F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 30 28 July 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 30 28 July 1997
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FIDONET SELECTED FOR SOFTWARE AWARD?

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
News, news, everywhere news? ............................. 1
2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109 ................................ 2
3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 3
A passing of note in Zone 2 .............................. 3
Some good news ........................................... 4
4. ARTICLES ................................................. 5
Zone 3 Coordinator Election info ......................... 5
5. COLUMNS .................................................. 18
Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 18
6. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 19
A response to Steve Woodmore's InetTM flags .............. 19
7. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 22
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 206 ...... 22
8. NET HUMOR ................................................ 23
Come and listen to my tale? .............................. 23
9. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 25
Is there FidoNet on Mars? ................................ 25
10. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ....................... 26
Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 26
11. NOTICES ................................................. 27
Future History ........................................... 27
12. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 28
And more!
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EDITORIAL
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FidoNet is up for a software association award according to email I
received and passed along to Tom Jennings. I'll pass along any other
info that comes my way.

By the time this comes out, the Zone 3 Coordinator election should be
over. There is an article here that gives details of the process but
since it's already yesterday down under, the info is just for info and
not for action. Too many time zones. [grin]

Several Zone 2 folks have signed up to be added to the FidoNet webring
in the past month or so but they are not putting the required code
blurb for the webring mechanics on their listed pages. The webring
only works when there is something on each page that will transport
the surfer to the next site in the webring. I send email to each page
meister but there may be language problems that are preventing my
message from being understood. No page can be added UNTIL that piece
of code is incorporated into their page so the webring is actually a
ring of links. Webring site info is in the Masthead. Anyone who has a
FidoNet related page can go there and sign up for inclusion. The
required code blurb and GIFs are there with instructions. Your page
doesn't have to be an official Net or Region site if you have FidoNet-
related links on your page.

There is a new ZEC1 listed in my Nodelist but I've received nothing of
notice for publication. Hey, it's only Echomail. [snicker]

Our first Asian page [other than the Z6 page] is listed this week in
China. The details are in Chinese but some of it is in English.

Are we having fun yet?

C.B.

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GUEST EDITORIAL
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Chopping Broccoli
by Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109, [email protected]

Jewish international bankers financed the Napoleonic wars
and World War I, but these were nothing compared to World
War II. Hitler knew what the Jews were planning and he tried
to prevent it--that's why he invaded those other countries,
to get rid of the Jews, just as he did in Germany. They were
plotting a war to destroy the world, so they could take
over. But no one understood and in the end the Jew-financed
armies won the war. The Jews killed Hitler just like they
killed Our Saviour. History repeats itself, and that's a
fact too.

Taking off the inflatable armband we find that many reader's
blood pressure has just gone up.

The words in the first paragraph are from a short story,
"The Rubber Room", by Robert Bloch (a great story by a
great writer). They are not mine.

Your blood pressure now goes back to normal, because it's
just a quote, just an example, just fiction (and the main
character of the story, the one who spoke those words, in
the end gets his do).

Now, what if I did mean it? You can't despise the words,
those particular words in that particular order, as used in
this commentary, now that you know what is behind them.

Is it only when the person behind the words means what he
says that we should get mad? Is it the belief in the words
that is despicable and not the words themselves?

What if I stated that I believed in the words but really did
not? Are the words then despicable and the writer not?

It is the reader's fault when he or she gets angered,
incensed, or upset by someone's words, not the writer's.
Whether the words are in EchoMail, FidoNews, or any
publication.

There goes your blood pressure again!

Free your mind instead.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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We lost a friend

By Ward Dossche

In the middle of holidays, which are supposed to be happy times, I was
struck by the horrible news that Louis Van Geel died.

Why should that concern anyone else but me? Why is this an event
worthy for mentioning in Fidonews?

Maybe things aren't all that clear for younger people in zone-2 (and
elsewhere) but Louis is a giant among sysops who dreamed further than
most of us did, forced breakthroughs where others saw no solutions,
created opportunities and shared with others.

He invented the word 'netiquette' to define a few simple basic rules
of Fidonet-behaviour "ask and you shall get". He co-pioneered
tunnelling via the internet while this was a technology largely
unknown to us. He had the vision to launch himself (and some of us
too) into ventures such as educational stuff via K12 (then unknown in
zone-2), backboned operations for the whole zone.

When a modem was broken Louis always had a spare-one somewhere, there
was always a listening ear for problems and when he could help out he
would.

Louis was not an angel, he had his human weak sides such as everyone
of us. That only serves however to demonstrate that he was one of us
and among us, not above us!

Louis had left Fidonet already some years ago; nevertheless he has
made a lasting impression that will live on in the minds of those that
knew him.

When I learned about the dreaded disease that got to him, it was like
a blow to myself and all those to whom I conveyed the news. Louis put
up a fight but finally modern science had no further solutions to
offer.

Cancer got him down as a person, but through his achievements he lives
on in our daily activities in Fidonet.

He leaves behind a lovely wife and a son who don't deserve this sad
twist of fate.

