F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 41 13 October 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 41 13 October 1997
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How about those FLORIDA MARLINS?!!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Do they watch American baseball outside of Zone 1? ....... 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
MSGID bug ................................................ 2
Expiring in the EList .................................... 2
More probs ............................................... 3
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5
FTSC Administrator - NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS ............... 5
4. COLUMNS .................................................. 7
Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 7
5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 8
Does Spam exist in FidoNet? .............................. 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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Not much new going on. Zone 4 DID get a new ZC. I saw it in the
Nodediff on Friday but nobody bothered to let FidoNews know so it
could be passed on the easy way. Maybe neither the past or the new
ZC4 ever heard of FidoNews?

So, I'll tell you that ZC4 is now:

Alejandro Alvarez at 4:900/309 in or around Buenos Aires in
Argentina.

From his listings, it appears he also an RC and an NC which is a lot
of hats if you have more than 20 Nodes in your Region or Net but that
is just speculation since no official notice has been forthcoming.

One can only hope this ZC4 will be more responsive than the last ZC4.
Congratulations [or commiserations as appropriate], Alejandro! Feel
free to use FidoNews to tell us everything. [grin]

And on a completely irrelevant note, are the FLorida Marlins going to
the World Series against the Cleveland Indians? [remember, you heard
it here first.] [grin]

For those who participate in the semi-annual stupidity, it's only TWO
weeks until Daylight Savings Time ends and normal time resumes. Mark
your calendars!

For those of you with FidoNet-related websites or webpages, be sure to
sign-up for the FidoNet WorldWide Webring. The URL is in the Masthead.

C.B.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sun Oct 12 18:54:34 1997

From: John Souvestre @ 1:396/1
To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
Date: 07 Oct 97 10:57:14
Subj: MSGID bug

MSGID: 1:396/1 343a5c28

* Original to PCB'ers at 1:396/1 in "Sou_Star"
* Forwarded Tue Oct 07 1997 10:59:04 by John Souvestre at 1:396/1

Hello Chris.

Feel free to print. :-)

===

Hi all.

This bug seems to show up every so often. So here's a reminder...

A MSGID without the system ID field is illegal. PCBoard is notorious
for doing this! It is a bug which they have been aware of for years
but have failed to fix. Here is a note from a PCB SysOp who found out
how to force it to work.

===

J> Your system is generating MSGIDs which are not legal. They
J> contain a MSGID value (32 bit hex number) but no system of origin
J> info.

D> Got to digging into the configuration, and found a place to set
D> the 'Default AKA Conference Range'. Since I only have one
D> address, I figured 'who needs that, there's only one 'AKA' to
D> chose, it must be the default?' Turns out I did, I plugged my
D> node number in there and now the MSGID is right.

===

John

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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:44:18 -0700
From: William Scott Lockwood III <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: Corpsmans Corner BBS
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To: Adrian Walker <[email protected]>
CC: Brenda Donovan <[email protected]>, Brent Hamm
<[email protected]>, Christopher Baker <[email protected]>,
Roy Witt <[email protected]>
Subject: Robot Problems

Adrian,

I have noticed with dismay that despite being updated several times
lately, REAL_FREE_SPEECH is in the expiring list! Why is that? I
have also noted that CABLE_MODEMS, despite jumping through all the
appropriate hoops, and being requested by 3 REC's is still not listed!
Can you explain this?

Also, I tried to Elist several expired listings lately. All of my
requests failed, but I note with great interest that others (many of
them not the former moderators of record) have been able to e-list
them. When I asked you about this, all you told me was to read BOFAQ,
which basically said wait until after the listing expires. Why do my
requests to E-list things bounce, but others do not? Enquiring minds
want to know...

Chris: Please publish this so that others in FidoNet will know to
check their echo's listings, to ensure they are not having similar
trouble.

--
TTYL,
Scott
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.users.cts.com/king/w/wsl3/

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Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 17:59:10 -0700
From: William Scott Lockwood III <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: Corpsmans Corner BBS
To: Adrian Walker <[email protected]>
CC: Christopher Baker <[email protected]>
Subject: I'm SORRY!
References: <[email protected]>

> Do you just send messages for the sheer enjoyment of making work for
> people, or do you ever bother to check your facts first? Can *you*
> explain that?!

What would you like me to explain? What I've seen (0 traffic for
instance, and no indication that it was there before today) has led me
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to beleave that it was being held somehow. If I am in error, I am
sorry. I know you don't beleave that, but there it is, none the less.

After your last netmail to me, I figgured you just had it in for me
like your buddy Bodger.

> Check BACKBONE.NA.

Funny you should mention that. I still haven't seen it. I'll look
around on the net for another copy, and see if I have a local problem.
I'm sorry for any inconvienance.

> Ever heard of a password? If it is not your listing, you are not
> entitled to it. Talk to Counsil, Queen and Lewis - there's been a
> war on between them for echoes. I've sent them the logs.

I'm not trying to be obtuse, but this made no sence to me. If an echo
has gone 6 months without being listed, it's fair game right?

