F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 27 02 Jul 2001

F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 27 02 Jul 2001
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| |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are |
| | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings|
| | | | San Francisco, California, USA |
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| | / __ | Crash Netmail Attach Articles To: |
| |Fidonet / / \ | Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064) |
| | Lives!( /|oo \ | Frank Vest@1:124/6308 |
| \_______\(_| /_) | or |
| _`@/_ \ _ | [email protected] |
| | | \ \\ | |
| | (*) | \ ))| Editor: Frank Vest |
| |__U__| / \// | Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin |
| ______ _//|| _\ / | |
| /Editor\ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. |
|(________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Copyright 2001 by Frank L. Vest, Editor for Fidonews Globally.

Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. FIDONET NOTICES .......................................... 2
RBTStat 3.20 - JAM Message Base Statistics ............... 2
3. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 3
Cheers to all our Fidonet Friends ........................ 3
4. RECIPES .................................................. 4
Seafood Creole ........................................... 4
5. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 5
What about you? .......................................... 5
6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 6
Fidonet Software listing ................................. 6
7. CORRECTIONS .............................................. 10
It was my fault all along ................................ 10
8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 11
Fidonet-related sites .................................... 11
9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 18
NetStats ................................................. 19
FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 1 2 Jul 2001

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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It is impossible to make anything fool proof because fools are so
ingenious...

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FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 2 2 Jul 2001

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FIDONET NOTICES
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RBTStat 3.20 - JAM Message Base Statistics
by Renato Zambon, 4:801/161, 4:4/0
[email protected], ICQ 84996821

After some time of beta-test, RBTStat 3.20 was released.

A small description: "RBTStat 3.20 - JAM Message Base Statistics for
local/echomail areas/groups. Reports for areas (senders/receivers/
subjects), groups, nodelist, systems/nets/regions/zones, users, delay
map x msgid,sender,receiv,subj,seenby,tid,pid,path-tree and more.
Multi-language. RA 2.x, AREAS.BBS or individual JAM areas. W95 GUI/
command-line. Freeware from Brazil."

It's used for those stats about Brazilian, Hispanic, Italian and WWB
groups published monthly in BR.BRASIL, REGION80, STATS, WWB_SYSOP,
REGCON.LAT and LATIN.SYSOP areas.

Available with FREQ RBTSTAT in 4:801/161 (166kb) or in the web at
http://www.rbt.com.br/rbts320.zip.

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FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 3 2 Jul 2001

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COMIX IN ASCII
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Cheers to all our Fidonet Friends

.OOOOOOOOO.
.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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_______|OOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooOOOOO|O
/ OOOOOOOOOoOOOOOoOOOOOOOOO|O
/ .------+OOOOOOOOOoOOOOOoOOOOOOOOO|
/ / |OOOOOOOOOOoOOOoOOOOOOOOOO|
| | |.OOOOOOOOOoOOOoOOOOOOOOO.|
| | |.....OOOOOOoOOoOOOOO.....|
| | |...........OOOo..........|
\ \ |...........OOOo..........|
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RECIPES
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* Seafood Creole *

Title : Seafood Creole {Evangeline} Categories : Main dish
Author : Ben Ritchey Jr. Servings : 4-6

1/2 cup Vegetable Oil 1 Onion, Large
8 oz can Tomato Sauce 1 dash Red Pepper
1 Bell Pepper, Large 2 Garlic Cloves
14.5 oz can Whole Tomatoes 2 lb Seafood (Crawfish or Shrimp best)
Onion Tops {as desired} Parsley {as desired}
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 1 Tbsp Brown Sugar

Fry finely cut Onion and Garlic until soft. Add Tomatoes and Sauce
(crush Whole Tomatoes) and bring to a Boil. Simmer until Oil comes
to the top. Add Seasonings, Parsley, Onion Tops and Pepper (i.e.
everything else except Seafood). Simmer until Peppers soften. Add 1
1/2 to 3 Cups Hot Water and Simmer until sauce is desired
consistency. Add Seafood and Simmer 5 more minutes. Serve over
Cornbread (preferred) or Rice.

Adapted from original recipe (c) 1950 Evangeline Foods

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FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 5 2 Jul 2001

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CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES
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What about you?