Louis, where-ever you are, if we can find the right software to
interface with the dimension where you are now, be assured that we
will set-up a gateway ... so much still needs being explored and your
place is among us!

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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 22:37:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Klemmer <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: "Joe's Humor List": ;
Subject: Baby pictures are up

[the once and future Node at 1:109/370 when the motherboard is
replaced.]

I know this is a major spam-like message but just about
everyone in it knows me and you will NOT get any more. I just wanted
to tell the world that I _finally_ have some of the baby pictures up
on the web. Yeah, Joseph Michael is 7 months old now, but better late
than never. Check out the JMEK page at -

http://www.webtrek.com/~klemmerj/jmek

[the baby will be 1:109/370.109 when it's back up.]

---
"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a
word." -- Andrew Jackson

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ARTICLES
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From: [email protected] (Lisa Gronke)
Subject: Seven candidates for Z3C
To: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 16:19:40 -0700 (PDT)

News of the week. You could mention the election, dates and candidates
in your editorial <g>.

[1224 / 1226] Msg.area Net ... NetMail
From: Greg Hills Pvt Rec'd
Orig: Unlisted system (3:634/392)
To: Lisa Gronke
Msg #1225, Jul-26-97 22:56:48
Subject: Broken link?

MSGID: 3:634/392@fidonet 6796b9eb
REPLY: 1:105/61.0 33d5215c
PID: FM 2.12.SW UNREG
FLAGS IMM DIR
>> From: Gregh
>> To: All Msg #19756, Jul-17-97
20:22:08
>> Subject: Broken link?

> So..... now that we've got your attention <g>, what's going on in
> Zone 3 vis-a-vis selecting a new Z3C (since David Nugent is pulling
> the plug at the end of July, 1997)???

> David Nugent is still listed as Z3C in nodelist.199 here (Zone 1
> version).

Election is currently under way with a large slate of candidates.
[Grin] I'll go dig out some stuff from the sysop echoes to feed your
curiosity. At this stage it's anyone's guess who will get up: Teddy
(Denise Webber) is popular but there are doubts about her technical
capabilities. Alwyn Smith has a good chance methinks.

-- Gregh (Greg Hills)

From: Gregh Pvt
Orig: Unlisted system (3:634/392.1)
To: Lisa Gronke
Msg #1222, Jul-26-97 23:03:20
Dest: Eastside Data Svcs Ii (1:105/16) Portland Or
Subject: Zone 3 Election - IMPORTANT !!

MSGID: 3:634/392.1@Fidonet 33daba86
FLAGS IMM DIR
* Forwarded by Gregh (3:634/392.1)
* Area : ZONE3_SYSOP (Fido Zone 3 Sysop)
* From : Andrew Blume, 3:632/536 (20 Jul 97 09:15)
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 6 28 Jul 1997

* To : All
* Subj : Zone 3 Election - IMPORTANT !!

@NOTE: IceEdit 2.35 G97704
Is it just me, or do I think Chris has taken the issue a little bit
too far here?

I see it little more than a `How To Vote Card'

---[Begin]------------------------------------------------------------

From: Chris Maddock
To : Andrew Blume
Date: 19-Jul-97
Area: "Fidonet Netmail"

Most of you will be aware of the up-coming Zone 3 Coordinator
(Z3C) election.

We now have to elect a new Z3C and there are several good
candidates standing for election.

I have nominated Alwyn Smith as a candidate for the post of Z3C.
The Nomination was seconded and after some persuasion, Alwyn
accepted the nomination.

Alwyn is steeped in the formation of Fidonet and is uniquely
suitable for taking Z3 Fidonet through its "maturing pains".

He is reliable and experienced at all levels of Fidonet
Coordination having held NC, RC, and ZC posts in the past.

He knows and expects the responsibilities and burdens of the
position of the Z3C position.

There are other candidates with excellent credentials but Alwyn
Smith is the *only* candidate who has the necessary knowledge,
experience and qualifications to get the job done.

His track-record speaks for itself.

Alwyn isn't afraid to face problems and deal with them correctly
and properly.

Decisions that *need* to be made *will* be made and not avoided,
shelved or made hastily in error.

Alwyn currently runs =all= the Z3 Zonegates. This is a measure
of his acceptance of net responsibility and of his service to
Fidonet.

He is also involved with other networks and has a wealth of
knowledge, experience and time to co-ordinate Zone 3 fairly and
equally.

It is my thought that we need a few `new ideas'. Yet these
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ideas should be well considered and applied so they are fairer
and more consistent than what we have had in the past.

Fidonet's great strength is in its `warmth' and `closeness'
which is sadly lacking in other mediums - notably the Internet.

Fidonet has moved away from that warmth and closeness over the
years, not deliberately, but it has changed in this direction,
and its doing so has lessened Fidonet's attraction.

We need to attract more people and more importantly, keep the
people we have.

We need the unique attraction of a `social net' again so that,
in Dave Hatch's words ...

