F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 43 27 October 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 43 27 October 1997
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Happy Halloween and other Harvest/Death Festivals!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Halloween, All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead? ............. 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
AOL Hoax letter .......................................... 2
Region 11 has Halloween on their website! ................ 3
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
IP Fido Nodes Request .................................... 4
A BBS Story .............................................. 5
4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8
A joke set in a Saloon ................................... 8
5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 10
Happy Halloween! ......................................... 10
6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 11
Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT & PRO_WRESTLING Echoes ..... 11
7. NOTICES .................................................. 12
Future History ........................................... 12
8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13
9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17
10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 18
11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 20
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EDITORIAL
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Besides the U.S. and parts of Europe, are there comparable festivals
of ghosts and spirits and the dead in the rest of FidoNet? This is the
Halloween Issue, so I just thought I'd ask. [grin]

A mixed bag this week. Nothing about premature blizzards or leaves
changing colors.

Somebody sent me an 867K .ART file this week containing rambling
excerpts from various Echomail areas, it appears. They pretended to be
somebody else when they sent it but even if they'd been honest in the
connect, even I draw the line at 867K for publishing or reading. I
don't know what the purpose was but it contained several messages
marked Confidential up front. Such traffic is not to be reproduced
without permission according to FidoNet Policy. I didn't save it or
the log containing the sending info but somebody has too much time on
their hands. It wasn't worth reading. If it happens again, I'll be
running a trace and saving the incoming info.

The Marlins are getting ready to win the World Series the hard way in
a seventh game. The World Series gets around the world, doesn't it?

C.B.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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--- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Tue Oct 21 09:16:23 1997

From: Mike Bilow
To: Christopher Baker
Date: 19 Oct 97 10:31:57
Subj: AOL "cookie" rumor is a hoax

* Forwarded (from: Netmail) by Mike Bilow using BilowMail0.2.
* Original dated: Oct 19 '97, 10:25

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Copyright (c) 1997, Mike Bilow. Unlimited royalty-free distribution
of the following text is permitted for any purpose and by any means,
provided that the text is reproduced unedited and in full (including
this copyright notice).

You are receiving this message because your address was listed as a
prior recipient of a warning message about AOL v4.0 software and
"cookies."

DO NOT FORWARD THAT MESSAGE ABOUT AOL AND "COOKIES" -- IT IS A HOAX.

Anyone who wants the official story about the "cookies" message and
similar hoaxes should check:

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

This is a web site about computer security issues maintained by the
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, operated by the University of California for the
U.S. Department of Energy.

In reality, a "cookie" is a marketing device, a bit of data that a web
site sends you that you then send back to that web site when you visit
it again. The real purpose of a "cookie" is to allow web sites to
track repeat visits, but they cannot otherwise identify you or get any
information because of it unless you specifically give it to them.
While "cookies" do raise some legitimate privacy concerns, they are
NOT a means of tapping into your computer and reading
your hard drive. Netscape publishes a "Cookie FAQ" at:

http://search.netscape.com/assist/security/faqs/cookies.html

Netscape also publishes the technical specification for "cookies" at:

http://search.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html

Please remember that the vast majority of warnings about "magical"
programs are hoaxes. While destructive or invasive software does
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exist, major public companies such as AOL are obviously not going to
take the legal and public relations risks associated with distributing
it.

-- Mike Bilow, N1BEE

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Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 .FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107)

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X-Sender: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:29:00 -0500
To: [email protected]
From: gary gilmore <[email protected]>

Could you drop a blurb in the Fidonews...

The Region11 website is decked out for Halloween. Let me know what
you think. ;-)

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

Requirements for "best effect":

MSIE 3.x or better
Decent sound card that can play MIDI and WAV files. (SB32 or better
suggested)

The site will remain this way until next week.

Enjoy! :-)

--gary

We are the keepers of the sacred words: Ni, Ping, and Nee-womm!
Fidonet: (Yes, fidonet) 1:2410/400 BBS: 1-313-582-0888
The Maximus Home Page: http://www.oeonline.com/~garyg/maximus/
The W32_FDN Home Page: http://www.oeonline.com/~garyg/w32_fdn/

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ARTICLES
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IP Fido Nodes Request
by Zorch Frezberg, 1:205/1701

I'm developing a proposal for the inclusion of FidoNet Technical
Standards compatible nodes operating mailers, which are located on the
InterNet within Zone 1.

To achieve this, I need to gather information from Zone 1 sysops that
isn't available anywhere else I've been able to find.

For the purposes of this proposal, I must define key provisions that
must be met for inclusion in this effort. These are:

1) The node must be operating a normal node, which is identified in
the regular FidoNet Nodelist;

2) The normal node must not be a PVT node or Point System, and must
be CM (CrashMail) capable;

3) The node located on the InterNet must have a 'static IP' address
and be available during a specified time for connections;

4) The InterNet node must be accessible through a mailer front-end
which accepts FTN/FTS-0001 standard connections.

