F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 34 25 August 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 34 25 August 1997
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FidoNews Lite?

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
This Issue for news dieters .............................. 1
2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
Fidonet is all of us! .................................... 2
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
Astrowar Fidonet PBM Game Released ....................... 4
4. COLUMNS .................................................. 6
Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 6
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8
Why do computer geeks make better husbands? .............. 8
6. NOTICES .................................................. 9
Future History ........................................... 9
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 10
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 10
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 14
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 14
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 15
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 17
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EDITORIAL
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It's that back-to-school thing, I reckon. It certainly got me today
and I was [so I thought] ready for it. I wasn't and this is the latest
edition I've ever published.

The upside is that you weren't missing much since there is not a lot
of material available this week. [grin]

For those who used to clamor about the size of our newsletter ...

"This dud's for you!"

C.B.

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GUEST EDITORIAL
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Fidonet Is All Of Us!
by Walter Luffman
[email protected], 1:123/10

When I began writing this, I was rather pessimistic about Fidonet's
future. I still have several concerns; but rather than wait for
changes, I want to be a part of those changes. And I encourage
everyone else to do their part to revitalize Fidonet -- not just the
nodelisted members and officials, but individual BBS users as well.

Zone coordinators: I neither know nor care why we have gone so long
without an International Coordinator, but I do care that you have not
corrected this situation. Fidonet is an international network of
hobbyists. Please put aside any personal agendas and work in the best
interests of our mutual hobby.

To all *Cs at every level, I say this: Whether or not Policy 4
mentions it, your positions make you important spokespeople for
Fidonet. In addition to your regular duties, you owe it to Fidonet to
make yourselves available to the news media. The networks, talk-shows
and newspapers can always find people to talk about the Internet, but
BBSes and Fidonet almost never get this sort of public exposure. You
don't have to face the media all alone, of course; you can always ask
another Fidonet official, or a sysop, to join you for an interview or
talk-show appearance.

*ECs: Policy 4 notwithstanding, echomail is the most important part of
Fidonet. Without echomail, users would have very little reason to
call a Fidonet node. Without users, very few sysops would have any
reason to operate their own nodes. Your job calls more ensuring that
echomail moves smoothly, but you must also work to _promote_ echomail.
When is the last time you encouraged nodes to carry more echoes? When
is the last time you thanked the people below you in the Fidonet
hierarchy for helping to move the mail, or asked if there are any
problems?

Sysops: You probably already publicize your BBS to one degree or
another; but are you including Fidonet in your publicity efforts? I'm
talking about such simple things as including your node number on
business cards, flyers and your listing in the local BBS list. (If
there isn't a local BBS list, encourage one of your users to start and
maintain one -- with the latest version always available as a free
download from your BBS, of course.) But don't stop there; make sure
you offer the sort of content your users want. Carry as many echoes
as you can, or at least those echoes your users request...and make
sure they know you will add backboned echoes upon request.

BBS users: Technically we are not "members" of Fidonet; but we can
actually do far more to advance Fidonet than all of the above
categories combined, simply because there are so many of us. Tell
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your friends about BBSes and Fidonet, stressing the fact that "spam"
and other annoyances that are so common on the Internet are almost
nonexistent on Fidonet. Help newbies setup their modems and
communications software, and provide a list of BBS telephone numbers.
Join a user group -- or start one -- and use it as an opportunity to
publicize your favorite BBSes and echoes to the other members. Offer
to help your sysop distribute business cards and flyers to local
businesses. In short, do whatever you can to spread the word about
BBSes and Fidonet.

It will take a combined effort, with all of us working together, to
revitalize Fidonet. If you care about the hobby, do whatever you can.
As for myself, I'm going to put together that BBS computer I've been
wanting and netmail my application to the NC; there are plenty of
people where I live who have never even heard of Fidonet, and I can do
something about that. I'm also handing out cards publicizing my
favorite echo -- PC Addicts -- and the node through which I receive
it.

(Comments are welcome. For fastest delivery, please use Internet e-
mail; my ISP is a local call, but my netmail node is long-distance and
thus I only call it two or three times per week.)

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ARTICLES
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Astrowar Fidonet PBM Game Released
Damian Walker, 2:2502/666

The Astrowar play-by-mail (PBM) game has been released. Although
not restricted to Fidonet, the game was developed specifically for use
on my Fidonet node. Now it has been released, everyone is welcome to
take a copy and have a play with it. I believe that this is the first
traditional style text PBM in Fidonet.
Note that this game is designed to be played primarily by DIRECT
netmail. Routed netmail is only suitable where permission of netmail
routers has been granted (such as local net games through a willing
net host).
By way of an introduction to the game, I've included in this
article an example of a small e-zine posting that goes into the
support/discussion echo regularly. Enjoy.

