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                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. HEADLINE NEWS  ............................................  2
     3. FTSC INFORMATION  .........................................  3
        Publication:  FTS-5000  ...................................  3
     4. GENERAL ARTICLES  ......................................... 14
        Size does matter  ......................................... 14
     5. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST  .................................... 15
        The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project  ....................... 15
     6. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ...................... 16
        FidoNet Software References  .............................. 16
     7. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 21
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 21
     8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 23
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 23
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 25
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     If you need the government to protect your culture, it's already dead.
     It's like if you need armed guards to keep your wife in your house,
     your marriage is already dead.

     If you need violence to protect your ideas, your ideas are worthless
     to begin with.

                                  -- Thinksquad


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     =================================================================
                               HEADLINE NEWS
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            Mirena Koleda i Shstastliva Nova Godina              BUL
                 Glaedelig Jul og Godt Nytar!                    DEN
              Roomsaid Joule ja Head Uut Aastat!                 EST
           Hyvaa Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta!              FIN
           Buriid Juovillaid ja Lihkolas Odda Jagi!              FIN/LAPP
            Joyeux Noel et Bonne Nouvelle Annee!                 FRA
             Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!               GB
             Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!               Welsh
          Frohe Weihnachten und ein Gutes Neues Jahr!            GER
          Kellemes Karacsonyi Unnepeket es Boldog Ujevet!        HUN
              Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!                   ITA
     Bonum Festum Nativitatis Domini et Felicem Annum Novum!     LATIN
        Prizecigus Ziemassvetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu!          LT/LETT
            Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!              VL/NL
                   God Jul og Godt Nyttar                        NOR
                Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo!                    POR
                     Stastjam Novam Godam                        RUS
           Schastlivogo Rozhdestva i S Novym Godom               RUS
                Srecan Bozic i Nova godina                       SER
             Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo!                 SPA
                  God Jul och Gott Nytt Ar!                      SWE
           Z Rizdvom Khristovym i Z Novym Rokom                  UKR


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                             FTSC INFORMATION
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     Publication:  FTS-5000
     Revision:     4
     Title:        The Distribution Nodelist
     Author(s):    FTSC Members, Administrator and Honoured Guests

     Issue Date:   17 Dcember 2012
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     Status of this document
     -----------------------

       This document is a Fidonet Technical Standard (FTS) - it specifies
       the current technical requirements and recommendations for FTN
       software developers, coordinators and sysops of the Fidonet network
       and other networks using FTN technology.

       This document is released to the public domain, and may be used,
       copied or modified for any purpose whatever.

     Abstract
     --------

       Current practice for Fidonet Technology Networks (FTN) is to
       maintain a nodelist used to store the details of the nodes in the
       network, and the network structure.


     Contents
     --------

       1.  Introduction
       2.  Supersessions
       3.  Purpose
       4.  Publication and Distribution
       5.  Content
           5.1  Comment Lines
           5.2  Special Header
           5.3  Data lines
       6.  Nodediffs
       7.  Segments

       A.  References
       B.  History

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     1. Introduction
     ---------------

       Fidonet is a peer-to-peer network utilising multiple different, and
       often incompatible, communication technologies that are independent
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       of Fidonet itself, and is organised into a particular hierarchy for
       both technical and management purposes.

       For direct communication, it is necessary that the originating node
       know in advance the exact method and capabilities of the destination
       node in order to determine if, when, and how a direct Fidonet mail
       session can be established.  For routing and management, the stated
       hierarchy must also be known.

       All this information is collected into a file called the "nodelist."

       While nodelists of various flavours and completeness are in use, the
       "Distribution Nodelist" is the official record of all Fidonet nodes,
       their operators, their capabilities and their relation to each other
       in the network hierarchy.  In essence, the nodelist defines Fidonet.


     2. Supersessions
     ----------------

       FTS-0005 superseded and replaced the documents known under the names
       of FSC-0002, and FTS-0002.

       This document supersedes and replaces FTS-0005.


     3. Purpose
     ----------

       Along with the companion technical standard (FTS-5001) this document
       defines the format and content of Fidonet's distribution nodelist.