"Trust is the coin of the realm" and "Please is the order of
the day".

Without these two very important principles, Fidonet will
continue to wither.

We have little else to attract people and little to keep what
people we have, if we keep heading in this direction.

Running around in ever decreasing circles shouting "what to do?"
over and over demonstrably will not work.

Neither will `knee-jerk reactionism' or `more of the same - make
more rules'.

It just plain and simple does not work.
The evidence is too overwhelming to overlook yet again.

Therefore :

I ask that you carefully consider who you vote for in the Z3C
election which commences on the 21st July and ends on the 27th
July. We need someone we can rely on now more than ever before.

David Nugent has done a great job however he has decided to
stand down as Z3C after closing his BBS a few weeks ago.
I thank David for his voluntary services to both Z3, and to
Fidonet. Well done.

Send your vote by NETMAIL to Jackson Harding at 3:800/857
between the 21st and the 27th July with your preferred
candidates name and a password in the form of.......

_ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _
O \
To : Returning Officer, 3:800/857
From: Your name here
Subj: Z3C Ballot
---------------------------------------------
Alwyn Smith your `keyword' here
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_ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _
O \

I urge you to consider Alwyn Smith as the only candidate we can
rely on to get us successfully through the next two years.

Sincerely yours,
Chris Maddock
3:640/302
[email protected]

-- Andrew R Blume, 3:632/536 Email: [email protected]

... MUM'S HINT #043: Smile when you change that diaper.
-+- Fmail 1.22a+/RA 2.50+
+ Origin: Madness takes its toll. Please have correct change.
(3:632/536)

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-- Gregh (Greg Hills)

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Via FrontDoor 143:10000/0@Godnet, Jul 27 1997 at 0:54

[1222 / 1226] Msg.area Net ... NetMail
From: Gregh Pvt
Orig: Unlisted system (3:634/392.1)
To: Lisa Gronke
Msg #1223, Jul-26-97 23:04:48
Dest: Eastside Data Svcs Ii (1:105/16) Portland Or
Subject: Z3C Ballot

MSGID: 3:634/392.1@Fidonet 33dabaee
FLAGS IMM DIR
* Forwarded by Gregh (3:634/392.1)
* Area : ZONE3_SYSOP (Fido Zone 3 Sysop)
* From : Alwyn Smith, 3:640/201 (23 Jul 97 18:53)
* To : Martin Taylor
* Subj : Z3C Ballot

Martin Taylor wrote in a message to Jackson Harding:

MT> After reading this interchange between you and Peter, I am
MT> starting to wonder WHY we're having a zone-wide poll, when in the
MT> end the RCs will have the final say anyway.

The RC's have indicated they will accept the result of the election by
a majority vote.

MT> Why didn't you and David just open nominations from the
MT> nodes/nets, and then allow the RCs to vote on it - as per
MT> Policy4?

:) Weren't you watching when the furor erupted over lack of elections
for the R54C?
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 9 28 Jul 1997

Alwyn

-+-
+ Origin: Soft-Tech, Qld, Australia +61-7-3869-2666 (3:640/201)

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-- Gregh (Greg Hills)

--- GoldED 2.41+
Via FrontDoor 143:10000/0@Godnet, Jul 27 1997 at 0:54

From: Gregh Pvt
Orig: Unlisted system (3:634/392.1)
To: Lisa Gronke
Msg #1224, Jul-26-97 23:13:18
Dest: Eastside Data Svcs Ii (1:105/16) Portland Or
Subject: Z3C Ballot (Ballot Paper)

MSGID: 3:634/392.1@Fidonet 33dabcda
FLAGS IMM DIR
* Forwarded by Gregh (3:634/392.1)
* Area : ZONE3_SYSOP (Fido Zone 3 Sysop)
* From : Jackson Harding, 3:800/857 (22 Jul 97 00:45)
* To : All
* Subj : Z3C Ballot (Ballot Paper)

=================================================================
ZONE 3 CO-ORDINATOR ELECTION
=================================================================

Below are a list of candidates who were nominated and seconded
by the close of nominations and accepted the nomination.

Candidate + Address
_________________________________________________________________
Alwyn Smith + 3:640/201
Denise Weber + 3:670/213
Kym Gotch + 3:800/832
Glen Harvy + 3:714/930
Rob Hillis + 3:632/107
Carla Perry + 3:632/360
David Hales + 3:800/409

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Polling will be as follows:

Polls open July 21 0001 hrs ACST
Polls close July 27 2359 hrs ACST

*IMPORTANT*IMPORTANT*IMPORTANT*
Votes received before the opening time or after the closing time
CANNOT be accepted.

Votes should be in the following format:
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To: Returning Officer, 3:800/857
From: Your Name Here
Subj: Z3C Ballot
-----------------------------------------------------
Fred Bloggs supercallafragillisticexpialladocious

You will receive confirmation that your vote has been
received by netmail during ZMH as soon as practical.

