aberrant products and also to contact
authors and is still occasionally used for this purpose by both
Committee members and others.

The number of products which can be allocated FTSC product codes
had some years ago exceeded expectation. Since FTS-0001 "type-2"
FidoNet packets allocate a mere 8 bit field for the product code,
that set the effective maximum number of products which could be
allocated a product code to 256. All numbers had been allocated or
reserved by early 1991.

The issue was discussed at some length by the FTSC which debated
first the worth of continuing to issue product codes, and secondly
if the practice was to be continued, to effect changes in the FTS-
0001 packet header format to accommodate at least a 16-bit (two-
octet) product code. The first issue was resolved in favour of
retaining the product codes, but as yet, now in 1995, the second
issue has not been resolved by Committee members. Two of the later
FSC documents submitted to the Committee had indeed allocated an
additional byte for the product code, but had elected to reuse the
existing product code byte as the 'lower' half of the new product
code, which would cause existing products to be incorrectly
identified by existing FTS-0001 compatible FidoNet
implementations. The behaviour of this incorrect identification
has an undefined effect. Both proposals were rejected by the
Committee on that basis.

FidoNet product codes are used in the following circumstances:

a) by mailers during FTS-0001 sessions; session negotiation is
the exchange of FTS-0001 packet headers,
b) by products which create type-2 packets,
c) by mailers during negotiation of FTS-0006 (YooHoo) and
FSC-0056 (EMSI) sessions.

FTS-0006 sessions allocate 16-bits for a product code, and
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FSC-0056 places no specific limits on size (although a 16-bit or
32-bit limitation might be implied and used in implementations).
The conclusion from this is that FidoNet product codes are still
useful to FidoNet mailers during session negotiation using FidoNet
enhanced handshaking protocols. Therefore, product codes are now
being issued only for mailer products with FTS-0006 and/or
FSC-0056 capability.

FidoNet products without an allocated product code which either
create type-2 packets, or negotiate FTS-0001 sessions must use a
product code x'fe or 254 in type-2 compatible packet headers. This
code as been reserved for that purpose (use by product without a
product code). The product code x'ff or 255 has been reserved to
indicate that the product code is stored elsewhere in the packet
header at an as yet unallocated offset (please do not use this as
yet - this FSC will be modified accordingly when FTS-0001 is
updated to designate the correct offset).

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| Document: fsc-0091
| Version: 001
| Date: 01 Jun 1996
| Arjen Lentz, 2:283/512

ISDN nodelist flags (rev.002) Arjen Lentz ([email protected])
addendum to FTS-0005 FidoNet 2:283/512
superceding FSC-0075 October 30th, 1995

Input from Michael Buenter, Jan Ceuleers, Chris Lueders, and others.
Thanks!

The proposed new information text in nodelist trailer is as follows:

Nodelist Specification of minimal support required for this flag;
flag any additional support to be arranged via agreement
between users ========
=================================================================
V110L ITU-T V.110 19k2 async ('low').
V110H ITU-T V.110 38k4 async ('high').
V120L ITU-T V.120 56k async, layer 2 framesize 259, window 7,
modulo 8.
V120H ITU-T V.120 64k async, layer 2 framesize 259, window 7,
modulo 8.
X75 ITU-T X.75 SLP (single link procedure) with 64kbit/s B
channel; layer 2 max.framesize 2048, window 2, non-
ext.mode (modulo 8); layer 3 transparent (no packet
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layer).
ISDN Other configurations. Use *only* if none of the above
fits.
===================================================================
======== NOTE: No flag implies another. Each capability MUST be
specifically listed. If no modem connects are support, the
nodelist speed field should be 300.

