F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 37 15 September 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 37 15 September 1997
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HOW ABOUT A NOTICE WHEN A MAJOR PLAYER DEPARTS FIDONET?

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
When they go why don't they say so? ...................... 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
Russian language "Planet FidoNet" ezine .................. 2
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
IP-Nodes ................................................. 3
FTSC - Election Results, FTSC Standing Members ........... 3
4. COLUMNS .................................................. 6
Telephone Info ........................................... 6
5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 13
North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jul-Aug] ........... 13
6. NOTICES .................................................. 15
Future History ........................................... 15
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 16
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 16
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 20
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 20
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 21
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 23
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EDITORIAL
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Does anyone out there now have a webpage going for Region 14? The
previous one disappeared [along with the FidoNet History project] when
Marge Robbins retired from FidoNet without notice.

Is there a page for Region 15? And what about John Mudge [REC17]? Did
he get kidnapped?

I understand the concept of burnout but not the concept of
disappearing without at least a minimal "So long" or "Get bent" on the
way out so folks can adjust links or displays. That's just rude and
there is never any excuse for being rude according to my mother. Must
be upbringing or a lack thereof?

And speaking of upbringing, WHY do we still not have an International
Coordinator in FidoNet? If we had 7 Zones instead of 6 [and we sure
need another Zone], there couldn't be any deadlocks over politics or
personalities. Unfortunately, FidoNet used to be a cooperative and
friendly network and the founders didn't visualize this petty
deadlock we've been engaged in for YEARS!

And speaking of coming back from the dead ... the FTSC seems to have
reconstructed and reorganized as indicated in the article below to
that effect. Now, if they just get a blessing from Tom Jennings [he's
at: [email protected], guys] for this effort, I can change the FTSC listing
from the current mirror of the old Nugent site to the new FTSC site.
That would represent a potential bright spot in an otherwise dreary
same old.

For those of you who read Russian, there is a Russian version of
FidoNews available, now. Check out the Letters to the Editor. It's not
a translation of this thing. It is their own newsletter. More power to
them!

Also note a new addition to the Future History list. We're just a year
away from the International BBS Week celebration. Watch here for
updates and information. If they get a website going, I'll list it in
the FidoNet by Internet section.

The Echomail weenies are still fighting and arguing about elections
and distributions and who's censoring who. Some things never change.

C.B.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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From: "Alexander Lokshin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Mailed from FidoNews homepage
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:09:21 +0400

Hi!

On 15 June 1997 was founded "Planet Fidonet" electronic newspaper,
that issues three or four times a week. Only in Russian now, sorry.
Visit that page: http://fido.netplanet.ru :)

Alexander Lokshin, 2:5020/529, [email protected], [email protected]

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ARTICLES
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IP-Nodes
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

In zone-2 we have started to discuss in-depth how to include IP-nodes
into the nodelist.

The topics of discussion have been about the desirability, the
IP-technology itself, the many possible ways of implementation, etc...

All this talk is going on in an international conference entitled
IP_CONNECT.

This conference reaches already a multitude of regions in zone-2 and
is now also available via 1:270/101 AKA PAOnline AKA George Peace.

If you want to be involved in the discussion and/or the implementation
please try to link in.

Once again, the name is IP_CONNECT!

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ELECTION RESULTS
FTSC STANDING MEMBERS
======================

08 September 1997

by Adrian Walker, 1:153/752

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

VOTER SUMMARY
=============

Eligible Voters: 114 (76 RCs and 38 RECs)
Votes Cast: 36 (25 RCs and 11 RECs) + 1 REC written abstention

Percentage voted: 32% (33% RCs and 29% RECs)

APPOINTMENT RULES
=================

From "Voting Procedure", published in Fidonews, 11 August 1997:

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

"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."