       Unlike most FTSC documents, the nodelist standards are not only
       aimed at developers, but also at maintainers of Fidonet (and other
       Fidonet Technology Networks) nodelist segments.  While nodelist
       segment maintainers should try to be quite strict in their adherence
       to this document, it is recommended that software developers be
       prepared to accept deviations from this standard, especially with
       regard to field and line size.

       It is assumed you're already familiar with Fidonet structure and
       addressing terminology.


     4. Publication and Distribution
     -------------------------------

       The Distribution Nodelist uses the filename NODELIST.nnn, where nnn
       is the day-of-year of publication, starting at 001 for the first day
       of January.  Partial and/or alternate nodelists must use some other
       base filename (i.e. in place of NODELIST).

       For actual distribution, NODELIST.nnn is packed into an archive file
       named NODELIST.Pnn, where nn are the last two digits of day-of-year
       and P is the compression format used as listed below:

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             A = .arc
             J = .arj
             L = .lzh
             R = .rar
             Z = .zip

       The ZIP format is presently the official Fidonet standard, although
       others may be distributed in addition.


     5. Content
     ----------

       The nodelist is a flat text file containing any number of lines,
       using only the ASCII (7 bit) character set.

       For the remainder of this document, characters in the range 00h to
       1Fh, plus 7Fh, shall be called "control characters," and characters
       in the range 20h to 7Eh shall be called "printable ASCII."

       Every line must be terminated with a carriage return (^M, 0Dh) and a
       line feed (^J, 0Ah), in that order.  The file itself must be
       terminated with a single EOF character (^Z, 1Ah), and no other data
       following.  Future implementations should accept nodelists with the
       EOF (^Z) character omitted.  No other control characters are
       permitted anywhere in the nodelist.

       Where the operating system uses a different format for text files
       software that reads the nodelist should also be able to handle
       nodelists stored in that format.  Where CRCs are to be calculated
       (see section 5.2) the calculations must be done as if the nodelist
       has the exact binary format described above.

       For compatibility with certain broken segment processors, nodelist
       maintainers must limit all lines to at most 157 characters (plus
       terminator).  It is very likely this limitation will be removed in
       the future, therefore future software implementations should be able
       to process lines of up to 1024 characters, and individual fields of
       up to 255 characters (unless otherwise specified).


     5.1. Comment Lines
     ------------------

       Comment lines begin with a semicolon (3Bh) in the first character
       position followed by zero or more alphabetic characters called
       "interest flags."  A program which processes the nodelist may use
       comment interest flags to determine the disposition of a comment
       line.  The remainder of a comment line (with one exception, treated
       below) is free-form ASCII text.

       There are five interest flags defined as follows:

          ;S This comment is of particular interest to Sysops.

          ;U This comment is of particular interest to BBS users.
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          ;F This comment should appear in any formatted "Fido List."

          ;A This comment is of general interest (shorthand for ;SUF).

          ;E This comment is an error message inserted by a nodelist
             generating program.

          ;  This comment may be ignored by a nodelist processor.


     5.2. Special Header
     -------------------

       The first line of a nodelist is a special comment line containing
       identification data for the particular edition of the nodelist. The
       following is an example of the first line of a nodelist:

       ;A FidoNet Nodelist for Friday, July 3, 1987 --
            Day number 184 : 15943

       Please note that the above line has been split in the sole interest
       of readability. It should appear on just one line.

       This line contains the general interest flag, the week day, full
       date, the 3-digit publication date (described in section 4), and
       ends with a 5-digit decimal check value.  The publication date and
       check value are padded to length with leading zeros, if necessary.

       The check value is derived as follows:

          Beginning with the first character of the second line, a 16-bit
          cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is calculated for the entire file,
          including carriage return and line feed characters, but not
          including the terminating EOF character. The check polynomial
          used is the same one used for many file transfer protocols:

               2**16 + 2**12 + 2**5 + 2**0

       The CRC may be used to verify that the file has not been edited. The
       importance of this will become evident in the discussion of NODEDIFF
       below. CRC calculation techniques are well documented in the
       literature, and will not be treated further here.

