FidoNews · Vol 24, No 21 · 21 May 2007
The F I D O N E W S Volume 24, Number 21 21 May 2007
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
3. FIDONET REGIONAL NEWS .................................... 3
Region 13 Coordinator Election - Time to vote ............ 3
4. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 4
JamNNTPd Frequently Asked Questions ...................... 4
The JamNNTPd HOWTO for Windows ........................... 6
Available JamNNTPd servers ............................... 9
5. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 10
FidoNet Software References .............................. 10
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Gossip is when you must hurry and tell someone before you find out it
isn't true.
-- Anonymous
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EDITORIAL
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I promised to run some articles about JamNNTPd in this issue of the
Snooze, but unfortunately an annoying thing called real life...
http://felten.se/PICT0103.JPG
(as you can see a lot of work remains to be done there) caught up
on me, so it will have to wait until later.
But some stuff for you to study while waiting, at least I can give
you that.
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FIDONET REGIONAL NEWS
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Region 13 Coordinator Election - Time to vote
Michael Luko, 1:266/512
Last week I submitted my background information and the plans
that I will carry out if I were elected to the Region 13 Coordinator
position. I hope you have had a chance to read though it. If you
agree with my plans to map out and promote growth to region 13 just
I have done on the network level with network 266, now is the time
to support me by your vote. You heard right! Every system node
operator in region 13 has an opportunity to cast a vote and
participate in the Region 13 coordinator election.
You can support me by netmailing your vote addressed to
Robert Wolfe@1:13/2 routed via 1:261/38 (dialup) or
1:261/100 (internet). Robert has a connection with Janis for
netmail. His direct internet connection is being worked on at the
moment so direct may not work. Your netmail should include your
name, node number, password of your choice for confirmation and to
remain anonymous in the vote tally, and your vote for Michael Luko.
Example:
To: Robert Wolfe@1:13/2
Subject: Regional Coordinator Election Vote
Body:
System Operator: (your name)
Node Number: (your node number)
Password: (password of your choice)
Vote: Michael Luko
The voting period started on 5-14-07 and ends on 5-25-07
at 11:59pm. If you have any question regarding my background, plans
or the voting process itself just give me a yell. Thank you once
again for your time and now for your vote of support.
====> Michael Luko <====
Sysop, Christian Fellowship BBS (856) 933-7096
Telnet: cfbbs.dtdns.net or cfbbs.no-ip.com
Netmail: Michael Luko@1:266/512
Email: Michael.Luko@verizon.net
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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JamNNTPd Frequently Asked Questions
27-Dec-04
Q. What is JamNNTPd?
A. JamNNTPd is a NNTP server for messages stored in messagebases in
the JAM format. This means that you can read or write fidonet messages
with almost any newsreader such as Thunderbird or Outlook Express.
Q. What are the requirements for running JamNNTPd?
A. JamNNTPd is currently available for Win32 operating systems
(Windows 95, Me, 2k or XP) and Linux. It should be possible to compile
JamNNTPd under other Unix-type operating systems with no or minimal
changes.
Q. Where can I download JamNNTPd?
A. http://www.df.lth.se/~billing/jamnntpd.html
Q. Why can I read all the messages in the NETMAIL area?
A. You have to write an exclamation mark before the name in
jamnntpd.groups to let JamNNTPd know that is a netmail area.
Q. What is the format of the configuration file for the -config
option?
A. All command-line options can also be used in the configuration
file (the initial dash is optional). You can use "jamnntpd -create
jamnntpd.config" to create a configuration file with the default
options.
Q. Why won't my newsreader download new messagesP
A. Your tosser or messagebase maintenance program has probably
renumbered the messagebase. "hpt pack" is known to to that, and there
may be other programs with the same behaviour.
Q. How can I create empty JAM messagebases?
A. If you use CrashMail, you can just type "crashmail scan" to create
missing messagebases. If you use another tosser, download the
checkgroups.pl perl script from the JamNNTPd homepage and run it with
the --fix switch.
