F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 2 12 January 1998

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 2 12 January 1998
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Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
More ZEC1 Election stuff ................................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Church&State Echo ........................................ 2
Departure of a Friend .................................... 3
Fidonet belongs to all of us? ............................ 4
The Z1EC Election (more candidate questionnaires) ........ 5
3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 11
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 009 ...... 11
4. NOTICES .................................................. 12
Future History ........................................... 12
5. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13
6. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17
7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 18
8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 20
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EDITORIAL
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ZEC1 Election still going strong. More answers from candidates appear
below.

An odd argument in the FIDONEWS Echo about uuencoded traffic in
Echomail. No articles were forthcoming from the fracas, however,
proving once again that Echomail is cheap. [snicker]

The Super Bowl teams are set and none of my predictions made it. With
100% prediction for the World Series and 0% for the Super Bowl, I've
got an even 50% average for major league sports. Hmmm, sounds like
random chance after all.

1998 is proceeding without an International Coordinator and this
week's Nodelist in Zone 1 had the Day 346 update from Zone 2. [sigh]

Yep. Pretty much the same old stuff.

C.B.

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ARTICLES
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--- Following message extracted from CHURCH&STATE @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Wed Jan 07 22:11:55 1998

From: Charles Sumner
To: All
Date: 13 Nov 97 15:11:49
Subj: Re: Advertising Church&State echo

* Copy of message posted via NETMAIL
* Date: 10 Nov 97 16:02:16
* From: [email protected] @ 1:2613/404.99
* To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
* Forwarded by: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
* Message text was not edited!

Pursuant to our earlier conversation, would you post this where it
will do the most good? Feel free to modify it if you wish. Add your
name as a co-moderator. Thanks. Oh, yes. My BBS closed down. I am
using another finally.

The Fidonet echo called Church&State is on the Backbone and available
to Fidonet nodes without extra charge.

This is a topic which has increasing importance because of the
political activity of the Religious Right. The relationship between
church and state may be one of the most significant issues of the
decade. Some authorities claim that nearly half of the state
Republican organizations are now controlled by the Christian
Coalition.

There is much debate about whether the First Amendment needs to be
revised. Are Christians actually being "persecuted" in the United
States today? Or are Christians expecting too much when they want to
post the Ten Commandments in government buildings and schools? Will
our nation abandon the principle of "no tax for religion" and provide
funding for religious schools? Would government control follow?

Should government welfare funds be distributed through sectarian
institutions without restricting proselyting? What would a "parental
rights" bill accomplish? Are people of some minority religions unfit
to hold public office? Should schools allow students to decide on a
majority basis whether prayers are said at graduation? What happens
to the rights of the minority then - are they ostracized?

There are many more issues which come under the topic. They involve
both religious liberty and establishments of religion.

Church&State is a moderated echo, and participants are requested to
avoid lengthy theological discussions and stick to the relationships
which should exist between religious groups and government.

Please help provide an opportunity for people to air discussion on
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such significant issues. Obtain church&State and mention it to users.
Thanks.

CHARLES SUMNER, Moderator; [email protected]

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Departure of a Friend
Damian Walker, 2:2502/666

On Thursday 8th January, a region 25 sysop, Cliff Harrold, passed away
suddenly. This unexpected news has been a great shock to quite a
number of people. I didn't know Cliff that well, I've never met him
fact to face, but I worked with him quite a lot via netmail and most
certainly consider him as a friend. Let me tell you about Cliff now.

Cliff was our REC, a position which in many European regions is more
akin the ZEC or OBO elsewhere. As REC he was hard-working and
approachable, and he will be sorely missed by many people here.

Cliff became well known some years ago when he started running the
Coracle Midnight Line, making use of a special scheme available in the
UK for unmetered long-distance calls to allow cheap transport of
echomail around the country. Cliff's system moved much of the
country's echomail, and continues to do so for the time being, thanks
to the kind efforts of his family, for whom messing about with
computers is probably one of the last things they want to be doing
right now.

Some time after establishing his midnight line, Cliff became elected
as the region's REC when Dave Gorski stepped down. In that time,
Cliff has worked extensively to maintain and re-organise the region 25
backbone. One thing which gave the region's backbone a particular
boost was his willingness to take on new echoes quickly, without the
need for a minimum amount of traffic or any existing distribution.
While this occasionally resulted in a few stillborn echoes on the
backbone, it did make Fidonet seem more open and friendly to sysops
and users, new and old alike, and has allowed a large number of
worthwhile echoes to be created which might otherwise have required
too much effort for their creators.

