FidoNews · Vol 24, No 38 · 17 Sep 2007
The F I D O N E W S Volume 24, Number 38 17 Sep 2007
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
Rejected contributions ................................... 2
3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 3
Deja vu .................................................. 3
4. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 7
FidoNet Software References .............................. 7
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 12
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 12
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 14
How to Submit an Article ................................. 14
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 16
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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In youth we learn, in age we understand.
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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EDITORIAL
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Rejected contributions
I've commented on the above subject so many times, I'm starting to get
tired of it. But still there are some people out there that claim that
they have submitted articles for the Snooze that has been rejected.
So, let's first get one thing clear. If the article never reaches
the editor it cannot be rejected. That ought to be obvious to each and
every one, but strangely enough that doesn't seem to be the case.
Then, how does one go about to submit an article for the Snooze?
Well, not so long ago there was only one or two alternatives -- either
crash send a file attach to the Snooze headquarters or log on to it's
BBS and upload the file.
This can all be seen in ARTSPEC.DOC, that of course can be
downloaded from the Snooze files archive at
http://felten.yi.org/fidonews -- still the only complete archive
available even if there are lots of them that are almost complete.
Later there has been added a lot of other methods that are allowed
in order to submit an article. One of them is via email. But anyone
who thinks that email is a safe way to send something obviously have
never heard about spam and spam-filters, and also not about black- and
grey-listings. I personally would never trust email for something
important without requesting a confirmation (easily done -- just check
the proper box in your client settings).
How come then, that a handful of people, year after year, keeps
claiming that they sent a Snooze contribution and then starts whining
about their contribution never being published -- and yet they never
even bothered to send a mail to the editor asking why? And how hard
can it be to send a contribution the proper fidonet way -- crash file
attach? Maybe even both ways -- or at least send a netmail to inform
the editor that he can expect an email attached article -- or vice
versa?
Have the members of fidonet really become so unsavvy that they no
longer even know how to crashmail a file attach? Well, obviously a few
actually have, and of course if you are aware of the fact that you
don't even know how to handle even the basic fidonet functions, I
guess it's easier to blame someone else for one's shortcomings than to
simply ask somebody upstreams to help you out.
Enough about that already, and now over to the latest conspiracy
attempt (to overthrow the present Snooze editor) from the lovely lady
Janis. Ward, the floor is yours, you express our reaction to this coup
attempt much better than ever I can do. :)
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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Deja vu
By Ward Dossche 2:292/854
"Deja Vu", besides the title of a very good album by Crosby Stills
Nash and Young, is an expression coming from the French language,
meaning boredom and a feeling of "where have I seen this before?".
Well, history repeats itself ... Fidonet repeats itself ... becomes
boring.
I was under the impression that we had settled in a comfortable peace
only to be disturbed by some infantile messages by one Barry
Scharnhorst, Bermah Shaeve, Harry Pearatestes, Ahnteep Iraat and other
names used by Roy Witt, all of them abuses which are intentionally and
knowingly perpetuated with the cooperation of selected individuals and
an unwillingness to deal with it.
Today another annoying thread surfaced, an ultimatum directed at the
Fidonews editor and as all transatlantic winds blow, it comes from the
west.
The ZC's have been confronted by their Z1-colleague with an alleged
furor regarding Fidonews and several non-USA-based sysops having
approached ZC1 to intervene up to the point of unilaterally publishing
an alternate Fidonews-editor in the zone-1 segment and stripping the
current Fidonews-distribution from the file-distribution system said
ZC currently operates.
With all due respect but I can think of only one sensible way of
dealing with such an ultimatum:
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and it reads
"Utter Nonsense".
Our resident drama-queen insists that several complaints are coming
from outside the USA. In the ZC's own words "... the people who are
complaining the most are _not_ from the U.S.A. ...". That, of course,
does not exclude the rest of Z1.
So far I haven't seen a single message emanating from any other zone
complaining about the current Fidonews editor. And I am forced to
revert to the game of numbers again ... this zone still is 85-90% of
the listed nodes in the nodelist. If 85-90% has no problem, then it is
justified to ask whether there is a problem.