Conversion from old to new ISDN capability flags:
- Nodes in the USA currently use the 'ISDN' flag.
Most will be able to change to V120H (64k lines).
Also many to V120L,V120H (64k lines) with autodetecting
equipment.
Some to only V120L (still with 56k lines).
- Nodes in Europe currently use the ISDNA, ISDNB and ISDNC flags.
A simple translation will do the trick here.
ISDNA -> V110L
ISDNB -> V110H
ISDNC -> X75

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FSC-0092 - New control lines for forwarded msgs

| Document: FSC-0092
| Version: 001
| Date: September 12th 1996
| Author: Michael Hohner

New control lines
for forwarded messages

by
Michael Hohner
2:2490/2520.17

September 1996

Status of this document:

This document proposes a standard for the Fidonet(tm)
community and for other networks using Fido technology. It
may be freely distributed if unchanged.

You can reach the author at one of the addresses listed at
the end of the document.

Abstract:

Most fidonet message editors offer a "forward" function.
Using this function a user A can sort of "redirect" a message
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from user B to another user C, maybe because A is not the
correct recipient or because C is a better person to answer
the message. The name and address of B are usually included
in the forward in free-text format. The message text is
included in non-quoted format.

A problem arises when the final recipient C wants to reply to
sender B of the forwarded message. The forward contains the
intermediate user A as the sender. So user C must insert the
name and address of B manually, using the information
contained in the message text. The message editor of C can't
do this automatically because of the free-text format. The
editor will also use incorrect quote initials, which is at
least irritating.

This document introduces 6 new control lines which contain
the header information of the original message. With these
control lines the message editor can use the original header
information automatically.

Specifications:

There are 7 new control lines: FWDFROM, FWDTO, FWDORIG,
FWDDEST, FWDSUBJ, FWDAREA, FWDMSGID. As all control lines
they start with an ASCII 01 character followed by the control
line name followed by whitespace followed by the control
line's content followed by ASCII 13.

Please note that all these control lines do not have a colon
(like the control lines in FTS-0001). This would be just
waste of space.

FWDFROM
-------

This control line contains the name of the original sender as
found in the FROM field of the original message. Leading and
trailing whitespace should be removed. This control line
should be omitted altogether if the FROM field is empty.

FWDTO
-----

This control line contains the name of the original recipient
as found in the TO field of the original message. Leading and
trailing whitespace should be removed. This control line
should be omitted altogether if the TO field is empty.

FWDORIG
-------

This control line contains the address of the original sender
as found in the ORIG field of the original message. The usual
5D ASCII notation (zone:net/node.point@domain) should be
used. This control line should be omitted altogether if the
address is not known.
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FWDDEST
-------

This control line contains the address of the original
recipient as found in the DEST field of the original message.
The usual 5D ASCII notation (zone:net/node.point@domain)
should be used. This control line should be omitted
altogether if the address is not known or unsure
(as it is the case with forwarded echomail messages).

FWDSUBJ
-------

This control line contains the subject line of the original
message. This control line should be omitted altogether if
the SUBJ field is empty. This control line should by made
optional for security reasons. Echo manager passwords are too
easily revealed with it.

FWDAREA
-------

This control line contains the name of the echomail area
where the original message was forwarded from. It should be
omitted altogether if the original message was not forwarded
from an echomail area.

FWDMSGID
--------

This control line contains the MSGID control line of the
original message. It should be omitted altogether if a MSGID
control line is not present in the original message.

Usage:

When the "forward" function of the message editor is invoked,
the editor program should generate the proposed control lines
from the header of the original message. If the original
message already was a forwarded one (indicated by the
presence of at least a FWDORIG control line), the editor
should keep all FWD* control lines and should not add any
FWD* control lines. This preserves the FWD* control lines of
the first forwarder, containing the header data of the author
of the original message.

The editor should not generate FWD* control lines, if the
message isn't to be forwarded. A mail forwarding robot may
also generate these control lines, if it not just readdresses
the message.

When the "reply" function of the editor is invoked the
program should use the control lines' contents instead of the
header information. The control lines should not be included
in the reply.

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Since it may not be immediately clear whether the user wants
to reply to the forwarder or to the original sender, the
editor should offer a means to ignore the proposed control
lines and start a "normal" reply instead, e.g. by two
distinct functions, user preference or dialog.