Jackson Harding@3:800/857
Returning Officer

===============================================================
Candidates Policy Statements

(Mr Alwyn Smith has declined to provide a policy statement)

______________________________________________________________________
From : Kym Gotch 3:800/832
Tue 08 Jul 97 09:26
To : Returning Officer 3:800/857
Subj : Z3C Policy Statement
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For 8 years now I have run a bbs and have be active in Fido in Sth.
Aust., I also have taken on the Co-Ordinators job for the Australian
BBS Registry for South Australia, only 12 months ago.
I feel that with this knowledge I would be able to do the job of
Zone 3 Co-Ordinator to the best of my ability, to which I would try
to improve the harmony with in Fido.

Kym Gotch...

Archival Retirevalist BBS -- Sth. Australia
______________________________________________________________________
From : Rob Hillis 3:632/107 Thu 10 Jul 97 05:48
To : Jackson Harding 3:800/857
Subj : Election matters
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I'll keep it short and simple. FidoNet Z3 needs healing, after the
last war. (and war is the only way to describe what happened) I know
I appear to have strong biases, and though this may be the case, I
will do my best to distance myself from any decisions I have to make
as part of my ZC duties. First and foremost will be a resolution to
the dramas in RG54 - I will review the situation as soon as possible,
and deal with it according to policy. I *will* accept some argument
over my interpretation of policy, and take different action if I feel
the arguments are justified.

I do *not* intend to be a dictator - if things are working, I will
leave everyone to their business. If I receive a request to look into
a situation, I will do my best to resolve it. One of the best
strengths I can bring to the position is the fact that I can admit
when I feel I am WRONG, and change my actions accordingly.

If anyone has any questions, just netmail me back.
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______________________________________________________________________
From : Denise Webber 3:670/213
Fri 11 Jul 97 15:53
To : Jackson Harding 3:800/857
Subj : Election matters
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Policy Statement:

I have been a Fido SysGoddess for over Seven years, I have been
running a BBS in one form or another for 11 years, I have been a NC
in fairly large OtherNet, I have been a ZC in another network,
though I admit my technical knowledge is not as vast as most of the
other candidates, I feel that the job of Z3C is something a LOT more
than just looking after the Nodelist. Fido is in a state of flux,
and to turn this around there needs to be a new direction, and part
of this new direction needs to be a Zone3 specific Policy Document,
which while not usurping P4 in anyway, will help contribute to a new
positive attitude in Z3. Even though I cannot change human nature,
and there will always be those people who want to do nothing but
carp and criticise, and or pull Fido down, I hope there will always
be people in the other direction, like myself.

Teddy

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From : Carla Perry 3:632/360 Mon 14 Jul 97 19:17
To : Jackson Harding 3:800/857
Subj : Policy Statement
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Policy Statement:

I have been in FidoNet for almost eleven years - since it first came
to Australia, in fact. The REAL CONNECTION, as we were known then,
was the first node under John Blackett-Smith. I have also
participated in quite a few OtherNets in an administrative capacity,
the main one being PODNet, of which I have been the Australian Co-
ordinator for several years, bringing the mail to the southern states
via Queensland, using TransX and an InterNet tunnel.

While I may not be a technical guru, I know enough to do my job not
only efficiently, but well. I have been in FidoNet long enough to see
that what's coming is irreversible - we have to change, and move with
the times. I predict that quite soon there will be a major split
within FidoNet with each Zone going its own way, and private
arrangements being made between either ZCs or major mail movers for
mail exchange, each Zone having a Policy best suited to its own needs.
Policy at the moment is a farce - it can't be changed or amended
because there is no IC. There has not been an IC for many years, and
it's very unlikely that we'll get one within the foreseeable future.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are on our own. We need to break away and
formulate our own Policy, keeping the parts of current Policy that are
relevant, and discarding those that are no longer viable in Australian
FidoNet today. As Zone Co-ordinator, I would liase with both
Australian Regional Co-ordinators and the other Zone Co-ordinators, by
voice if necessary, to bring about the much needed changes and
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revitalisation that we need to remain a viable Network.

"IF there is to be a brave new world, us old ones will have the
hardest time living in it" - Chancellor Gorkon to Captain Kirk, Star
Trek VI "The Undiscovered Country"

Any queries can be sent to me at 3:632/360 or to
[email protected]

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From : David Hales 3:800/409
Tue 15 Jul 97 16:23
To : Jackson Harding 3:800/857
Subj : Statement for Z3C Election
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I have seen the other policy statements by the other candidates some
short, some lengthy and detailed but policy is already set in P4 I see
it as the duty of the Z3C to handle anything that comes the ZCs way in
the interests of fairness to all concerned. An open minded approach is
required and is what I would be aiming for if selected.

On occasion I have voiced my opinions on issues from a Sysop view and
been very much on both sides of the incoming fire. In the position of
Z3C I believe it is a must to be able to disseminate from ones own
personal view and concentrate on the good of the whole when handling
issues wearing a ZC hat.

