F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 32 11 August 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 32 11 August 1997
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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NODELIST NOT SYNCHRONIZED! FILM AT 11?

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
What's wrong with this picture? .......................... 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
Zone 3 Election results and notes ........................ 2
Zone 6 server response ................................... 4
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 6
FTSC - NOTICE OF VOTE FOR STANDING MEMBERS ............... 6
4. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 9
5. NOTICES .................................................. 10
Future History ........................................... 10
6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 11
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 11
7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 15
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 15
8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 16
9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 1 11 Aug 1997

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EDITORIAL
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Zone 3 has a new Zone Coordinator in the person of Alwyn Smith. This
was announced in Zone 3 on 1 Aug 97 according to the published account
that appears later in this Issue.

Congratulations, Alwyn. [Why is that name familiar?]

Zone 2 has the same Zone Coordinator it has had since its last
election (Ward Dossche).

Why mention these under the Table of Contents entry: "What's wrong
with this picture?"

[Rant Mode on.]

Because in this Zone [Zone 1], Nodelist.220 contains the Zone 2
Coordinator entry for three weeks ago and the Zone 3 Coordinator
entry dated by David Nugent's resignation from the post and from
FidoNet. There is no indication how old the Zones 4, 5, or 6 are from
a casual viewing.

The Nodelist is FidoNet. The Nodelist is SUPPOSED to be current so
Sysops can follow FidoNet Policy by using the most current Nodelist
available. This is impossible when the compilation does not contain
accurate and timely updates.

FidoNet only has 6 Zones. We have all sorts of electronic routes for
mail and files to get dispersed from Zone to Zone to Zone, etc. That
being said, is there any good reason why EVERY Zone doesn't have the
exact, same, dated segment for EACH Zone in each compilation in each
Zone? Zone 1 certainly doesn't. That's obvious from Zone 1. What is
the condition of the compilations in the other 5 Zones?

Zone 2 - do you have the new ZC3 listed in your compilation? Zone 3 -
do you have the 220 notation in your Zone 2 listing there? Zone 4 - do
you even exist? We never hear from you. Likewise for Zone 5 and Zone
6 - what's your story? Is FidoNet REALLY an international
organization? It doesn't seem like it most of the time.

Zone Coordinators from ALL SIX Zones are cordially invited to respond
to FidoNews and explain why the entire globe is not synchronized in
Nodelist production when anyone can be linked to another in a matter
of seconds at least once a week! Your responses will be published for
all to consider.

[Rant mode off.]

Otherwise, it's a short Issue with a couple reports and some feedback
to last week's items.

C.B.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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[The tables were tweaked to 70 columns.] Ed.

--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sat Aug 09 05:58:00 1997

From: Alwyn Smith @ 3:640/201
To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
Date: 08 Aug 97 23:04:02
Subj: Z3C election

* Forwarded (from: AUST_SYSOP) by Alwyn Smith using timEd/2 1.10.
* Originally from Jackson Harding (3:800/857) to All.
* Original dated: Fri Aug 01, 10:29

Hi Christopher,

I saw your question about the Z3C election in the snooze. The
following messages contains some interesting (to us) stats.

alwyn

XC: AUST_SYSOP, SA_SYSOP, RG51_SYSOP
==========================
Zone Co-ordinator Election
==========================

Following ratification by the RC's, here are the results:

Alwyn Smith 73 (54.1%)
Glen Harvy 22 (16.3%)
Denise Webber 17 (12.6%)
Carla Perry 7 (5.2%)
Rob Hillis 6 (4.4%)
David Hales 6 (4.4%)
Kym Gotch 4 (3.0%)

Alwyn Smith is therefore the new Z3C.

Thank you to everyone for their patience with the delay in
announcing the results and for participating.

Jackson Harding

- Origin: The Cockpit BBS, Up front in aviation BBS's (3:800/857)

and...

--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sat Aug 09 05:59:19 1997

FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 3 11 Aug 1997

From: Alwyn Smith @ 3:640/201
To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
Date: 08 Aug 97 23:06:05
Subj: Z3C election

* Forwarded (from: AUST_SYSOP) by Alwyn Smith using timEd/2 1.10.
* Originally from Jackson Harding (3:800/857) to All.
* Original dated: Fri Aug 01, 10:31

XC: AUST_SYSOP, SA_SYSOP, RG51_SYSOP
===================================================================
Useless election facts:
Total valid votes: 135
Overall turnout 20.3% (666 nodelisted sysops in zone)
Invalid votes: 11
(4 prior to polls opening)
(4 after close of polls)
(2 by unlisted nodes)
(1 for himself, not being a nominated candidate)