       The first line will certainly be different from the above in the
       case of nodelist segments for individual zones, regions, networks or
       hubs; it will also be different for other Fidonet Technology
       Networks.

       Except for the day number and the CRC, developers shouldn't make any
       assumption on the format of this line. The suggested parsing
       algorithm is to find the last colon in the line, and then scan
       backwards to get the day of issue.


     5.3.  Data lines
     ----------------
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       A nodelist data line contains no less than seven (7) variable length
       fields separated by commas (2Ch), defined below.  Each data line is
       a record/entry for an individual Fidonet node.

       Printable ASCII characters except for commas and spaces are allowed
       in all string fields unless specified otherwise.  Underscores (5Fh)
       are always used in place of spaces (20h).

       Field 1: Keyword

         Type: string;  Length: 1 to 6.

         The keyword field defines the type of node, and will either be
         empty or contain exactly one of the keywords defined below,
         grouped by functional class.

         No other keywords are valid in the distribution nodelist at this
         time, but private nodelist distributions may include other node
         types by marking them appropriately in this field.  One common
         example is the "Point" keyword.  See FTS-5002 for the pointlist
         specification.

         It is recommended that future implementations allow for keywords
         of up to 32 characters, and gracefully handle entries using
         unrecognised keywords.

         Full/Member Nodes -- these are the system numbers of individual
         Fidonet members.  See [Policy] for details on Fidonet membership.

           <empty>
             Defines a normal node entry.

           Pvt
             In the past, this keyword merely defined a Private node (see
             Policy v4.07, Section 2.1.9) - i.e. a node that is
             operational, but not publically available for direct contact.

             Due to software limitations over Field 6, this keyword has
             been "borrowed" to allow listing of systems that do not have a
             PSTN/ISDN line available, but instead utilise some other form
             of communication detailed elsewhere in the entry.

             In either case, if the originating node cannot contact the
             destination node, mail may instead be routed via its Hub or
             Host.

             Pvt entries are only allowed as members of local networks.

           Hold
             Defines a node which is operational but cannot be publicly
             contacted.  This is expected to be a temporary condition.

             Mail may be sent to such nodes, routed via its Hub, Host or
             Coordinator, or held locally by the originating node until the
             Hold keyword is removed.

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           Down
             Defines a node which is not operational.  This is expected to
             be (semi-)permanent.  Mail may NOT be sent or routed to it.

         Administrative Nodes -- these nodes indicate the beginning of a
         branch in the Fidonet addressing/management hierarchy.

         Each branch may contain one or more administrative nodes of lower
         tier, or any of the above member node types unless stated
         otherwise.

         Since the nodelist is a flat file, a branch is simply terminated
         at the next administrative node of equal or higher tier (or EOF).

         Member nodes are always part of an administrative branch, and may
         never appear at the top level of the nodelist.

         In order from highest to lowest:

           Zone
             Begins the definition of a geographic zone and defines its
             coordinator.  A zone is also a logical region AND net.

             Normal nodes immediately below a Zone node, and before any
             other administrative nodes, are Zone Independent Nodes.

           Region
             Begins the definition of a geographic region and defines its
             coordinator.  A region is also a logical net.

             Normal nodes immediately below a Region node, and before any
             other administrative nodes, are Region Independent Nodes.

           Host
             Begins the definition of a local network (net) and normally
             defines its coordinator (see FTS-5001 for the override flag).

           Hub
             Begins the definition of a routing subunit within a multilevel
             local network.


       Field 2: Node number

          Type: integer;  Range: 1 to 32767;  Length: 1 to 5.

          For member nodes and Hubs (which are treated as member nodes as
          far as addressing goes), this number is the node number, and must
          be unique within their local network.

          For a Zone entry, this number is the zone number.  A region and
          net number of equal value is implied, and the node number is
          zero.  Zone numbers must be unique across the entire network.

          For a Region entry, this number is the region number.  A net
          number of equal value is implied, and the node number is zero.
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          Region numbers must be unique within each zone, but it is
          recommended future Region numbers be unique across the entire
          network for better 2D compatibility.

          For a Host entry, this number is the net number, and the node
          number is zero.  As with Region numbers, net numbers must be
          unique within each zone, but should be fully unique if possible.

