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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER .......................... 2
Tips on Staying Safe ..................................... 2
3. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ..................................... 4
______Press Release from the Future______ ................ 4
Some funnys for U ........................................ 6
4. BEST OF FIDONET .......................................... 8
Linux bootable Live-CD's ................................. 8
5. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 14
FIDONet Software References .............................. 14
6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 19
Fidonet-related sites .................................... 19
7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 24
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 24
8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 26
How to Submit an Article ................................. 26
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 28
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Most people reach the top of the ladder of success, only to find it is
leaning against the wrong wall.
-- anonymous
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OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER
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Tips on Staying Safe
From: Jim White [jim_white@earthlink.net]
Ladies, Please take the time to read this. I know you are smart
enough to know these pointers but there will be some, where you will
go "hmm I must remember that." It works for men too.
After reading, forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to
be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your
body. If you are close enough to use it, do so with all your might!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans: if a robber asks
for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from
you.... chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or
purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN
THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back
tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like
crazy. The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has
saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,
eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making
a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and
this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger
side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU
GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or
parking garage: a. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at
the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. b. If you are parked
next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial
killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the
women are attempting to get into their cars. c. Look at the car
parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.
If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want
to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk
you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better
paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.(Stairwells are
horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in
100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
RUN!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may
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get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a
good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies
of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often
asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when
he abducted his next victim.
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a
life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going
to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers,
wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as
well.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the
world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better safe than
sorry.
And send it to the men too. They can pass it onto MORE women!!
Thanks Jim,
Ol'wdb
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CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES
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______Press Release from the Future______
Sent in by Frank Vest
(Found this in a forum.)
Today, independent researchers and developers announced the new
Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device (BOOK).
The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: No wires, no
electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected, switched on,
or recharged. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just
lift its cover!
Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere-even sitting in an
armchair by the fire -- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much
information as a floppy disc. Here's how it works...
Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper
(recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of
information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device
called a binder, which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence.
Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides
of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs in
half.
Experts are divided on the prospects for further increases in
information density; for now, BOOKS with more information simply use
more pages. This makes them thicker and harder to carry, and has drawn
some criticism from the mobile computing crowd.
Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into
your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet.
The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it.
The BOOK never crashes and never needs rebooting though, like other
display devices, it can become unusable if dropped overboard. The
"browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move
forward or backward as you wish. Many come with an "index" feature,
which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for
instant retrieval.
An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the
exact place you left it in a previous session-even if the BOOK has
been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus, a single
BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. Conversely,
numerous BOOKmarks can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to
store numerous views at once. The number is limited only by the number
of pages in the BOOK.
You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an
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optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic
Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS).
Portable, durable, and affordable, the BOOK is being hailed as the
entertainment wave of the future. The BOOK's appeal seems so certain
that thousands of content creators have committed to the platform.
Look for a flood of new titles soon.
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Some funnys for U
wdbonner@pacbell.net
New Words by changing a single letter
Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to
take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing only one letter and supply a new definition.
Here are the 2002 winners:
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
realize it was your money to start with.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Forepioy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
who doesn't get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
HiDatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit).
Karmageddon: It's, like, when everybody is sending off all these
really really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth, like,
explodes and it's, like, a serious bummer.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you'rapidly.
The winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole the echoes.
>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<
Pop eye
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant, and there is a gorgeous redhead
sitting at the next table. He had been checking her out since he sat
down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her.
Suddenly she sneezes and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket
towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air,
and hands it back.
"Oh my, I am so sorry," the woman says as she pops her eye back in
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place. "Let me buy you dessert to make it up to you."
They enjoy a wonderful dessert together, and afterwards, the woman
invites him to the theater followed by drinks. After paying for
everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place and
stay for breakfast the next morning.
The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The
guy is amazed! Everything has been incredible! "You know," he said,
"you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?"
"No," she replies, "you just happened to catch my eye."
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American History
It was the first day of school and a new student named Martinez, the
son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade. The teacher
said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history. Who said "Give
me Liberty, or give me Death?" She saw a sea of blank faces, except
for Martinez, who had his hand up."Patrick Henry, 1775."