Votes by Region:
R54: AS 49; GH 12; DW 4; CP 0; RH 0; DH 2; KG 0 | 67
R51: AS 2; GH 7; DW 1; CP 1; RH 0; DH 3; KG 3 | 17
R50: AS 7; GH 1; DW 9; CP 6; RH 3; DH 0; KG 1 | 27
R55: AS 2; GH 0; DW 1; CP 0; RH 0; DH 0; KG 0 | 3
R57: AS 13; GH 2; DW 2; CP 0; RH 3; DH 1; KG 0 | 21
====================================================
73 22 17 7 6 6 4 135

Votes by Net, grouped by Region (turnout figures in parentheses):

R50 (18.6%) R51 (32.1%) R54 (26.3%) R55 (11.1%) R57 (11.3%)
============= ============== ============= ============== ===========
632:11(28.9%) 800:17(34.7%) 620: 2(33.3%) 690:3(11.1%) 770:4(8.5%)
633: 3 (8.1%) 850: 0 (0%) 621: 1 (20%) 771:3(5.8%)
634: 3(15.8%) 622: 4 (19%) 772:6(11.1%)
635: 4(22.2%) 623: 0 (0%) 774:6(26.1%)
638: 0 (0%) 625: 1 (20%) 775: 2(40%)
639: 5(35.7%) 626: 2(33.3%) 776: 0 (0%)
670: 1 (8.3%) 640: 29 (50%)
(Joh would be proud)
711: 6 (16.2%)
712: 13 (23.6%)
713: 6 (14.6%)
714: 3 (25%)

Net ranking in order of participation:

1 N640
2 N775
3 N639
4 N800
5 N620 = N626
7 N632
8 N774
9 N714
FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 4 11 Aug 1997

10 N712
11 N635
=============== Zone average (20.3%)
12 N621 = N625
14 N622
15 N711
16 N634
17 N713
18 N690 = N772
20 N770
21 N670
22 N633
23 N771
24 N638 = N850 = N776 = N623

Other useless and probably inflammatory and defamatory tit bits
==============================================================
* 5 NZ nodes availed themselves of the special arrangements made
for them
* Only one N640 node voted against *their* man
(either he or the Queensland mafia can contact me with a price)
* 3 people used supercallafragilisticexpialladocious (or an extension
thereof) as their keyword
* No one voted for the example candidate, Fred Bloggs
(I thought I'd get at least one, TSOHF throughout the zone guys!)
* No one tried to vote based on local time, not ACST

- Origin: The Cockpit BBS, Up front in aviation BBS's (3:800/857)

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--- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Wed Aug 06 05:08:44 1997

From: Mike Bilow
To: Christopher Baker
Date: 05 Aug 97 05:54:01
Subj: Reply regarding Zone 6 name server request in FidoNews 1431

With respect to Dr Ivan Shim, who signs himself the Zone 6 name server
manager in his Fidonews 1431 article, it is important that Internet
users understand that it is often desirable for name servers to be
located far away from the domains which they serve.

Anyone who sends mail into a domain will have to query one of the name
servers for that domain. If someone in the U.S. wants to send a piece
of mail to someone in Taiwan, for example, it is inevitable that the
mail itself will have to cross a transoceanic link. However, there is
no reason that U.S. mail senders should be querying name servers in
Taiwan about Taiwan addresses. It is far more efficient for a name
server to be set up in the U.S. which can be queried entirely within
the U.S. for information about Taiwan addresses, so that only the
actual mail and not the name service queries will have to be passed
FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 5 11 Aug 1997

over the expensive transoceanic bandwidth.

As a result, efficiency is promoted on the Internet when name servers
for domains are established close to those who send mail into those
domains, not necessarily close to the domains themselves.

-- Mike

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FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 6 11 Aug 1997

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ARTICLES
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======================
VOTING PROCEDURE
FTSC STANDING MEMBERS
======================

by Adrian Walker, 1:153/752
04 August 1997

Interim FTSC Web Site: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc.htm

INTRODUCTION
============

As detailed in FIDO1412.NWS, discussion has been underway since 01
December 1996 in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo to define the mission and
operating procedures for a revitalized Fidonet Technical Standards
Committee (FTSC).

From 24 March until 01 August 1997, nominations have been accepted
following the process detailed in the two documents, FTA-1000 (FTSC
Charter) and FTA-1001 (FTSC Operations) which were hatched into the
FTSC file echo in the early spring.

The next step is the voting process to appoint FTSC Standing Members,
after which an Administrator will be selected, and working groups
established.

VOTE REQUIREMENTS
=================

FTA-1001, provides for the following voting process for FTSC Standing
Members:

=== Cut ===
Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs
and RECs who are nodelisted as holding those positions at the
time the nominations are published. A successful candidate must
receive approval by a majority of votes.