I do not believe I should go on here like a political speech and
promise that I'll kiss babies and give out lolly pops. All I can say
is I would have an open mind to changes, problems and solutions.

We are here to go forward, not back and so concentrating on the past
seems useless although it can give guidance on circumstances to avoid.

Let's just keep the whole thing going or risk being swallowed by
Internet. We can sort out anything else on the fly.

To all the candidates, good luck and thanks for being interested
enough to put yourselves on the line to support Fido.

Regards,
David Hales

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From : Glen Harvy 3:714/930
Sun 13 Jul 97 18:31
To : All
Subj : Policy Speech
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FIDONET IS A RIGHT - ECHOMAIL IS A PRIVILEGE

This document is intended to give the voter an idea as to where I
stand on a number of issues affecting us all in fidonet in Zone 3.

These views are my personal views HOWEVER I strongly believe in the
democratic process (with all it's faults) and therefor, if elected, I
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 13 28 Jul 1997

will uphold the current Policy 4 together with our Zone 3 Conventions
until those policies and conventions are properly changed by way of
either referendum or a real expression of support from the majority of
active nodes.

I am willing to debate these issues with anyone in this echo however
to re-iterate, they are my views and cannot be implemented without
your full support in due course.

FIDONET AND ECHOMAIL

For many years I have seen echomail to be an effective way of
canvassing ideas, seeking help, learning about various subjects and at
times, having a good chat in the less formal echoes. This has been one
of my greatest uses of fidonet and one my BBS users have enjoyed as
well.

Ever since day one however, I have had to ask around to get access to
some echoes, been ignored by some echomail providers, been abused from
some echomail providers, simply had my echomail feed cut for no
apparent reason and been moved from one echomail provider to the next.
I have seen some echomail providers use the service they provide to
bully people into accepting situations they would not otherwise accept
because those people thought they had to get their feed from so-and-
so.

I have NEVER seen a message in any echo where anyone has asked or been
asked to help out with the supply of echomail. It has always appeared
to have been a "closed shop", particularly at Region level. Only the
old timers and therefor technically superior nodes were entrusted with
echomail feeds. No new blood has been openly encouraged.

I have seen nodes threaten to "pull the plug" if they didn't get their
own way and many nodes keep quiet because they were afraid of losing
their echomail feed.

When some of these echomail providers have also been given the trust
of fidonet nodes to manage the nodelist, they have abused this trust
by threatening nodes with excommunication if they didn't stick by the
rules of some echomail providers and moderators.

I believe it's time for a change.

Simply put, I want the *C structure to divorce themselves from
echomail control and return to what I believe is fidonet's *C
structure's basic purpose. That is, to manage the nodelist and make
sure the use of that nodelist is not being abused.

I also believe echomail has a strong future. Apart from speed of
delivery issues (and this is rapidly changing), echomail has several
advantages over newsgroups.

ZONE 3 POLICY

In line with the above comments, it is time for us to formalise a Zone
3 Policy document to support current Policy 4.
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The policy should concentrate on management of the nodelist and
specifically exclude echomail from netmail as far as definitions in P4
is concerned. I believe this will put the onus on echomail standards
back on to whom it belongs ie the moderators of the echoes or those
that chose to read it and/or make it available to others.

BBS sysops can chose what they want to do with their systems. If they
carry echoes that deal with things others don't like then that's none
of fidonet's business. Certainly, they should not be threatened with
loss of their node number for expressing their own beliefs. Similarly
however, they cannot expect to demand the provision of an echo from
someone that refuses to carry it.

Unfortunately, there will be times when a node should be
excommunicated from the nodelist. I can think of a few rare occasions
eg:-

1. Sending mail bombs that cost other people money to send.
2. Repeated use of routed netmail solely for monetary reward.
3. If found guilty by an appropriate Legal Court of an offence
affecting the use of the nodelist.

We need a draft to work from - and plenty of open discussion on the
issue.

I will make it my primary aim to draft a Zone 3 Policy document and
encourage the widest input and support possible.

*C STRUCTURE AND ELECTIONS

I believe the current method of chosing *C's is outdated. I believe
the nodes should elect the NC, the NC's the RC and all nodes the ZC.

A *C should reflect the beliefs of the majority of their nodes, not
their own personal views.

A *C MUST be active and quickly respond to requests for help and
assistance. The *C will be the active moderator of the Net, Region or
Zone administrative echo as appropriate.

A *C can be removed by the RC or ZC but must call for a fresh election
immediately. The majority of the nodes in a net can call for a new NC
election whenever they like.

2 years is the maximum term between elections of any *C.

ZONE 3 ECHOMAIL POLICY

I believe the above document should be established however it should
leave the onus of management of an echo to it's moderator or users. It
will have no direct impact on the management of fidonet and certainly
no impact on whether a node is listed or not.

I believe a "map" of the echomail structure (detailing the route of
echomail in the Zone) would be of immense help to all nodes wishing to
obtain details of available echoes and where they can get them at the
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most economical cost.

