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     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 33, Number 45             07 Nov 2016 
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                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. FTSC INFORMATION  .........................................  2
        2016 FTSC election, call for nominations  .................  2
        2016 FTSC standing member election, time frame  ...........  4
     3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES  ...............................  5
        list of IPv6 nodes  .......................................  5
     4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST  ....................................  7
        The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project  .......................  7
     5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ......................  8
        FidoNet Software References  ..............................  8
     6. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 13
        Statistics from the Fidoweb  .............................. 13
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 14
     7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 16
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 16
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 18
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     =================================================================
                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
     =================================================================

     A good lie can walk from Baghdad to Constantinople
     while the truth is still looking for its sandals.

                     -- old Arabic proverb

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                             FTSC INFORMATION
     =================================================================

                   2016 FTSC election, call for nominations
                   ========================================


     An election for FTSC standing members starts on Sunday 6th of November
     2016 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. Presently there are 13 FTSC members, 6 of them
     have their term expire this year. That leaves room for a maximum of
     30-(13-6)=23 members to be (re)elected.


     From FTA-1001.007

       3.2 FTSC Standing Members
       -------------------------

       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.
       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
       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 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 will be determined by nodelist.311 for Zones that
     issue a daily nodelist. For other zones by nodelist.309. In both cases
     by the list as issued by the ZC of the zone where they are listed.
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     All RCs and members of a nominating committee are hereby
     invited to nominate members. Nominations must be posted in the
     FTSC_PUBLIC echo.

     Nominations start at Sunday, 6 November 2016. 20:00 UTC and end at
     Sunday 20 November 2016, 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.

     Note to candidates: The main task of the FTSC is to document current
     practise. Contrary to what the name suggests, the FTSC does not create
     standards out of the blue. Current Fidonet practise evolves and when
     it has stabilized, it may become a standard through FTSC documentation
     Also, the FTSC is not an enforcement body. Those who wish to join the
     FTSC in order to "engineer Fidonet" may be in for a disappointment.
     Our main job is that of a clerk. We write the technical manual, we do
     not design the machine. To avoid disappointment, sysops interested in
     joining the FTSC are strongly advised to read the following documents:

     http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1000.002
     http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1001.007


     Michiel van der Vlist
     FTSC Election Coordinator


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            2016 FTSC standing member election, time frame
            ==============================================


     Submission of nominations:
     Sunday, 6 Nov 2016, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 20 Nov 2016, 20:00 UTC

     Acceptance of nominations by candidates:
     Right after nomination - Sunday, 27 Nov 2016, 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 2016, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 11 Dec 2016, 20:00 UTC

     Contesting of votes:
     Sunday, 11 Dec 2016, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 17 Dec 2015, 20:00 UTC

     If no contest: installation of new members:
     Monday 18 Dec 2015.


     Michiel van der Vlist
     FTSC Election Coordinator

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     =================================================================
                        LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
     =================================================================

                           List of Ipv6 nodes
                           By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

                           Updated 1 November 2016


          Node Nr.     Sysop                  Type    Provider     Remark

       1  2:280/464    Wilfred van Velzen     Native  Xs4All
       2  2:280/5003   Kees van Eeten         Native  Xs4All
       3  2:5019/40    Konstantin Kuzov       T-6in4  he.net         PO4
       4  2:240/1661   Markus Reschke         Native  DTAG
       5  2:280/5555   Michiel van der Vlist  Native  Ziggo
       6  1:320/219    Andrew Leary           Native  Comcast
       7  2:221/0      Tommi Koivula          T-6in4  he.net
       8  2:221/1      Tommi Koivula          T-6in4  he.net
       9  2:221/6      Tommi Koivula          T-6in4  he.net
      10  2:5053/54    Denis Mikhlevich       Native  TTK-Volga
      11  2:5030/257   Vova Uralsky           T-6in4  he.net
      12  1:154/10     Nicholas Boël          Native  TWC
      13  2:203/0      Björn Felten           T-6in4  SixXs
      14  2:280/5006   Kees van Eeten         Native  Xs4All         INO4
      15  3:712/848    Scott Little           T-6RD   iiNet
      16  2:5020/545   Alexey Vissarionov     Native  Hetzner
      17  1:103/17     Stephen Hurd           T-6in4  he.net
      18  2:5020/9696  Alexander Skovpen      T-6to4  he.net
      19  2:421/790    Viktor Cizek           Native  T-Mobile
      20  2:222/2      Kim Heino              Native  TeliaSonera
      21  3:633/280    Stephen Walsh          Native  Ransom IT
      22  1:266/404    Bill McGarrity         Native  Comcast
      23  4:902/26     Fernando Toledo        T-AYIY  SixXs
      24  2:463/877    Alex Shuman            Native  Nline          IO
      25  2:280/2000   Michael Trip           Native  Choopa         DOWN
      26  1:19/10      Matt Bedynek           T-6in4  he.net
      27  1:249/303    Joe Delahaye           Native  Teksavvy
      28  2:280/1043   Michel van Osenbruggen Native  Bit
      29  3:770/1      Paul Hayton            T-AYIY  SixXs
      30  2:5053/58    Alexandr Kruglikov     Native  CJSC The First
      31  1:103/1      Stephen Hurd           Native  Choopa
      32  1:120/544    RJ Clay                Native  DC74L          6DWN
      33  3:633/281    Stephen Walsh          T-6in4  he.net
      34  2:310/31     Richard Menedetter     T-6in4  he.net
      35  3:633/410    Tony Langdon           Native  IINET
      36  2:5005/33    Evgeny Zyatkov         T-6in4  he.net         PO4
      37  2:5020/329   Oleg Lukashin          Native  Comfortel
      38  2:246/1305   Emil Schuster          Native  TAL.DE
      39  2:2443/1313  Dirk Astrath           Native  VOLMARNET
      40  2:2448/4000  Tobias Burchhardt      Native  DTAG           IO
      41  2:331/51     Marco d'Itri           Native  BOFH-IT
      42  2:203/210    Mattias Larsson        T-6in4  he.net
      43  1:2320/100   Allen Prunty           Native  AT&T           OO
      44  1:214/22     Ray Quinn              Native  AT&T           OO
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      45  1:154/30     Mike Miller            Native  LINODE
      46  1:282/1031   Jeff Smith             Native  Qwest
      47  2:5075/35    Eugene Subbotin        T-6in4  he.net
      48  2:5075/37    Andrew Komardin        T-6in4  he.net
      49  1:135/371    Eric Renfro            Native  Cox