(extract begins)
ASTROWAR______________________________________________________________
**** Update ****

-*-

CONTENTS

Features________________________________________________________
New Monthly Posting

Regulars________________________________________________________
Astrowar Game Watch
Astrowar Update Information

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SOFTWARE RELEASED

Mid August saw the release of the software for the Astrowar game,
which has been in the beta testing phase since May.
Astrowar is a play-by-mail game of space conquest, and a companion
program Astromail allows the game to be played via Fidonet netmail.
This would normally be direct netmail, but where net hosts allow,
routed mail can be used (such as in local net games, for instance).
Both Astrowar and Astromail are currently available for DOS (386
DPMI required) and Linux. The source code has also been released
under the GNU GPL, so anyone wanting to run the software under another
platform can get hold of the source code and recompile it.
The software is available for file request from 2:2502/666, and
the following list gives the filenames and sizes:

Product_________________ Filename____ Size (approx)_______
Astrowar 1.00 AST100.ZIP 99k
Astrowar/LX 1.00 AST100L.ZIP 70k
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Astrowar/386 1.00 AST100X.ZIP 106k
Astromail 1.01 ASM100.ZIP 119k
Astromail/LX 1.01 ASM100L.ZIP 73k
Astromail/386 1.01 ASM100X.ZIP 112k

These files will shortly appear on the Internet, at ftp.pbm.com,
although I don't know exactly where on that site they will be placed.
The site maintainer may well set up an 'astrowar' directory for them,
since most other PBM games seem to have their own directories there.
Games are already running in the UK, and may appear elsewhere now
that the software is available. Some people have expressed an
interest in developing an Internet mail interface to allow Internet
play.
Finally, there is a support and discussion echo for the software,
called ASTROWAR_UK. Despite the _UK suffix, international
participants are welcome. The echo is available on the region 25
backbone, and will soon appear in the zone 2 and International ELISTs.

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ASTROWAR GAME WATCH

This section lists ongoing games of Astrowar in Fidonet. If
you're running a game, send a netmail to Damian Walker at 2:2502/666
with a copy of the game's 'detail.data' file, and any extra
information such as turn frequency and add-ons used.

================================================================
Game Address Planets G/Size Spd MxD Freq.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Centurion-I 2:2502/666.0 121 41x41 4 - Daily
Centurion-II 2:2502/666.0 256 61x61 4 4 Wk/Wed
Centurion-III 2:2502/666.0 441 161x41 4 - Wk/Sun
game442 2:442/608 ? ? ? ? ?
Synergy 2:2502/27 121 41x41 4 - ?
==============================================================

This table will be redesigned or expanded if it proves necessary.

ASTROWAR UPDATE INFORMATION

http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/centurion/astrowar.html is
Astrowar's web page, and a text-only version exists as an InfoMail
document available to Fidonet users. Netmail INFOMAIL at 2:2502/666
subject ASTROWAR to receive the text document, or request the file
ASTROWAR from the same address for a ZIPped version.
This posting is updated by Damian Walker at 2:2502/666 and is
posted on the first day of each month into the ASTROWAR_UK echo.
Please send contributions, new game or game winner information to
me via netmail.
(extract ends)

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

Sadly there is no news in this week but if anybody has anything they
would like to see on the Fidonet in Europe web site
(www.geocities.com/siliconValley/way/8351) please email me.

I have had many requests to do some thing like this so there is no
time like the present. I have decided to have a vote on how has helped
zone 2 the most over the years. We could have it as a yearly thing but
to make up for all of the years lets have a vote on who has helped
zone 2 out the most over the 80s and 90s.

This week I'm going to start by getting 20 people nominated and
seconded. To do this you must send a netmail like this example

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TO:david meikle@2:259/27.4
FROM:your name@your address
SUBJECT:Fidonet in Europe Vote
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I nominate <the persons name> because they have helped zone 2 by
...... ......

<--- End of example --->

You can also email me by the internet on this address:
[email protected]

next week I will publish the list of people and how to do the next
part of voting.

P.S. Please visit the web site on:

www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/8351

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

Fidonet in Europe [Part II] Ed.
-----------------
by Dave Meikle (2:259/69.2 , [email protected])

I have changed my fido address again <g> It is now 2:259/69.2
So please send in any news but apart from that nothing much to say but
every body should call S.O.D. BBS on 01698-305835 or 44-1698-305835
from anywhere apart from the UK.

Dave
o David Meikle, 2:259/69.2
)/\,[_) [email protected]
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`T7 ]=[ Editor of Fido in Europe column
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NET HUMOR
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X-Sender: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 07:49:00 -0400
To: [email protected]
From: Doug Paul <[email protected]>
Subject: COMPUTER GEEKS

The following was in the "Celebrations" section of the San Jose
Mercury News. Ordinary people enter short articles stating why their
friends or loved ones should be considered to be extraordinary.

Top 11 Reasons Why Computer Geeks Make Better Husbands
By Kathi Hunder

11. Computer geeks require little mirror time
(unlike the marketing guy I used to date).

10. You never have to worry about shopping for
birthdays or Christmas -- a Computer Literacy gift
certificate will do just fine.

9. No need to buy expensive work clothes--a couple
pairs of jeans and Dockers will carry your computer
geek for about two years.

8. I was the first woman on the block to have my own
e-mail address.

7. My shopping list has been on a spreadsheet for
about three years now.

6. Computer geeks never go carousing at bars--just
Fry's Electronics.

5. Computer geeks actually know how to program VCRs.

4. The biggest argument at our house: Mac vs PC.

3. There's always someone around to explain Dilbert
to me.

2. My own Web site. 'Nuff said.

1. He would never divorce me -- I would get half his
software.

-- from Louise Bennett

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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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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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[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.

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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

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MS-DOS:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
ALLFIX 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
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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
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ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
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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
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW

Windows (32-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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Argus 95 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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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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://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc/ftscmirr.htm
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html

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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org

Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html

Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/

Region 13: http://www.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

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Zone 4: (not yet listed)

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

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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm

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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
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------

Editor: Christopher Baker

Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
Donald Tees

"FidoNews Editor"
FidoNet 1:1/23
BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)

more addresses:
Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, [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.

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OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] for a
FIDONEWS 14-34 Page 18 25 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/

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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 14-34 Page 19 25 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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