FidoNews · Vol 28, No 45 · 07 Nov 2011
The F I D O N E W S Volume 28, Number 45 07 Nov 2011
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 2
2011 FTSC election, call for nominations ................. 2
2011 FTSC election, time frame ........................... 4
3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 5
A "first" ................................................ 5
One less ................................................. 7
4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 8
FidoNet Software References .............................. 8
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 13
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 13
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 15
How to Submit an Article ................................. 15
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 17
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Isn't it strange how wealth is always wasted on the rich?
-- Bill Bryson
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FTSC INFORMATION
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2011 FTSC election, call for nominations
By FTSC administrator, 2:2/20
An election for FTSC standing members starts on Sunday 6 of November
2011 at 20:00 UTC.
As per FTA-1000.002 the number of FTSC members should be no less than
7 and no more than 30. Of the present 15 members, 7 of them had their
term expire this year. That leaves room for a maximum of 30-(15-7)=22
members to be (re)elected.
From FTS-1001.005
3.2 FTSC Standing Members
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FTSC members are appointed for a two year renewable term. [50 % of
appointments on initial formation of the FTSC shall be for a 3 year
renewable term, to ensure continuity of the Committee on expiry of
the terms.]
To be selected as a FTSC member, an individual must be a Fidonet
node, and should be actively involved in Fidonet. Examples include
having put out a Fidonet-related product or having updated a product
in the preceding two years, or having experience as a Coordinator,
Echomail Coordinator or mail or file Hub.
Standing members may be nominated Fidonet-wide by all of the
following methods:
1. Any RC or REC.
2. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the FTSC.
3. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the ZCC.
A nominating committee may not consist of any current member or
officer of the FTSC.
Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs and
RECs who are nodelisted as holding those positions at the time the
nominations are published. A successful candidate must receive
approval by a majority of votes.
Publication of the nomination and the voting procedure, and posting
of RC and REC votes, shall take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC
echo, and voting shall close three weeks after publication of the
vote.
The status of RC's and REC's will be determined by nodelist.310 for Z2
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and for the other zones by nodelist.308 as issued by the ZC in the
zone where they reside.
All RCs, RECs and members of a nominating committee are hereby
invited to nominate members. Nominations may be posted in the
FTSC_PUBLIC echo or in netmail/e-mail to the FTSC adminstrator.
(2:2/20, 2:280/5555 or administrator at ftsc dot org) Nominations
received by netmail or e-mail will be posted in FTSC_PUBLIC.
Nominations start at Sunday, 6 November 2011. 20:00 UTC and end at
Sunday 20 November 2011, 20:00 UTC.
Nominators are advised to sound out prospective nominees before
filing a nomination. There is little or no point in nominating
someone that has not shown interest and expressed willingness to
accept.
Michiel van der Vlist
FTSC Administrator
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2011 FTSC election, time frame
By FTSC administator, 2:2/20
2011 FTSC standing member election, time frame
Submission of nominations:
Sunday, 6 Nov 2011, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 20 Nov 2011, 20:00 UTC
Acceptance of nominations by candidates:
Right after nomination - Sunday, 27 Nov 2011, 20:00 UTC
Candidates MUST accept in FTSC_PUBLIC in order to qualify, with the
exception of self nominees.
Candidates MAY campaign in FTSC_PUBLIC right after accepting their
nomination. Everyone may challenge the candidates.
Submission of votes:
Sunday, 27 Nov 2011, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 11 Dec 2010, 20:00 UTC
Contesting of votes:
Sunday, 11 Dec 2010, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 18 Dec 2010, 20:00 UTC
If no contest: installation of new members:
Monday 19 Dec 2010.
Michiel van der Vlist
FTSC Administrator
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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A "first"
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
IPv6 Watcher
November not only brought us the hassle of the end of daylight saving
time, it also brought us the milestone of a remarkable 'first".
Andre Grueneberg of 2:2411/525 made a binkp connection over IPv6 with
the system of Benny Pedersen at 2:230/0. Well, it may not really be
the first, others may have experimented in silence, but this was the
first that was publicly announced in the IPV6 echo, so I will award
the honour to them. Here are the log snippets as published in the IPV6
echo:
From the sender:
+ 01 Nov 23:05:46 [7935] call to 2:230/0@fidonet
01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] trying 2001:16d8:dd00:137::2...
