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FidoNews · Vol 23, No 45 · 06 Nov 2006

     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 23, Number 45             06 Nov 2006 
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                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. GENERAL ARTICLES  .........................................  2
        To be or not to be a Flame echo  ..........................  2
        No Comment?  ..............................................  4
     3. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................  6
        FidoNet Software References  ..............................  6
     4. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 11
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 11
     5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 13
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 13
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 15
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     The essence of terrorism is to strike at people just when they feel
     safe. Therefore, a responsible government must ensure that the people
     never feel safe.

                                 -- Anonymous (on slashdot.org)



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                             GENERAL ARTICLES
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                     To be or not to be a Flame echo
     Jeff Smith 1:282/1031

         Why is it that the Fidonews echo is a home to flamers, name
     calling, country bashing, needless sarcasm, and constant insults?
     There are a number of possible reasons. The primary factor as I see it
     is the lack of control from the moderator of the Fidonews echo. When
     was the last time that the moderator spoke up in the echo to act as a
     moderator? Has he acted in private to moderate the Fidonews echo? His
     supporters say that he has sent them moderation netmails within the
     last year or so. Although all of the "Flamers" and  "Troublemakers"
     that I have asked. State that they have never received a moderation
     netmail. So who are we to believe? I think the best indication is to
     look at the current condition of the Fidonews echo and to make up your
     own minds. I would think that the answer to that question though is
     obvious.

        Why don't we see more Fidonews related messages in the Fidonews
     echo?  With the type of behavior that is seen in the Fidonews echo on
     a daily basis why would anyone want to bother when all they can expect
     in return in the Fidonews echo would be  ridicule, name calling, and
     personal attacks. When the Fidonews moderator himself expresses
     discrimination of people in the Fidonews echo based on what country
     they may come from, what religion they may believe in,  what political
     views they may hold. How can one have any confidence that such a
     person will act in an impartial and fair manner in the performance of
     his duties as Fidonews moderator?

        Recently I have started to make small attempts at trying to talk to
     people in the Fidonews echo to try to get them to curb their
     participation of the flaming, name calling, and country bashing. Of
     the first two people that I asked one explained his views and said
     that he would curb the flames in the future. The other put me on his
     twit list in the echo and also has filtered netmail coming from me.

       It should be noted that I have sent this person only one netmail on
     the subject. This is the behavior and attitude of one of the people
     supporting the current Fidonews echo moderator. As expected several
     have refused to even consider the possibility that I might be trying
     to act as impartial as I can. I have tried to avoid taking sides or
     expressing my own personal opinion on what is being said or of those
     doing the saying. I think that people are free and have the right to
     form whatever opinion that they choose.

        So why can't the people in the Fidonews echo control themselves?
     Partly because the moderator has made it clear that he doesn't care
     and has even participated in the flaming, name calling, and country
     bashing. His supporters have also stated that they don't see a problem
     with the condition of the echo or understand why a change is thought
     to be necessary. But those same supporters are the first to cry foul
     when someone says something that they don't like. It is pretty obvious
     the separate set of standards that exist in the Fidonews echo. One set
     FIDONEWS 23-45               Page 3                    6 Nov 2006


     for the moderator and his supporters and another that everyone else is
     expected to abide by.

         I have stated a number of times that the replacement of the
     Fidonews moderator is what I would consider a last resort measure. It
     would be much easier, cause much less trouble, and work if the current
     moderator were to once again become an active moderator and work
     toward bringing the echo back to a place where people would want to
     discuss Fidonews topics. Instead of stopping by the echo to see who is
     currently insulting who. But, sadly the moderator has not shown any
     signs that he cares about the welfare of the Fidonews echo other than
     maybe to remain a forum for him and his supporters to express their
     personal, political, or religious views. That IMHO is not what the
     Fidonews echo is for.

