F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 42 14 October 1996

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 42 14 October 1996
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Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
An editorial license ..................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07 ......................... 2
CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit? ............... 3
Response to Woodmore and Kindness ........................ 5
3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 8
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285 ...... 8
4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9
Another Computer Virus alert? ............................ 9
5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11
Something seasonal? ...................................... 11
6. NOTICES .................................................. 12
Future History ........................................... 12
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 21
This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 21
9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22
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EDITORIAL
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Deteriorata

Go placidly amid the noise and waste and remember what
comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and
passive persons unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your
tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself and heed
well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to
kiss, and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but
that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be
comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment and
despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big
future in computer maintenance.

Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold,
spindle, and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call
the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with
those persons closest to you - that tomato on your left, for
instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love, therefore;
it will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of
youth, birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan. And let not the sands of
time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good
time, call 606-4311, ask for Ken. Take heart amid the deepening
gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And
reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only
be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be
here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is
laughing behind your back.

Therefore, make peace with your god, whatever you conceive
him to be: hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin. With all its hopes,
dreams, promises, and urban renewal, the world continues to
deteriorate. Give up.

(Excerpted from FidoNews, Volume 3, Nr. 26, 7 Jul 86)

Just a thought. [snicker]

C.B.

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ARTICLES
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Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07

By Bob Moravsik 2606/583

An interesting "test case" is in the brewing. It seems
that the private region 13 conference listings
in Adrian Walker's Elist were "abandoned". After Mr. Walker's
system sending out warnings and posting the expiration in
a few conferences they were going to be deleted.

HENCE I ELISTED THEM as the new moderator. Just heard from
the RC...he went berserk. Threatened me with penalties:

Phil Dampier said:

"Your listing yourself as moderator of various region echos
within this region in the ELIST constitutes excessively
annoying behavior. Your immediate relinquishment of those
listings will prevent impending penalties which will affect
your ability to participate as a node in this network."

Dampier then went on placing additional requirements:

"You can prevent these penalties by sending a message
to Adrian Walker, who maintains the ELIST, stating that
your submissions were in error and that you relinquish
any and all authority to list these echos in the ELIST.
A carbon copy of this message to my attention is also
required."

Naturally, I appealled his threats to Bob Satti and filed a PC
Phillip Dampier for trying to bypass the *C chain. The issues:

1. Is the Elist an official part of Fidonet ?

2. If no go to 8

3. If YES...how ?

4. Is listing anything that Adrian Walker will accept
EAB pursuant to Policy 4.07 ?

5. Can a RC threaten a node or does he have to file
a PC like any other node ?

6. Can his threat be appealled. Seems that the ZC
can rule on an advisory opinion request rather then
waiting for the PC to move upward.

7. Goto 9

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8. From 1. Blazz...Phil Dampier..."fo"

9. end

Maybe this will stimulate some thinking in getting a
RATIFIED policy on echomail. Hopefully Adrian Walker
will not compromise the passwords on the Elist as
I don't intend to give them up. I will give them
up WHEN and IF Fidonet's policy requires it.

Meantime R13 Conference is split into two parts. One
may be moderated by the RC. The other is moderated by
me and is Elisted.

The Dampier listings were abandoned; Adrian Walker's
notices were ignored...ya SNOOZE...ya Looze...

Bob Moravsik: Elisted Moderator R13

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CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit?
Fredric L. Rice ([email protected])
1:218/890.0 (818) 335-9601

A glut of files have been coming in about the recient allegations
that the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has
been dealing in drugs in a successfull attempt to suppress the
blacks in the country. I've discarded most of them and kept the
files which at least attempt to offer some names, dates, times,
and locations in the allegations. Since this is an interesting
social phenomena, I thought netters might find this stuff as
interesting as I do.

This isn't the first time I've seen these claims being made as I
can recall such claims being voiced back in the 1970's. Such
allegations were largely ignored then and they quickly died out.
What makes the repeat of these claims notable in the late 1990's
is the fact that the social environment of the 1970's is quite
different than the social environment of the 1990's. In the
United States _everyone_ wants to be a victim so they can claim
they're not responsible for their own fate. That attitude was
epidemic in the 1970's yet not pandemic at the time. Now things
have changed and there is a need to blame anyone one can for
one's lot in life -- and the CIA is a good, faceless, corrupt
and widely-recognized evil entity which quickly serves as the
fall guy. Additionally _this_ time there are people willing to
name names and be a bit specific about their claims.