Pseudo code:

forwarding_message:
if is_forwarded_message then
don't change FWD* control lines
else
add FWD* control lines

quoting_message:
if is_forwarded_message then
if reply_to_forwarder then
use header data (normal quoting)
else
use FWD* control lines
remove FWD* control lines from reply
else
use header data (normal quoting)

other_functions:
remove/ignore FWD* control lines

Example:

Message from Joe User to my boss node:

From: Joe User 1:234/567
To: Harry Herrmannsdoerfer 2:2490/2520
Subj: Some questions
@MSGID: 1:234/567 12345678
Text: Hello Harry!
...

Harry forwards the message to me:

From: Harry Herrmannsdoerfer 2:2490/2520
To: Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520.17
Subj: Joe's message
@FWDFROM Joe User
@FWDORIG 1:234/567
@FWDTO Harry Herrmannsdoerfer
@FWDDEST 2:2490/2520
@FWDSUBJ Some questions
@FWDMSGID 1:234/567 12345678
Text: Hi Michael!
...

My answer using the new control lines:

From: Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520.17
To: Joe User 1:234/567
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Subj: Some questions
@REPLY: 1:234/567 12345678
Text: Hi Joe!

JU> ...
...

Compatiblity:

Editor programs which are not prepared for the proposed
control lines usually just ignore them and remove them from a
reply. A reply goes to the forwarder. Nothing gained and
nothing lost.

Implementations:

This proposal is implemented in the author's Fidonet editor
"FleetStreet for OS/2" (versions 1.17 and above).

Contacting the author:

The author may be contacted electronically at the following
addresses:

Fidonet: 2:2490/2520.17
Internet: [email protected]
CompuServe: 100425,1754

Suggestions, comments and corrections are always welcome.

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FSC-0093 - Reduced seen-by lines

| Document: FSC-0093
| Version: 001
| Date: 13 September, 1996
| Title: Reduced seen-by lines
| Author: Frank Ellermann, 2:240/5815.1

Reduced seen-by lines
Frank Ellermann, 2:240/5815.1

Abstract
--------
A way to save great amounts (estimated 10 %) of echo mail traffic by
reducing "seen by" informations, compatible with existing echo mail
tossers conforming to FTS-0004.

Definitions
-----------
A thorough understanding of FTS-0004 is required, the reader should
be familiar with PATH and SEEN-BY lines in echo mail, illegal and
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legal echo mail distribution topologies, i.e. dup-rings, as well
as with some pre-requisite knowledge of zones, 4D and 2D addresses,
and the "sticky" 2D notation in PATH and SEEN-BY lines.

PATH: path lines as specified in FTS-0004
FSB: full seen-by informations as specified in FTS-0004
TSB: tiny seen-by informations as mentioned in FTS-0004, see below
RSB: reduced seen-by informations specified below
dupe: multiple arrival of the same echo mail (e.g. different paths)

Examples of echo mail distribution topologies
---------------------------------------------
In all examples a) to d) echo mail entered at system 1 is sent to
systems 2 and 3 with FSB 1 2 3. Therefore system 2 (3) knows, that
system 3 (2) already got this mail, topology a) is perfectly legal.

a) 1 - 3 b) 1 - 3 c) 1 - 3 d) 1 - 2
| / | | | / | | X |
2 2 - 4 2 - 4 2 - 4

In the exanmples b) and c) both systems 2 and 3 forward all mails
from system 1 to system 4, these topologies contain a dup-ring and
are therefore illegal following FTS-0004.

The examples a) and d) show fully connected polygons with three or
four nodes. In example d) a mail entered at system 1 is sent to
systems 2, 3, and 4 with FSB 1 2 3 4. The topologies a) and d) are
perfectly legal, there are no dupes caused by distribution.

In example b) each mail entered at system 1 reaching system 4 via
system 2 carries FSB 1 2 3 4, therefore system 4 will not forward
such mails to 3. Using TSB at system 2 the same mails would carry
TSB 2 4, therefore system 4 would forward them to 3 as dupes.