         I used to enjoy reading the Fidonews echo and at one time even
     made the Fidonews available for viewing on my BBS. I don't bother
     doing that any longer. For me the main reason is what is the point of
     displaying an empty Fidonews? I used to read the Fidonews and enjoyed
     reading articles by a variety of people.  I just feel that the value
     and importance of Fidonews is suffering based in part by and because
     of the current editor. I don't think that the current editor is the
     sole cause for the lack of interest in Fidonews. In fairness to the
     editor he can't publish articles that people do not submit. But I do
     think that he is part of the reason of why people are no longer
     interested in submitting articles. Other reasons are I think related
     to the declining interest in Fidonet as a whole.

        I would like the Fidonews to once again be a place for people to go
     to to read what's new about Fidonet. To read about new or upgraded
     software. A place to read about tips and suggestions regarding BBS's
     and mail movement. A place to go to read about joining Fidonet. A
     place to go to for links to general software support as well as
     Fidonet related web sites of interest. These are but just a few of the
     things that I would like to see, or see more of in the Fidonews.

        Lets work towards doing what needs to be done to get the Fidonews
     back to where people look forward to seeing what is in the next issue.
     What we need are intelligent ideas on how to improve Fidonet as a
     whole which will go along way toward rekindling interest in Fidonews.
     Any ideas need to be free of agendas or political motivations.


     Jeff Smith




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                             No Comment?
                             By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555


     People complain that here is nothing to read in FidoNews any more.
     People complain the FidoNews echo conference has degraded into a flame
     and fight echo. People complain the editor is not doing his job. They
     complain the moderator is not doing his job. They complain about
     "noone" and everything.

     Since the beginning of this year I have written six articles for the
     Snooze. This will be my seventh and the year isn't over yet. I do not
     know if anyone keeps stats, but I am confident that if there are
     stats, I am in the top ten, if not the top three. That should entitle
     me to throw in my two cents worth.

     As we all know, or should know, the topic of the FidoNews echomail
     conference is articles published recently in FidoNews. Ok, there have
     been empty issues. Nothing new, we had empty issues in the days of
     Donald Tees and Sylvia Maxwell. With the decline of FidoNet, we should
     not be surprised that we see a few more empty issues these days. In
     fact, if the decline of FidoNews were to take the same pace as the
     decline of FidoNet as a whole, it should be even thinner than it is
     now.

     Given that, one would expect the complainers to take every opportunity
     to post something on-topic in the FidoNews echo by responding to
     articles. Yet, the six articles I submitted until now this year, have
     only triggered ONE comment on their content and that single comment
     was limited to "What's it got to do with FidoNet?". That was about my
     article regarding a Dutch ISP discontinuing their free e-mail service.
     O yes, and there was a fuss about a copyright notice that I attached
     to my latest articles. I thought that f.e. my series of articles about
     the FON movement would be of interest to the readers and not just be
     filler. Apparently the readers thought otherwise. Apparently the
     readers just do a quick scan, skip over the body of the articles and
     their eyes get stuck at the bottom. That seems to be how the Snooze is
     "read" these days.

     Why do people waste their time complaining about the flames in the
     echo instead of making constructive contributions? Moreover, it seems
     that some of the loudest complainers are also the worst flamers. If
     people do not like to be flamed, why do they not simply stop flaming
     themselves? If people want to be moderated, why do they not start by
     moderating themselves? If people want the FidoNews echo back "in
     shape" why do they clutter it up with off-topic posts about the
     moderator or the editor not doing his job? Don't they realise that by
     doing that they have become part of the problem instead of the
     solution?

     Why do people need a moderator to be visible as such in the area? What
     is wrong with moderators who moderate by netmail only? For some people
     this seems to be a problem. Some even go as far as to deliberately
     flame in order to provoke the moderator into doing some visible
     moderation. Don't they realize that this line of conduct is
     counterproductive? A moderator responding to their wishes would do the
     FIDONEWS 23-45               Page 5                    6 Nov 2006


     echomail equivalent of giving terrorists what they want.