I suspect that more reasonably acceptable files will be added
to the list of files that I'll keep so the Magic File Name of
DRUGS will return the current FILES.BBS for this archive.

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The latest news during October 1996 is that the the United
States terrorist organization known as the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) has been heavilly involved in trafficing in crack
cocain since the 1960's deliberately to suppress the domestic
black populace and to keep them down. The stories have taken
on all the attributes of an urban legend except that it should
more properly be considered a national hoax. The difficulty
of just passing off the stories as nonsense stems from the
history of the CIA's involvement in selling drugs for firearms
and firearms for drugs to support "freedom fighters" in other
countries. (Cnl. Oliver North's admissions of guilt were
validated.) The history of the CIA lends credability to this
latest series of allegations and it's certain to be a long-
lasting topic among conspiracy buffs and human rights
organizations. The Chairman of The Skeptic Tank routinely
archives urban legend stories and makes them available to the
general public as a matter of the Tank's charter -- we don't
often hold the opinion expressed within these archives. - flr

AG62688A.TXT This begins a three-day series of articles in the
ARKANSAS GAZETTE about the allegations of drug
trafficking in Mena.
AG62688B.TXT In the second story on June 26th... allegations by
Eugene Wheaton from a sworn deposition charged that
Barry Seal's gun and drug smuggling ran with
impunity because of the consent of the DEA and CIA
AG62788A.TXT Eight years ago, news reports out of Arkansas
explored the allegations of drug smuggling, gun-
running and money-laundering activities around the
Mena Intermountain Regional Airport.
AG62788B.TXT Mena, Arkansas holds many mysteries. This article
is one of a series in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE that
explores the Mena saga.
AG62888.TXT This is where we know most about CIA operations
connected with cocaine trafficking. In this report,
we discover how the Mena airport has facilities to
service airplanes from around the world.
AP072396.TXT DEA knew about CIA murders in Guatemala - Associated
Press - 07-23-96 - By PAULINE ARRILLAGA -
Associated Press Writer - HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) The
Drug Enforcement Administration knew about and
helped cover up the CIA...
AP091796.TXT Rep. Wants CIA Drug Probe - Associated Press -
September 17, 1996. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maxine
Waters, who has demanded inquiries into drug-running
allegations involving the CIA...
CIADEA.TXT Dea Agents Accuse Cia of Tapping Phones - 09/12/96;
18:38 - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The CIA and other spy
agencies have systematically tapped the phones of
overseas Drug Enforcement Administration offices
CSM92096.TXT The following article was printed in the Friday,
September 20, 1996 issue of *The Christian Science
Monitor* on page 3: - CIA UNDER PRESSURE TO DIVULGE
INFO ON CONTRAS - By Warren Richey
LDBROWN3.TXT Excerpt from: PARTNERS IN POWER by Roger Morris pg.
404-411. Early in 1984, a twenty-nine-year-old
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Arkansas trooper named Larry Douglass Brown was
eagerly applying for work with the Central
Intelligence Agency.
SJMCIA10.TXT Testimony links U.S. to drugs-guns trade Dealers
got their 'own little arsenal' Published: Aug. 18,
1996 BY GARY WEBB Mercury News Staff Writer
SJMCIA11.TXT FBI Memo connecting cocaine trafficking to
Contras and CIA
SJMCIA15.TXT Drug agent thought she was onto something big
Meneses' trail was getting warm when her superiors
took her off the case - Published: Aug. 19, 1996
BY GARY WEBB
SJMCIA16.TXT War on drugs has unequal impact on black
Americans - Contra case illustrates the
discrepancy: Nicaraguan goes free; L.A. dealer
faces life
SJMCIA17.TXT FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - Date of
transcription 2/27/87
SJMCIA18.TXT San Francisco Bay Area man tangled in drug web
Tales to DEA of gun running, drug trafficking fall
on deaf ears Published: Aug. 20, 1996 BY GARY WEBB
SJMCIA19.TXT OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL SUITE 701 555
THIRTEENTH STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
(202) 383-8940 RECORD OF INTERVIEW Date of
Transcription 3/16/87
SJMCIA20.TXT Drug expert: 'Crack' born in San Francisco Bay
Area in '74 - It was a failed attempt to copy
something else. Published: Aug. 19, 1996. BY GARY
WEBB.
SJMCIA21.TXT Oliver North labels CIA-drug allegations 'garbage'
- Published: Sept. 22, 1996 - Associated Press
SJMCIA22.TXT Document sheds light on Contra-cocaine link -
Published: Oct. 3, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA
KRAMER Mercury News Staff Writer
SJMCIA23.TXT Affidavit: Cops knew of drug ring - Document sheds
light on Contra-cocaine link - Published:
Oct. 3, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER
Mercury News Staff Writer
SJMCIA24.TXT Gag order concealed possible CIA drug ties - But
records were copied secretly - Published:
Sept. 29, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER
Mercury News Staff Writer
SJMCIACO America's 'crack' plague has roots in Nicaragua
war - Colombia-San Francisco Bay Area drug
pipeline helped finance CIA-backed Contras -
Published: Aug. 18, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB Mercury
News Staff Writer
SJMIRCON.TXT Robert Owen's deposition from Iran-Contra
Committee
WSJ42287.TXT Here is the JOURNAL's first report on the
CIA-connected cocaine trafficking through Mena,
Arkansas.

