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FidoNews · Vol 30, No 37 · 16 Sep 2013

     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 30, Number 37             16 Sep 2013 
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                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. GENERAL ARTICLES  .........................................  2
        The Guide to Unhappiness, or Communication Problems  ......  2
     3. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST  ....................................  7
        The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project  .......................  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
     =================================================================

     If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more
     happy people in the world?

                         -- Stephen Fry

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

          The Guide to Unhappiness, or Communication Problems
                    Ulrich Schroeter, 2:244/1120

     If you've just lost your Bossnode or your uplink, you have the
     possibility to gain more frustration.
     In todays Fidonet world of major FoIP links, you're searching
     for an uplink who is able to support you with an IP link.
     With a majority of BinkD installations, the maximum has been
     done, to support you for your unhappiness.

     Step I.   Write a netmail to your new Bossnode of your choice.
               Ask him to apply you a link. As you've still running
               as Point #13, thats sufficient and if this point
               number is still not assigned, you'd be delighted to
               get this point number. Notify the new Bossnode, that
               you'll call his system frequently.

     Step II.  The Bossnode assigns the requested Point number,
               adds all the links, Tosser, Ticker, Tracker, Session-
               passwords, sends you a welcome netmail, attaches
               the newest Nodelist as Fattach, same with current
               Pointlist and still awaits your next call.

     Step III. (2 hours are enough to receive a first reply)
               Calling the new Bossnodes system.
               Nothing ...
               (Ok, Bossnode still didn't read my netmail ...)

     Step IV.  Bossnode still has set a reply on hold for delivery.
               But damn - mails on hold haven't been picked up by the
               new downlink in his last connection attempt :-P

     Step V.   (Ok, 120 min's later, sleepyheads are still awake.
                Give it a new try ...)
               Calling the new Bossnodes system.
               Nothing ...
               (Oh boy, still have the time today to do all the
                reconfiguration, but still got no response so far)

     Step VI.  The new Bossnodes still noticed the latest call
               from his new Point configured. But all the mails and
               files set on hold had not been transfered yet in
               the Points connection attempt. Sounds like an old
               Crosspoint problem, that requires a dummy packet
               to be delivered, to trigger transfer of mails and
               files that awaits delivery.
               Ok, logfile shows the current IP the point calls from.
               Adding the dns hostname into Binkd config for the new
               Point with password set to "-" and setting the Crash
               flavor. Give it a try to send a crash mail.
               But Binkd still reports
                 [#] trying <current dns hostname>...
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                 [#] unable to connect: {10060} Connection timed out
               results as expected. The point has not opened the
               default Binkd port in the firewall ...
               Removing the dns hostname from config ...
               How can I send the Point a message, who still awaits
               my response? The response that still sits in my
               outbound since about 12 hours?
               Ok, the mailer presents my systemname, my location,
               my sysopname ... maybe the new Point reads my
               short message ?!?
                     Hi .13, please call voice #######
                     Mail still resides in outbound for delivery

     Step VII. (New day - new try ...)
               Calling the new Bossnodes system.
               Nothing ...
               (Damn - what a lazy sysop ... now had approx 24 hours
                time to add me as new point and sending me a
                response, but still no success :-P )

     Step VIII. The new Bossnodes still noticed the last call.
                Hopefuly the Point looks into his logfiles to
                notice my short message ....
                awaiting a call ...

     Step IX.   (4 hours later ... for a Sunday a good time to give
                 it a try again)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (??? Did Fidonet still died that silently, that a big
                 Hub doesn't respond to my netmail?)

     Step X.    Mhh. the last call now sends my short message the
                2nd time, but still no phone call yet.
                The point must be blind ...
                Ok, Binkley outbound ... mails sets on hold.
                Should I give a try with bundles set to "Normal" and
                "Direct" ?
                Ok, give it a try.
                Writing a couple of netmails, reporting the problems
                identified, setting the Flag "Direct" on the first
                mail, and leave it "Normal" on the 2nd netmail.
                For better analysis, a more frequent calling would
                become helpful, but ok. Leave the Point a modified
                short message:
                   "Please send Freq FILES in your next call"

     Step XI.   (late evening ... give it the last try for today)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (mhh. Maybe the sysop is on a short weekends trip?
                 ok, tommorow is a new working weekday)


     Step XII.  ??? ... Its possible, that the Point still tries
                to contact other potential new Bossnodes, but
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                probably he still has no luck connecting to any
                system?
                So I write an echomail in the local sysops chatter
                echo. Asking around if another bossnode has
                received a request from a Point #13 searching for
                a new Bossnode, but all his calls goes dev/nul
                despite the fact, mail is sitting on hold ...

     Step XIII. (new day, working weekday ... the new Bossnode
                 should have returned from his short vacation)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (Ok, maybe the Bossnode reads his mails in the
                 evening ...)

     Step XIV.  Still received a message in the sysops chatter
                that the Point still has sent a request to at
                least one another potential Bossnode, but
                all his calls still results the same way -
                No mails delivered.
                If someone has contact to Point #13 please
                leave him a message, that may system still has
                mail waiting for him.