01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] connected
+ 01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] outgoing session with home.junc.org (24554)
- 01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] OPT CRAM-MD5-9b723292e4943d4bf1c7dc6162fddb32
+ 01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] Remote requests MD mode
- 01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] SYS xpoint at home.junc.org
- 01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] ZYZ Benny Pedersen
...
+ 01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] done (to 2:230/0@fidonet, OK, S/R: 1/0
(1254/0 bytes))
01 Nov 23:05:47 [7935] session closed, quitting...
01 Nov 23:05:48 [25443] rc(7935)=0
From thge receiver:
----- qico.log begins -----
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: answering incoming call
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: remote is 0.0.0.0
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: starting inbound Binkp session
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: address: 2:2411/525@fidonet
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: aka: 2:2411/526@fidonet
2:2411/1@fidonet
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: aka: 2:2411/3@fidonet
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: system: Blackhole
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: from: Blankenfelde, Germany
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: sysop: Andre Grueneberg
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: phone: -Unpublished-
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: flags: [115200] TCP,BINKP
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: mailer: binkd/1.0ipv6-106/Linux
binkp/1.1
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: time: 23:05:47, unknown
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: for us: 1254b mail, 0b files
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: we have: 0b mail, 0b files
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: options: Binkp/MB/MD5
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01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: start recv: b1954c43.pkt, 1254 bytes,
estimated time 00:00:01
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: rcvd: b1954c43.pkt, 1254 bytes, 1254
cps [ok]
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: total: 0:00:00 online, 0b sent, 1254b
received
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: session with 2:2411/525 successful
[ok]
01 Nov 11 23:05:47 binkp[14405]: exiting with rc=0
----- qico.log ends -----
Andre did the programming to add IPv6 to binkd. The diff/patch for
his code can be found at:
http://andre.grueneberg.de/binkd/binkd_ipv6.diff. Benny used some
qico as an IPv6 to IPv4 proxy in combination with an IPv4 mailer.
So congratulations to Andre and Benny for this "first". And Kudos to
Andre for adding IPv6 to binkd!
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One less
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
With sadness in my hearth, I report that our fellow sysop Johannes
"Hans" Beekhuizen, 2:280/1018 is no longer with us. As I learned
Monday last week, he died on the 18th of October.
His system went off-line around the 15th of October. Knowing that Hans
had serious health problems, I feared the worst, especially since his
web server and his e-mail server were also down, so e-mail was
bounced. Plus that his telephone number - at least the number I had -
apparently was cancelled. So I was worried, but could not get
confirmation until last Monday whan I obtained a copy of the
newsletter of the church where he was a member.
Hans was a dedicated FidoNet member for a very long time. I first
found him in nodelist.006 of 1995.
Hans was diagnosed with diabetes. The bad kind. about a year ago, his
eyes and kidneys were so bad that he could no longer participate in
Fidonet and he cancelled his node number. To our great delight, he
asked for a relisting a few month later. His condition had improved,
and he wanted to participate again. Nevertheless, his life was very
restricted because of the dialysis.
On October 5th he had a stroke and was hospitalised. For a week it was
up and down, but then his condition detoriated to the point that he
had to let go.
Rest in peace Hans, we will miss you.
Michiel van der Vlist. NC280.
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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://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
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| | v1.60.GPL
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://www.ezycom-bbs.com
| | ezycom@amnet.net.au or
| | ezycom_hq@ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 16 Nov 2009
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,
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.308
size 359.4kb
date 2011-11-05
The nodelist has 2589 nodes in it
and a total of 3734 non-comment entries
including 5 zones
37 regions
247 hosts
218 hubs
admin overhead 507 ( 19.58 %)
and 335 private nodes
154 nodes down
149 nodes on hold
off line overhead 638 ( 24.64 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 208 ( 8.03 %)
9600 = 1682 ( 64.97 %)
(HST = 23 or 1.37 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 1 or 0.06 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.06 %)
(V32 = 797 or 47.38 %)
(V32B = 62 or 3.69 %)
(V34 = 1133 or 67.36 %)
(V42 = 958 or 56.96 %)
(V42B = 67 or 3.98 %)
2400 = 15 ( 0.58 %)
1200 = 2 ( 0.08 %)
300 = 682 ( 26.34 %)
ISDN = 227 ( 8.77 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 785
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 1
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 15
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XW Fido >12M 73
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 811
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 903
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CrashMail capable = 1289 ( 49.79 %)
MailOnly nodes = 1292 ( 49.90 %)
Listed-only nodes = 194 ( 7.49 %)
Other = -186 ( -7.18 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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