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Response to Woodmore and Kindness
by Bob Moravsik

As to the practical aspect of a Zone policy why
don't each of you read Section one of Policy
4.07. Local policies MUST meet certain tests.
One important one is that they are REQUIRED
by local conditions. Not desired, wanted,
needed etc...but REQUIRED.

Zone one has no echo policy. Some twit type try
hard to market the situation where people
think there is one. Zone one HAS NO ECHOMAIL policy
other then "biggest .bbs wins". There are multiple
and conflicting practices. BUT NOTHING FOR WHICH
a person's membership in Fidonet is at risk.

Let me poise these questions:

1. If the people that "vote" against a Z2 EP ignore
it ...then what ?

2. If those people put in another Z2ep is it anymore
enforceable then Woodmorepol.

Section one of the existing ratified policy contains
wisdom. Since message flow all over the world and
since any node can link to any other node via any
way...how do you expect to enforce a policy that
is limited by geography..as to a technology that
ISN'T.

Look at the foolishness in Z1. First there was
an echopol attempt. It spent more time on distribution
then on policy. It bombed. Then we had "boppy". The
famous document which made believe. It bombed. Now
the fad is "faq's". All these things are openly
ignored by most of Z1 (most members don't even know
or care about any of them).

OK WHAT IS THE SOLUTION:

1. Tweek Policy 4.07 to correct it and make it
easier to change. Do it worldwide.

2. Devise an internation echomail policy. Don't even
touch the distribution problem. Let distribution
system spring up as technology allows. (Read the
current policy...other then NC "host routing"..it's
SILENT..). The EP should be written around the
ECHOLIST (like the nodelist). Don't define new
positions. Let each *C do it ot allow delagation
(appointment). To have a seperate coordination
system is technically stupid. In Z1 the "ec's"
have "grabbed" netmail too. We have...ahem:

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"echomail routed netmail"

3. Then have this policy ratified as per P 4.08
(P 4.07 tweeked)

A Z2 only policy is a waste of time. Will each
conference that flows in Z2 be subject to Woodmorepol.
OF COURSE NOT.

So...Mr. Kindness and Mr. Woodmore. Instead of brushing
off an article with childish comments. Address the
international impact of a zone policy on messages
and moderators OUTSIDE the zone. Is excessilly annoying
behavior a geographical thing in cyberspace. Can I as
a Z1 sysop be excommunicated for DOING what a
Z2 policy says is EAB. THEN WHY SHOULD A Z2 SYSOP
be excommunicated UNLESS the PROHIBITION IS REQUIRED
by local condition...note required. (sec 1)

OK...address these issues intelligently without the
one liners. Maybe a few other ZC's can tackle this.