Publication of the nomination and the voting procedure, and
posting of RC and REC votes, shall take place openly in the
FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and voting shall close three weeks after
publication of the vote.
=== Cut ===

VOTING PROCEDURE
================

NODELIST.220, dated 08 August 1997, will be used for RC and REC
identification.

FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 7 11 Aug 1997

All RCs and RECs clearly identified as such in that nodelist are
eligible to vote.

Voting commences at 0000 UTC on Saturday 16 August 1997 and closes at
2359 UTC on Friday 05 September 1997.

Each RC and REC ballot is to be sent either via:

* netmail to Adrian Walker at 1:153/752, or
* Internet email to [email protected]

Receipt of votes will be acknowledged by return netmail or email.

Ballots should include a password. The ballot format is given below.

Votes shall be "Yes" or "No" for each of the 26 candidates. An
abstention for any candidate is permitted.

APPOINTMENT
===========

A majority of "Yes" over "No" for a candidate is required for that
person to be appointed as a Standing Member. Abstentions are not
counted.

No votes or summaries of votes shall be posted prior to the conclusion
of voting. Within 3 days after the conclusion of voting, the RC and
REC votes shall be posted in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo. For each vote
cast, only the password and the result for each vote will be posted.
The identity of the voter shall not be shown.

To provide the required split between 2 and 3 year terms, Standing
Members will be ranked by the number of "Yes" votes received. The top
half of this ranking will be appointed for 3 years, and the remaining
candidates for 2 years.

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| BALLOT - FTSC STANDING MEMBER ELECTION, 1997 |
| |
| VOTER'S NAME _______________________________ |
| |
| VOTER'S POSITION RC/REC______ REGION______ |
| |
| PASSWORD _______________________________ |
| |
| Please indicate your wishes for each of the following candidates |
| with an "X" in either the "YES" or the "NO" column. To abstain, |
| leave both columns blank for that candidate. |
| |
| There are 26 names, so 26 votes are required in total. Names are |
| given in alphabetical order sorted by surname. |
| |
| "I support the appointment of this individual |
| as an FTSC Standing Member" |
+----+----+---------------------------------------------------------+
|YES | NO | NAME NODE # FIDONET ACTIVITY |
FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 8 11 Aug 1997

+----+----+---------------------------------------------------------+
| | | Richard Bash 1:231/45 NHub |
| | | Ron Bemis 1:124/1113 NC |
| | | Mike Bilow 1:323/107 FP-OS/2 |
| | | Craig Box 3:774/950 NHub |
| | | Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FastEcho |
| | | Cristoffer Crusell 2:204/701 NHub |
| | | Goran Eriksson 2:201/505 NC |
| | | Bjorn Felten 2:203/208 NC |
| | | Zorch Frezberg 1:205/0 NC |
| | | Joaquim Homrighausen 2:201/330 Frodo |
| | | Rune Johansen 2:210/20 NC |
| | | Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 Announcer |
| | | Andreas Klein 2:2480/47 Imail |
| | | Michael McCabe 1:297/11 FNS |
| | | Mike McGrane 1:282/1024 NHub |
| | | Gary Price 1:3607/26 TriBBS |
| | | Carlos Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFRoute |
| | | Tom Schlangen 2:2450/10 BT-XE |
| | | Benjamin Schollnick 1:2613/477 QuickBBS |
| | | Odinn Sorensen 2:236/77 Golded |
| | | Jason Steck 1:285/424 Jmail |
| | | Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WaterGate |
| | | Francois Thunus 2:270/25 RC |
| | | Colin Turner 2:443/13 NEC |
| | | Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BT-XE |
| | | Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPX |
+----+----+---------------------------------------------------------+
---OOO000OOO---

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FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 9 11 Aug 1997

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

Fidonet in Europe
-----------------
by David Meikle (2:259/27.4 , [email protected])

To think that Zone 2 has the most nodes in Fidonet and I still don't
get any news. About that laptop I have received help on that and would
like to thank whoever sent it (the to field was left blank).

Remember log on to the Fidonet in Europe web site at
www.geocities.com/siliconValley/way/8351

Dave.

o David Meikle, 2:259/27.4
)/\,[_) [email protected]
`T7 ]=[ Editor of Fido in Europe column
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 10 11 Aug 1997

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NOTICES
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Future History

25 Sep 1997
Happy Birthday, Joaquim H. Homrighausen

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 14-32 Page 11 11 Aug 1997

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

[From 1431] Ed.

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

Deadsville over here. A total of two updates in the last three weeks.

-=- 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
FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 12 11 Aug 1997

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
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 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS

OS/2:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 13 11 Aug 1997

BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE 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 1.20 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
WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2

Windows (16-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.4 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)

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

Zone 5: (not yet listed)

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

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

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

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

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FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 18 11 Aug 1997

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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 14-32 Page 19 11 Aug 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.

*=*=*

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 14-32 Page 20 11 Aug 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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