> BTW, people who think that publication of the Elist is a mindless
> automated activity which occurs on the stroke of midnight on the
> first of each month have evidently never done a stitch of work for
> Fidonet. It is a time-consuming 2 hour marathon of batch files and
> file checking, largely done manually.

Hmmm. Okay, why not code that function? I'm new to C programming,
but if I could be of any help, I'd be happy to be. I'm looking for
something to work on right now anyway, to sharpen my skills.

> As a result it gets done when I have time. That may be several
> days after the 1st of the month.

You know, if you just said these things in the first place, there'd be
a lot less confusion.

> You'll always know when passwords have been purged because you will
> have received the new Elist.

What am I misreading then? It seemed to me that all the echo's I
wanted HAD been de-listed already.

Chris - please post this WITH my other one.
--
TTYL,
Scott
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.users.cts.com/king/w/wsl3/

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ARTICLES
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NOTICE OF FTSC ADMINISTRATOR NOMINATIONS
========================================

by Adrian Walker, 1:153/752
06 October 1997

==========
BACKGROUND
==========

From 01 December 1996 until 24 March 1997, discussion in the
FTSC_PUBLIC echo defined the mission and operating procedures for a
revitalized Fidonet Technical Standards Committee (FTSC), ending in
the publication of two new documents, FTA-1000 (FTSC Charter) and
FTA-1001 (FTSC Operations).

From 24 March until 01 August 1997, nominations were accepted for FTSC
Standing Members from RCs and RECs throughout Fidonet. From 16 August
until 05 September 1997, the RCs and RECs voted, and 24 Standing
Members were elected.

Since then, the Standing Members have been linked to the FTSC echo,
and Working Groups are being set up to address revision of the
existing Fidonet Technical Standards.

The final step is to elect the FTSC Administrator, at which point the
FTSC becomes fully operational. The duties of the administrator are
published in FTA-1001.

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NOMINATIONS
===========

The following extract from FTA-1001 describes the nomination and
voting process:

The FTSC administrator is appointed for a four year renewable
term.

To be eligible for appointment, an individual must be a Fidonet
node, be actively involved in Fidonet, though not necessarily in
a programming context, and should have proven organizational
skills. A candidate need not be a member of the FTSC. It is
recommended that a successful candidate not carry any *C or *EC
responsibilities during the term of office.

A candidate for FTSC Administrator may be nominated by any
Standing Member.

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The FTSC Administrator is appointed on the basis of a vote by all
Standing Members who are defined by the then-current edition of
FTA-0003 (FTSC Membership List). A successful candidate must
receive approval by at least a plurality of votes.

Publication of the nominations and the voting procedure shall
take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and voting shall close
three weeks after publication of the vote. Votes shall be by
netmail ballot to an independent enumerator.

[Plurality as defined in FTA-1001:
More votes than any other candidate, but less than a majority]

===============
ACTION REQUIRED
===============

Effective immediately, any FTSC Standing Member may nominate a person
for the position of FTSC Administrator, such nominations to be posted
in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo. Nominations close at 2359 UTC on Monday 27
October 1997.

At that time a list of all applicants having been properly nominated
will be published in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and the voting process as
defined above will then be followed.

Barring unforeseen delays, it is anticipated that voting will commence
at 0000 UTC on Friday 31 October 1997 and close at 2359 UTC on Friday
21 November 1997.

---OOO000OOO---

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COLUMNS
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Fidonet in Europe
-----------------
by David Meikle (2:259/69.2 , [email protected])

Not much happening in Europe just now. Apart from Astrowars starts on
the 18th of October.

Dave

P.S. Vist www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/way/8351

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COMIX IN ASCII
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--- Following message extracted from ASCII_ART @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sat Oct 11 02:51:13 1997

From: Alex Kemp
To: SB Perelman
Date: 09 Oct 97 21:19:29
Subj: ASCII_ART Gallery Rules: 10-08-97

SB Perelman stepped onto something squelchy to All 's amusement...

SP> The Don't's:
SP> @ NO SPAM

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Sorry, couldn't resist posting this olde :)

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/ _` | | | / _ \ \ \/ / Internet : [email protected]
| (_| | | | | __/ > < Fidonet : 2:254/60.6
\__,_| |_| \___| /_/\_\ 2:254/211.16
...WARNING! This PC is protected by a ferret with a black belt in
Karate

Origin: You mean you're NOT fixed into LandRover_UK ??? (2:254/60.6)

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NOTICES
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Future History

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].

22 Sep 1998
First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.

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

24 Jul 1999
XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].

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
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[from 1439. Ed.]

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

Websites of interest:

BinkleyTerm-XE - http://www.cc86.org/~btxe/
Searchlight BBS - http://www.searchlight.com

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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 XR5 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
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GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
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
NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR
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
Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
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 5.00 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
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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
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 XR5 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/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
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_W32
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
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
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
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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
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.fidonews.org
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: [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

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

------- 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]
[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
FIDONEWS 14-41 Page 18 13 Oct 1997

back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] for a
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.fidonews.org
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.

*

You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
by sending email to:

[email protected]

with a Subject line of: help

and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
www.fidonews.org.

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

http://www.fidonews.org

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.
FIDONEWS 14-41 Page 19 13 Oct 1997

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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
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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