One Sunday morning during service, a 2,000 member
congregation was surprised to see two men enter, both covered from
head to toe in black and carrying submachine guns. One of the men
proclaimed, "Anyone willing to take a bullet for Christ remain where
you are." Immediately, the choir fled, the deacons fled, and most of
the congregation fled. Out of the 2,000 there only remained around 20.
The man who had spoken took off his hood, looked at the preacher and
said Okay Pastor, I got rid of all the hypocrites. Now you may begin
your service. Have a nice day!" And the two men turned and walked out.

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FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 6 2 Jul 2001

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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
=================================================================

This list is up for adoption. If you are interested in producing,
updating and submitting this list for publication, contact the Editor.

The format of this list is currently;

Name
Internet address (if available)
Fido style address (if available)

This list is in no way complete. Additions and updates are welcome;
mail to; [email protected]

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
BBS Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Buffalo Creek Software - Spitfire BBs
http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html

The Elevator Software Productions Web Page
http://www.elebbs.com/

Hermes II Project (Mac)
http://www.hermesii.org/

MBSE BBS for Linux
http://freezer-burn.org/mbse/

The Official Mystic BBs Web Page
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9426/index.html

RemoteAcces BBs Software World Wide Sales and Support Site
http://www.rapro.com/

Renegade BBs Software
http://www.egate.net/renegade/

Through a Looking Glass Mirror Telegard Support
http://www.telegard.net/

The Maximus Home page
http://oeonline.com/~garyg/maximus/

BBBS Home Page
http://www.bbbs.net/

Synchronet BBS
http://www.synchro.net

Nexus Bulletin Board System
http://www.nexusbbs.net/
FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 7 2 Jul 2001

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Door Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Shinning Star BBs Doors by Nannette Thacker
http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/

Jibben Software
http://www.jibbensoftware.com/

Sunrise Door Software
http://www.sunrisedoors.com/

Vagabond Software
http://vagabond.virtualave.net/

Legend Of The Red Dragon Reborn (L.O.R.D.)
http://lord.darktech.org/

Trade Wars Door Game
http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/

JNS Software Door Games by Rusty Johnson
http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mail Tossers
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
FMail Support
http://fmail.nl.eu.org/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mailer Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Definite Solutions - FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software
http://www.defsol.se/

BeeMail Home Page
http://www.bise.tzo.com/beemail/

BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software
http://btxe.sourceforge.net/

Santronics Software Inc.
http://www.santronics.com/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Fidonet via Internet Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Internet Rex (Internet mail software)
http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/

Argus
http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/

Bink D
http://2f.ru/binkd/
FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 8 2 Jul 2001

Fidonet to Internet Mailer
http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm

TransX
http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html

Fidogate
http://www.fidogate.org/

Tmail (Russian /w English DL)
http://www.tmail.spb.ru

TransNet
http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/

Watergate
http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/

GiGo Software
http://www.gigo.com/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Point Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Definite Solutions FrontDoor APX
http://www.defsol.se/

JetSys - Home of JetMail, JetStat and other Atari Fidonet utilities
http://www.jetsys.de/

APoint
http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm

CrossPoint
http://www.crosspoint.de

WinPoint95
http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english

The OpenXP CrossPoint Projekt
http://www.happyarts.de/xp

Terminate Terminal
http://www.terminate.com

PPoint-FTS compatible E-Mail System
http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Other Software, Utillities and such
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
F-Prot Anti-Virus Home Page
http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager

BGFAX Home Page
http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/
FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 9 2 Jul 2001

SIO, Vmodem for OS/2
http://www.gwinn.com

NetModem for Windows
http://www.allensoftware.com

Com/IP
<http://pcmicro.com/comip

Husky - Portable Fido Software
http://husky.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/

cFos Fossil driver
http://www.cfos.com/index_e.htm

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FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 10 2 Jul 2001

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CORRECTIONS
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It was my fault all along
By Editor
Fidonet 1:1/23
[email protected]

Yup, it was me all along.

There have been some questions aimed at Joe Jared about the addresses
in the Fidonet via Internet section. The questions were about the ~
(tilde) in some of the addresses being removed. I didn't think much
about it until I noticed today that the ~'s were there when I received
the file, but not after I "fixed" it for publishing.