We also have to thank him for taking an active and supportive role in
such things as moderator elections and NEC appointments, and for
helping resolve disputes in echomail and elsewhere (whether successful
or not). On the political side of things, Cliff created a set of
recommended moderator election rules which, while never forced on a
returning officer, were extremely helpful and saved time for many a RO
who would otherwise have had to devise his or her own rules. He also
organised a team of people to try and create a regional echomail
policy to replace the rather unsuitable Echopol 1, which is all we
have at the moment; work on this is still in progress, and as a member
of Cliff's team I fully intend to see it through, whether it gets
accepted in the end or not.

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In the tribute which our RC, Keith Wassell, thoughtfully wrote and
posted, he asks that at least for now, "let us not argue about silly
things, over moderator elections [...] etc." and with this I concur.
In fact I would go even further.

You always hear about what good someone has done, whether it's
anything to do with Fidonet or not, after they're gone. What a shame
it is that Cliff isn't here to enjoy the recognition he is receiving
now, and quite rightly deserves. But why did people wait until now?
I'm as guilty as anyone else here.

Perhaps it's time to think about the people who are still working hard
to ensure that everything in Fidonet is running smoothly. The people
who arrange our feeds, the people who look after our echo lists and
nodelist, the people who devise and maintain our technical standards
and create the software we use to shift the mail. Maybe once in a
while it would be nice if they were given some thanks for their
trouble, something to brighten up their day and make their efforts
seem worthwhile. It sure would make a change from the usual bitching.

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Fidonet belongs to all of us?

By Bill Whitehouse (1:323/109)

Four years ago, on Jan. 1, 1994, a dozen Rhode Island sysops
braved hangovers and sub-zero cold to mount a satellite dish on our
roof.
They brought tools, components, enthusiasm, and a marked distaste
for abusive authority.
Planet Connect made every subscriber a star. Within a month the
Radio Free Echomail (RFE) dish was feeding 78 systems in 5 states, for
free; anyone agreeing to pass along the Fido file and message feed for
free to their downlinks and callers. We were happy to underwrite the
daily mail and file dish feed. Others were always eager to help. Five
sysops took turns managing the entire message bone. Our file echo
thrived.
The only thing that made any of it possible was trust; trust that
the network's coordinators would do as they promised, trust that they
wouldn't pretend an election took place when no one voted, trust they
wouldn't intentionally limit participation, trust they wouldn't hack
sysop message traffic, trust that the Zone Coordinator would actually
give a damn.

That trust is gone.

Abusive arrogance on this scale makes coordinators capable of any
rotten thing. And no one wants to play this game anymore. The region's
nodelist hemorrhage reflects that fact. Fido as a whole lost 32.8
percent these last two years. New England, over the same period,
shrank 59.8 percent.
Our current PC subscription expires January 24, 1998.
We're taking it all down -- the dish, the feed, the node number.
We know, and regret, that this will prompt other sysops to
dismantle their own systems.
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Fidonet is a great idea, but only when it belongs to all of us.
Thanks for the good times. There were some.

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* Origin: We can give it all away and still have it all. (1:323/109)

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The Z1EC Election (more candidate questionnaires)
by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/16
[email protected]

Continuing last week's article, here are the completed questionnaires
from Jeff Smith and Bob Kohl. As I write this, I don't have a
questionnaire from Wayne Delisle Sr., but he's been out of touch
because his uplink, 1:12/12, was knocked out by the icestorm in the
northeast (USA & Canada). His questionnaire may come in before
FidoNews goes to press; if not, look for it next week.

Gary Gilmore has withdrawn as a candidate.

In addition to those I mentioned last week, John Roberts [1:385/1000]
& David Whitaker [1:282/1050] have submitted interesting lists of
questions to the candidates and may be compiling the replies.

Message #2380 "Z1_ELECTION"
Date: 06-Jan-98 02:57
From: Jeff Smith
To: All
Subj: Questionnaire

Hello All!

1> What are your qualifications? What FTN positions have you held?

Well... I have been a echomail hub since I joined Fidonet
and have been both NEC and now NC as well as a regional hub. I am
interested in the future of Fidonet and want to help it change the
tide that it has seen of late. I am not very politically minded
which... I don't look at as a bad thing. The art of politicking has
never impressed me much and I think Fidonet can do better with less in
that regard.

2> If elected Z1EC, would you continue with other currently held FTN
2> positions?

If elected ZEC I would call for an election for the position
of NC that I currently hold. I would also find a replacement for me as
moderator of Z1_BACKBONE as I would not want there to be any possible
conflict of interest.

3> Do you foresee any problems with the list of duties for the ZEC
3> position?

Not at this point.
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3> Which of those functions do you consider most important?

One thing that I feel that need work is in the area of
mediation between moderators and the different distribution systems.
Times are a changing and I foresee work needing to be done in this
area. Also mediation or maybe coordination is a better term between
the other ZEC's.

4> How do you feel about Echomail Policy?