Note that illegal topologies as in example b) and c) cause dupes
with either FSB or TSB. The real problem with TSB is example b),
as it allows for loop mails on the dup-ring 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - ...
and vice versa, if no additional checks for dupes are employed.

With RSB (specified below) systems contained in the PATH are not
stripped from the seen-by informations, therefore RSB avoid loop
mail much like FSB.

FSB algorithm
-------------
1) add own system to the PATH.
2) all area links not contained in the FSB qualify as recipients.
3) add own address(es) to the FSB set if not already contained.
4) add recipients to FSB, sort FSB, forward mail to recipients.

TSB algorithm
-------------
1) add own system to the PATH.
2) all area links not contained in the TSB qualify as recipients.
3) strip old TSB and start new TSB with own address(es).
4) add recipients to TSB, sort TSB and forward mail to recipients.
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RSB algorithm
-------------
1) add own system to the PATH.
2) all area links not contained in the RSB qualify as recipients.
3) strip RSB addresses not matching an address in the PATH, then
add own address(es) to the RSB set if not already contained.
4) add recipients to RSB, sort RSB and forward mail to recipients.

PATH considerations
-------------------
There are 2 problems with the PATH kludge as specified in FTS-0004:

First like in the FSB the addresses in the PATH are 2D, and having
the same 2D address in different zones is possible. Therefore zone
gates are required to use the TSB algorithm. Unfortunately the PATH
is forwarded without regarding zone gating, therefore detection of
loop mail based solely on the PATH could be erroneous.

Further FTS-0004 (written 1989) expects future echo mail tossers to
implement PATH support, but doesn't require this support from old
implementations. Strictly spoken the PATH is still only an option.

In some areas of FidoNet (e.g. in zone 2) at least all non-terminal
nodes are required to fully support the PATH line, therefore this
problem will probably not show up in praxis. Of course any tosser
implementing the RSB feature is required to fully support the PATH.

Summary
-------
To show the benfits of RSB compared with FSB assume the following:

An echo mail travels from node to echo hub, host, major star, echo
host, hub, and finally arrives at a recipient. Each routing system
has 10 links, i.e. FSB at the recipient contain 51 addresses, about
400 characters, but RSB only 15 addresses in about 150 characters.

Therefore in an echo mail with 2500 characters about 10 % of its
size can be reduced using RSB in favour of FSB. If this estimation
is applicable on world wide FidoNet echo mail traffic, RSB can save
us an immense amount of costs.

This document can be adopted by the FTSC as FTS, in this case it
has to be regarded as an addition to FTS-0004 with the extension,
that all non-terminal nodes are required to support PATH lines as
specified in FTS-0004.

For additional informations (e.g. aspects of zone gating) feel free
to send mails to Frank Ellermann 2:240/5815 or [email protected]

- eof -

-30-

[Thus ends ALL the current FTSC Standards and Proposals on file
to-date except for the ones noted as being too large for FidoNews
publication. ALL of these files are available as noted in the
FIDONEWS 14-26 Page 15 30 Jun 1997

Masthead information and from 1:18/14 as FTSC or FTSC-ALL for the
actual filename of FTSC-ALL.ZIP. Whether there will be any more FTSC
docs published, is open to speculation.] Ed.

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COORDINATORS CORNER
=================================================================

Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 178
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-150|Nodelist-157|Nodelist-164|Nodelist-171|Nodelist-178|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 8277| 8182 -95 | 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 8182 0 |31|
| 2 | 15835|15774 -61 |15703 -71 |15666 -37 |15640 -26 |59|
| 3 | 765| 758 -7 | 758 0 | 758 0 | 743 -15 | 3|
| 4 | 543| 519 -24 | 514 -5 | 514 0 | 519 5 | 2|
| 5 | 87| 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1078| 1078 0 | 1078 0 | 1079 1 | 1079 0 | 4|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 26585|26398 -187 |26322 -76 |26286 -36 |26250 -36 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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NET HUMOR
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To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subject: Top5 - 6/23/97 - Southern Baptist Boycotts
Errors-To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:23:57 MDT

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The Top 15 Other Boycotts of the Southern Baptists

15> Christmas carols, for promoting gay apparel

14> The Food Channel, because of repeated use of the terms "Beef
Tenderloins" and "Chicken Breast"

13> Devils Food Chocolate Birthday Cakes--oh, what the heck,
birthdays, too!