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Q. Why can't JamNNTPd open my messagebases? Other programs have no
problems.
A. Make sure that the lastread file (*.jlr) file exists for the
messagebases. If they is missing, you can create them with the
checkgroups.pl script from the JamNNTPd homepage.
Q. How can I get non-ascii characters to work in usernames in
jamnntpd.users?
A. jamnntpd.users must be written in the same character set that
messages are posted in. This is normally iso-8859-1 for Western
European languages.
Q. Why are my netmail messages not sent? I'm using Crashmail, BTW.
A. Make sure that NOROUTE is not enabled in crashmail.prefs.
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The JamNNTPd HOWTO for Windows
So you finally decided to take a look at that JamNNTPd package you've
heard so much about? And after you've unpacked it, you have absolutely
no clue about what to do with it? Well, then you've decided to read
the right textfile. I did very much the same, half a year ago. It
wasn't until I got a permanent connection to the internet that I
realized what I could do with this package. If you *don't* have a
permanent connection to the internet, you can stop reading here, and
just delete the entire package.
Well, on second thought maybe not -- a local installation of
JamNNTPd and your favourite news reader will probably be a better
combination for reading and writing fidonet echoes than most others
you will find, so stay with us.
What is it?
==========
JamNNTPd is for 'news://...' what Apache, IIS &al are for
'http://...', i.e. it's a server program that lets any user from
internet reach your JAM message base with any news reader they happen
to have installed.
So how do you go about making JamNNTPd work? Well, this is a case
study from my setup. I use WinXP as front-end against internet, and
have (of course!) the built-in firewall enabled. I have several
'mshome.net' workstations connected to the internet via ICS, and on
one of these I decided to setup and run JamNNTPd.
What do I do first?
==================
The first thing you should do, after you've unpacked the zip-file,
is to edit the four config files, jamnntpd.groups, *.users, *.allow
and *.xlat to suit your setup. The help-texts in those files should be
selfexplanatory.
Then what?
=========
Then you have to open up a port in your firewall to allow outside,
as well as inside (usually yourself) callers to reach your JamNNTPd
newsserver. The default port for a newsserver is 119, so this is a
good choice for incoming from internet, and 5000 is usually a good
one for outgoing to your local network. Settings for the WinXP
firewall can be reached from right-clicking on your internet
connection icon in 'Settings'->'Network and Dial-up Connections' and
then click your way to 'Properties'->'Advanced'->'Settings'. Add a new
porthole, lets call it JamNNTPd, with 119, 5000, TCP and the local
name of the workstation where you installed the JamNNTPd server
(localhost will do fine if you installed JamNNTPd on the workstation
that your firewall is located on).
Now all you have to do is 'Win-R cmd' and do a 'cd' to the proper
directory and give the command 'jamnntpd' and you're up and running!
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Remember that even if your outside callers must use port 119, you
yourself, from inside the firewall, must use port 5000 to connect to
your own newsserver.
So that's it, then?
==================
Once you've made sure it's working, you can start finetuning your
setup. First of all, Ctrl-C stops the server. :) Then you may remember
that the server does not need to be restarted whenever you edit one of
the four config files. Thirdly, even if the defaults usually is a good
choice, if you want a conservative, fidonettish look&feel from your
JamNNTPd newsserver, you might be interested in knowing how I start
it:
jm.bat
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@jamnntpd.exe -notearline -smartquote -noreplyaddr -m 10 -echomailjam
r:\sem\fdxit6.60
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As some of you might guess from the above, I still rely on a
FrontDoor node to take care of most of the things, such as tossing and
scanning echomail. 'fdxit6.60' is a semaphore file that tells my
FrontDoor node 6 to exit with errorlevel 60. That is my major
toss&scan event. I use CrashMail II (from the JamNNTPd author) to
toss&scan my JAM areas, since my old squishmail can't handle JAM.
Can I let anybody in?