If you are running such a node, please forward the standard
information:

1) Your normal FidoNet nodelist entry, with flags.

2) The city and state where your system is located.

3) The static IP address to be used when contacting
your system.

4) The node number, if different from above, assigned
to the IP-based mailer.

5) Your hours of operation for netmail and/or files.
Any BBS information is optional.

6) The type of connection you support (VMODEM, telnet, BinkP,
etc.).

7) The type of front-end mailer software you are using.

8) Any specialized nodelist flags you feel should be included.
(NOTE: Inclusion of such flags with your submission does not
guarantee that these will be included in the final proposal,
though reasonable and useful flags will be catalogued as
well.)

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For a variety of reasons relating to the proposal, this listing must
be limited to Zone 1 nodes only at this time. I am willing to share
the information with other Zones, and exchange lists as well, once the
information has been processed and submitted with the proposal.

Please forward the above information, or any compiled lists for Zone 1
which you may have (any format) to me at 1:205/1701 or by E-Mail to:
[email protected].

Thank you for your assistance, and let's find out what's out there!

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A BBS Story
Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109

After meeting at Coffee Obsession, the new trendy coffee shop, which
they rated an excellent quiet place for two old friends to get
together to discuss old times, Pat and John inevitably ended up
talking about computers.
Old-timers, equipmentwise, after complaining about Windows 95,
and speculating about Linux, John had mentioned that he had gotten a
hold of an archive of a type he had not heard of.
"That damn ZAR program!" Pat laughed.
Seeing the quizzical expression on his friend's face Pat went on
to explain. "This BBS I hang out at called it that when he first got
it. He prefers using LZX and I guess felt bugged by having to make
available yet another archiving program. ZAR is actually pretty good.
It has menu based interface for viewing archives of most types as well
as a command line interface. And although it does produce smaller
archives, something related to solid archives where it concatenates
files before compressing, it's native format has not caught on too
well."
"Interesting," John said. "Kind of like a compressed TAR
archive."
"The so called solid archive feature, yes. But as far as I know
it's only DOS based."
And so they discussed various pros and cons of compression
techniques and interfaces. John asked Pat, who was more of a
programmer than he, if he had a copy of this infamous ZAR program.
"Gee," Pat grinned, patting his pockets, "Not on me." At John's
groan Pat said, "No, I don't think I have it anywhere, but that BBS
does. You can get it from there."
"What's the number? Is it local?"
"Yeah. Just remind me an I'll give it to you before I go." Pat
told him.
"How 'bout if you come by my place after this," John said. "I
haven't called a BBS in a while."
"Sure," Pat said and then finished his coffee. "Why not now?"

After John's trusty old 486 booted up John started his
communications program.
"Wow! FidoTerm huh? Where'd you dig that up?" Pat asked.
"Someone from work gave it to me a long time ago," John said.
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"Requires a FOSSIL driver but it works quite well. Good enough
anyway."
Taking the seat before the computer Pat asked, "Do you ever read
any FidoNet stuff?"
"No," was John's quick reply.
"You should check it out. There's a lot of jerks, but hey, you
find them everywhere. Check out this BBS." He sat back while the modem
chirped away. He entered his login name and password. "It's actually
pretty good," he was saying when there came a click and the modem hung
up.
"Eh?" Pat said turning to the screen. "What's this?"
"'Phone number does not match your entry,'" John read. "'If you
have any problems, please call back and login as HELP.'" "Damn!" Pat
said. "What the heck is that all about?"
"Must be caller ID," John said.
"Must be," Pat said and re-entered the number. "I'll just turn it
off this time."
Chirp, chirp, click went the modem.
"'Non-caller ID calls are unaccepted,'" Pat read this time. "O,
fer crying out loud," John said. "What the..."
"How about calling back as HELP?" Pat asked.
"But that's not going to do you any good if I can't get access,"
John said. "I know. Why don't you call and set up a new account?"
"Okay," Pat said and took over the seat. When connected he
entered his name and chose a password.
"Capture the text," John said. "If I recall correctly there are a
few screens full of rules."
"Already did that," Pat informed him, hitting the return key
several times. "Here we go. Blah, blah, blah... 'You have read-only
access to the new user's forum only until you are validated.' What
the...?"
"Strange," John said. "I don't remember that. Try accessing the
filesbase anyway."
"How do I do that?"
"Type files."
"Okay," Pat said. After hitting return he read, "'Files access
denied.'"
"Crap!" John said. "I could have sworn I got access when I first
called."
"When was that?"
"Couple of years ago."
"Well," Pat said. "Things change I guess."
"I'll say," John said. "Well, it looks like I can't get you that
program unless you want to come over to my place and I call from
there. Man, I can't believe this."
"Well, it can wait I guess," Pat sighed. "It was only a game
archive that I had."
"But that's not the point. I should be able to get this. Hold
on. Look. Log off. I got a friend who lives nearby. I'll call him."