CANDIDATE RESULTS - 26 Candidates, 24 Appointed
===============================================

Candidate list is in order of number of YES votes received:

# NAME NODE # POS'N YES NO APPOINTED TO

1 Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FastEcho 28 5 01 Oct 2000
2 Joaquim Homrighausen 2:201/330 Frodo 28 6 01 Oct 2000
3 Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BT-XE 27 2 01 Oct 2000
4 Odinn Sorensen 2:236/77 Golded 27 4 01 Oct 2000
5 Mike Bilow 1:323/107 FP-OS/2 25 4 01 Oct 2000
6 Andreas Klein 2:2480/47 Imail 24 3 01 Oct 2000
7 Tom Schlangen 2:2450/10 BT-XE 23 3 01 Oct 2000
8 Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WaterGate 23 4 01 Oct 2000
9 Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPX 22 4 01 Oct 2000
10 Carlos Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFRoute 22 4 01 Oct 2000
11 Benjamin Schollnick 1:2613/477 QuickBBS 19 4 01 Oct 2000
12 Rune Johansen 2:210/20 NC 16 6 01 Oct 2000
13 Craig Box 3:774/950 NHub 16 6 01 Oct 2000
14 Zorch Frezberg 1:205/0 NC 15 6 01 Oct 1999
15 Colin Turner 2:443/13 NEC 14 5 01 Oct 1999
16 Jason Steck 1:285/424 Jmail 14 10 01 Oct 1999
17 Gary Price 1:3607/26 TriBBS 14 6 01 Oct 1999
18 Michael McCabe 1:297/11 FNS 14 6 01 Oct 1999
19 Ron Bemis 1:124/1113 NC 14 7 01 Oct 1999
20 Francois Thunus 2:270/25 RC 13 6 01 Oct 1999
21 Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 Announcer 13 5 01 Oct 1999
22 Goran Eriksson 2:201/505 NC 11 8 01 Oct 1999
23 Mike McGrane 1:282/1024 NHub 9 9 ---
24 Bjorn Felten 2:203/208 NC 9 8 01 Oct 1999
25 Richard Bash 1:231/45 NHub 9 8 01 Oct 1999
26 Cristoffer Crusell 2:204/701 NHub 8 8 ---

NOTE: Member # 13 above has been appointed for a 3 year term out of
fairness, since, although not in the top half of the ranking by "Yes"
vote, the member has the same number of votes as #12 who holds a 3
year appointment.

BALLOT LIST
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Ballot list is in chronological order of votes received:
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| CANDIDATE NAMES (First 4 Letters)
VOTER +----------------------------------------------------
-| B B B B B C E F F H J K K M M P S S S S S S T T W
W | a e i o u r r e r o o a l c c r a c c o t z h u a
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a | s m l x r u i l e m h r e C G i n h h r e a u r l
l
PASSWORD | h i o c s k t z r a l i a r c z l o e c r n n d l
-----------------+----------------------------------------------------
RC2:34 | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
phoenix | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
XTrust | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
SCHLUNZ | N Y Y Y Y N N N Y Y N N Y Y N Y N N Y Y N Y N N Y Y
RC23 | Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
MAGICTHEGATHERING| Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
leopard | Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y
OFFICER | Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
AGAIN! | N Y N N N N N N Y N Y N N N N N N Y N N N N Y Y Y N
MYPWD | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
DooLittle | Y Y Y Y Y
kaaskop | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
agnese | N N N Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
NEWFTSCISGOOD | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
MEIERIET | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
MEIERIET | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Boromir | N N Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N
potatoes | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
ipsisverbis | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
MUSICLY | Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y
<no p/w> | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
Eucharist | Y Y Y Y Y Y
IBOGAINE | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y
MINIMI | N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N Y N
MINIMI | N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N Y N
No_time_left_for_| N Y N Y Y N Y Y N
JUKEBOX | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
ZEUS | N N Y N Y N N N Y Y N Y Y N N N Y N N Y N Y Y N Y Y
smilee | Y Y
MYSTI | Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Buenos Aires sede| Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
drop_dead | Y Y Y Y Y
technical | N N Y N Y N N N N Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y
re1present4 | Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
horse_manure | Y Y Y N N N N N N Y N N Y Y N N N Y Y N N N Y N Y
EAGLE NEST | Y Y Y Y
-----------------+----------------------------------------------------