Funny how the wording sounds familiar that "At this point, the number
of people who have contacted me about this is growing ..."
It is very reminding of the period not so far behind us when
coincidentally the same ZC used nearly the same vocabularium to force
a vote about the IC at that time. Also then "a number of sysops" were
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involved though no-one outside of the small group could be identified.
But of course, said ZC did not say the complaints came from zone-2, or
zone-3, or zone-4 or zone-5 .... merely "outside the USA" ...
naturally, outside the USA there's Canada in zone-1.... So, does
Canada want the removal of the current Fidonews editor?
It must be because I have experienced at least the people in zones 2,
3, 4 and 5 to display a willingness for open debate and concensus.
Commando raids have not taken place in these zones, at least not since
Oct.8th 1994.
Then there is the second element of the communication which is even
more disturbing and even frightening.
Using the mail-, in this case filedistribution-, weapon to get one's
way is below anything I've ever witnessed in Fidonet. And I saw a lot.
Controling the mail, controling the files is something which we have
come to expect from governmental bodies such as the Department of
Homeland Security and as a consequence I'm really baffled beyond
belief that this apparently is possible in nowadays Fidonet.
History repeats itself and, oh yes, Fidonet repeats itself too.
The mailweapon has already been used, I nearly forgot, during my first
bid for the IC-position where Gamey Garcia, ZC4 at that time, was
extorted to change his vote ... "... or else!"
Today this would be impossible to achieve, but in those days there was
no internet and all echomail reached zone-4 via a single very
expensive PSTN-connection by classical modem, and that could be
controled ... it was.
History repeats itself and Fidonet also repeats itself but I do not
plan to play along in this Fidonews-editor phallacy. I'm not buying
this new story and I'm not co-operating if this was the intent of the
intervention. We don't do business here that way. I'm a firm believer
in debate and concensus, not in commando-raids and we are not at a
point where we have to proceed in that way.
I find the accusation of the Fidonews editor's unwillingness to print
certain articles quite farfetched and unacceptable. Yet again "several
sysops" have complained about this, no names are mentioned and no
verifiable proof is presented that indeed articles were delivered and
omitted. Nevertheless the pen of Sean Dennis, Steven Horn, Gord
Hannah, Janis Kracht and Roger Nelson can easily be recognised ... ah
yes, 2 Canadians. So this is a truly international, nay global,
movement.
Personaly I would not be surprised if bad routing inside z1 to 2:2/2
would be core to this.
Addressing mail to 2:2/2 would normally route it via my system being
the 2:2/0 and my tracker's logs do not corroborate the claim. The
other kind of proof could be a mailer-log of a direct-delivery. That
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is also not presented, as a matter of fact "nothing" is presented.
For those interested in reading the ultimatum by Janis Kracht copied
in-extenso below, please be aware that the phrasing "growing numbers
of sysops" means 7 people ... the 5 mentioned above plus 2 others.
In the meantime Roy Witt is allowed by the same 7 people to continue
his daily diatribe unharmed.
Now why am I not impressed?
You see how easy it is BTW to get an article published? And if you
don't like what I write, what stops you then to provide content for
Fidonews yourself?
It's all too easy, it's all too hushed-up, it's all too ... deja vu!
"No irás jugar con mis cojones"
Take care,
Ward Dossche
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Date: 16 Sep 07 01:58:06
From: Janis Kracht on 1:261/38 <<PRISM BBS in Windsor NY
To: Ward Dossche on 2:292/854 many-glacier.mine.nu in Mortsel
Subj: 2:292/854
__________________________________________________________________
Original: 2:2/2, Bjorn Felten
cc: Ward Dossche
cc: Malcom Miles
cc: Manual Adorni
cc: Russell Tiedt
Hi Björn,
I know several people have asked you in the past whether you would
consider retiring from the position of Fidonews editor and you haven't
wanted to do so.
At this point, the number of people who have contacted me about this
is growing and fidonet members who have contacted me feel they are
ready to start an alternate publication if you will not step down.