Bob Moravsik

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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-257|Nodelist-264|Nodelist-271|Nodelist-278|Nodelist-285|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 11962|11810 -152 |11826 16 |11826 0 |11666 -160 |38|
| 2 | 15412|16392 980 |16406 14 |16394 -12 |16341 -53 |53|
| 3 | 958| 954 -4 | 954 0 | 951 -3 | 950 -1 | 3|
| 4 | 630| 629 -1 | 629 0 | 629 0 | 610 -19 | 2|
| 5 | 100| 100 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 97 -3 | 0|
| 6 | 1020| 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1022 2 | 3|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 30082|30905 823 |30935 30 |30920 -15 |30686 -234 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <[email protected] (Christopher Baker)>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 08:30:18 -0500
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Computer Virus Alert

==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
From: [email protected]
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Subject: Computer Virus Alert

Attention NOBAN Subscribers:

WARNING; Be aware of the following new, politically oriented,
computer viruses that have been recently detected. Many are stealth
viruses and will surreptitiously infect your system without your
knowledge. Also be advised, that many of these viruses are of a NEWLY
DISCOVERED STRAIN that, it is suspected, can also infect the computer
OPERATOR.

(1) PAT BUCHANAN VIRUS: Your system works fine, but it complains
loudly about foreign software.

(2) COLIN POWELL VIRUS: Makes it's presence known, but doesn't do
anything. Secretly, you wish it would.

(3) HILLARY CLINTON VIRUS: File disappear, only to reappear
mysteriously a year later, in another directory.

(4) BOB DOLE VIRUS: Could be virulent, but it's been around too long
to be much of a threat.

(5) STEVE FORBES VIRUS: All files are reported as the same size.

(6) DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Their is sumthing rong with your komputer,
but ewe cant figyour outt watt!

(7) GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your
diagnostic software says everything is fine.

(8) NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of
people really mad just thinking about it.

(9) FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of
little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which
claim to be the most important part of your computer.

(10) GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PC's infected will lose
30 percent of their data 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a
3.5 percent margin of error).

FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 10 14 Oct 1996

(11) OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper
shredder.

(12) CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, and the screen
splits in half with the same message appearing on each side of
the screen. The message says that the blame for the gridlock is
caused by the other side.

(13) GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my
docs...no new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the
free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the
Congressional virus.

(14) ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system,
just before the whole thing quits. Then space aliens land at your
daughter's wedding.

My thanks to [email protected], [email protected] and the Dinky
Dao Express for providing this timely warning.

BludyRed

===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================

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COMIX IN ASCII
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Date: 29 Sep 90 22:50:38
From: Dave Aronson
To: Jonathan Rolfe @ 906/201
Subj: Re: Happy New Year
_____________________________________________________________________

> I always wondered what the creative could do within the
> constraints of ASCII! Now let's see if anyone can get some runes
> together for Hallowe'en!

Maybe something like:

_ H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N ! !
/ \ ___
( ) ////
\ _ / ////
**********************
****************************
************************************
******\~~~~~~/***********\~~~~~~/*******
********\ /*************\ /*********
**********\ /******/^\******\ /***********
************\/******/ \******\/*************
*******************/_____\********************
********************************************** #
*********\~~~~|***|~~~~~|***|~~~~/********** #
**********\ |***| ___ |***| /***|\___/|*/^^\ #
***********\ ~~~ |***| ~~~ /*****` o.o '/ \ #
************\___|***|___/*******=(___)= /^\ \#
*********************************U\ / \ )
***************************** #^# #^#
************************** # # # #
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(which I picked up from a long-forgotten source). If anyone can
snailmail me a written copy of "Happy Samhain" in runed Gaelic, I'll
take a whack at ASCIIfying it....

Origin: TIDMADT Enterprises (703) 370-7054 (1:109/120)

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NOTICES
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Future History

29 Oct 1996
Republic Day, Turkey.

5 Nov 1996
Election day, U.S.A.

5 Nov 1996
Guy Fawkes Day, England.

1 Dec 1996
Twelfth Anniversary of FidoNews Volume 1, Issue 1.

12 Dec 1996
Constitution Day, Russia

26 Jan 1997
Australia Day, Australia.

6 Feb 1997
Waitangi Day, New Zealand.

16 Feb 1997
Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush.

29 Feb 1997
Nothing will happen on this day.

25 May 1997
Independence Day, Argentina

11 Jun 1997
Independence Day, Russia

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.