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COLUMNS
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Telephone Info
by Leonard Erickson, 1:105/56, [email protected]

This time I'm going to list the official ITU-T country code list.
Note that the ITU-T has divided the world into 9 "Zones", and
generally countries get assigned a number starting with their zone
number. There have been exceptions where a Zone was out of numbers.
These are now limited to Aruba, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Included are some cases where a "country" shares a country code with
others (notably in ITU zones 1 & 7) or uses a subset of another
country's code (for example, Liechtenstein)

Note that in some cases neighboring countries do *not* use these codes
to call the country. For example, San Marino is treated as part of
Italy by the Italian phone system, but actually has its own country
code and that code *is* used when dialing outside Italy.

Also, some codes have been assigned, but are not being used yet. I've
tried to note these where I have info.

Finally, several country codes are being returned to "reserved"
status, either because the country has merged with another (like
Zanzibar) or because they have asked to be included in another
country's phone system (Guam, and the CNMI).

The codes immediately before the name are the ISO 3166 two letter code
for the country or territory.

0 -- Reserved
1 CA Canada
1 US United States of America
1-242 BS Bahamas, Commonwealth of the
1-246 BB Barbados
1-264 AI Anguilla
1-268 AG Antigua and Barbuda
1-284 VG Virgin Islands (British) (after 1 Oct 97)
1-340 VI US Virgin Islands
1-345 KY Cayman Islands
1-441 BM Bermuda
1-473 GD Grenada (after 31 Oct 97)
1-649 TC Turks and Caicos Islands
1-665 MS Montserrat
1-670 MP Northern Marianna Islands (Saipan)
1-671 GU Guam
1-684 AS American Samoa (after ? ??? ??)
1-758 LC Saint Lucia
1-767 DM Dominica, Commonwealth of (after 1 Oct 97)
1-784 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (until ? ??? ??)
1-787 PR Puerto Rico
1-808 UM United States Minor Outlying Islands
1-809 AI Anguilla (until 30 Sep 97)
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1-809 KY Cayman Islands (until 31 Aug 97)
1-809 DM Dominica, Commonwealth of (until 30 Sep 98)
1-809 DO Dominican Republic
1-809 GD Grenada (until 31 Oct 98)
1-809 JM Jamaica (until 1 Nov 97)
1-809 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (until ? ??? ??)
1-809 TT Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of (until 31 May 98)
1-809 TC Turks and Caicos Islands (until 30 Jun 98)
1-809 VI US Virgin Islands (until 30 Jun 98)
1-809 VG Virgin Islands (British) (until 30 Sep 98)
1-868 TT Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of
1-869 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
1-876 JM Jamaica
20 EG Egypt, Arab Republic of
210 MA (reserved for Morocco)
211 MA (reserved for Morocco)
212 MA Morocco, Kingdom of
212-8 EH Western Sahara
213 DZ Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of
214 DZ (reserved for Algeria)
215 DZ (reserved for Algeria)
216 TN Tunisia, Republic of
217 TN (reserved for Tunisia)
218 LY Libya (Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
219 LY (reserved for Libya)
220 GM Gambia, Republic of the
221 SN Senegal, Republic of
222 MR Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
223 ML Mali, Republic of
224 GN Guinea, Republic of
225 CI Cote D'Ivoire, Republic of
226 BF Burkina Faso
227 NE Niger, Republic of the
228 TG Togolese Republic
229 BJ Benin, Republic of
230 MU Mauritius, Republic of
231 LR Liberia, Republic of
232 SL Sierra Leone
233 GH Ghana
234 NG Nigeria, Federal Republic of
235 TD Chad, Republic of
236 CF Central African Republic
237 CM Cameroon, Republic of
238 CV Cape Verde, Republic of
239 ST Sao Torme and Principe, Democratic Republic of
240 GQ Equatorial Guinea, Republic of