     Step XV.   (new day, working weekday, 2nd try ...)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (Ok, maybe the Bossnode reads his mails in the
                 evening ...)

     Step XVI.  Damn, no Binkd configuration parameter around
                that pushes the waiting mail on hold in the
                next Points session?
                Maybe an updated Binkd revision has a bugfix
                implemented? to circumvent this dummy packet
                problem?
                The Point still sent no email address,
                no phone number in his initial request for
                a new point number ...
                Maybe he did published an email address in
                one of his posts in one of the echo areas?
                Ok, give it a try ...
                Searching the Fidobase MySQL database from the
                Fidonet-History-Project for older mails from
                this Point ...
                  SELECT count(id) FROM fidobase.echo_e
                   where fromname='<username>';
                Result: 78
                Wouw ...
                Displaying the mails shows only the shortest
                possible footer ... Greetings, <nickname>
                But the posts in two specific echoes gives an
                indication that the Point was in contact with two
                sysops I'm knowing well.
                Writing my results to the sysops chatter in the
                hope that the known sysops had contact with the
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                Point in the past.

     Step XVII. (new day, working weekday, late evening ...)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (tock tock tock ... anybody out there?)

     Step XVIII. No one still responded to my sysop chatters mails.
                 No success by naming the two known sysops that they
                 may had contact with the Point in the past.
                 Asking around if someone may have an idea to
                 get the Point on the hook ... or maybe he
                 get success at anothers Bossnode system?

     Step XIX.  (another day ...)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (frustration ON)

     Step XX.   Why in hell, the Point didn't read his mailer logs?
                Why in hell he buyed the oneway ticket to ride?

     Step XXI.  (...)
                Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                Nothing ...
                (frustration DOUBLE-ON)

     Step XXII. Ok, studying the Binkd config again.
                Yesterday I've read in a history log about
                an added parameter Send-If-Pwd and a TRF log entry
                fixed around 2005. But my revision is realy new.
                From June this year ... Hmm.
                Reading again the sample Binkd config line by line
                after I didn't find anything in a global file
                search of Binkd documentation about TRF and dummy
                packet. What is this Send-If-Pwd for?
                Hmm. Re-reading the short description again and
                again.
                   # Don't send (only receive) files if no password
                   # for an inbound session
                Hmm. I've added the new pointnumber with a session
                password, but the Point still calls with his old AKA.
                As the Point didn't send a One-Time-Password in his
                request I cannot add a session password in the binkd
                config for the Points old AKA as I have no chance to
                get the One-Time-Password transfered over to him :-P
                so he can temporarely configure his system, to send
                a session password, so SEND-IF-PWD becomes true :-O
                Ok, I think I've found the source of the problems
                discovered in the last few days ...
                Give it a try ...
                Setting SEND-IF-PWD on Remark in Binkd config and
                waiting until the Point calls again my system.

                Hours later ....

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     Step XXIII. (...)
                 Calling the new Bossnodes system.
                 HEY, whats that ? tons of mails and files ...
                 the session doesn't want to finish ...
                 still more and more files ...

     Summary:  If you want to get the ultimate unhappiness,
               you send your request to as many sysops as
               possible

               :-)

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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
     Join    Info in group +GETACCESS+
     NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/384

     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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     =================================================================
                    FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
     =================================================================

                    -=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=-

         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    | v3.94 on May 22nd 2013

      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

      Mystic BBS           |MTBCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
                           |I    | v1.10 A31 on Apr 13th 2013

      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/
                           |     |                          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

      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

      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
                           |     | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
                           |     | v3.10L Beta
     FIDONEWS 30-37               Page 10                  16 Sep 2013


      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

      CrossPoint (XP)      |P    |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only)
                           |     | pm@crosspoint.de  v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999

     FIDONEWS 30-37               Page 11                  16 Sep 2013


      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.

      RNtrack              |U    |http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as
                           |     |2:5080/102
                           |     |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
     FIDONEWS 30-37               Page 12                  16 Sep 2013


                           |     | 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
     =================================================================

                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.256
                size  264.6kb
                date  2013-09-13

      The nodelist has   1625 nodes in it
        and a total of   2643 non-comment entries

              including     2 zones
                           23 regions
                          160 hosts
                          180 hubs
         admin overhead   365 ( 22.46 %)

                    and   213 private nodes
                          310 nodes down
                          130 nodes on hold
      off line overhead   653 ( 40.18 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    125 (  7.69 %)
                9600 =   1051 ( 64.68 %)
                              (HST  =   13 or   1.24 %)
                              (CSP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (PEP  =    1 or   0.10 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.10 %)
                              (V32  =  560 or  53.28 %)
                              (V32B =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (V34  =  728 or  69.27 %)
                              (V42  =  625 or  59.47 %)
                              (V42B =    0 or   0.00 %)
                2400 =      9 (  0.55 %)
                1200 =      2 (  0.12 %)
                 300 =    438 ( 26.95 %)

                ISDN =    145 (  8.92 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b              468
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 0
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                        0
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          0
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                       6
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                      46
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                 532
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                           573
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =    767 ( 47.20 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =    892 ( 54.89 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    136 (  8.37 %)
      Other             =   -170 (-10.46 %)

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

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