Putting down the receiver John turned slowly to his friend. "He
says that you should just get an Internet account. You can find
anything you need there without questions. Get into the 20th century
he said."
"Gee. Can I get it tonight?" Pat asked sarcastically.
"Really," John said.
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They both shook their heads and sighed.
"Hey," Pat said. "I've got this cool CD with a game called Shadow
Warrior. It's excellent. Want to check it out?"
"Sure," John said. "Got nothing else to do."
"O yeah," he added. "My friend said that ZAR is shareware and
that you'll have to register it. But that's another story."

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NET HUMOR
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A joke set in a Saloon
Forwarded by Barry Salter, 2:254/301
Other contact details in .sig

Hi everyone <waves>,

Apologies for the title but I couldn't think of anything more
descriptive that wouldn't give the punchline away.

I got the following joke from a mailing list that I subscribe to. The
original author forgot to put his/her name on it so I can't tell you
who wrote it.

Anyway, enough of my rabbiting ;) Here's the joke:

-----8<-----C-U-T--H-E-R-E----->8-----

A very small, sickly-looking man was hired as a bartender.

The saloon owner gave him a word of warning: "Drop everything and run
for your life if ever you hear that Big John is on his way to town."
The man worked several months without any problems.

Then one day a cowhand rushed in shouting, "Big John is a'comin',"
and knocked the small bartender on the floor in his hurry to get out.

Before the bartender had a chance to recover, a giant of a man with a
black bushy beard rode into the saloon through the swinging doors on
the back of a buffalo, and using a rattlesnake for a whip.

The man tore the doors off their hinges, knocked over tables, and
flung the snake into the corner. He then took his massive fist and
split the bar in half as he asked for a drink. The bartender
nervously pushed a bottle at the man. He bit off the top of the
bottle with his teeth and downed the contents in one gulp, and turned
to leave.

Seeing that he wasn't hurting anyone, the bartender asked the man if
he would like another drink.

"I ain't got no time," the man roared. "Big John is a'comin' to
town."

-----8<-----C-U-T--H-E-R-E----->8-----

Cya,

Barry
--
Barry Salter, Production Director, Businesses On-Line Limited
E-mail: [email protected] (<30k), [email protected]
ICQ: 809009, Page me! http://wwp.mirabilis.com/809009
FIDONEWS 14-43 Page 9 27 Oct 1997

Download ICQ now: http://www.mirabilis.com/

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COMIX IN ASCII
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--- Following message extracted from ASCII_ART @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Fri Oct 17 02:19:00 1997

From: Miss Kitty
To: All
Date: 12 Oct 97 21:14:00
Subj: More Halloween

,
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(`\ / \ |__| /\ |__)|__)\ /
`\`\ / \ | |/^^\| | |
`\`\ / \ _ __ __
`\`\ _/ \_ |__| /\ | | / \| ||_ |_ |\ |
`\`\ (_____________) | |/^^\|__|__\_/|/\||__ |__ | \|
`\`\ >>>>"""""""<<<<
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\ ) ) / \\`\\//\\\
) /__ | (__ jgs `\--'/\`\\
(___))) (__))) \^^\`\\`\
`\\`\\`\`

Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * 714-871-2227 * Fullerton, CA *
(1:103/441.0)

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

Emanuel Edwards
1:348/963
[email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SYSOPS!!!!!!

Hello all Sysops and Co_Sysops:

If you are looking for all the latest wrestling news both in the
WCW and the WWF I suggest you request these two echoes on your
BBS.

PRO_WRESTLING News from the WCW & WWF
WRESTLING_CHAT Wrestling News straight from the Internet.

There are great wrestling fans on both echoes and those echoes should
be a great addition to your message bases.

Thank you

Emanuel Moderator for the wrestling_chat
Co_moderator for the Pro_wrestling

Internet [email protected]
Fidonet 1:348/963

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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 1441 - Ed.]

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

Hmm. Not much to say.

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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
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
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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

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
FP-OS/2 97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow 323/107 FPOS2
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
WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP
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Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.12 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.6 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
=================================================================

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 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html

Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)

Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl

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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org

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

Zone 4: (not yet listed)

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

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

Zone 5: 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
=================================================================

------- 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.

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

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 14-43 Page 21 27 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/

*=*=*

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 14-43 Page 22 27 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.

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

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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