241 GA Gabonese Republic
242 CG Congo, Republic of the
243 ZA Zaire, Republic of
244 AO Angola, Republic of
245 GW Guinea-Bissau, Republic of
246 IO British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego-Garcia)
247 GB Ascension
248 SC Seychelles, Republic of
249 SD Sudan, Republic of the
250 RW Rwandese Republic
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251 ET Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of
252 SO Somali Democratic Republic
253 DJ Djibouti, Republic of
254 KE Kenya, Republic of
255 TZ Tanzania, United Republic of
255-54 TZ Zanzibar
256 UG Uganda, Republic of
257 BI Burundi, Republic of
258 MZ Mozambique, Republic of
259 TZ Zanzibar (Tanzania, see 255) (reserved for future use)
260 ZM Zambia, Republic of
261 MG Madagascar, Republic of
262 RE Reunion, French Department of
263 ZW Zimbabwe, Republic of
264 NA Namibia, Republic of
265 MW Malawi
266 LS Lesotho, Kingdom of
267 BW Botswana, Republic of
268 SZ Swaziland, Kingdom of
269 KM Comoros, Islamic Federal Republic of the
269 YT Mayotte (Collectivite territoriale de la Republique
francaise)
27 ZA South Africa, Republic of
280 -- Spare
281 -- Spare
282 -- Spare
283 -- Spare
284 -- Spare
285 -- Spare
286 -- Spare
287 -- Spare
288 -- Spare
289 -- Spare
290 SH St. Helena
291 ER Eritrea
292 -- Spare
293 -- Spare
294 -- Spare
295 -- Spare
296 -- Spare
297 AW Aruba
298 FO Faroe Islands
299 GL Greenland
30 GR Greece
31 NL Netherlands, Kingdom of the
32 BE Belgium
33 FX France
34 ES Spain
350 GI Gibraltar
351 PT Portugal
352 LU Luxembourg
353 IE Ireland
354 IS Iceland
355 AL Albania, Republic of
356 MT Malta
357 CY Cyprus, Republic of
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358 FI Finland
359 BG Bulgaria, Republic of
36 HU Hungary, Republic of
370 LT Lithuania, Republic of
371 LV Latvia, Republic of
372 EE Estonia, Republic of
373 MD Moldova, Republic of
374 AM Armenia, Republic of
375 BY Belarus, Republic of
376 AD Andorra, Principality of
377 MC Monaco, Principality of
378 SM San Marino, Republic of
379 VA Vatican City State (reserved for future use)
380 UA Ukraine
381 YU Montenegro and Serbia
382 -- Spare
383 -- Spare
384 -- Spare
385 HR Croatia, Republic of
386 SI Slovenia, Republic of
387 BA Bosnia and Herzegowina, Republic of
388 -- Temporarily unassignable
389 MK Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
39 IT Italy
40 RO Romania
41 CH Switzerland, Confederation of
41-75 LI Liechtenstein, Principality of
420 CZ Czech Republic
421 SK Slovak Republic
43 AT Austria
44 GB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
45 DK Denmark
46 SE Sweden
47 BV Bouvet Island
47 NO Norway
47-795 SJ Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands
48 PL Poland, Republic of
49 DE Germany, Federal Republic of
500 FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
501 BZ Belize
502 GT Guatemala, Republic of
503 SV El Salvador, Republic of
504 HN Honduras, Republic of
505 NI Nicaragua
506 CR Costa Rica
507 PA Panama, Republic of
508 PM St. Pierre et Miquelon (Collectivite territoriale de la
Republique francaise)
509 HT Haiti, Republic of
51 PE Peru
52 MX Mexico
53 CU Cuba
53-99 US Guantanamo Bay
54 AR Argentine Republic
55 BR Brazil, Federative Republic of
56 CL Chile
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57 CO Columbia, Republic of
58 VE Venezuala, Republic of
590 GP Guadaloupe, including St. Barthelemy and French St. Martin
(French Antilles)
591 BO Bolivia, Republic of
592 GY Guyana
593 EC Ecuador
594 GF French Guiana, French Department of
595 PY Paraguay, Republic of
596 MQ Martinique, French Department of
597 SR Suriname, Republic of
598 UY Uruguay, Eastern Republic of
599 AN Netherlands Antilles
60 MY Malaysia
61 AU Australia, Commonwealth of
61 CC Cocos Islands
62 ID Indonesia, Republic of
63 PH Philippines, Republic of the
64 NZ New Zealand
65 SG Singapore, Republic of
66 TH Thailand