I think there needs to be some form of policy. But.. I at the
same time think it is important not to go overboard in this regard.
Some policy will be good. Too much policy could be worse than none at
all.

5> Are there any functions not listed in the job description that you
5> think are important?

At the present time, no.

6> Do you anticipate any problems working with the Z1C, the RECs, the
6> EchoList Coordinator, or those who run the major and minor
6> distribution systems?

None that I think can't be worked out.

7> What do you think the major echomail problems in the next two
7> years will be?

The biggest change for Fidonet has been the impact that the
internet has had. I think it is important the we learn to use what the
internet has to offer us instead of trying to compete with it. We will
need to make some changes in the way we do things to make life easier.
Also I think that the work the FTSC is doing is a good thing as we
need technical standards that take into account the technology we have
today. In this regard we are behind the times and need to do some
catching up.

8> With a two year term, Jan 1, 2000 comes on your watch. What role
8> do you see for the Z1EC at that time?

Ahh... If you are talking about the anticipated computer
problem with the year 2000. I don't think it will have a large impact
on Fidonet. The government, the IRS, and the SSA might be a different
story. <g>

9> Any other comments?

Not right now.

Jeff

--- GEcho 1.20
* Origin: The OUIJA Board (612)537-6280 V34 (1:282/1031)

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Message #3576 "Z1_ELECTION"
Date: 08-Jan-98 00:59
From: Bob Kohl
To: All
Subj: More Candidate Questions

> 1998 Z1EC ELECTION -- CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
> --------------------------------------------------
> 1. What are your qualifications? What FTN positions have you held?

I've been a sysop for over ten years. During this time I've been a
moderator since roughly about 8-12 months or so after the first echo
area was split into several.

I've been a hub.

I've been an NEC for 2-3 years.

An REC for 3 years.

An RC for over 2 years during which reg 10 was revived from a 2-3 year
period of neglect.

My commitment to Fidonet over the years has been extensive.

> 2. If elected Z1EC, would you continue with other currently held
> FTN positions?

Yes for two reason.

First I honor my commitments and I've made a commitment to carry on as
RC10. The last commitment I made to anyone was to myself about getting
this election going.

More important then this, I see having access to the ZC and the RCC as
crucial to the process of bringing an echopol to completion. I have an
established relationship with the ZC that can be used constrictively
for this purpose.

I am well aware of P4 on this issue, however the precedent of wearing
more then one hat was established *long* ago and there are now many
examples of this given the continued shrinking of resources within
Zone 1. George Peace is also an example of this. Both RC and REC
responsibilities have been well maintained during my watch.

> 3. Do you foresee any problems with the list of duties for the ZEC
> position?

I wrote it with the help of the RECC and all the sysops that cared to
contribute, I see no problems with it. The key to the list of ZEC
duties is echopol and this has always been on the duty list since the
first draft. My thanks to Jim McLaughlin for the input on the first
draft.
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> Which of those functions do you consider most important?

Echopol and making sure we have a set of active REC's to represent
their respective regions, to take information to and bring back the
input from the sysops of their regions.

> 4. How do you feel about Echomail Policy?

About time isn't it? :)

> 5. Are there any functions not listed in the job description that
> you think are important?

For a ZEC to be truly functional I think experience as well as a good
working knowledge of how things currently work is going to prove
crucial for the next ZEC. He'll be able to take on the position
without a lag, instead of trying to "catching up" on how things work.
In simple terms: Hit the ground running.

We've had discussions here on P4 issues that have little to do with
the ZEC. We have people discussing "appeals" for echomail problems
that do not exist since the "vote with your feet" approach was put
into effect in Z1. The appeals process for echomail posters has been
discussed at length and *repeatedly* over the years by the moderators
and *EC's. To date no better answer process has come to light and I
support it.

It's rare that the *C's seriously review any PC based on echomail
issues. The RECC does not review moderator complaints or at least
hasn't in the three years I've been an REC.

If a candidate doesn't have the knowledge and/or experience, it's
going to inhibit the constructive process which is problematical
considering the amount of time it will take to sort out an echopol.
More then that, an inexperienced ZEC will have to learn how to work
with the RECC after what's gone on for the past few years.

Given this, as ZEC I would actively moderate the RECC echo so that
events that have transpired do not occur again. This would help keep
the RECC productive in the future as they have been recently regarding
this election and I view this as a VERY important function.

As ZEC I would also appoint a "web" coordinator to help link all the
Zone 1 sites together as well as help those that do not have sites.
In reg 10, we've had some very positive results from our web sites. I
see this as an important function for promoting Fidonet. I realize
that some efforts have been made on this issue, but I'd like to see
this brought to fruition in a coordinated effort.

> 6. Do you anticipate any problems working with the Z1C, the RECs,
> the EchoList Coordinator, or those who run the major and minor
> distribution systems?