     T-6in4             Static 6in4
     T-AYIY             Dynamic AYIYA
     T-6to4             6to4
     T-6RD              6RD

     Remarks:

     IO    Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
     OO    Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
     INO4  No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
     PO4   Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
           but is configured to try IPv4 first)
     6DWN  The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
     DOWN  This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
     PM    Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
           capability but is not yet listed in the Fidonet nodelist.


     Notes:

     To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
     one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
     node config).  If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
     (2002::/16) Windows defaults to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.




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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 newsreader 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 2015-09-10


     URL     news://felten.yi.org
     Join    http://fidonews.eu
     NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

     URL     news://the-estar.com:1119
     Join    http://www.easternstar.info
     NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789

     URL     news://quinnspost.nodelist.net:60119
     Join    mailto:eskimo261@bigfoot.com
     Join    Info in group +GETACCESS+
     NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/384

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

     URL     news://fidonews.mine.nu
     Join    http://fidonews.mine.nu
     NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6

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

     URL     nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
             nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
     Join    Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
     NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10


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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    | 3.99/SR9, released November 8 2015


      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 on Feb 20th 2015

      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

      Raptor               |MTPE |Free d/l from Jolla Store   2:292/624.50
      Rudi Timmermans      |     | For the Sailfish OS only
                           |     | rudi.timmer@gmx.us
                           |     | v2.0 on Dec 18th 2015

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

      FMail                |T    |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
                           |     |  1.72.0.0  (2016-09-18)

      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     3:690/682
                           |     | v3.00 on 25 Apr 2015

      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
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                           |     | 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

      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

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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

      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.

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

      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/
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                           |     | 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
                           |     | 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
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       http://www.simtel.net                  http://wuarchive.wustl.edu
       http://www.bbsfiles.com                http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

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                             SPECIAL INTEREST
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              Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
                      By EchoTime, 2:203/0

               (Some nets may have lost their last
                   digit for technical reasons)

                  pkt (toss-toss)            msg (write-toss)
     nodes        mean     dev     no        mean     dev     no

     123/*        1.1m    0.5m     56        1.1h    0.9h     56
     154/*       23.0m   26.3m    507        1.9h   11.5h    507
     201/*        1.1m    0.4m      9       19.5h    3.8h      9
     221/*        0.8m    0.6m    419        7.0h   11.3h    414
     232/*       11.3m   15.3m    186        4.8h   23.8h    181
     249/*        1.0m    0.5m    367        2.5h   11.9h    367
     266/*        3.1m    0.6m    401        3.3h   14.5h    401
     280/*        1.2m    3.7m    437        3.7h    4.2h    436
     292/*        8.2m   10.2m      9        0.0h    0.0h      2
     320/*       55.3m    2.2m    241        2.7h    8.7h    241
     423/*        1.2m    0.3m      7       29.0h   64.8h      7
     502/*       56.8m    1.8m     30        1.9h    2.2h     30
     640/*        1.2m    0.5m    122        7.5h    8.1h    122

     Sigma       11.3m   20.5m   2791        3.8h   12.5h   2773

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                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.309
                size  249.9kb
                date  2016-11-04

      The nodelist has   1612 nodes in it
        and a total of   2342 non-comment entries

              including     4 zones
                           29 regions
                          197 hosts
                          145 hubs
         admin overhead   375 ( 23.26 %)

                    and   172 private nodes
                           70 nodes down
                          113 nodes on hold
      off line overhead   355 ( 22.02 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    100 (  6.20 %)
                9600 =    764 ( 47.39 %)
                              (HST  =   12 or   1.57 %)
                              (CSP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (PEP  =    1 or   0.13 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.13 %)
                              (V32  =  384 or  50.26 %)
                              (V32B =   36 or   4.71 %)
                              (V34  =  509 or  66.62 %)
                              (V42  =  428 or  56.02 %)
                              (V42B =   38 or   4.97 %)
                2400 =      4 (  0.25 %)
                1200 =      2 (  0.12 %)
                 300 =    742 ( 46.03 %)

                ISDN =     81 (  5.02 %)

     -----------------------------------------------------
      IP Flags   Protocol                Number of systems
     -----------------------------------------------------
      IBN        Binkp                      835 ( 51.80 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IFC        Raw ifcico                 114 (  7.07 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IFT        FTP                         59 (  3.66 %)
     ----------------------------------
      ITN        Telnet                     152 (  9.43 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IVM        Vmodem                      15 (  0.93 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IP         Other                        6 (  0.37 %)
     ----------------------------------
     FIDONEWS 33-45               Page 15                   7 Nov 2016


      INO4       IPv6 only                    1 (  0.06 %)
     ----------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =    998 ( 61.91 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =    717 ( 44.48 %)
      Listed-only nodes =     85 (  5.27 %)



      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
      [        Revised by B Felten,   2:203/2]
      [           NetStats  3.8    2014-11-23]

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