We need to break down our reliance on the excellent work of just a few
nodes if for no other reason than redundancy purposes. There seems to
be a lot of duplication of effort going to waste.

Frankly, I believe this task to be almost as important as a Zone 3
Policy document however time to manage both as well as the
implementation of those policies would be too demanding of one person.
For that reason, I would ask our current excellent (if only defacto)
ZEC if she would be willing to take on the task.

QUALIFICATIONS

I have been in fidonet since around 1986. I started of with Opus and
Binkley and moved to FD and RA a year or two later for their ease of
use. In about 1990, I was asked to become the shareware registration
site for FrontDoor in Australia. To help offset my costs in running my
BBS, I also sold Commercial Editions of FrontDoor and RemoteAccess. I
never made a living from either, my main source of income was as a
Senior Manager with ANZ Bank in their Credit Department.

I've held NC, RC, ZC and IC positions in SIGnet, a small International
network with a similar administration structure to Fidonet. I believe
my experience with nodelist admin, resolution of disputes, revision of
policy and assisting new *Cs in that network stands me in good stead
for the Fidonet Z3C position.

I have been a hub in net 713 and made many mistakes. I believe I have
learned from those mistakes and more importantly, enjoyed the
camaraderie that belonging to an active net can bring.

In 1995 I obtained a 24 hour connection to the internet and have tried
many differing programs to provide internet access to my BBS users.
Some of these have been disasters and some of them I have taken on the
commercial sale of here in Australia. At present I am a modest ISP
providing full services including uucp feeds. There are five BBS's
using my services for uucp feeds (both dial-in and remote) as well as
about six nodes that hub of me for their echomail feed. I import many
echoes direct from the USA and Europe (nothing to do with their star
setup nor Pearces ftp system) and provide them free to dial-in nodes
and free to my ISP customers.

I have recently been retrenched from the ANZ and now devote much of my
time to the BBS and internet interests.

In summary, I have the technical experience, time and wherewithal to
undertake the duties of the Z3C.

FTSC

I have little knowledge of the workings of the FTSC but I believe it
to be the essential and authoritative source of what constitutes FTSC
compatible networks. The internet has RFC's - we have the FTSC.

The FTSC has no political standing (or at least should not have).
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 16 28 Jul 1997

I believe it needs to be reconstituted and be seen to be effectively
working.

It is not simply a Zone 3 issue however and will require someone to
become actively involved in its use.

I bow to greater and more experienced minds in this respect.

MY COMMERCIAL INTERESTS

Over the years, many of you have come to realise that I am keenly
involved in FTSC compatible networks, both fidonet, SIGnet and
commercial applications.

I openly admit to being an ISP, sell FrontDoor, TransX and any other
good BBS related software I can get my hands on. I would like to make
a living from my hobby - who wouldn't :-) .

I also strongly believe in supporting the shareware concept and will
try to foster other people to do the same.

Notwithstanding my own commercial and personal beliefs, I certainly
refuse to allow myself to use my hobby to impinge on others beliefs or
standards. If elected Z3C I will encourage everyone to respect the
shareware concept and register what they use. I will not however abuse
the *C structure to force adherence to my or anybody else's personal
beliefs. In fact, I will actively pursue anybody that attempts to do
so as there is no place in the *C structure for such persons.

SUMMARY

I think you will now understand my motto -

FIDONET IS A RIGHT, ECHOMAIL IS A PRIVILEGE

With very few restrictions, everyone has a right to be listed in the
nodelist. To get an echomail feed you have to respect other peoples
rights and freely given time and services as well as agree to abide by
the moderators requests and judgements. You, as the BBS sysop, also
have a right to do with your own system as you like - but you need to
respect the views and rights of others.

We need to look and move forward.

Please consider the above statement carefully. Please also actively
seek out other candidates views.

I have great faith in the future of fidonet. With your active support
I hope we can put into place a new policy structure that reflects what
we have learnt from our past collective experiences.

Sincerely,

Glen
([email protected])

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-+- FileMgr 2008B+
+ Origin: Automatically created at The Cockpit (3:800/857)

<==========END OF FORWARDED MATERIAL

-- Gregh (Greg Hills)

--- GoldED 2.41+
Via FrontDoor 143:10000/0@Godnet, Jul 27 1997 at 0:54

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=================================================================
COLUMNS
=================================================================

FIDONET IN EUROPE
-----------------
by David Meikle (2:259/27.4 , [email protected])

Hi, I have one bit of news this week that the Fidonet in Europe
homepage is now up and running at
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/8351/ . You can eMAIL me at
[email protected] . If you are going to connect to the page
please wait until Saturday at 7pm (GMT).

I offered to fix a laptop for a friend a T3100e and all I need is a
systems disk for that type of machine. If anyone has one could they
please contact me. Thank you in advance.