15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

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

Ah, bliss. I'm finally caught up! There are some issues pending, but
they're all waiting for responses from authors. As of this moment,
my inbox is totally empty.

As I mentioned when I started working on this column, I will
occasionally highlight a new (or newly updated) entry. This is the
first:

"BeeMail is a Windows 100% GUI FTS mailer, tosser, scanner and
echomail processor. It can be used as a front-end mailer for any
Windows or DOS BBS. There are two functionally identical versions
of Beemail: win16 and win32."

Fidonet contact info: Andrius Cepaitis, 2:470/1 Freq:BEEMAIL

Internet contact info: [email protected]
http://beemail.com
ftp://beemail.com

In general, I don't include entries for beta versions of software.
I made an exception in this case, as the package is already in use.
Beemail is planned to release around December this year.

I removed the Apple CP/M section this week. Obviously, I'll reinstate
it in the unlikely event I hear from a sysop who runs or authors BBS-
related software for it.

Next week, Apple II Software will probably get the axe.

Phased out this week: Apple CP/M Software

Phase-out highlights:
This week: Archimedes Software Deadline for info: 18 Oct 1996.
Last week: Apple II Software Deadline for info: 18 Oct 1996.

-=- 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) :

FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 14 14 Oct 1996

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
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Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
CheckPnt 0.5 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 CHECKPNT
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
FrontDoor 2.12 M S Joaquim Homrighausen
2:201/330 FD
FrontDoor 2.20c M C Joaquim Homrighausen
2:201/330 FDINFO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:297/11 IMAIL
ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
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
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
MakePl 1.8 N F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 MAKEPL
Marena 1.1 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 MARENA
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAX
McMail g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
PcMerge 2.7 N F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 PCMERGE
PlatinumXpress 1.1 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX11TD.ZIP
RAR 2.00 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 4.3 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR43.ZIP
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISH
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS
TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG
TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
XRobot 3.01 O S Joaquim Homrighausen
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 15 14 Oct 1996

2:201/330 XRDOS

OS/2:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXP
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
PcMerge 2.3 N F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
XRobot 3.01 O S Joaquim Homrighausen
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

Windows (32-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
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXN
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT

Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.8f M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx 2.8f-tx7.7 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK

Amiga:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK

Function: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
C-Compression, 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-Source

Old info from: 01/27/92
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MS-DOS Systems
--------------

BBS Software NodeList Utilities Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Kitten 1.01 EditNL 4.00 MailBase 4.11a@
Lynx 1.30 FDND 1.10 MSG 4.5*
Merlin 1.39n MakeNL 2.31 MsgLnk 1.0c
Oracomm 5.M.6P@ Parselst 1.33 MsgMstr 2.03a
Oracomm Plus 6.E@ Prune 1.40 MsgNum 4.16d
PCBoard 14.5a SysNL 3.14 MSGTOSS 1.3
Phoenix 1.07* XlatList 2.90 Netsex 2.00b
ProBoard 1.20* XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 OFFLINE 1.35
QuickBBS 2.75 Oliver 1.0a
RBBS 17.3b Other Utilities OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
RemoteAccess 1.11* Name Version PKInsert 7.10
SimplexBBS 1.05 -------------------- PolyXarc 2.1a
SLBBS 2.15C* 2DAPoint 1.50* QM 1.00a
Socrates 1.11 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 QSort 4.04
SuperBBS 1.12* ARCAsim 2.31 RAD Plus 2.11
SuperComm 0.99 ARCmail 3.00* Raid 1.00
TAG 2.5g Areafix 1.20 RBBSMail 18.0
TBBS 2.1 ConfMail 4.00 ScanToss 1.28
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Crossnet 1.5 ScMail 1.00
Telegard 2.7* DOMAIN 1.42 ScEdit 1.12
TPBoard 6.1 DEMM 1.06 Sirius 1.0x
WildCat! 3.02* DGMM 1.06 SLMail 2.15C
XBBS 1.77 DOMAIN 1.42 StarLink 1.01
EEngine 0.32 TagMail 2.41
Network Mailers EMM 2.11* TCOMMail 2.2
Name Version EZPoint 2.1 Telemail 1.5*
-------------------- FGroup 1.00 TGroup 1.13
BinkleyTerm 2.50 FidoPCB 1.0s@ TIRES 3.11
D'Bridge 1.30 FNPGate 2.70 TMail 1.21
Dreamer 1.06 GateWorks 3.06e TosScan 1.00
Dutchie 2.90c GMail 2.05 UFGATE 1.03
Milqtoast 1.00 GMD 3.10 VPurge 4.09e
PreNM 1.48 GMM 1.21 WEdit 2.0@
SEAdog 4.60 GoldEd 2.31p WildMail 2.00
SEAmail 1.01 GROUP 2.23 WMail 2.2
TIMS 1.0(mod8) GUS 1.40 WNode 2.1
Harvey's Robot 4.10 XRS 4.99
Compression HeadEdit 1.18 XST 2.3e
Utilities HLIST 1.09 YUPPIE! 2.00
Name Version ISIS 5.12@ ZmailH 1.25
-------------------- Lola 1.01d ZSX 2.40
ARC 7.12 Mosaic 1.00b
ARJ 2.20
LHA 2.13
PAK 2.51
PKPak 3.61
PKZip 1.10