670 MP Northern Marianna Islands (Saipan) (until 1 Jul 98)
671 GU Guam (until 1 Jul 98)
672 HM Heard and McDonald Islands (Australian External
Territories)
672-1 AQ Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S) (Australian
External Territories)
672-3 NF Norfolk Island (Australian External Territories)
672-4 CX Christmas Island (Australian External Territories)
673 BN Brunei Darussalam
674 NR Nauru, Republic of
675 PG Papua New Guinea
676 TO Tonga, Kingdom of
677 SB Solomon Islands
678 VU Vanatu, Republic of
679 FJ Fiji, Republic of
680 PW Palau, Republic of
681 WF Wallis and Futuna Islands (Territoire francais d'outre-mer)
682 CK Cook Islands
683 NU Niue
684 AS American Samoa
685 WS Western Samoa, Independent State of
686 KI Kiribati, Republic of
687 NC New Caledonia (Territoire francais d'outre-mer)
688 TV Tuvalu
689 PF French Polynesia (Territoire francais d'outre-mer)
690 TK Tokelau
691 FM Micronesia, Federated States of
692 MH Marshall Islands, Republic of the
693 -- Spare
694 -- Spare
695 -- Spare
696 -- Spare
697 -- Spare
698 -- Spare
699 -- Spare
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7 KZ Kazakhstan
7 KG Kyrgyz Republic (see 996)
7 RU Russian Federation
7 TJ Tajikistan
7 UZ Uzbekistan (see 998)
800 -- International Freephone Service
801 -- Spare
802 -- Spare
803 -- Spare
804 -- Spare
805 -- Spare
806 -- Spare
807 -- Spare
808 -- Spare
809 -- Spare
81 JP Japan
82 KR Korea, Republic of (South)
830 -- Spare
831 -- Spare
832 -- Spare
833 -- Spare
834 -- Spare
835 -- Spare
836 -- Spare
837 -- Spare
838 -- Spare
839 -- Spare
84 VN Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of
850 KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)
851 -- Spare
852 HK Hong Kong
853 MO Macau
854 -- Spare
855 KH Cambodia, Kingdom of
856 LA Lao People's Democratic Republic
857 -- Spare
858 -- Spare
859 -- Spare
86 CN China, People's Republic of
86-6 TW (assigned to Taiwan, see 886)
870 -- Inmarsat SNAC
871 -- Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean-East)
872 -- Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean)
873 -- Inmarsat (Indian Ocean)
874 -- Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean-West)
875 -- Reserved - Maritime Mobile Service Applications
876 -- Reserved - Maritime Mobile Service Applications
877 -- Reserved - Maritime Mobile Service Applications
878 -- Reserved - Universal Personal Telecommunication Service
(UPT)
879 -- Reserved for national purposes
880 BD Bangladesh, People's Republic of
881 -- Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS), shared code
882 -- Spare
883 -- Spare
884 -- Spare
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885 -- Spare
886 TW Taiwan (normally used, but not ITU-T allocation - see 86)
887 -- Spare
888 -- Temporarily unassignable
889 -- Spare
89 -- Reserved for payment codes
(e.g. 891228 = AT&T calling card)
90 TR Turkey
90-5 TR Turkish Cyprus
91 IN India, Republic of
92 PK Pakistan, Islamic Republic of
93 AF Afghanistan, Islamic State of
94 LK Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of
95 MM Myanmar, Union of (Burma)
960 MV Maldives, Republic of
961 LB Lebanon
962 JO Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of
963 SY Syrian Arab Republic
964 IQ Iraq, Republic of
965 KW Kuwait, State of
966 SA Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
967 YE Yemen, Republic of
968 OM Oman, Sultanate of
969 -- Reserved, reservation currently under investigation
970 -- Spare
971 AE United Arab Emirates
972 IL Israel, State of
973 BH Bahrain, State of
974 QA Qatar, State of
975 BT Bhutan, Kingdom of
976 MN Mongolia
977 NP Nepal
978 -- Spare
979 -- Spare
98 IR Iran, Islamic Republic of
990 -- Spare
991 -- Spare
992 -- Spare
993 TM Turkmenistan
994 AZ Azerbaijani Republic
995 GE Georgia
996 KG Kyrgyz Republic (reserved for future use)
997 -- Spare
998 UZ Uzbekistan, Republic of (reserved for future use)
999 -- Spare

