F I D O N E W S --       Volume 14, Number 38          22 September 1997
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                       Table of Contents
    1. EDITORIAL  ................................................  1
       NEW: fidonews.org!  .......................................  1
    2. ARTICLES  .................................................  2
       FidoNews goes Internet full blast!  .......................  2
       Big Brother Alert!! Protect YOUR Privacy NOW!!!  ..........  3
       Free keys for Silver Xpress Mail Doors  ...................  7
    3. COLUMNS  ..................................................  8
       Fidonet in Europe  ........................................  8
    4. NET HUMOR  ................................................  9
       Some initial impressions?  ................................  9
    5. NOTICES  .................................................. 10
       Future History  ........................................... 10
    6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................................. 11
       Latest Greatest Software Versions  ........................ 11
    7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY  ...................................... 15
       FidoNews PGP public-key listing  .......................... 15
    8. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 16
    9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 18
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                                EDITORIAL
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    FidoNews has its own domain name on the Internet NOW! Go to:

       http://www.fidonews.org

    and check it out!

    The Masthead and Internet sections have been adjusted to reflect the
    new URL. See the article below for more info on this upgrade to the
    FidoNews accessibility around the world.

    Speaking of the Nodelist, here in Zone 1 we haven't seen a Zone 2
    update since 197. What is going on there? Zone 2 still exists, right?
    Could there be another, better reason to get off the dime and get an
    International Coordinator? [sigh]

    The Autumnal Equinox is here. Don't forget to balance that egg on its
    end. You'll find that as easy as getting certain answers in FidoNet.

    C.B.




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                                ARTICLES
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    Thanks to the untiring efforts of jim barchuk of 1:141/355, FidoNews
    now joins the domain realm of the Internet as the new site comes
    online at:

         http://www.fidonews.org

    on a dedicated machine that replaces the old geocities.com listing
    for FidoNews in HTML.

    The new site will contain the latest Issues as well as readable
    archives of all the old Issues. It will also have an online article
    submission engine and eventually search capability and any other
    features jim can think up. [grin]

    It also provides YAEA [yet another email address] for the Editor at:

         [email protected]

    as well as jim's new address of:

         [email protected]

    as site manager and domain guru.

    The new domain name was fully approved by Tom Jennings [[email protected]]
    and will be fully transferable to future Editors and site managers as
    necessary.

    Although some in FidoNet decry the "Internetzation"[tm] of our amateur
    network, the reality is that FidoNet IS part of the Internet and CAN
    and DOES benefit by the links it maintains there directly and
    indirectly. Internet access is the only long-distance support some
    FidoNet Sysops can afford in order to provide their Users the best of
    the material [Nodelists, FidoNews, software, etc.] available within
    FidoNet. The short-sighted see the Internet as competition for their
    dwindling userbase. The rest of us see the Internet as an evolutionary
    step to greater accessibility. Instead of boohooing, start exploiting.

    The new site is not completed, yet, but it has all the basics in place
    and is ready for your perusal. You should also leave email to jim as
    you pass with any suggestions or ideas you think will improve the
    service there. A Guestbook and a FidoNet Webring link will also be
    added soon.

    My personal thanks to jim for this purely volunteer effort seem meager
    compared to his work on this project, but nevertheless, "THANKS, jim!"

    I hope all of you with Internet access will go take a look at
    FidoNet's latest improvement at www.fidonews.org and while you're at
    it, go to the FidoNet Webring page and put YOUR FidoNet-related web
    info into circulation at:

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       http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html

    and help FidoNet reach even farther!

    QOFM.
    Chris

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    | __ )(_) __ _  | __ ) _ __ ___ | |_| |__   ___ _ __ Stop Big Brother
    |  _ \| |/ _` | |  _ \| '__/ _ \| __| '_ \ / _ \ '__|Amendment, coming
    | |_) | | (_| | | |_) | | | (_) | |_| | | |  __/ |   next week in the
    |____/|_|\__, | |____/|_|  \___/ \__|_| |_|\___|_|   House Commerce
             |___/                                       committee!

                           Posted September 18, 1997
            Please forward where appropriate until September 28, 1997

                          This alert brought to you by
                      The Voters Telecommunications Watch,
              The Center for Democracy & Technology, the Electronic
            Frontier Foundation, Wired Magazine, and Americans for Tax
                                    Reform
    _________________________________________________________________
    Table of Contents

          Stop the Government From Building Big Brother Into The Internet

          What You Can Do
                -Please contact four leading members of Congress

          Background

          About This Alert
    _________________________________________________________________
    STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM BUILDING BIG BROTHER INTO THE INTERNET

    In 1948, George Orwell described a future world in which Big Brother
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    peaked over the shoulder of every citizen -- watching every move and
    listening to every word.