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Nope, I've worked with Bob Satti for over two years in a constructive
manner and amongst other things have helped return some of the user
flags to the nodelist. I think this relationship will prove to be
crucial working towards the establishment of an echopol as well as a
common set of flags for echomail "hubs" for the nodelist.

As far as working with the RECC, we have the election that wasn't
going to happen going on right now don't we? ;)

> 7. What do you think the major echomail problems in the next two
> years will be?

Getting echopol into place.

> 8. With a two year term, Jan 1, 2000 comes on your watch. What role
> do you see for the Z1EC at that time?

Reminding the RECC that we had fewer grey hairs when we started. :)

BK

--- DB A3000sl/001347
* Origin: Conniption BBS * One fit at a time * (1:102/861)

* Forwarded from the Z1_ELECTION echo
From: Gary Gilmore
To: All Msg #91, Jan-09-98 00:40:24
Subject: Stepping down as candidate

Hello all,

What with the new year, the work schedule for me has become more
clear. Between what's booked into the Detroit Opera House (my main
gig), as well as other stagehand work coming into town, I'll be rather
busy.

Because of this, I will not only -not- have the time to properly
campaign, but more importantly, not have the time to really devote
myself to the job of Z1EC in the beginning of the term, which will be
the most crucial time for the new Z1EC, IMHO. :-/ (Sure, I would have
time as things settle down, but again, not in the beginning, and that
wouldn't be fair to those in Fidonet that would have me serve as
Z1EC.)

While I know I -can- do the job, I just wouldn't be doing it very well
with the requirements on my time that work is going to take. Average
opera load-ins last a week or more of 8am to midnight, and when I get
home, I'm lucky to have enough energy to just skim for "hot" mail, let
alone get really involved in any major situations. (And there's talk
of a rock tour for me in the summer, but I'll have to see how that
pans out.)

Because of all this, I'm feel I have no alternative but to remove
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myself from the list of candidates. Yes, maybe I will find I have more
free time than I expect, but I don't want to take the chance. We're I
elected and becoming an "absentee ZEC" due to work, I'd receive all
sorts of hell for that. No thanks. (And I don't think Fidonet deserves
that either.)

As of this message, I am no longer a candidate for Z1EC.

For those that were going to vote for me, I suggest an alternative.
After reading much of what has been said here and in other echos, I
personally feel Bob Kohl would make a good Z1EC. He knows echomail,
knows Fidonet, and I feel would be able to "cut through the crap" of
the polarization that's occurred in the recent past with echomail.
(Not to mention the fact he is more experienced than the other
candidates, nor is too involved in "othernets" like some candidates.)
I don't feel that he'd be a "more of the same" Z1EC, and I hope those
who supported me will now support him. (Though your choice is, of
course, up to you.)

Thank you, and good luck to all the candidates in this election.

--gary

--- Maximus 3.01
* Origin: bloom county * dearborn,mi * 313-582-0888 (1:2410/400)

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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 009
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

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!Zone/Jul!Ndl-346!Nodel.-353!Nodel.-360!Nodel.-002!Nodel.-009!%%!
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
! 1/009 ! 6338 ! 6225 -113! 6199 -26! 6199 0! 6142 -57!27!
! 2/009 ! 14654 !14605 -49!14523 -82!14538 15!14501 -37!64!
! 3/009 ! 591 ! 592 1! 580 -12! 580 0! 570 -10! 2!
! 4/002 ! 434 ! 434 0! 435 1! 435 0! 435 0! 2!
! 5/353 ! 92 ! 92 0! 91 -1! 91 0! 91 0! 0!
! 6/318 ! 1091 ! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 5!
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
! 23200 !23039 -161!22919 -120!22934 15!22830 -104!
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Future History

6 Feb 1998
Waitangi Day, New Zealand.

30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.

17 May 1998
Independence Day, Norway.

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 1449. Ed.]
Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264

New entry: Tornado, a BBS from Konstantin Klyagin. Welcome to the
list... ;-)

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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 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.12 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 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX
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
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO
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:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 5.00 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 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
FleetStreet 1.21 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
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO2
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
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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
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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 1.31 T X Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.2 O F Rene Laederach 2:301/133 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.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://www.trak-one.co.uk/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

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Zone 4: (not yet listed)

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

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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm

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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org

Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)

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

Editor: Christopher Baker

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

"FidoNews Editor"
FidoNet 1:1/23
BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)

more addresses:
Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[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 1998 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 15-02 Page 21 12 Jan 1998

back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSFnn.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 [8], i.e., FNWSJAN8.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 98.

Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
1 - 15 for 1984 - 1998, 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/
ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/

*=*=*

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
FIDONEWS 15-02 Page 22 12 Jan 1998

for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 13 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.

*=*=*=*=*

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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