"Very good! Who said 'Government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth'"? Again, no response except
from Martinez: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863.", said Martinez.
The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed.
Martinez, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than
you do."
She heard a loud whisper: "Screw the Mexicans." "Who said that?" she
demanded. Martinez put his hand up. "Jim Bowie, 1836."
At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke." The
teacher glares and asks "All right! Now, who said that?" Again,
Martinez says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."
Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!" Martinez
jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher,
"Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"
Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit. If you
say anything else, I'll kill you." Martinez frantically yells at the
top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra Levy 2001."
The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around the teacher on
the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're in BIG trouble!" Martinez
said, "Saddam Hussein 2003."
Ol'wdb
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Linux bootable Live-CD's
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On: Sat 25 Jan 2003 17.16
By: John Coombes
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This may be of interest to some Windows Users who are considering the
use of Linux as an Operating System but would like to try out a
bootable Live-CD of Linux first before they try to install onto a HDD
partition.
Also if/when you want to install a Linux distro it is relatively easy
to still keep MS-Windows and have both operating systems (using
different HDD partitions) and multi-boot between them. I have been
doing it for years but that is another subject I'm not going cover it
here. Most Linux/GNU distro's can setup the multi-boot for you.
PLEASE NOTE.
(1) The term "Linux" it self is just a basic operating system (pure
command line mode), and there is no GUI interface at all, it is still
very powerfull. The term "Linux/GNU" is usually Full Blown Linux
Distro complete with GUI (graphic user interface) similar to
MS-Windows.
NB. In Linux the GUI interface is commonly known as X-windows
(2) Although I have mentioned many Live CD's below, the one that will
be of most interest to MS-Windows users wanting to try out a Linux/GNU
Live CD will be "KNOPPIX" it is very good at working out your hardware
and after booting with the CD the first time, you are able to :- (a)
make a Linux type memory swap file on a Windows file system (enables
the use of memory hungry applications) (b) save the setting of one
Live-CD Bootup session to a Floppy disk so that next time you use the
Live-CD you do not have to re-setup each time you use the Live-CD.
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CD-based Linux Distributions (Live CDs)
All info taken from http://www.distrowatch.com/cd.php
(1) ByzantineOS is an interesting CD-based distribution created by
Georgios Georgopoulos from Greece. The ISO image only occupies 48 MB
of space, yet it provides a full graphical environment via VESA or one
of the supported graphics cards (NVidia RIVA/GeForce, ATI
Rage128/PRO). The desktop manager is based around the Mozilla browser,
or more precisely on the OEone's Penzilla project. It boots straight
into the Mozilla desktop. At that stage, it is safe to remove the boot
CD as all the available programs have been loaded into memory. As you
can imagine, the 48 MB ISO image does not provide a plethora of
applications, but it offers Internet browsing, email, a Nintendo games
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console emulator and a few other simple applications. The included
media player (based on MPlayer) is capable of playing DVDs, even
encrypted ones.
http://byzgl.sourceforge.net
(2) Cool Linux is a product of Andrei Velikoredchanin, also known as
"Uncle Andy" from Russia. The bootable CD is based on Red Hat Linux
with full graphical environment and IceWM as the only desktop. Several
nice touches distinguish this product form other CD-based
distributions - the CD includes NVidia drivers, the Blender 3D
modeling application and a functional trial edition of VMware. On the
negative side, the hardware configuration is done with Red Hat's Kudzu
and Xconfigurator which requires user interaction during boot. Most of
the selected applications are on the light side of system resource
requirements (e.g. Opera, Sylpheed) with one notable exception -
OpenOffice 1.0 as the only office suite.
Another project from the same author is called Emergency Linux CD,
which is a bootable rescue CD that includes troubleshooting and
diagnostic tools for Linux servers
http://www.linux.rodniki.ru (Russian)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/emergencycd2
(3) DemoLinux/GNU is one of the oldest and best-known based distro's.
Created by a 3-man team of Vincent Balat, Roberto Di Cosmo and
Jean-Vincent Loddo at the Paris VII University in France, DemoLinux is
a general purpose distro based on Debian with automatic hardware
detection, multi-lingual features, KDE and GNOME desktops and a whole
range of applications. If you are interested to learn more, NewsForge
has a full review of its latest release.