    Now, in 1997, the FBI is pushing the United States Congress to pass
    legislation which would make George Orwell's frightening vision a
    reality.

    Next week the House Commerce Committee will meet to consider a
    proposal that would require all Americans to provide the government
    guaranteed access to their private online communications and business
    transactions.  Taking a page out of Orwell's 1984, the FBI-spawned
    proposal would require that every part of the Internet -- from the
    software on your computer to the network provider that carries your
    messages around the net -- be jury-rigged to divulge your private
    conversations immediately on request by the FBI (see below).

    Unfortunately, this is not a work of fiction.

    The amendment, to be offered by Representatives Mike Oxley (R-OH) and
    Thomas Manton (D-NY), is a serious threat to your privacy and
    represents the first and final step in the construction of a National
    Surveillance Infrastructure.

    A vote is expected on September 25.  The future of privacy and
    security in the information age is in the hands of the Commerce
    Committee, and they need to know that folks are watching and care
    about the outcome.

    On Monday September 22, please join thousands of Internet users all
    across the country as we call on Congress to stop big brother.  With
    your help and support,  we can ensure that George Orwell's 1984 does
    not become a reality.

    All the information you need is attached below.

    _________________________________________________________________
    WHAT YOU CAN DO

    1. ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, pick up the phone and call as many of the
       four leading members of the Commerce committee as you can:

         Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-VA)         (202) 225-2815
         Ranking member John Dingell (D-MI)   (202) 225-4071
         Rep. Tauzin (R-LA)                    (202) 225-4031
         Rep. Markey (D-MA)                    (202) 225-2836

    2. Ask for the staffer that handles the encryption issue.

    3. Say that you're calling to urge the Congressman to pass SAFE
       (HR695) without amendments.

       Specifically, say that you "OPPOSE THE OXLEY/MANTON BIG BROTHER
       AMENDMENT.  Americans should not be required to give the government
       keys to the front door of their house, and they shouldn't be
       required to give the government the keys to unlock their private
       online communications."
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    Other amendments may be proposed.  Please urge the Congressman to pass
    SAFE "as is" and oppose any amendments. Feel free to use your own
    words though here are some points you might want to stress:

    - Oxley/Manton is a dramatic expansion of law enforcement power.  It
       would give law enforcement "immediate" access to private online
       communications and business transactions without any notice or
       knowledge to the user.

    - Oxley/Manton is NOT A BALANCE BETWEEN PRIVACY INTERESTS AND LAW
       ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS, as some supporters have argued.  It gives the
       FBI broad new power while stripping Americans of their Fourth
       Amendment right to be secure from unreasonable searches and
       seizures.

    - Oxley/Manton would give the Attorney General authority to dictate
       the design of Internet services and software to suit the needs of
       law enforcement.

    - Oxley/Manton would not stop crime. Strong encryption without
       "immediate access" features is available today at home and abroad.

    - Oxley/Manton would increase opportunities for cybercrime as criminal
       hackers attack vulnerabilities in the key recovery access system.

    4. Let us know how it went!  Go to one of the following web pages,
       depending on who you called, and tell us about the conversation.

       Rep. Bliley     http://www.crypto.com/member/meet.cgi?membid=va07
       Rep. Dingell    http://www.crypto.com/member/meet.cgi?membid=mi16
       Rep. Tauzin     http://www.crypto.com/member/meet.cgi?membid=la03
       Rep. Markey     http://www.crypto.com/member/meet.cgi?membid=ma07

    5. Forward this ALERT to your friends and colleagues.

    6. Feel good about yourself!  Know that you've stood up for privacy,
       and contacting Congress is more than most people take the time to
       do!

    _________________________________________________________________
    BACKGROUND

    The House Commerce Committee is considering a bill known as the
    "Security and Freedom through Encryption Act" (HR 695, a.k.a. SAFE).
    SAFE would encourage the widespread availability of strong, easy-to-
    use encryption technologies in order to protect privacy and promote
    electronic commerce on the Internet.  SAFE enjoys broad support from
    Internet users, civil liberties advocates, and over 250 members of
    Congress.