     And then there are those whose present themselves as "reasonable" and
     "impartial" but who reveal their true colours by demanding the same as
     the terrorists: that the moderator either does his job the way they
     want it done or that the moderator is replaced by someone who does. I
     have compared these "reasonables" to Jehova's Witnesses. They are
     polite, they do not use violence and they sound very reasonable at
     first. But they just talk en never listen and they won't take no for
     an answer. They are very persistent and their goal is to make you
     submit to their beliefs and nothing less. This approach of course is
     as counter productive as the terrorist approach. The only way to deal
     with Jehova's Witnesses is to just politely say "not interested" and
     close the door before they can get a word in edgewise. The longer you
     listen to them, the harder it is to get rid of them.

     So what is the proper approach then? Behave the way you would behave
     when the moderator did his job according to your wishes! An invisible
     moderator is not an absent moderator and some prefer to moderate by
     netmail only. Can't live with that?: vote with your feet and start
     your own echo.

     In the meantime: how about some comment on my previous articles?



     (C) 2006, Michiel van der Vlist. All rights reserved. Permission to
     distribute via the FdioNews file echo and the FidoNews echomail
     conference.



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                 ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
     =================================================================

                    -=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=-

         Type: M=Mailer  T=Tosser  B=BBS  D=Door  C=Comm/Terminal
               P=Points  E=Editor  I=Internet  U=Utility  ?=Info

     .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
     |Software: Author     |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes      Help Node|
     `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

      Argus                |MI   |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/  2:469/84
                           |     | argus@ritlabs.com  Tel: 373-2-246889
                           |     | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001

      BinkleyTerm XE       |M    |http://btxe.sourceforge.net     1:1/102
                           |     | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998

      BinkD                |MI   |http://2f.ru/binkd/
                           |     | maloff@corbina.net
                           |     | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 (Outdated)

      FIDO-Deluxe IP       |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
       Michael Haase       |     | m.haase@gmx.net
                           |     | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003

      FrontDoor, FD/APX:   |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se          2:201/330
       Definite Solutions  |     | sales@defsol.se                1:1/101
                           |     | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX

      Husky Project        |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/
                           |     | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003

      Radius               |MI   |http://radius.pp.ru           2:5012/38
      (based on Argus)     |     | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
                           |     | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005

      Taurus               |MI   |http://taurus.rinet.ru (Russian) 2:461/70
                           |     |http://www.fidotel.com/taurus (English)
      (based on Radius)    |     | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru
                           |     | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004

      Tmail                |MI   |http://www.tmail.spb.ru  v2608
                           |     | Website is in Russian only

      WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
       Net Server, Platinum|     | sales@santronics.com
       Xpress: Santronics  |     | Tel: (305) 248-3204
       Software, Inc.      |     | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004
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      Fidogate             |TUI  |http://www.fidogate.org
                           |     | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net  v4.4.10

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      FMail                |T    |http://fmail.nl.eu.org
                           |     | support@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://maximus.sourceforge.net/
                           |     | Lanuis site redirects to above
                           |     | Squish is part of Maximus.

     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      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

     EZYCom BBS            |BT   |http://ezycom.sytes.net
                           |     |http://members.westnet.com.au/centuryp/
                           |     | ezycom@westnet.com.au    3:690/682
                           |     | v2.0 on 3 May 2003

      Hermes II Project    |B    |http://www.hermesii.org
                           |     | info@HermesII.org  v3.5.9 Beta Final

      Maximus BBS          |B    |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
                           |     | v3.03
                           |     |Archives back online at:
                           |     |http://maximus.outpostbbs.net/

      MBSE BBS:            |BI   |http://mbse.sourceforge.net  2:280/2802
       Michiel Broek       |     | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
                           |     | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004

      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-Beta on Oct 16th 2002
                           |     | [Note: No Longer under active
                           |     |  development.]

