FidoNews · Vol 27, No 18 · 03 May 2010
The F I D O N E W S Volume 27, Number 18 03 May 2010
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. FIDONET REGIONAL NEWS .................................... 2
Region 13 election policy amendment and REC Election ..... 2
3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 3
FILE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ................................ 3
4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 5
FidoNet Software References .............................. 5
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 10
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 10
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 12
How to Submit an Article ................................. 12
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 14
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.
-- Philip R. Zimmermann
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FIDONET REGIONAL NEWS
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Region 13 election policy amendment and REC Election
Michael Luko @ 1:13/0
A proposal to change the references of "50%+1" to "greater than
50%" in the election policy has been made. The reasoning is
mathematical. Example 9 votes are received. 5 are in favor, 4 against.
Even though a majority are in favor, the 50%+1 (4.5+1) or 5.5 votes
would be required. But only 5 have been received. The "greater than
50%" would take care of the event of an odd number of votes, since 5
would be greater than 4.5.
Discussion and debate regarding the above proposal has been
taking place in the R13_ELECTION echo and will continue through
5-7-10. Voting on the proposal will take place from 5-8-10 through
5-14-10 23:59 DST.
Send the info (sample ballot) below to Robert Wolfe@1:13/2.
Name:
Node number:
Password: [to remain anoymous in the public confirmation and results]
Vote: [Yes, if in favor of the "greater than 50%" change"]
[No, to keep the existing "50%+1" wording]
In addition the proposal above we have started the process of the
Regional Echomail Coordinator Election. The REC would be in charge of
maintaining a list of the regions nodes and keeping track of echomail
and netmail flow. Linking nodes that may need feeds to echomail
especially the region 13 echos to an uplink. Also the REC gets to vote
in the FTSC election. Also from what I have been told in the past the
REC would fill in as Temp RC should there be a extended or permanent
absence of the RC. Here is the time table for the REC election:
1. Announcement of the election: April 22nd through April 28th
2. Declarations of Candidacy: April 29th through May 12th
3. Questions to the Candidates: May 13th through June 2nd
4. Vote: June 3rd through June 9th
5. Announcement of the results: within three days of the end of
the vote, or by June 12th
If you need access to the regional echos please let me know and
I will setup you up with a feed.
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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THE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING FILE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WELCOMES YOUR
SUBMISSIONS!
By Richard Webb, 1:116/901
These file echoes serve as an outlet for the publication of electronic
books and periodicals which are not forbidden distribution via such
channels. COpyrighted works are welcome so long as the author and/or
publisher state that electronic distribution is permissible. See
epsubmit.zip available in the ep-adm file area for further
information.
THe echo ep-2hq is the officially recognized channel to the fdn
coordinator for the submission of files germane to these file echoes.
AT this time we are only accepting machine readable formats for
distribution in theEP-FDN. YES, we know this excludes adobe acrobat
format, as there is no possible way that the coordinator can verify
the suitability and legality of distributing such files. However, we
can accept ascii as well as some other word processor formats.
The fDN coordinator suggests that someone who can verify legality and
suitability of pdf books and periodicals might wish to coordinate a
file distribution network dedicated to this and other proprietary
formats that are not readily machine readable. Since the ep-fdn
coordinator has already engaged in a few discussions with folks via
email and netmail questioning this policy and doesn't wish to take the
time with the back and forth on the issue of the Adobe format and its
limitations a brief explanation is in order.
AS one who must use text to speech and access technology due to
blindness oftentimes adobe format files are only readable by the blind
when they are printed out, then scanned with high quality optical
character recognition software then being deployed on the resulting
file created by said scan. This wastes a lot of paper, and a lot of
time.
For those in this position running unix linux or other operating
systems than windows there is no accessibility plug-in for the acrobat
reader, and the so-called accessibility plug-in for windows does not
consistently give the desired results on all acrobat files. THIs
being the case, it is suggested that someone else maintain a pdf
publishing fdn.