---+
+---> Greetings from David Meikle
--- TerminateMail

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=================================================================
GETTING TECHNICAL
=================================================================

A response to Steve Woodmore's InetTM flags
by Lee kindness, 2:259/7, [email protected]

A response to the proposal posted by Steve Woodmore titled:

"Internet as a transport mechanism for fidonet
A proposal for Nodelist flags"

SW> by Steve Woodmore, 2:440/410 (2:2/200 ZEC/2)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Pointless flag waving by the power-hungry Z2EC, Steve what relevance
has that to a technical specification? You are 2:440/410, nothing
more, nothing less. Anyway, let's move away from this pointless hohee
and onto something more constructive...

SW> 1: FTP (File Transfer protocols)
SW> 2: Email attaches MIMES/UUencodes (this also assumes tunneling
SW> programs)
SW> 3: Virtual Modems

4: BinkP, direct mailer usage over IP - differs from VModem.

SW> M - This Node is able to transfer mail either by UUencoded
[ snip ]
SW> A node must dial-up their ISP to collect/send fidonet
SW> mail at least Once daily to qualify for this flag

As with everything else in fidonet we should not force any node to
do anything.

SW> The Internet is here to stay, we in fidonet can no
SW> longer hide our heads in the sand and hope it goes
SW> away. The flags indicate that we are using the
SW> nodelist as an alternative transport mechanism, and
SW> we are in no way becoming a part of the Internet.

The flags would show a node has the ability to use the internet
(via a number of methods) to transfer mail. However they do not
give any information with regards of how to deliver that mail,
say an email address for email transfer, an IP address for the other
methods. Without this information these flags really just boil down
being status symbols, with no real use. An additional nodelist
kept somewhere on the 'net with this information rather than
phonenumbers might be desirable - one exists already for BinkP users

The real solution is to update the nodelist format itself to allow
for multiple (pnone)lines and transport mechanisms behind one node
entry. For example consider:

; [ snip ]
,7,Kooosliam,Lee_Kindness,Edinburgh,PSTN,44-1314-425563,MO,V34b,Tuh
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 20 28 Jul 1997

Extra,EMAIL,[email protected],MIME
Extra,PSTN,44-1314-425564,CM
Extra,ISDN,44-1314-425565,CM,MO
Extra,BINKP,kooosliam.co.uk,CM
Extra,VMODEM,kooosliam.co.uk,CM
Extra,FTP,ftp.kooosliam.co.uk,Tuh
; [ snip ]

as a nodelist entry for 2:259/7 in a new format nodelist (most
entries are mythical). It basically describes a 'super-system' with 2
normal phone lines, an ISDN line, and VModem, ftp, BinkP connectivity.

In general the nodelist entry format would be (where "" denotes a
literal, <> a term that will be substituted, ()* a sequence that can
be repeated multiple times and \n a return/linefeed):

<type>,<node>,<sysop>,<loc>,<protocol>,<address>(,<flag>)*\n
("Extra",<protocol>,<address>(,<flag>)*\n)*

type: A la the current nodelist format, Zone, Region, Host, Hub,
blank for node and Point (extension).
node: The fidonet address part.
sysop: Name of the system operator.
loc: Physical location of system.
protocol: Protocol or type of connection, ie PSTN, ISDN, FTP, EMAIL,
VMODEM, BINKP and whatever else.
address: The connection address, datatype is protocol specific, for
example with PSTN it's be the phone number, email the email
address, VModem the IP or host address...
flag: Flags for supplying additional information, with a common
subset and protocol specific flags.

Such a nodelist could be brought into use with relative ease as the
new format can easily be converted from the 'Edinburgh' format <grin>
to the 'St Louis' format: (a sample awk script that does the dirty)

######### nlconv.awk ############################################
BEGIN {
NF = ","
}
# a base node line
(NF >= 6) && ($1 != "Extra") {
# is the first entry PSTN?
if( $5 == "PSTN" ) {
# print out old format nodelist line
printf("%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,9600", $1, $2, $3, $4, $6)
# and the flags
for( n = $7, n <= NF, n++ )
printf(",%s", $n)
printf("\n")
}
# goto next line in file
next
}
# Extra nodelist info, ignore
/^Extra/ {
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next
}
# anything else, dump out as is
{
print
}
#################################################################

C and BASIC versions for any platform would be as simple.

This is an idea that has been playing around in my head for a while,
nothing above is concrete and more than likely it needs a lot of
playing around with before it's anything approaching an FSC document
that could be adopted by Fidonet. I'll post this article into NET_DEV
for further comments.

--
Lee Kindness [email protected]
Fidonet 2:259/7 [email protected] hufunglun
http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk

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FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 22 28 Jul 1997

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

Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 206
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-178|Nodelist-185|Nodelist-192|Nodelist-199|Nodelist-206|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 8182| 7828 -354 | 7828 0 | 7655 -173 | 7482 -173 |30|
| 2 | 15640|15577 -63 |15485 -92 |15477 -8 |15488 11 |61|
| 3 | 743| 728 -15 | 718 -10 | 704 -14 | 704 0 | 3|
| 4 | 519| 517 -2 | 517 0 | 518 1 | 515 -3 | 2|
| 5 | 87| 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1079| 1079 0 | 1079 0 | 1079 0 | 1079 0 | 4|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 26250|25816 -434 |25714 -102 |25520 -194 |25355 -165 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 23 28 Jul 1997

=================================================================
NET HUMOR
=================================================================

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:08:45 -0700
From: "Shari - Oregon, USA" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: a man named Jed
Sender: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]

Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed,
A poor college kid, barely kept his family fed,
But then one day he was talking to a recruiter,
Who said, "they pay big bucks if ya work on a computer..."