Useful as DemoLinux may be, it shows its age with old versions of most
of its software and little signs of active development. If you are
looking for a general purpose CD-based distribution, you might be
better off with Knoppix
http://www.demolinux.org
(4) Dynebolic GNU/Linux the project is being developed by a small
group of European developers led by "jaromil" at PublicVoice.fm
streaming network in Vienna, Austria. The main feature of the 300MB
Dynebolic CD is its full preconfiguration for live-streaming over the
internet. With the MuSE software, it gives everybody not only a fancy
audio player, but also a live-recording studio, which can mix and
stream out to the Internet. Besides multimedia applications, the CD
offers all the usual software for web browsing and email (Mozilla) as
well as graphics (Gimp) all running on top of the Blackbox window
manager. The system boots straight into a graphical environment,
courtesy of the VESA framebuffer driver, no questions asked.
The latest release of Dynebolic is version 0.5.2, however the
developers are actively working on v.1.0 with a development ISO image
already available for download and testing.
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http://www.dynebolic.org
(5) Eagle Linux is a project by Mike Angelo in the USA. The project
differs from the rest of the distros listed on this page in that Eagle
Linux is not a complete, ready-to-use Linux CD, but rather a document
describing how to create one. As such, it is a great learning tool,
suitable for educational establishments. Two versions of the document
have been released - v.1.0 builds a bootable CD from of an existing
Red Hat installation, while v.2.0 does the same for Debian users.
Besides building a CD, the documents can also be adapted to building
embedded Linux systems running on various platforms processors.
http://www.geocities.com/eaglelinux/
(6) The Freeduc CD is a live Linux/GNU CD built by the Organization
for Free Software in Education and Teaching (Ofset). Ofset is a legal
organisation based in France with the goal to promote the development
of free software for the educational system. Freeduc is a modified
Knoppix, excluding some of the memory intensive applications and
including useful educational software. The removed applications were
replaced by less resources-hungry alternatives as the CD is designed
to be used to power low-end computers, often found in schools. Another
difference between Knoppix and Freeduc is its size - Freeduc fits on a
standard 650MB CD. The CD boots straight into a graphical environment,
which is managed by intuitive and light-weight XFce windowing system.
Besides French and English, Freeduc also supports a number of European
languages.
http://www.ofset.org/projects/edusoft/edusoft.html
(7) FreeLoader Linux/GNU is a product of Canada-based Softkits and
based on Slackware Linux. It is a 320 MB bootable CD with the idea of
introducing new users to Linux without having to install it on their
hard disks. The distribution's web site offers very little information
so the only way to learn about its features is to try it out. Be sure
to download the FREE2.iso file, which is a more complete product with
KDE 3.0.1 as its desktop environment. Booting from the CD will first
take you to a console where you can do some basic configuration (help
and tools are provided) before starting KDM. This will give you a
choice of three accounts to select from (depending on your needs and
eye candy mood) "root", a MacOS-like "max" and WindowsXP-like
"xpress". Once logged in, the usual array of useful software
breathlessly awaits your mouse clicks.
http://freeloaderlinux.sourceforge.net/
(8) Knoppix Linux/GNU developed by Klaus Knopper in Germany, it is
safe to say that Debian-based Knoppix has raised the bar of standards
to a new level, especially with its automatic hardware detection that
puts many well established commercial Linux distributions to shame.
Its hands-free booting, enormous selection of software, its on-the-fly
decompression technique and the ability to install it on a hard disk
have turned Knoppix into an indispensable tool. It can be used as a
rescue disk, a tool to demonstrate Linux to those who haven't seen it
or a tool to test a new computer before purchase. It can even be used
as a full-blown Linux distribution for every-day tasks.