I've been asked to remove the Fidonews file echo from Zone 1's listing
of file echos as well (filegate.zxx) and to list "the new"
fidonews/editor in the Zone 1 segment. I know that there have been
problems with the echolist, at least as far as your elisting the echo
goes though that isn't the reason they've contacted me. The reason
they've contacted me is because they feel there is something wrong
with an editor who won't publish articles sent to him (at least 3
people have let me know about that problem) and they are frustrated to
see fidonews published week after week without a single article.
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Just so you know, the people who are complaining the most are _not_
from the U.S.A. so it is not a matter of your bad-mouthing the U.S.A.,
etc. These are respectable sysops who have grown weary of the
situation and who feel that if the editor was someone different, that
sysops would actually send in articles (and there are a number of them
that tell me that they have done so, and not seen their articles or
data sent to you published).
What I'm asking you to do is not an easy thing.. I'd like to see you
step down and let someone totally unrelated to the fidonews echo
members take over.. like Sean Dennis.. (1:18/400). I'd suggest Jeff
Smith, but I think that would also be too much of a political
response.
Please let me know if you can do this.
Take care,
Janis
Z1C
-+- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag
Via: 1:261/38.0 @20070916.020514 BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag
Via 1:140/1 @20070916.060142.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
Via 1:140/1 @20070916.000142 GEcho/32 1.20/Pro
* Forwarded by Ward Dossche on 2:292/854, many-glacier.mine.nu in
Mortsel
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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
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.257
size 612.5kb
date 2007-09-14
The nodelist has 5067 nodes in it
and a total of 6827 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
42 regions
309 hosts
334 hubs
admin overhead 691 ( 13.64 %)
and 633 private nodes
213 nodes down
223 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1069 ( 21.10 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 415 ( 8.19 %)
9600 = 3889 ( 76.75 %)
(HST = 79 or 2.03 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.03 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.03 %)
(V32 = 1952 or 50.19 %)
(V32B = 97 or 2.49 %)
(V34 = 2675 or 68.78 %)
(V42 = 2227 or 57.26 %)
(V42B = 106 or 2.73 %)
2400 = 34 ( 0.67 %)
1200 = 5 ( 0.10 %)
300 = 724 ( 14.29 %)
ISDN = 348 ( 6.87 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 1519
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 25
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XW Fido >12M 204
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 1998
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1309
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CrashMail capable = 1860 ( 36.71 %)
MailOnly nodes = 2842 ( 56.09 %)
Listed-only nodes = 423 ( 8.35 %)
Other = -58 ( -1.14 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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How to Submit an Article
If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here
are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred
method if you want reasonable control over how the published article
will appear in the Fidonews:
a) Plain ASCII text. If you could type it on your keyboard, it's
probably quite OK. No line may be longer than 70 characters.
b) Put a title to the article. Put the title in two times. The first
time, on the first line, with an * before it. The second time, on
the second line, without the * and centered. This will help in the
format since the title with the * is removed and used in the index,
the second line will become the headline. On the third line, put
your name and FidoNet address, present or former. If former, you
may want to add some other address where you can be reached for
personal comments.
c) Deadline for article submission is Sunday, 22:00 UTC.
Help the Editor by following the above guides. Below are some subjects
and the file extension for the article as set in the configuration
file for the making of the Fidonews. Please help by putting the file
extension of the correct subject on the file name if known.
Ideas for Subject areas:
Subject File | Subject File
----------------------------------|----------------------------------
From the *C's *.css | Rebuttals to articles *.reb
Fidonet Regional News *.reg | Fidonet Net News *.net
Retractions *.rtx | General Fidonet Articles *.art
Guest Editorial *.gue | Fidonet Current Events *.cur
Fidonet Interviews *.inv | Fidonet Software Reviews *.rev
Fidonet Web Page Reviews *.web | Fidonet Notices *.not
Getting Fidonet Technical *.ftc | Question Of The Week *.que
Humor in a Fido Vein *.hfv | Comix in ASCII *.cmx
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