      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

      Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B    |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
       Creek Software      |     | MDWoltz@aol.com             1:1/150
                           |     | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

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      Synchronet BBS       |BT   |http://www.synchro.net
                           |     | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
                           |     | v3.10L Beta

      Telegard BBS         |B    |http://www.telegard.net
                           |     | support@telegard.net
                           |     | v3.09g2 SP4
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      Atlantis Software    |D    |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
                           |     | Last Update: August 2004

      Cheepware            |DU   |http://outpostbbs.net
       Sean Dennis         |     | sean@outpostbbs.net         1:18/200

      DDS (Doorware        |D    |http://www.doorgames.org     1:2404/201
       Distribution System)|     | ruth@doorgames.org
       Ruth Argust         |     |

      DoorMUD              |D    |http://doormud.com
                           |     | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
                           |     | Website is down after
                           |     | past the splash page.

      Jibben Software      |D    |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
                           |     | scott@jibben.com
                           |     | 1995-99 Release dates

      John Dailey Software |D    |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
                           |     | support@johndaileysoftware.com

      Shining Star         |D    |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
                           |     | nannette@shiningstar.net

      Sunrise Doors:       |D    |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
       Al Lawrence         |     | al@sunrisedoors.com
                           |     | 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

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      APoint               |PI   |http://www.apoint-mail.de
                           |     |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
                           |     | (English Version)
                           |     | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
                           |     | v1.25                   2:2426/1210.13
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      CrossPoint (XP)      |P    |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only)
                           |     | pm@crosspoint.de  v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999

      FreeXP               |P    |http://www.freexp.de         2:2433/460
                           |     | support@freexp.de
                           |     | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)

      OpenXP/32            |PI   |http://www.openxp.com        2:248/2004
                           |     |  (Site is in German Only)
                           |     | mk@openxp.de  v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004
                           |     | Download Page comes back 404 not found.

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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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      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

      TransNet             |UI   |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
                           |     | transnet@ressl.com.ar
                           |     | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998

      TransX: Multiboard   |UI   |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard
       Communications, Inc.|     | Unsure about support now but Free Keys
                           |     | are now available.  Donations accepted.
                           |     | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program)

      Ifmail               |UI   |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
                           |     | crosser@average.org         2:5020/230
                           |     | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway
                           |     | Program.

      Meltdown-BBS         |UI   |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
                           |     | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan
                           |     |                       @spamgourmet.com
                           |     | Fido:                       2:350/5
                           |     | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <->
                           |     | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system.

      MakeNL               |U    | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl
                           |     | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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                           |     | Fido:                       1:229/2000
                           |     | FidoNet Nodelist Processor

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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.net
       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
       http://www.bbsfiles.com                http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

      Note: most also provide FTP access
            (use ftp:// instead of http:// above)

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      Please send corrections & additions to: Robert Couture, 1:229/2000
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         Emeritus: Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich

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     =================================================================
                             SPECIAL INTEREST
     =================================================================

                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.307
                size  669.5kb
                date  2006-11-03

      The nodelist has   5591 nodes in it
        and a total of   7503 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           46 regions
                          335 hosts
                          377 hubs
         admin overhead   764 ( 13.66 %)

                    and   660 private nodes
                          227 nodes down
                          261 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1148 ( 20.53 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    459 (  8.21 %)
                9600 =   4385 ( 78.43 %)
                              (HST  =   84 or   1.92 %)
                              (CSP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (PEP  =    1 or   0.02 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.02 %)
                              (V32  = 2231 or  50.88 %)
                              (V32B =  130 or   2.96 %)
                              (V34  = 3016 or  68.78 %)
                              (V42  = 2522 or  57.51 %)
                              (V42B =  138 or   3.15 %)
                2400 =     41 (  0.73 %)
                1200 =      5 (  0.09 %)
                 300 =    701 ( 12.54 %)

                ISDN =    384 (  6.87 %)

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      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             1690
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 6
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                        2
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          2
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      26
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     222
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                2308
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1335
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      CrashMail capable =   2011 ( 35.97 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   3107 ( 55.57 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    461 (  8.25 %)
      Other             =     12 (  0.21 %)

      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
      [        Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]

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