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COORDINATORS CORNER
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North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jul-Aug]]
by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/16
[email protected]

Summary of backbone & quasi-backbone echo changes during Jul & Aug.

Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.

diff (backbone.na + backbone.no) 06-Jul-97 07-Sep-97 [edited].

Added to the backbone
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> APNEA Sleep Apnea Support & Discussions
> EDGE_ONLINE Endtime Discussion Group Exchange Online
> FIDOECHOPOL FidoNet Echomail Policy Discussions
> JAVA_LANGUAGE Java language discussion
> MED_MOANS Medical Concerns Discussed by End User (Patient)
> OPTOMETRY Vision & Eye Care Discussions
> PROMOTE_BBS The Council for Community Online Alternatives
Message
> QUIKUTILS QUIKUTILS is the official Matrix Technologies
support echo
> ROOTS_MUSIC Roots of Music Discussion
> STARGATE Stargate & Stargate SG-1 Discussion
> WHAT'S_HOT! WHAT'S HOT!...Topical News Discussion/Chat Forum

Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone
-------------------------------------------
< BATTERED (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< BIRTHMOTHERS (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< CASINO (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< CB_RADIO_2 (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< CELLULAR_II (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< CRAFTING-SYSOPS (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< CRAFTING_BAZAAR (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< CRIME_VICTIMS (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< C_ADVOCAT (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< DEADHEAD (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< EP-GENERAL (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< FITNESS (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< GAMES4SALE (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< HELP_MANKIND (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< HOLY_BIBLE (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< IMUS (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< KAG (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< MACDEV (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< MACDTP (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< MAINDOOR (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< MBBS-WG (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< MIDI-PROGRAMMING (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< MOVING (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< MS_IE (low traffic since 5/1/97)
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< MUPPETS (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< MUSICIAN'S_SERVICES (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< MUSIC_COMP_101 Music Composition Conference
< M_P_D (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< NATURE (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< NU_SUPPORT (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< PCBNET PCBoard Bulletin Board Software Support
Conference
< PIERS (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< PPI_MODEMS Practical Peripherals Modem Support
< PUBLIC_PSYCH (not in EchoList since 5/1/97)
< QUR'AN (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< RCP (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< RIGHTS_RONGS (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< SIERRAN (low traffic since 5/1/97)
< SIP_MPD (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< SIP_SSAS Spouses of Sexual Abuse Survivors
< SLEEP_APNEA Sleep Apnea and Your Life
< VAX (low traffic since 6/1/97)
< WORDSTAR (low traffic since 5/1/97)
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o There are 695 echos in backbone.na [07-Sep-97] (down 39]
o There are 80 echos in backbone.no [07-Sep-97] (up 7)
o for a total of 775 backbone & quasi-backbone echos (down 32)

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

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.

14 Sep 1998
Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].

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.

1 Jun 2000
EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.

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

[From 1435. Ed.]

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

Yawn. One update.

-=- 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
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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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 A9I
Argus NT/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ANI
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ifmail 2.10 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
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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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
=================================================================

This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
of this appearance.

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

FidoNet:

Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
HTML FNews http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc/ftscmirr.htm
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html

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

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: [disappeared?]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 14-37 Page 24 15 Sep 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., FNWSAUG7.ZIP for all the Issues from Aug 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:

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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:

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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
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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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