In explanation:

Any article that comes in with "illegal" characters is run through a
program called "Paganate". The Paganate program automatically removes
those characters. Otherwise, it would take forever to find and remove
them since many are invisible control codes generated by some word
processors and programs. Unfortunately, I had the Paganate program set
to remove the ~ and didn't realize it. :(

Not all of the illegal characters are the fault of the author.
Sometimes the way a file is saved or exported by me from the Internet
will cause problems.

My apologies to all affected and to Joe for any hate mail he received
because of this.

Next time something like this happens, ask me if it is something I
have done, remind me of this incident and that I'm not perfect. :-)

Regards,

Frank

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FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 11 2 Jul 2001

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FIDONET BY INTERNET
=================================================================

. -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
| FIDONET-RELATED SITES |
` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- '
Last update: 9:38 PM 6/19/01

Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
Joe Jared, 1:103/301, [email protected]. All email addresses
here for purpose of corresponding with fidonet members about
obtaining a feed. Please do not list the virtual email addresses
on any web page.

- = slated for removal (Invalid URL)
? = Unable to connect

FidoNet
Homepage: http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews: http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/
Echolist: http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/
Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidonet/fidoip.html
SDS Files: http://fidobbs.dk/download (Web Access to SDS)
FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/
General: http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html
Parody: http://www.fidonet.ro/
Foti http://www.thelitterbox.net/foti/
http://www.fidonet-on-the-internet.org
History http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/

Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
Region 10: http://www.r10.org
Net 102 http://home.earthlink.net/~kayshapero/net102.htm
Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/
Net 203: <vacant>
Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
Region 13: http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/
Net 109: http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/net109/
Net 261: http://www.baltimorepress.com/~net261/
Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/
Net 267: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/
Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/

Region 14: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14
Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
Region 15: <vacant>
Region 16: <vacant>
Region 17: http://www.region17.net
Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140
Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/

Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19
FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 12 2 Jul 2001

Net 124: http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/
http://texoma.net/~flv
Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/

Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)

Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
http://www.was-ist-fido.de/
Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
Region 25: <Vacant>
Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/
Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
REC34: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4552/
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 (Greek/English)
Region 42: http://www.fido.cz
Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English)
Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
Net 5028: HTTP://5028.nordnet.ru/
Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
?? Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian)
Net 5074: http://www.n5074.z2.fidonet.net
?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian)

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

Zone 4:
Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese)
Region 90:
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)

Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/

Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
Region 65: http://r65.yeah.net
http://www.cfido.com (Chinese)

Fidonet Via Internet Hubs

a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
address. The email is translated as follows
[email protected] will automatically route to the
appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will
FIDONEWS 18-27 Page 13 2 Jul 2001

also receive routed notice of this feature.