          Because the node number zero is reserved for Zone, Region and
          Host entries, the value "0" is strictly forbidden in this field.


       Field 3: Node name

          Type: string.

          This is the name by which the system is known.

          Alternatively, this field may be used by IP nodes for a host
          name, static IP address or E-Mail address for email tunnelling
          programs.

          NOTE: There may be formatting limitations on this field for IP
          capable systems; consult the section on IP flags in FTS-5001.


       Field 4: Location

          Type: string.

          This is the physical location of the node.

          Generally, this is expressed as the primary local area (town,
          suburb, city, etc.) and where applicable, an underscore followed
          by the abbreviation of the regional geopolitical administrative
          district (state, province, department, county, etc.).


       Field 5: Sysop name

          Type: string;  Length: 1 to 36.

          This is the name of the Fidonet member responsible for the node.


       Field 6: Phone number (PSTN or ISDN)

          Type: string;  Length: 3 to 29 (theoretically);  Characters:
          digits and dashes, or the exact string "-Unpublished-"

          This field contains two or more numeric subfields separated by
          dashes (2Dh). The first field is the country code. The rest of
          the phone number should be formatted according to local practise.

          The various parts of the phone number are frequently used to
          derive cost and routing information, as well as what number is to
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          be dialled. A typical example of the data in a phone number field
          is 1-800-555-0100, corresponding to country 1 (USA), area 800
          (area code), exchange 555, and number 0100.

          Alternatively, this field may contain the string "-Unpublished-"
          if the node has no conventional phone number, and uses the "Pvt",
          "Hold" or "Down" keyword. It is recommended that software be
          able to recognise this string as an indicator to never attempt
          to dial this node by PSTN/ISDN, no matter what the keyword.

          This field may also contain the static IPv4 address of an IP-only
          node in decimal format with periods replaced with dashes, and
          prefixed with a country code of 000.  This method should only be
          used in exceptional circumstances, since it risks conflict with
          conventional dialling, and it is almost always better to list a
          fully qualified domain name in a field that allows it.


       Field 7: DCE speed (required, but obsolete)

          Type: string;  Length: 1+

          In the past, this field was used to show the maximum modem speed
          supported by the node, but has since been obsoleted in favour of
          the more accurate modem flags.

          Commonly accepted values in this field are: 300, 1200, 2400,
          4800, 9600, 14400, 16800, 19200, 28800 and 33600.  These values
          are normally enforced by segment processing software; deviations
          risk the entire entry being declared in error and dropped from
          the nodelist or segment.

          Systems without a listed PSTN line must use 300, including ISDN
          and IP only nodes.  All others may use whichever value is most
          appropriate.  Because this field is now of little value except
          for human readers, most PSTN capable systems currently list at
          most 9600.  Nodelist maintainers should confirm with their
          Coordinator(s) before listing higher rates.


       Field 8+: Flags (optional)

          Type: string;  Length: varied;  Characters: varied.

          Any remaining fields from position eight (8) onward are flag
          fields.  Note there may or may not be a trailing comma after
          Field 7 if there are no flags listed.

          See FTS-5001 for details on the flag fields, including length
          restrictions.


     6. Nodediffs
     ------------

       The nodelist, even in archive form, is a substantial document (or
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       file).  To reduce bandwidth usage/waste and transmission times, a
       smaller file called a "nodediff" is generated using the previous
       week's nodelist.  The nodediff is actually an editing script which
       contains only new or changed lines between the two nodelists, plus a
       number of editing commands.

       The nodediff file is named and archived in the same way as the full
       Distribution Nodelist, except with a base filename of NODEDIFF.

       The first line of NODEDIFF.nnn is an exact copy of the first line of
       LAST WEEK'S nodelist. This is used as a first-level confidence check
       to insure that the right file is being edited. The second and sub-
       sequent lines are editing commands and editing data.  There is no
       terminating EOF (^Z) character on a nodediff.

       There are three editing commands and all have the same format:

               <command><number>

          <command> is a 1-letter command; A, C, or D.  <number> is an
          integer from 1 to 32767 (inclusive), and defines the number of
          lines to be operated on by the command. Each command appears on a
          line by itself. The commands have the following meanings:

          Ann - Add the following nn lines to the output file.