    Last week, the Commerce Committee delayed its vote on the SAFE bill in
    order to give the Committee more time to study the implications of the
    Oxley/Manton amendment, which would change SAFE to ban encryption
    which does not contain features that provide law enforcement with
    "immediate access" to the plain text of encrypted information,
    including private communications and business transactions (visit
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    http://www.crypto.com/safe_bill/)

    The Oxley/Manton amendment would for the first time impose sweeping
    restrictions on the ability of American citizens to protect their
    privacy on US soil. Specifically, the amendment would:

    * PROHIBIT THE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ENCRYPTION PRODUCTS OR
      SERVICES WHICH DO NOT PROVIDE INSTANT ACCESS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT:
      The proposal would prohibit the manufacture, sale, import, or
      distribution within the United States of any encryption product
      unless it allows "immediate access" to the plain text of any user's
      messages or files without the user's knowledge.

    * GRANT BROAD NEW AUTHORITY FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SET TECHNICAL
      STANDARDS FOR ENCRYPTION PRODUCTS: The proposal allows the Attorney
      General to set standards for what are and are not acceptable
      encryption products. The proposal's requirement of immediate access
      to plain text would seem to seriously limit the options available to
      encryption manufacturers seeking approval of their products.

    The amendment does not specify whether the immediate access "features"
    could be activated (or not) at the option of the purchaser or end
    user.  Nonetheless,  requiring that such a capability be installed in
    all domestic communications networks and encryption products is the
    equivalent of enabling a national surveillance infrastructure and
    asserts unprecedented control over the design of Internet software,
    hardware, and services.

    The amendment is analogous to the government requiring surveillance
    cameras in every new house built in the United States, which could be
    turned on remotely by the police if you were ever suspected of
    committing a crime.

    Worse yet, such "key escrow" or "key recovery" technologies pose
    significant risk to the security of the Internet -- providing new
    points of vulnerability for hackers, terrorists, and industrial spies
    to exploit.  A recent study by 11 of the worlds leading cryptographers
    concluded that the large scale deployment of such technologies would
    be too complex and too insecure to meet the needs of an Information
    Age society (see http://www.crypto.com/key_study/)

    Despite widespread opposition from Internet users, civil liberties
    groups, privacy advocates, and the computer and communications
    industries, Oxley and Manton plan to push for this FBI spawned
    amendment at the Commerce Committee vote.  If it is adopted, it would
    represent the first and final step in the development of a national
    surveillance infrastructure.

    _________________________________________________________________
    ABOUT THIS ALERT

    This message was brought to you by the Center for Democracy and
    Technology (http://www.cdt.org), the Voters Telecommunications Watch
    (http://www.vtw.org/), the Electronic Frontier Foundation
    (http://www.eff.org/), Wired Magazine (http://www.wired.com/), and
    Americans for Tax Reform (http://www.atr.org/) who have joined
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    together on this alert.

    _________________________________________________________________
    end alert 09.18.1997 net

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

    Nothing happening really apart from myself running a an AstroWars host
    for more info send a message To Infomail with the subject Astrowars.

    Dave
      o       David Meikle, 2:259/69.2
    )/\,[_)   [email protected]
    `T7 ]=[   Editor of Fido in Europe column
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                                NET HUMOR
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    Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 22:31:46 -0700
    From: "Shari - Oregon, USA" <[email protected]>
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: acronyms
    Sender: [email protected]
    Reply-To: [email protected]

    PCMCIA    People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
    ISDN      It Still Does Nothing

    APPLE     Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
    SCSI      System Can't See It

    DOS       Defective Operating System
    BASIC     Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
    IBM       I Blame Microsoft

    DEC       Do Expect Cuts

    CD-ROM    Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
    OS/2      Obsolete Soon, Too.

    WWW       World Wide Wait

    MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
    PENTIUM   Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect  Understanding
              of Mathematics

    COBOL     Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
    AMIGA     A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction
    LISP      Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis
    MIPS      Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
    WINDOWS   Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
    GIRO      Garbage In Rubbish Out

    MICROSOFT Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only (for)
              Fools (&) Teenagers.

     -30-

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                                 NOTICES
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                               Future History

    25 Sep 1997
       Happy Birthday, Joaquim H. Homrighausen

    13 Oct 1997
       Thanksgiving Day, Canada.

     1 Dec 1997
       World AIDS Day.

    10 Dec 1997
       Nobel Day, Sweden.

    12 Jan 1998
       HAL 9000 is one year old today.

    30 Apr 1998
       Queens Day, Holland.

    22 May 1998
       Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.

    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.

    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 1435. Ed.]

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

    Yawn. One update.