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OS/2 Systems
------------

BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z)
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
-------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
BinkleyTerm 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
SEAmail 1.01

Xenix/Unix 386
--------------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
ARC 5.21
C-LHARC 1.00
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
Omail 1.00
ParseLst 1.32
Unzip 3.10
VPurge 4.08
Zoo 2.01

QNX
---

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03
QCP 1.02
NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6
Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1
-------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05
QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00
LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01
Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
Zoo 2.01

Apple II
--------
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
ShrinkIt 3.30*
|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04

Macintosh
---------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
MacArd 0.04
Mantissa 3.21
Point System Mehitable 2.0
Software OriginatorII 2.0
Name Version PreStamp 3.2
-------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6
Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
TImport 1.92
Tset 1.3
TSort 1.0
UNZIP 1.02c
Zenith 1.5
Zip Extract 0.10

Amiga
-----

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
4D-BBS 1.65 BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12
TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@
Utilities FileMgr 2.08
Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18
Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
-------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 19 14 Oct 1996

ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
TrapToss 1.20
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02

Atari ST/TT
-----------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* ConfMail 4.10
NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
Compression -------------------- FastPack 1.20
Utilities ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
Name Version EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
-------------------- sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
ARC 6.02 Trenum 0.10
LHARC 2.01i
PackConvert
STZip 1.1*
UnJARST 2.00
WhatArc 2.02

Archimedes
----------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20
Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01
RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00
DeLZ 0.01
MailED 0.95
NetFile 1.00
ParseLst 1.30
Raul 1.01
!Spark 2.16
!SparkMail 2.08
!SparkPlug 2.14
UnArj 2.21
UnZip 3.00
Zip 1.00

FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 20 14 Oct 1996

Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
--------------------------------------

BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0
OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2
UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1
UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01
FReq 2.5a
LookNode 2.00
ParseLST
PReq 2.2
RList 1.03
RTick 2.00
UnBundle 1.4
UnSeen 1.1

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Key to old info:
+ - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
* - Recently Updated Version
@ - New Addition
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264

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FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY
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[this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or
it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6.2
Comment: Clear-signing is Electronic Digital Authenticity!

-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Pending a formal decision about including 'encrypted' material inside
FidoNews from the Zone Coordinator Council, the guts of the FidoNews
public-key have been removed from this listing.

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.

This section will contain only this disclaimer and instructions until
a ZCC decision is forwarded to the Editor.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
=================================================================

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

Editor: Christopher Baker

Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar,
Tom Jennings, 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:
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[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
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OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSDnn.LZH] for a
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 23 14 Oct 1996

particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
current year [6], i.e., FNWSMAY6.ZIP for all the Issues from May 96.

Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
1 - 12 for 1984 - 1995, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
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ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
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STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
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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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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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Anyone interested in getting a copy of the INTERNET GATEWAY FAQ may
file-request GISFAQ.ZIP from 1:133/411.0, or send an internet message
to [email protected]. No message or text or subject is
necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
should now mail to [email protected] rather than the
previously listed address.
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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
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also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.

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or something to amuse ourselves
and create the requisite chaos."
-Tom Jennings

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