          Cnn - Copy nn unchanged lines from the input to the output file.

          Dnn - Delete  nn lines from the input file.

       The following illustrate how the first few lines of NODEDIFF.213
       might look:

          ;A Friday, July 25, 1986 -- Day number 206 : 27712
          D2
          A2
          ;A Friday, August 1, 1986 -- Day number 213 : 05060
          ;A
          C5

       This fragment illustrates all three editing commands. The first line
       is the first line from NODELIST.206.  The next line says "delete the
       first two lines" from NODELIST.206.  These are the identification
       line and the line following it. The next command says "add the next
       two lines" to NODELIST.213.  The two data lines are followed by a
       command which says "copy five unchanged lines" from NODELIST.206 to
       NODELIST.213.  Notice that the first line added will ALWAYS contain
       the new nodelist's CRC.

       Since only the differences will be distributed, it is important to
       insure the accuracy of the newly created nodelist. This is the
       function of the CRC mentioned above. It is sufficient for a program
       designed to perform the above edits to pick the CRC value from the
       first line added to the output file, then compute the CRC of the
       rest of the output file. If the two CRCs do not agree, one of the
       input files has been corrupted. If they do agree, the probability is
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       very high (but not 100%) that the output file is accurate.


     7. Segments
     -----------

       Segments are partial nodelists, usually containing only one complete
       branch of nodes, starting at the relevant zone, region, host or hub
       node.  The Distribution Nodelist is also referred to as a composite
       nodelist, as it is assembled from multiple zone-lists.

       The format and structure is the same as the Distribution Nodelist,
       including the header, with a base filename of local invention,
       usually derived from the contents of the segment (e.g. N712LIST.nnn
       or N712SEG.nnn for a segment containing all the nodes in Net 712).

       To generate the Distribution Nodelist, segments propagate up through
       the network's administrative hierarchy, each tier compiling segments
       from the tier immediately below, then passing on the resulting
       segment to the next tier upstream.

       For example, a Network Coordinator will collect Hub Segments from
       all the hubs in the same local network, compile it into a Network
       Segment, and forward it on to the Regional Coordinator.  And so on.

       Segments can also be sent back downstream - this is most commonly
       done with Zone Nodelists.  Nodes that do not need to attempt direct
       contact with nodes in other zones can use the Zone Nodelist instead
       of the full composite nodelist, saving on storage space and
       transmission time.


     A. References
     -------------

       [FTS-0005] "The distribution nodelist", Ben Baker, Rick Moore.
       February 1989. Obsoleted by this document.

       [Policy] "FidoNet Policy Document" v4.07 - June 9, 1989.


     B. History
     ----------

        Rev.1, 19990627: Initial Release. Principal Author David Hallford
        Rev.2, 20000424: Re-draft by Gino Lucrezi, with input from others,
                         especially Andreas Klein. Major changes:
                         - notes on parsing line 1
                         - baud rate
                         - different use of fields for IP nodes
                         - notes to developers and maintainers
                         - notes on pointlists
                         - notes on line and field limits
                         - revised definition of "Hold" nodes.
                         - clarification on hub node numbers
                         - clarification on point phone numbers
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                         - clarification on the former "speed" field
        Rev.2, 20040817: Re-re-draft by FTSC.
                         - Added Introduction and Segments sections.
                         - More allowances for IP listings.
                         - Reorganised/reindexed Content section.
                         - Added length limits to fields where they could
                           be determined.
                         - clarification on usage of Keywords.
                         - clarification on special node numbers.
                         - ZCs authorise that ZIP is now the default
                           archival/compression tool for distributed files.
        Rev.3 20121112   - There is no version 3. The above version 2004081
                           should have been labelled version 3, but due to
                           a clerical error it was also labelled version 2.
                           So there are two version 2's. Rather than attemp
                           to correct the error, which would probably not h
                           succeeded as it is next to impossible te recall
                           file that was hatched many years ago, it was dec
                           to leave thing as they are. skip version 3 and c
                           on with version 4.
        Rev.4, 20121217  - Allow -Unpublished- with Down (par 5.3, field 6)
                         - Various small rewordings, clairifications and
                           corrections of spelling errors.