====================
In fidonet, we have a very strict policy about real-names and
proper authentication of users, before they are allowed to write
anything in any of our echoes. So, if you setup fidonet echoes, you
must make sure your users are authenticated before they are allowed to
write anything. Reading is, of course, perfectly OK even for anonymous
visitors.
Proper authenticating is also handled by JamNNTPd, based on how you
setup your *.users and *.allow files. Normally you probably will have
a *.allow that only has one line:
'* ABCDE A'
... meaning you let everybody read in your A, B, C, D and E groups
but only write in A (for anonymous).
In *.users you can add more groups, that only authenticated users
may read or write:
# Syntax:
#
# <username> <password> <readgroups> <postgroups>
#
sysop password ABISTX ABISTX
#
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# I=international
# S=Swedish
# T=beta-test
# X=private
#
user1 password1 AIST AIST
user2 password2 ABIST ABIST
user3 password3 ABIST ABIS
user4 password4 AIST ABST
user5 password5 AIST AI
guest guest AIST A
Well, sysop could just as well have used * for both groups. Poor
user 4 is not allowed to read B groups but can write (probably not a
very good idea), and user5 is not trusted with writing in Swedish-only
echoes. Furthermore, you can add a real-name for any user listed here
(more about that in the main doc).
Then all you have to do, is inform your users to set up their news
reader to "always request authentication to this server" and to have
configured it with the proper nick, true-name and password. It may
interest them to know, that what they enter in the "Organisation:"
field ends up in the origin line, unless you use one of the options,
described in the main doc, to use a fixed origin line of your choice.
-----
Björn Felten, news://felten.yi.org
or fidonet 2:203/2
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Available JamNNTPd servers
URL news://felten.yi.org
Join http://felten.yi.org/join.html
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL news://the-estar.com:1119
Join http://www.easternstar.info/fidovianews.html
NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789
URL news://vtdl.net
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL No
URL news://fido.thunderdome.us:1119
Join mailto:matt@thunderdome.us
NETMAIL No
URL news://fido.jabberwocky.com.au
Join http://www.jabberwocky.com.au/register.php
NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/305
URL news://pucelabbs.dyndns.org
Join Info in group REGISTRATE_AQUI-REGISTER_HERE
NETMAIL No
URL news://quinnspost.dyndns.org:60119
Join mailto:eskimo261@bigfoot.com
NETMAIL No
Existing but not yet fully operational:
URL news://bbs.bdew.yi.org
Join mailto:bdew@bdew.yi.org or ICQ# 2666606
NETMAIL No
URL news://hub2000.darktech.org:10119
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL No
URL news://nntp.rbb.bbs.fi
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/361
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ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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-=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=-
Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info
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|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.
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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
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
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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
E-Mail: rpa4email (at) rogers (dot) com
Telnet: runekeep.darktech.org
(Leave Feedback as Guest or create an account)
Emeritus: Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.138
size 627.9kb
date 2007-05-18
The nodelist has 5176 nodes in it
and a total of 6991 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
43 regions
316 hosts
349 hubs
admin overhead 714 ( 13.79 %)
and 643 private nodes
222 nodes down
236 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1101 ( 21.27 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 429 ( 8.29 %)
9600 = 3992 ( 77.13 %)
(HST = 79 or 1.98 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.03 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.03 %)
(V32 = 2011 or 50.38 %)
(V32B = 111 or 2.78 %)
(V34 = 2758 or 69.09 %)
(V42 = 2301 or 57.64 %)
(V42B = 119 or 2.98 %)
2400 = 36 ( 0.70 %)
1200 = 5 ( 0.10 %)
300 = 714 ( 13.79 %)
ISDN = 353 ( 6.82 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 1552
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 8
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 2
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XP Seadog 2
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XR Opus 1.03 24
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XW Fido >12M 210
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 2066
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1312
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CrashMail capable = 1882 ( 36.36 %)
MailOnly nodes = 2907 ( 56.16 %)
Listed-only nodes = 430 ( 8.31 %)
Other = -43 ( -0.83 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
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