We distribute files worldwide which are considered intellectual
property. Many different laws and rules govern the disposition and
handling of intellectual property. Therefore we must ensure that all
materials submitted will not violate copyright laws. SInce the
coordinator resides in the United STates, and is one who makes his
living thanks to intellectual property he has some familiarity with
U.S. intellectual property and copyright laws. Staying within the
bounds of these requirements can reasonably assure sysops distributing
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ep-fdn files that they will not run afoul of copyright rules and
regulations in their homelands.
The ep-fdn consists of the following file echoes:
ep/ep-ascii electronic publishing ascii files such as faq files, etc.
which don't fit other categories.
ep/ep-mag electronic periodicals in ascii or machine readable format
ep/ep-adm ep administration area
ep/ep-book Electronic books
ep/ep-2hq Back channel area for submissions to fdn coordinator
For more information contact the ep-fdn coordinator,
Richard Webb at fidonet 1:116/901 via routed netmail.
Email ep.coord@116-901.ftn.wpusa.dynip.com
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FIDONEWS'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://binkd.grumbler.org/ 2:463/69
| | v0.9.10 on Oct 2nd 2008
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 RC5 on Apr 24th 2006
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
FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org
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| | 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
Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net
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| | 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 2:2426/1210.13
| |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
| | (English Version)
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25
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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://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | 2:5080/102
| | stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | 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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FidoIP |MTPEIU|http://sourceforge.net/projects/fidoip
| | Maxim Sokolsky 2:5020/828.777
| | v.0.5_1 on Jan 11 2010
GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
| | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997
Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230
| | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway
| | Program.
Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
MakeNL |U | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl
| | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
| | Fido: 1:229/2000
| | FidoNet Nodelist Processor
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.
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RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as
| |2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.1.4 Snapshot on Oct 09 2009
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)
Turquoise SuperStat |U |http://www.softwolves.pp.se/sw/
| | software/turquoise
| | peter@softwolves.pp.se
| | Version: 3.0 on 2008-01-21
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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: Fidonews Editor
Emeritus: Robert Couture, Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane,
Frank Vest, Peter Popovich
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.120
size 450.2kb
date 2010-05-02
The nodelist has 3358 nodes in it
and a total of 4838 non-comment entries
including 5 zones
40 regions
272 hosts
268 hubs
admin overhead 585 ( 17.42 %)
and 419 private nodes
279 nodes down
197 nodes on hold
off line overhead 895 ( 26.65 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 256 ( 7.62 %)
9600 = 2377 ( 70.79 %)
(HST = 45 or 1.89 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.04 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.04 %)
(V32 = 1151 or 48.42 %)
(V32B = 84 or 3.53 %)
(V34 = 1594 or 67.06 %)
(V42 = 1325 or 55.74 %)
(V42B = 88 or 3.70 %)
2400 = 18 ( 0.54 %)
1200 = 3 ( 0.09 %)
300 = 704 ( 20.96 %)
ISDN = 242 ( 7.21 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 1001
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 3
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 1
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XP Seadog 0
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XR Opus 1.03 16
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XW Fido >12M 113
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 1187
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1037
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CrashMail capable = 1470 ( 43.78 %)
MailOnly nodes = 1760 ( 52.41 %)
Listed-only nodes = 256 ( 7.62 %)
Other = -128 ( -3.81 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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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
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your name and FidoNet address, present or former. If former, you
may want to add some other address where you can be reached for
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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
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Retractions *.rtx | General Fidonet Articles *.art
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Clean Humor & Jokes *.jok | Other Stuff *.oth
Fidonet Classified Ads *.ads | Corrections *.cor
Best of Fidonet *.bof | Letters to the Editor *.let
If you don't know or are not sure, send the article anyway. Put a .TXT
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in getting your article published. If your submission is too far out
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can not fix and I need your help on it.
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Send articles via e-mail or netmail, file attach or message to:
Björn Felten
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E-Mail bfelten @ telia dot com
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