12> Richard Simmons, because "There's something just not quite
right about that man."

11> McDonald's, because "They're Irish."

10> "Poblec Skools"

9> No more Marilyn Manson concerts performed in Disney-owned
venues

8> Pink Panther - gay or communist, hard to tell, doesn't
matter

7> Warner Brothers for putting a talking, naked-from-the-waist-
down pig in their cartoons

6> Ben-Gay Ointment

5> Marvin Gaye records

4> The Smithsonian's Homo Erectus exhibit
FIDONEWS 14-26 Page 18 30 Jun 1997

3> Mentos? The *Devil's* candy!

2> Federal Express - no respectable company says "package" in
public

and the Number 1 Other Boycott of the Southern Baptists...

1> The New York Yankees, because George Steinbrenner is an
assho -- Uh, a wretched sinner

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Dave George, Arlington, VA -- 4, 9
John Hering, Alexandria, VA -- 5 (Hall of Famer)
Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY -- 5, 10
Barbara Rush, Tulsa, OK -- 7
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Gregory Swarthout, Murray, UT -- 7
Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA -- 11, 14
R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA -- 12
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Future History

1 Jul 1997
Canada Day - Happy Birthday Canada.

4 Jul 1997
Independence Day, U.S.A.

9 Jul 1997
Independence Day, Argentina.

1 Aug 1997
International FidoNet PENPAL [Echo] meeting in Dijon, France

13 Oct 1997
Thanksgiving Day, Canada.

1 Dec 1997
World AIDS Day.

10 Dec 1997
Nobel Day, Sweden.

12 Jan 1998
HAL 9000 is one year old today.

30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.

22 May 1998
Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.

1 Dec 1998
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
Tom Jennings.

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.

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
=================================================================

[The SOF Keeper is out of town this week. Here's the last edition
received repeated.] Ed.

Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264

A fairly quiet week around here. Things seems to be settling down into
some sense of order...

-=- 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.11 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 XR4 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 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16
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
FIDONEWS 14-26 Page 22 30 Jun 1997

GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
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
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
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 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
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 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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 0.92 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:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
FIDONEWS 14-26 Page 23 30 Jun 1997

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 XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FleetStreet 1.19 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
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
Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2

Windows (16-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Argus 95 2.62 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ARGUS95
Argus NT 2.62 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ARGUSNT
Argus NT/IP 2.62 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ARGUSIP
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
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
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
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ifmail 2.10 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.2 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.2 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:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 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
TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
2:310/6 TRAPBETA
TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS

Atari:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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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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.geocities.com/Athens/6894/
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html
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.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm

Region 14: http://www.netins.net/showcase/fidonet/

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.fidonet.ch/z2_elist/z2_elist.htm

Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)

Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)

Region 25:
http://members.aol.com/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 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr

Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/

Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)

Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl

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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org

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Zone 4: (not yet listed)

Region 90:
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish)

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Zone 5: (not yet listed)

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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org

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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"
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more addresses:
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(Postal Service mailing address)
FidoNews Editor
P.O. Box 471
Edgewater, FL 32132-0471
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voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please]
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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
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does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
Copyright 1997 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.

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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
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] for a
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particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
current year [7], i.e., FNWSFEB7.ZIP for all the Issues from Feb 97.

Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
1 - 14 for 1984 - 1997, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:

http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
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STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
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Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
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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.

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A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
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1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
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is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
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or something to amuse ourselves
and create the requisite chaos."
-Tom Jennings

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