v-email flag [email protected]
| email address or
Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
| | |latency|
-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
Zone 1 | | | |
10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c
10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c
18/500 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
18/600 | Jerry Gause | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c
103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | CABLE | n/c
103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c
103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
105/8 @ Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr
106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ???
106/2000 | Bob Juge | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ??? | n/c
106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
138/146 | Marc Blakely | BinkP,FTP | ??? | n/c
140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16
142/906 | Chris Griffin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
150/220 | Dave Nemeth | UUE | ??? | n/c
153/7715 | Dallas Hinton | BinkD, FTP | CABLE | ???
167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
167/166 | Jesse Dooling | POP? UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c
218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c
220/10 | [email protected] |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c
229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c
229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? |
229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | n/c
249/116 | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE |ADSL,60 | n/c
250/98 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
250/99 | Brent McLaren | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c
250/102 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
267/169 | Philip Lozier | FTP TX | ??? | n/c
261/1380 | Joe Davis | UUE TX | ??? | n/c
280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
297/11 | Michael McCabe | TX | ??? | n/c
323/120 | Craig Healy | VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c
342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
360/5 | Bennie Hutto | FTP VMoT | aDSL | n/c
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | CABLE | n/c
379/1 @ Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
393/9005 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ??? | n/c
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c
396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c
2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | 384K,60| n/c
2410/213 | Kevin Bentz | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c
2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
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3613/1275 | @ [email protected] | UUE,FTP | 28.8 | n/c
3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c
--------------------------------------------------------------
Zone 2 |
20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
22/222 | Kim Heino | BinkP | ??? | n/c
28/1 | Lody Caenen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c
37/37 | Gabor Z. Papp | BinkP | ??? | n/c
47/999 | Andrej Kirejev | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c
201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BN IFCICO | ??? | n/c
221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c
236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
240/6298 | Steve Tell | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c
246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
252/110 | David Rance | UUE | ??? | n/c
255/90 | Simon Avery | UUE | ??? | n/c
263/950 | Sean Rima | TX UUE | ??? | n/c
280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
280/1601 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
280/4312 | Jos Huijnen | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ??? | n/c
280/5003 | Kees van Eeten | BinkP ifcico | ??? | n/c
292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k | n/c
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | n/c
292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c
292/907 | Bart Verhaeghe | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K | n/c
292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c
332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
333/0 | M Gianformaggio | BinkP | ??? | n/c
335/534 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
341/14 | Rafael Suarez | BinkP VMoT | ??? | n/c
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/558 | Vlad Hrusca | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
461/256 | Andrew Rutkas | BinkP | ??? | n/c
461/640 | Alex Semenyaka |BinkP ifcico UUE| ??? | n/c
465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
469/128 | Oleg Vasenyoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
550/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | ----- | n/c
2410/201 | Karsten Ebeling | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c
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2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
2432/200 | Sven Dueker | BinkP TX UUE | ??? | n/c
2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
2487/3000 | Steffen Gross | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5002/5002 | Victor Belyakov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5014/4 | Alex Bagmanov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5020/52 | Peter Didenko | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5020/54 | Serge Wizgounoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5020/69 | B Chernivetsky | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5020/238 | Sergey Gubanov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5030/1251 | K Stepanekov | UUE | ??? | n/c
5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
5049/12 | Amir Shabashvili | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5054/3 | Andrew Popov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5080/80 | Eugene Zorin | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5083/21 | Alexander Uskov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5090/2 | Andrew Titov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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Zone 3
633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c
774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
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Zone 4
801/161 @ Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 |n/c
902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c
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Zone 6
65/3000 | Lawrence Fan | UUE | 33600 | free
653/1009 | Maorong Chen | UUE | ??? | free
654/0 | Bin Li | UUE,BinkP | 33600 | free
654/1501 | Lawrence Fan | UUE,BinkP | 28800 | free

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* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
* BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
* TX = TransX
* NFS = Linux Networking
* ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer
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NetStats

INPUT NODELIST FILE : NODELIST.180
File has a Date Stamp of : 6/29/2001
File Size (uncompressed) : 1236.77 KBytes.

The Input Nodelist file has 11428 Nodes in it
and a total of 14551 non-comment entries.

The list has 6 Zones listed.
66 Region Coordinators listed.
504 Network Hosts listed.
792 Hubs listed.
399 DOWN Nodes listed.
800 PRIVATE Nodes listed.
556 HOLD Nodes listed.

Administrative overhead = 1368 ( 11.97 %)
PRIVATE NODES overhead = 800 ( 7.00 %)

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Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats):
9600 = 9795 ( 85.71 %)
(HST's = 215 or 2.19 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
(CSP's = 2 or 0.02 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
(PEP's = 17 or 0.17 % " " " " )
(MAX's = 0 or 0.00 % " " " " )
(HAY's = 3 or 0.03 % " " " " )
(V32's = 5532 or 56.48 % " " " " )
(V32B's = 704 or 7.19 % " " " " )
(V42's = 5171 or 52.79 % " " " " )
(V42B's = 758 or 7.74 % " " " " )
2400 = 116 ( 1.02 %)
1200 = 8 ( 0.07 %)
300 = 540 ( 4.73 %)

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F_Req Flag Applicable Software Number of Systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 4594
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 12
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 13
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XP Seadog 6
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XR Opus 1.03 75
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XW Fido >12M 417
Tabby
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 4787
Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01
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CrashMail capable = 4299 ( 37.62 %)
MailOnly Nodes = 5802 ( 50.77 %)
Listed-Only Nodes = 855 ( 7.48 %)

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