    -=- Snip -=-

    Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column

    OS Platform                             :
    Software package name                   :
    Version                                 :
    Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
    Freeware / Shareware / Commercial?      :
    Author / Support staff contact name     :
    Author / Support staff contact node     :
    Magic name (at the above-listed node)   :

    Please include a sentence describing what the package does.

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

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    MS-DOS:
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Act-Up         4.6      G D Chris Gunn        1:15/55     ACT-UP
    ALLFIX         4.40     T S Harald Harms      2:281/415   ALLFIX
    Announcer      1.11     O S Peter Karlsson    2:206/221   ANNOUNCE
    BGFAX          1.60     O S B.J. Guillot      1:106/400   BGFAX
    Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
    BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOS_260.ZIP
    BinkleyTerm-XE XR4      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_DOS
    CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
    CheckPnt       1.0a     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     CHECKPNT
    FastEcho       1.45a    T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FASTECHO
    FastEcho/16    1.45a    T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FE16
    FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLSTD
    FidoBBS (tm)   12u      B S Ray Brown         1:1/117     FILES
    FrontDoor      2.12     M S JoHo              2:201/330   FD
    FrontDoor      2.20c    M C JoHo              2:201/330   FDINFO
    GEcho          1.00     T S Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
    GEcho/Plus     1.11     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
    GEcho/Pro      1.20     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
    GIGO           07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler      1:1/141     INFO
    GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GED
    GoldED/386     2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEX
    GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
    FIDONEWS 14-38               Page 12                  22 Sep 1997


    GoldNODE       2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEN
    Imail          1.75     T S Michael McCabe    1:1/121     IMAIL
    ImCrypt        1.04     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     IMCRYPT
    InfoMail/86    1.21     O F Damian Walker     2:2502/666  INFOMAIL
    InfoMail/386   1.21     O F Damian Walker     2:2502/666  INFO386
    InterEcho      1.19     T C Peter Stewart     1:369/35    IEDEMO
    InterMail      2.29k    M C Peter Stewart     1:369/35    IMDEMO
    InterPCB       1.52     O S Peter Stewart     1:369/35    INTERPCB
    IPNet          1.11     O S Michele Stewart   1:369/21    IPNET
    JD's CBV       1.4      O S John Dailey       1:363/277   CBV
    Jelly-Bean     1.01     T S Rowan Crowe       3:635/727   JELLY
    Jelly-Bean/386 1.01     T S Rowan Crowe       3:635/727   JELLY386
    JMail-Hudson   2.81     T S Jason Steck       1:285/424   JMAIL-H
    JMail-Goldbase 2.81     T S Jason Steck       1:285/424   JMAIL-G
    MakePl         1.9      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     MAKEPL
    Marena         1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     MARENA
    Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAX
    Max User Ed.   0.18     O F Larry Cooke       1:300/53    MUE
    McMail         1.0      M S Michael McCabe    1:1/148     MCMAIL
    MDNDP          1.18     N S Bill Doyle        1:388/7     MDNDP
    Msged          4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41D.ZIP
    Msged/386      4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41X.ZIP
    NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEFD
    Opus CBCS      1.79     B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14    OPUS
    O/T-Track      2.66     O S Peter Hampf       2:241/1090  OT
    PcMerge        2.8      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     PCMERGE
    PlatinumXpress 1.3      M C Gary Petersen     1:290/111   PX13TD.ZIP
    QuickBBS       2.81     B S Ben Schollnick    1:2613/477  QUICKBBS
    RAR            2.01     C S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    RAR
    RemoteAccess   2.50     B S Mark Lewis        1:3634/12   RA
    Silver Xpress
      Door         5.4      O S Gary Petersen     1:290/111   FILES
      Reader       4.4      O S Gary Petersen     1:290/111   SXR44.ZIP
    Spitfire       3.51     B S Mike Weaver       1:3670/3    SPITFIRE
    Squish         1.11     T P Tech              1:249/106   SQUISH
    StealTag UK    1.c...   O F Fred Schenk       2:284/412   STEAL_UK
    StealTag NL    1.c...   O F Fred Schenk       2:284/412   STEAL_NL
    T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAIL
    Telegard       3.02     B F Tim Strike        1:259/423   TELEGARD
    Terminate      4.00     O S Bo Bendtsen       2:254/261   TERMINATE
    Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
    TosScan        1.01     T C JoHo              2:201/330   TSINFO
    TransNet       1.00     G S Marc S. Ressl     4:904/72    TN100ALL.ZIP
    TriBBS         11.0     B S Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRIBBS
    TriDog         11.0     T F Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRIDOG
    TriToss        11.0     T S Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRITOSS
    WaterGate      0.93     G S Robert Szarka     1:320/42    WTRGATE
    WWIV           4.24a    B S Craig Dooley      1:376/126   WWIV
    WWIVTOSS       1.36     T S Craig Dooley      1:376/126   WWIVTOSS
    xMail          2.00     T S Thorsten Franke   2:2448/53   XMAIL
    XRobot         3.01     O S JoHo              2:201/330   XRDOS