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NOTE: To be able run the current Knoppix Live-CD in GUI mode, will
require that your machine has above 98MB ram
Knoppix has been covered extensively in Linux media: Project of the
week: Knoppix 3.1, distro run from CD (Linux and Main), Knoppix Linux
- Filesystem runs "Live" from CD (PC Buyers Guide), Knoppix a tasty
open source try-out (ComputerWorld), A Linux you can try before you
even install it (LinuxWorld), Bootable Linux Demo Distro - Knoppix
(Slashdot), Interview with Klaus Knopper (DistroWatch), Interview with
Klaus Knopper of Knoppix (OSNews)
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
http://www.knoppix.net/
http://www.knoppix.net/get.php
(8) The Linux Bootable Business Card (LNX-BBC) project is a creation
of Duncan MacKinnon, Tom Crimi, and Seth David Schoen - originally
from San Francisco-based Linuxcare who forked the project in May 2001
under the present name. The idea was to produce an emergency rescue
disk which would fit on a small, business card- type CD, which you
could carry in your wallet, always ready to tackle any hardware or
software emergency. The CD includes many troubleshooting and
diagnostic utilities, configuration tools and even X-window with the
Blackbox window manager and a browser. It's quite amazing how much one
fit on a 40MB CD!
Unlike most other projects in this category, LNX-BBC has an excellent
web site with plenty of documentation, resources and active
development. Version 2.0 is currently under testing and new ISO images
are built daily. Well worth checking out!
http://www.lnx-bbc.org
(9) Lonix is a new CD-based distribution based on Linux From Scratch
and developed by Guillermo M?nguez Alvarez in Spain. It is still under
development, the latest release is Lonix 1.0rc5. Lonix differs from
other CD-based distribution in that it comes with no X-window and
therefore no graphics mode. So what is on the large 434MB CD, you
might ask. A full compliment of server and development tools;
everything from mail, FTP and web server with PHP to GCC, Perl, Python
Pascal, Smalltalk, Common Lisp and even Java. Additionally, Lonix
provides its own set of configuration tools for most common tasks.
While the Lonix web site is in Spanish only, the distribution itself
supports both English and Spanish.
http://lonix.sourceforge.net/
(10) MLD Media Lab Live Linux is a product of Media Lab, Japanese
company which also produces a complete Linux distribution called Linux
Media Lab Distribution. The product page http://www.mlb.co.jp/live/
is in Japanese only, but it presents a list of packages included on
the CD. Live Linux is a commercial product not available as a free
download.
http://www.mlb.co.jp/ (Japanese, little bit English)
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(11) MoviX is one of those fantastic projects which shows that the
right combination of a bright idea, free software and available source
code can produce amazing results. MoviX was created by Roberto De Leo
in Italy when he wanted to watch a DVD on a computer where installing
Linux on the hard disk wasn't an option. So he created a bootable
Linux CD, which booted into a graphical desktop and automatically
started MPlayer. When MPlayer was loaded, he removed the boot CD,
inserted his DVD and pressed the play button to start the show!
That was in the beginning and the project has now evolved into several
different branches each with its own focus. Provided that your
graphics card is supported, MoviX can help you to play encrypted DVDs,
VCDs and other multimedia file formats (VCD, DivX, avi, mpg, mp3,
ogg...) on your computer, even if its hard disk contains a wrong or no
operating system! It can always come handy so download it now - the
size of the compressed ISO image is only 22 MB.
http://movix.sourceforge.net
(12) SuSE Live-Eval, SuSE Linux/GNU has been producing its Live-Eval
CDs since version 7.0 as a way for users to test its distribution, and
their machine's hardware compatibility, without having to spend any
money. Unlike SuSE's full distribution, the Live-Eval CD can be
downloaded freely as an ISO image. It does however require that a hard
disk be present on the test computer which means that its usefullness
as a rescue or demo disk has been superceded by better products, such
as Knoppix.
http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/index.html
(13) Ututo is one of the earliest CD-based distributions around.
Developed by Diego Saravia at the Universidad Nacional de Salta in
Argentina and named after a local lizard, the Ututo live CD has not
been updated since the end of 2000. As such, it is too outdated to be
really useful. However, Ututo's web site remains active and a poll on
it is asking users to give suggestions for the next release. The web
site is in Spanish only.
http://www.ututo.org
ftp://ftp.linux10.com.ar/ututo/ (download)
(14) Virtual-Linux/GNU is a general purpose "run-from-CD" distribution
created by M?rten Sundling, a Swedish programmer. It is basically
Mandrake Linux, modified to run directly from a bootable CD and using
automatic hardware detection. KDE is the default desktop environment.
