FidoNews · Vol 40, No 1 · 02 Jan 2023
The F I D O N E W S Volume 40, Number 01 02 Jan 2023
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
IPv6 in 2022 ............................................. 2
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8
5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 16
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 17
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 19
How to Submit an Article ................................. 19
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 21
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the
"body of facts" that exists in the mind of the general public. It is
also the means of establishing a controversy.
Within the business we recognize that a controversy exists, However,
with the general public the consensus is that cigarettes are in some
way harmful to the health.
If we are successful in establishing a controversy at the public
level, then there is an opportunity to put across the real facts
about smoking and health.
-- Lobbyist from Philip Morris, 1969
From a playbook later on used by many lobbyists
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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IPv6 in 2022
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
Another year has passed. When we compare the statistics as published
by the end of 2021 with those of today, we see that IPv6 in Fidonet
has grown, but the growth is falling. From 103 to 108 nodes this time.
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The number of nodes flying the INO4 flag remained stable at 5.
2022 was the year that it was ten years ago that the Internet society
declared IPv6 Launch day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_IPv6_Day_and_World_IPv6_Launch_Day
It was also ten years ago that RIPE ran out of IPv4 adresses. IANA and
APNIC had already run out a year earlier. ARIN ran out in 2015. What I
find remarkable is that despite the mathematical fact that there are
only enough IPv4 adresses to give about half the world's population an
IPv4 address of their own, there are still people around that are in
denial regarding the need to make the transition to IPv6.
There are also suspicious minds that have launched the theory that
some of the players are willingly and knowingly opposing the transit-
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ion to IPv6 to protect the value of their hoarded IPv4. There is no
denying that IPv4 has become a tradable commodity and that the rules
of supply and demand have caused the price of an IPv4 address to rise
sky high. In 2021 the price almost doubled from $25 to $50 and during
2022 it was quasi stable between $50 and $60. A child can see that
this is a bubble that will burst some day. When "everyone" has IPv6
the price of IPv4 will collapse. It is bound to happen but nobody
knows when. So the theory is that "forces" are opposing IPv6 to pro-
tect their investment in IPv4. While I can see that this may be the
case, I do not expect these "forces" actually have the power to sig-
nificantly delay let alone stop the coming of IPv6. IPv6 is here and
it will eventually replace IPv4.
A trend we do not really see continue is the move towards native
IPv6. Today 34 of 108 nodes use a tunnel. In 2021 it was 34 of 103.
Still about 1/3. This has been more or less constant over the past
five years. In 2017 it was 22 out of 64. Over the years The ratio
remains at about 2/3 native, 1/3 tunnel. This is not what I expected
and goes against the general trend on the InterNet that native IPv6
is slowly gaining foot and replacing transition mechanisms such as
tunnels. Maybe what we are seeing is that the Fidonet Pioneer Spirit
is still here and that sysops do not want to wait for providers to
support native IPv6 and take things in their own hands by setting up
tunnels.
The very fact that a third of the IPv6 sysops still uses a tunnel
shows that we still have a long way to go. Normally when native IPv6
is available from the provider one does not use tunnels any more. So
there is still a substantial amount of InterNet providers that do not
offer native IPv6 to their customers.
Then again, many may already have native IPv6 from their ISP without
being aware of it. ISPs and sofware developers try to make the trans-
ition from IPv4 to IPv6 invisible for the normal user. If one is not
looking for it, one may not see it. Even Fidonet sysops may miss it.
Unless your are running a very old version of your OS, (WIn 95) or
a niche OS like ArcaOS, your system is ready for IPv6. All modern
OS's had IPv6 support for wel over a decade. Surf to www.kame.net
and if you see the turtle swim, you have IPv6.
If you run a binkp server you may very well be able to make binkp
IPv6 connects with other syspos. Binkd support IPv6 from version 1.00
and many other binkp software also supports it by now. You may have
outgoing binkp capability without knowing it. Try to make a connect
with one of the IPv6 nodes published weekly in Fidonews and see what
happens. If you make a succesful IPv6 connect, you are a candidate
for the Fidonet IPv6 club. There is an active search going on for
candidate menbers, but the search is limited to those that associate
an AAAA record with the host name in the nodelist. Systems that have
outgoing IPv6 only are not detected.