    OS/2:
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ALLFIX/2       1.10     T S Harald Harms      2:281/415   AFIXOS2
    FIDONEWS 14-38               Page 13                  22 Sep 1997


    BGFAX          1.60     O S B.J. Guillot      1:106/400   BGFAX
    Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
    BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BOS2_260.ZIP
    BinkleyTerm-XE XR4      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_OS2
    CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
    FastEcho       1.45a    T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FE2
    FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLST
    FleetStreet    1.20     O S Michael Hohner    2:2490/2520 FLEET
    GEcho/Pro      1.20     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
    GIGO           07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler      1:1/141     INFO
    GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEO
    GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
    GoldNODE       2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEN
    ImCrypt        1.04     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     IMCRYPT
    Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAXP
    Max User Ed.   0.18     O F Larry Cooke       1:300/53    MUEP
    Msged/2        4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41O.ZIP
    NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEF
    PcMerge        2.3      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     PCMERGE
    RAR            2.01     C S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    RAR2
    Squish         1.11     T P Tech              1:249/106   SQUISHP
    T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAIL2
    Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
    WaterGate      0.93     G S Robert Szarka     1:320/42    WTRGATE
    XRobot         3.01     O S JoHo              2:201/330   XROS2

    Windows (16-bit apps):
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    BeeMail        1.0      M C Andrius Cepaitis  2:470/1     BEEMAIL
    FrontDoor APX  1.12     P S Mats Wallin       2:201/329   FDAPXW

    Windows (32-bit apps):
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Argus 95/IP    2.704    M S Max Masyutin      2:469/77    A9I
    Argus NT/IP    2.704    M S Max Masyutin      2:469/77    ANI
    BeeMail        1.0      M C Andrius Cepaitis  2:470/1     BEEMAIL
    Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
    BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BW32_260.ZIP
    CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
    FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLSTW
    GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEO
    GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
    Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAXN
    Msged/NT       4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41W.ZIP
    NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEFW
    PlatinumXpress 2.00     M C Gary Petersen     1:290/111   PXW-INFO
    T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAILNT
    WinFOSSIL/95   1.12 r4  F S Bryan Woodruff    1:343/294   WNFOSSIL.ZIP
    WinFOSSIL/NT   1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff    1:343/294   NTFOSSIL.ZIP

    Unix:
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ifmail         2.10     M G Eugene Crosser    2:293/2219  IFMAIL
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    ifmail-tx      ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga   2:293/2219  IFMAILTX
    ifmail-tx.rpm  ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga   2:293/2219  IFMAILTX.RPM
    Msged          4.00     O G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   MSGED
    Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK

    Amiga:
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    CrashMail      1.23     T X Fredrik Bennison  2:205/324   CRASHMAIL
    CrashTick      1.1      O F Fredrik Bennison  2:205/324   CRASHTICK
    DLG Pro BBOS   1.15     B C Holly Sullivan    1:202/720   DLGDEMO
    GMS            1.1.85   M S Mirko Viviani     2:331/213   GMS
    Msged          4.00     O G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   MSGED
    Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK

    TrapDoor       1.86.b2  M S Maximilian Hantsch
                                                  2:310/6     TRAPDOOR
    TrapDoor       1.86.b2  M S Maximilian Hantsch
                                                  2:310/6     TRAPBETA
    TrapToss       1.50     T S Rene Hexel        2:310/6     TRAPTOSS

    Atari:
    Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ApplyList      1.00     N F Daniel Roesen     2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
    BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2  M F Bill Scull        1:363/112   BINKLEY
    BTNC           2.00     N G Daniel Roesen     2:2432/1101 BTNC
    JetMail        0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker     2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
    Semper         0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten      2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA

    Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
              C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
              be listed by the first match.

    Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
          X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source

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

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

    ============

    FidoNet:

      Homepage     http://www.fidonet.org
      FidoNews     http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
      HTML FNews   http://www.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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                          FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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    ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------

    Editor: Christopher Baker

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

    "FidoNews Editor"
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     more addresses:
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                                      [email protected]
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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
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    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
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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.

                                =*=*=*=

    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.

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            "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

     -30-

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