It is suitable for novice Linux users who want to try Linux without a
full installation and without any changes to their hard disks. The
latest stable version is 1.1 (based on Mandrake Linux 8.1), but a
newer version, Virtual-Linux 1.2 is already under development.
http://www.virtual-linux.org
https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux (d/l)
(15) (an extra not listed at Distrowatch.com) Yoper-Linux, for
completeness I will mention this new distro which during its
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developement published a Live CD ISO as well as a HDD installable ISO
for download. BUT - the Live CD is now to be Discontinued, as Yoper
are just about to issue their final first Ydesktop that is ready to be
released as soon as XFree4.3 and kde-3.1 have released their stable
versions. This should happen at the end of January 2003.
NB: The Yoper distro has been optimised for PC's with either 686 or
higher processor types.
Here is the official info taken from the Yoper Website NOTE: The ISO
with the name "ybootcdrom-i686-3.2.1.iso" is a bootable live CD of the
entire system, it is going to be discontinued in its present form as
of rc3, which will be available on Monday 13th of Jan. 2003. Please do
not download the live cd any more as it contains several bugs not
found in the install version.
No URL offered for obvious reasons !
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Details of the Live CD's above is not comprehensive or complete. The
minimum Requirements to use each of these CD's has not been included
as I could not always find it quickly at most of the sites, so you
will have to do your own research to find out. In general older
machines with 32 Mb or less of ram are not suitable and many of the
Live CD's above would require a Pentium II or better + 128 MB ram or
more.
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Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101
| | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sf.net
| | v1.4.0 on Feb 11th 2003
InterMail, InterEcho |MT |http://www.ifido.com 1:1/133
| | bob@nwstar.com
| | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE
Radius (based on |M |http://fido5012.narod.ru/ 2:5012/38
Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
| | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003
Terminate |MBP |http://www.terminate.com
| | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997
Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204
Software, Inc. | | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002
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Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
| | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.4
FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org 2:280/1076
| | wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000
Squish |T |http://www.lanius.com
| | sales@lanius.com v1.11
| |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/
Synchronet BBS |TB |http://www.synchro.net
| | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
| | v3.10L Beta
Watergate |TUI |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/
| | ramon@sbbs.se
| | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998
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BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net
| | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222
ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com
Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002
Falken BBS |B |http://falkenbbs.com
| | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002
Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
| | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final
Maximus BBS |B |http://www.lanius.com
| | sales@lanius.com v3.01
| |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/
MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002
Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com
| | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001
Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net
| | groberts@nexusbbs.net
| | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001
Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be
| | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002
RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
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Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
| | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999
Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net
| | support@telegard.net
| | v3.09g2 SP4
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Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
| | last update: Jun 2002
BBS Central |D |http://www.rpcomputers.com
Bentstone |D |http://www.srupc.com/mall
Capabilities Group | | info@stonebenders.com
Cheepware: |D |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/
Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:11/200
DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
DoorMUD |D |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org
| | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
Elysium Software |D |http://www.elysoft.com
| | mpreslar@mailcity.com
Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
JNS Software: |D |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/
Rusty Johnson | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com
| | Tel: (304) 733-0113
John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
| | support@johndaileysoftware.com
LORD (Legend of the |D |http://www.lordlegacy.org
Red Dragon) Reborn | | mike@lordlegacy.org
| | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001
Lord-II IGMs |D |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/
PC Pursuits |D |http://www.pcpursuits.com
| | brucep@pop.kis.net
| | Tel: (301) 240-6653
Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
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| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013
Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org
| | last update: Jul 17th 2002
(various) |D |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/
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APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13
OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
| | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002
OpenXP/16 |P |http://www.openxp16.de 2:2433/460
| | my@openxp16.de v3.40 RC3 Apr 28th 2002
CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
PPoint |P |http://www.alcuf.ca 1:249/114
| | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000
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GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600
| | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de
| | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999
TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
| | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed
| | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267
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Allfix |U |ftp://ftp.nwstar.com 1:140/12
| | bob@nwstar.com
| | v5.13 (v6?)
GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
| | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997
Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
PeopleComm Terminal |CUI |http://www.peoplecomm.org 1:128/148
(BBS & Telnet w/ | | edward.williams@adelphia.net
ZModem) | | v1.01a on Feb 11th 2003
FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 18 19 May 2003
TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998
TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.multiboard.com/software/
Communications, Inc.| | support@multiboard.com 1:2401/305
| | v3.5
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National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org
Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/
(in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings)
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File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com
http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi
http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu
Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// vice http:// above)
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Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt
Magic FReq: FIDOSOFT (Use INFO and/or HELP for details)
Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68
`-==> E-mail FIDONet(at)Bellsouth(dot)net BBS (337) 232-4155
Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich
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Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
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Region 80: http://www.rbt.com.br (Portuguese)
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Guam, Indoesia and the Phillipines)
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com (Chinese)
Fidonet Via Internet Hubs provided by FidoTel.com
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
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 | fido@thunderdome.ws| BinkP,FTP,UUE | 10mbps | FREE
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.
134/11 | Michael Grant | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX
aDSL, 60 | n/c
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 | groberts|nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c
FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 21 19 May 2003
229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c
229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? |
229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | 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
275/311 | Shannon Talley|FTP,BinkP,FTP,VMoT,QWK| T1 |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
379/1 | Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
393/68 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c
396/45 | Marc Lewis |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL | n/c
2215/300 | Dennis Haddox | UUE,TX | CABLE | 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
3613/1275 | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | 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
3634/12 | Mark Lewis |FTP,VMoT,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c
3830/9 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP FTP IFCICO VMoT UUE|?|?
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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
53/558 |Vladimir Hrusca|POP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP,ifcico|2mbs|??
201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c
201/505 | Göran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson |BinkP,FTP,TX,UUE| 512k | n/c
211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BinkP | 8/2mb | 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
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE, BinkP | 128k | n/c
292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | 3mb | n/c
292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 22 19 May 2003
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
341/51 | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT | |
341/66 | Angel Ripoll | BinkP, ifcico | |
343/168 | Jose Casanova | VMoT, BinkP | |
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
345/432 | Pablo Romano | VMoT | |
347/1 | Javi Polo | UUE | |
348/105 | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE | |
348/609 | Redy Rodriguez |BinkP,ifcico,UUE| |
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | 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
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
2800/14 | Aleksandr Galiyev | BinkP,ifcico,VMoT| T1 | 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
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801/161 | Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
905/101 | Ariel Nardelli | Binkp | |
930/1 | David Gonzalez | Binkp | |
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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
* QWK = Quick Packets/Offline mailer "networking" capable
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Fidonet oriented news servers
nntp://news.fidotel.com (provides user access to Z1B & WWB)
nntp://news.osirusoft.com
news.tardis.net
nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro
nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro
news.rafastd.org
nntp://ficbbs.org:999
Fidonet oriented chat rooms.
room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted)
irc.sinoptix.ro : malay, chinesse, english, #fido, #fidonet, #wwb
irc.bitsoft.ro : 6667 russian, english, hebrew, #fido, #wwb
irc.tsua.net : 6668 russian, english #fido
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.136
size 986.2kb
date 2003-05-16
The nodelist has 8611 nodes in it
and a total of 11406 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
60 regions
445 hosts
603 hubs
admin overhead 1114 ( 12.94 %)
and 1000 private nodes
310 nodes down
371 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1681 ( 19.52 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 702 ( 8.15 %)
9600 = 7473 ( 86.78 %)
(HST = 157 or 2.10 %)
(CSP = 1 or 0.01 %)
(PEP = 11 or 0.15 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.01 %)
(V32 = 4005 or 53.59 %)
(V32B = 406 or 5.43 %)
(V34 = 4974 or 66.56 %)
(V42 = 4139 or 55.39 %)
(V42B = 431 or 5.77 %)
2400 = 82 ( 0.95 %)
1200 = 6 ( 0.07 %)
300 = 348 ( 4.04 %)
ISDN = 789 ( 9.16 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2950
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 9
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 11
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XP Seadog 6
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XR Opus 1.03 45
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XW Fido >12M 341
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 3849
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1400
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CrashMail capable = 2693 ( 31.27 %)
MailOnly nodes = 4725 ( 54.87 %)
Listed-only nodes = 676 ( 7.85 %)
Other = 517 ( 6.00 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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