Accepting inbound IPv6 connections is the next step. First you have
to create a "pinhole" in your firewall that passes port 24554 or
whatever port you use. Then you have to advertise the IPv6 address in
the nodelist by adding an AAAA record to the published host name.
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If that is gibberish to you, come to the IPV6 echo to get help from
the experts or read my articles titled "A second life for the LinkSys
part x". See the end of this article.
Other than that, 2022 was not all that eventful regarding IPv6. Not
for Fidonet and not for the Internet in general. We saw steady growth
but we can't say that IPv6 is the dominant protocol yet.
In order not to have to tell the same story over and over again, I
sometimes refer people to Fidonews articles I wrote in the past.
Since there seems to be no easely available searcheable archive, I
made a list of these articles. I hope I did not miss any.
My previous Fidonews articles about IPv6:
FN 26:31 Jul 2009 FidoNet and IPv6
FN 28:04 Jan 2011 FidoNet and IPv4 depletion
FN 28:07 Feb 2011 Fido and IPv6 Day
FN 28:16 Apr 2011 APNIC runs out
FN 28:20 May 2011 The IPv6 echo
FN 28:31 Aug 2011 A SECOND LIFE FOR THE LINKSYS Part 1
FN 28:32 Aug 2011 A SECOND LIFE FOR THE LINKSYS PArt 2
FN 28:45 Nov 2011 A "first"
FN 29:04 Jan 2012 World IPv6 Launch Day, 6 June 2012
FN 29:09 Feb 2012 A SECOND LIFE FOR THE LINKSYS Part 3
FN 29:38 Sep 2012 RIPE is out of IPv4 addresses.
FN 32:17 Apr 2015 IPv6 penetration in the nodelist
FN 32:26 Jun 2015 ARIN is out of IPv4 addresses.
FN 3:252 Dec 2015 IPv6 in Fidonet by the end of 2015
FN 33:02 Jan 2016 IPv6 in two thousand SIX teen
FN 33:06 Feb 2016 Another barrier broken.
FN 34:01 Jan 2017 IPv6 in 2016
FN 34:13 Mar 2017 SixXs Sunset 06-06-2017
FN 34:30 Jul 2017 TV without IPv6
FN 34:31 Jul 2017 DS-Lite emulation experiment v2.0
FN 34:37 Sep 2017 DS-Lite emulation experiment 2.0, the results
FN 34:33 Aug 2017 DS-Lite: a solution
FN 34:38 Sep 2017 DS-Lite Emulation experiment v2.1
FN 35:01 Jan 2018 IPv6 in 2017
FN 35:53 Dec 2018 IPv6 in 2018
FN 36:52 Dec 2019 IPv6 in 2019
FN 38:01 Jan 2021 IPv6 in 2020
FN 38:20 May 2021 100 IPv6 nodes
FN 39:01 Jan 2022 IPv6 in 2021
Happy IPv6 in 2023.