Windows, that is... PCs... Workstations...

Well, the first thing ya know ol' Jed's an Engineer.
The kinfolk said "Jed, move away from here".
They said "California is the place ya oughta be",
So he bought some donuts and he moved to Silicon Valley...

Intel, that is... Pentium ... big amusement park...

On his first day at work, they stuck him in a cube.
Fed him more donuts and sat him at a tube.
They said "your project's late, but we know just what to do.
Instead of 40 hours, we'll work you 52!"

OT, that is... unpaid... mandatory...

The weeks rolled by and things were looking bad.
Schedules started slipping and some managers were mad.
They called another meeting and decided on a fix.
The answer was simple... "We'll work him sixty-six!"

Tired, that is... stressed out... no social life...

Months turned to years and his hair was turning gray.
Jed worked very hard while his life slipped away.
Waiting to retire when he turned 64,
Instead he got a call and escorted out the door.

Laid off, that is... de-briefed... unemployed...

Now the moral of the story is listen to what you're told,
Companies will use you and discard you when you're old.
So gather up your friends and start your own firm,
Beat the competition, watch the bosses squirm.

Millionaires, that is... Bill Gates... Steve Jobs...

Y'all come back now... ya hear'

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=================================================================
COMIX IN ASCII
=================================================================

Date: 21 Jul 97 08:45:38
From: SB Perelman
To: All
Subj: Life on Mars?
_____________________________________________________________________

Slow ride!
\ Yes, but
free. __
'\__/' '\__/' / _____/__O
(oo) (oo) //
//~~\\ //~~\\ //
//\ /\\ //\ /\\ //
_.======""/^/\^\""=""/^/\^\""=======._//
| NASA \ \/ / \ \/ / |
| USA (_)(_) (_)(_) sojourner |
|__.-"""-._______.-"""-.______.-"""-.__|
/ o o \ / o o \ / o o \ ___
( o o ) ( o o ) ( o o ) _/ \__
( o o ) ( o o ) ( o o ) / \_
\ o o / \ o o / \ o o / / \
______`-...-'_______`-...-'______`-...-'____/__jro________\
~ . """"" . ' """"""" . """"""" . '~ ~ -- ., '
~~ ---- .. ' . , ~ ~ . ' ~ ~ ` . .. ' ..
... - ` . . ' ~~ ~ . . " ' . , ' . ~~~ . , '

NASA admits it is not likely that sojourner will
locate any life on Mars, but is still hopeful.

---

o SB Perelman, 1:103/505
)/\,[_) [email protected]
`T7 ]=[ Moderator & Curator: ASCII_ART
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Origin: Shofar _714-838-3837_ ASCII & Ye Shall Receive (1:103/505)

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FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 26 28 Jul 1997

=================================================================
ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT
=================================================================

Emanuel Edwards
1:348/963
[email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SYSOPS!!!!!!

Hello all Sysops and Co_Sysops:

If you want to get lots of User on your BBS I suggest you request the
WRESTLING_CHAT on your BBS:

On the wrestling_chat you can get all the Latest News, great wrestling
scoops and great wrestling advertisement. Plus there are professional
wrestlers reading the messages and posting messages on the echo. The
echo tag is called WRESTLING_CHAT.

Sysops around the world is requesting that echo daily. Please request
the Wrestling_chat today and don't get left behind from some great
excitement and entertainment on the WRESTLING_CHAT. Mark my words
"YOU WON'T REGRET IT"

Regards

Emanuel Moderator
Barry Laws Jr Co_Moderator

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FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 27 28 Jul 1997

=================================================================
NOTICES
=================================================================

Future History

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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FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 28 28 Jul 1997

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

[from a previous Issue] Ed.

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

Whew. Been a big month for me, but a relatively slow one for 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 29 28 Jul 1997

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
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
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 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
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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
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
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
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
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
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
T-Mail 2.600 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
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ifmail 2.10 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.2 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
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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:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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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
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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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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the
Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone
1 ZMH at 1200-9600+ HST/V32B. The FidoNews key is also available on
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.

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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.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://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 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 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

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

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

Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)

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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
=================================================================

------- 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, [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

(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 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.

=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=

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
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 36 28 Jul 1997

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
size from 48K to 1.4M.

INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:

http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/

*=*=*

You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:

[email protected]

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.

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You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/

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
for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 11 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.

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A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
FIDONEWS 14-30 Page 37 28 Jul 1997

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
trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
and are used with permission.

"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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