     **********************************************************************

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                             GENERAL ARTICLES
     =================================================================

     Size does matter ...
     By Ward Dossche
        2:292/854

     The other day I got worried again by the size of the nodelist and the
     number of people still participating in Fidonet and figured some
     investigating was in order.

     So I loaded the 4 segments of the current zones into some software.
     All administrative stuff such "Region," "Down," etc was deleted, then
     entries with identical sysop-names were weeded out. The same thing
     happened with identical land-based lines. All gateways were removed,
     the "9999" for new sysops also and whatever that should not be
     counted.

     This was the result:

        Zone-1     282 ->  11,17%
        Zone-2   2.188 ->  86,69%
        Zone-3      35 ->   1,39%
        Zone-4      19 ->   0,75%
                 -----
                 2.524 -> 100,00%

     This is the number of individual sysop names in the nodelist with here
     and there an error, slight variations are possible, but the order of
     magnitude is OK.

     Let it sink in and take a deep breath ... There's still dead wood in
     the nodelist so real "live" figures are even lower.

     I had hoped there would have been more ...

     \x/ard

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                           JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
     =================================================================

                 The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project

     This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
     the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.

     You connect to them using the email client of your choice and you
     don't need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless
     of operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.

     Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
     your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
     your job, school or whatever.



     Updated 2012-03-11


     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
     NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789

     URL     news://quinnspost.dyndns.org:60119
     Join    mailto:eskimo261&#64;bigfoot.com
     NETMAIL No

     URL     news://nntp.rbb.bbs.fi
     Join    Info in group +GETACCESS+
     NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/361

     URL     news://news.wpusa.dynip.com
     Join    Info in group +GETACCESS+
     NETMAIL Yes, 1:3634/12


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         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://binkd.grumbler.org/     2:463/69
                           |     | v0.9.10 on Oct 2nd 2008

      D'Bridge             |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130
       Nick Andre          |I    | v3.8 on July 10 2012

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

      Fidogate             |TUI  |http://www.fidogate.org
     FIDONEWS 29-52               Page 17                  24 Dec 2012


                           |     | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net  v4.4.10

      FMail                |T    |http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
                           |     |                          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.

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

      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
     FIDONEWS 29-52               Page 18                  24 Dec 2012


                           |     | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

      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

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

      APoint               |PI   |http://www.apoint-mail.de  2:2426/1210.13
                           |     |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
                           |     | (English Version)
     FIDONEWS 29-52               Page 19                  24 Dec 2012


                           |     | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
                           |     | v1.25

      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

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

      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
     FIDONEWS 29-52               Page 20                  24 Dec 2012


                           |     | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <->
                           |     | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system.

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

                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.356
                size  336.0kb
                date  2012-12-21

      The nodelist has   2310 nodes in it
        and a total of   3377 non-comment entries

              including     4 zones
                           35 regions
                          237 hosts
                          197 hubs
         admin overhead   473 ( 20.48 %)

                    and   310 private nodes
                          122 nodes down
                          162 nodes on hold
      off line overhead   594 ( 25.71 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    168 (  7.27 %)
                9600 =   1490 ( 64.50 %)
                              (HST  =   21 or   1.41 %)
                              (CSP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (PEP  =    1 or   0.07 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.07 %)
                              (V32  =  708 or  47.52 %)
                              (V32B =   51 or   3.42 %)
                              (V34  =  979 or  65.70 %)
                              (V42  =  832 or  55.84 %)
                              (V42B =   53 or   3.56 %)
                2400 =     11 (  0.48 %)
                1200 =      2 (  0.09 %)
                 300 =    639 ( 27.66 %)

                ISDN =    163 (  7.06 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b              671
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
     --------------------------------------
     FIDONEWS 29-52               Page 22                  24 Dec 2012


      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 0
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                        1
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          0
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      16
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                      66
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                 720
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                           836
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   1165 ( 50.43 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   1141 ( 49.39 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    183 (  7.92 %)
      Other             =   -179 ( -7.75 %)

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

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