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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
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List of IPv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
Updated 18 December 2022
Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark
1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Freedom f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
8 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
9 1:154/10 Nicholas Boel Native Spectrum f
10 2:203/0 Bjorn Felten T-6in4 he.net
11 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f INO4
12 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
13 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov T-6in4 he.net f
14 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
15 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
16 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native CZ-IJC-20071015
17 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
18 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
19 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
20 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
21 3:770/100 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
22 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
23 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
24 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
25 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
26 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
27 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
28 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
29 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
30 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
31 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
32 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
33 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
34 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
35 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
36 2:240/5413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
37 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
38 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
39 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
40 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
41 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FirstByte
42 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
43 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
44 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
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45 2:467/239 Mykhailo Kapitanov Native Vultr f
46 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
47 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
48 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native KPN
49 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
50 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
51 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 TUNNEL-BROKER-NET-0
52 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
53 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
54 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
55 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
56 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
57 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native SAGE-SU-V6
58 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
59 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
60 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native FirstVDS f
61 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
62 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
63 2:240/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
64 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
65 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
66 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
67 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
68 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
69 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
70 2:263/5 Martin List-Petersen Native TuxBox
71 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
72 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
73 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
74 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
75 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
76 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
77 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
78 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
79 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
80 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
81 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
82 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
83 2:301/113 Alisha Stutz T-6in4 he.net
84 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
85 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
86 1:134/102 Shelley Petersen T-6in4 he.net f INO4
87 1:134/103 Gordon Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
88 1:134/301 Brandon Moore T-6in4 he.net f INO4
89 1:134/302 Adam Park T-6in4 he.net f
90 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
91 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
92 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native HURRICANE-IPV6-24
93 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
94 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
95 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
96 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
97 1:266/420 Scott Street Native Comcast OO
98 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
99 1:142/104 Clive Reuben Native SNETFCC-1
100 2:301/1 Alisha Stutz Native CH-DATAWIRE
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101 3:633/267 Andrew Clarke Native Widebandnetv6
102 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
103 2:5010/252 Dmitry Smirnov T-6in4 TUNNEL-BROKER-NET-1
104 2:5020/290 Andrew Kolchoogin T-6in4 he.net
105 1:218/401 James Downs Native Scaleway PM *1
106 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6in4 he.net
107 2:5030/49 Sergey Myasoedov Native FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
108 1:218/820 Ryan Fantus Native DIGITALOCEAN
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD
Remarks:
f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
(zone, net, node in decimal notation)
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.
NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
and will soon be removed from this list.
HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
removed from this list if the condition pertains.
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
PM *1 lounge.egontech.com
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 for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destination address
is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
an IPv4 address is present.
Submitted on day 001
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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
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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 2022-09-20
URL news://eljaco.se:4119
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi
Join https://news.fidonet.fi
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360
URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6
URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10
URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10
URL: news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404
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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2023-01-01
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-115 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
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| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2022-12-31
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmermans@mailfence.com
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.7.1 on 2022-11-30 2:292/140
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
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| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.19 on 2022-12-19 2:280/464
InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:222/2
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.8.2 on 2022-12-22
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Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|I | v1.12 A46 on 2020-08-26
NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW on 2000-10-25
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.30/DOS on 2022-05-06
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.19b on 2022-01-02
Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.6.1 on 2021-04-23
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:218/720
Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
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| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
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 |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
| | v1.25 on 2001-12-12 (Win32)
| | Needs the binkD Toolkit for Fido-over-IP
| | which is available from the above URL.
CrossPoint |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22 (DOS, Shareware)
FreeXP |PO |http://www.freexp.de
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| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS)
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
| |https://openxp.uk/
| | dev@openxp.uk
| | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26
| | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit})
WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/
| | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29
| | v411.0 on 2022-08-20 (Win32)
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
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| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.
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http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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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
201/* 1.5m 0.5m 2 0.0h 0.0h 2
221/* 0.9m 0.6m 717 4.6h 10.9h 717
280/* 0.7m 0.4m 869 4.6h 10.3h 869
292/* 3.1m 2.0m 16 1.1h 2.3h 15
320/* 2.3m 1.2m 203 2.5h 6.3h 203
Sigma 1.0m 0.8m 1807 4.3h 10.1h 1806
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.364
size 172.8kb
date 2022-12-30
The nodelist has 910 nodes in it
and a total of 1333 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
33 regions
165 hosts
58 hubs
admin overhead 260 ( 28.57 %)
and 94 private nodes
38 nodes down
31 nodes on hold
off line overhead 163 ( 17.91 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 25 ( 2.75 %)
9600 = 153 ( 16.81 %)
(HST = 2 or 1.31 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 69 or 45.10 %)
(V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V34 = 66 or 43.14 %)
(V42 = 64 or 41.83 %)
(V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.11 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 731 ( 80.33 %)
ISDN = 21 ( 2.31 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 770 ( 84.62 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 76 ( 8.35 %)
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IFT FTP 59 ( 6.48 %)
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ITN Telnet 162 ( 17.80 %)
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IVM Vmodem 14 ( 1.54 %)
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IP Other 1 ( 0.11 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.55 %)
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CrashMail capable = 829 ( 91.10 %)
MailOnly nodes = 264 ( 29.01 %)
Listed-only nodes = 18 ( 1.98 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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