F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 42 14 October 1996 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ SEND ME YOUR JOKES, YOUR ARTWORK, YOUR HUDDLED .ARTS! Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 An editorial license ..................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07 ......................... 2 CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit? ............... 3 Response to Woodmore and Kindness ........................ 5 3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 8 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285 ...... 8 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9 Another Computer Virus alert? ............................ 9 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11 Something seasonal? ...................................... 11 6. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 21 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 21 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22 FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 1 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Deteriorata Go placidly amid the noise and waste and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss, and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance. Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest to you - that tomato on your left, for instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of youth, birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan. And let not the sands of time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good time, call 606-4311, ask for Ken. Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Milwaukee. You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. Therefore, make peace with your god, whatever you conceive him to be: hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin. With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal, the world continues to deteriorate. Give up. (Excerpted from FidoNews, Volume 3, Nr. 26, 7 Jul 86) Just a thought. [snicker] C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 2 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07 By Bob Moravsik 2606/583 An interesting "test case" is in the brewing. It seems that the private region 13 conference listings in Adrian Walker's Elist were "abandoned". After Mr. Walker's system sending out warnings and posting the expiration in a few conferences they were going to be deleted. HENCE I ELISTED THEM as the new moderator. Just heard from the RC...he went berserk. Threatened me with penalties: Phil Dampier said: "Your listing yourself as moderator of various region echos within this region in the ELIST constitutes excessively annoying behavior. Your immediate relinquishment of those listings will prevent impending penalties which will affect your ability to participate as a node in this network." Dampier then went on placing additional requirements: "You can prevent these penalties by sending a message to Adrian Walker, who maintains the ELIST, stating that your submissions were in error and that you relinquish any and all authority to list these echos in the ELIST. A carbon copy of this message to my attention is also required." Naturally, I appealled his threats to Bob Satti and filed a PC Phillip Dampier for trying to bypass the *C chain. The issues: 1. Is the Elist an official part of Fidonet ? 2. If no go to 8 3. If YES...how ? 4. Is listing anything that Adrian Walker will accept EAB pursuant to Policy 4.07 ? 5. Can a RC threaten a node or does he have to file a PC like any other node ? 6. Can his threat be appealled. Seems that the ZC can rule on an advisory opinion request rather then waiting for the PC to move upward. 7. Goto 9 FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 3 14 Oct 1996 8. From 1. Blazz...Phil Dampier..."fo" 9. end Maybe this will stimulate some thinking in getting a RATIFIED policy on echomail. Hopefully Adrian Walker will not compromise the passwords on the Elist as I don't intend to give them up. I will give them up WHEN and IF Fidonet's policy requires it. Meantime R13 Conference is split into two parts. One may be moderated by the RC. The other is moderated by me and is Elisted. The Dampier listings were abandoned; Adrian Walker's notices were ignored...ya SNOOZE...ya Looze... Bob Moravsik: Elisted Moderator R13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit? Fredric L. Rice (frice@stbbs.com) 1:218/890.0 (818) 335-9601 A glut of files have been coming in about the recient allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has been dealing in drugs in a successfull attempt to suppress the blacks in the country. I've discarded most of them and kept the files which at least attempt to offer some names, dates, times, and locations in the allegations. Since this is an interesting social phenomena, I thought netters might find this stuff as interesting as I do. This isn't the first time I've seen these claims being made as I can recall such claims being voiced back in the 1970's. Such allegations were largely ignored then and they quickly died out. What makes the repeat of these claims notable in the late 1990's is the fact that the social environment of the 1970's is quite different than the social environment of the 1990's. In the United States _everyone_ wants to be a victim so they can claim they're not responsible for their own fate. That attitude was epidemic in the 1970's yet not pandemic at the time. Now things have changed and there is a need to blame anyone one can for one's lot in life -- and the CIA is a good, faceless, corrupt and widely-recognized evil entity which quickly serves as the fall guy. Additionally _this_ time there are people willing to name names and be a bit specific about their claims. I suspect that more reasonably acceptable files will be added to the list of files that I'll keep so the Magic File Name of DRUGS will return the current FILES.BBS for this archive. -=- Begin file list FILES.BBS -=- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 4 14 Oct 1996 The latest news during October 1996 is that the the United States terrorist organization known as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been heavilly involved in trafficing in crack cocain since the 1960's deliberately to suppress the domestic black populace and to keep them down. The stories have taken on all the attributes of an urban legend except that it should more properly be considered a national hoax. The difficulty of just passing off the stories as nonsense stems from the history of the CIA's involvement in selling drugs for firearms and firearms for drugs to support "freedom fighters" in other countries. (Cnl. Oliver North's admissions of guilt were validated.) The history of the CIA lends credability to this latest series of allegations and it's certain to be a long- lasting topic among conspiracy buffs and human rights organizations. The Chairman of The Skeptic Tank routinely archives urban legend stories and makes them available to the general public as a matter of the Tank's charter -- we don't often hold the opinion expressed within these archives. - flr AG62688A.TXT This begins a three-day series of articles in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE about the allegations of drug trafficking in Mena. AG62688B.TXT In the second story on June 26th... allegations by Eugene Wheaton from a sworn deposition charged that Barry Seal's gun and drug smuggling ran with impunity because of the consent of the DEA and CIA AG62788A.TXT Eight years ago, news reports out of Arkansas explored the allegations of drug smuggling, gun- running and money-laundering activities around the Mena Intermountain Regional Airport. AG62788B.TXT Mena, Arkansas holds many mysteries. This article is one of a series in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE that explores the Mena saga. AG62888.TXT This is where we know most about CIA operations connected with cocaine trafficking. In this report, we discover how the Mena airport has facilities to service airplanes from around the world. AP072396.TXT DEA knew about CIA murders in Guatemala - Associated Press - 07-23-96 - By PAULINE ARRILLAGA - Associated Press Writer - HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) The Drug Enforcement Administration knew about and helped cover up the CIA... AP091796.TXT Rep. Wants CIA Drug Probe - Associated Press - September 17, 1996. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maxine Waters, who has demanded inquiries into drug-running allegations involving the CIA... CIADEA.TXT Dea Agents Accuse Cia of Tapping Phones - 09/12/96; 18:38 - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The CIA and other spy agencies have systematically tapped the phones of overseas Drug Enforcement Administration offices CSM92096.TXT The following article was printed in the Friday, September 20, 1996 issue of *The Christian Science Monitor* on page 3: - CIA UNDER PRESSURE TO DIVULGE INFO ON CONTRAS - By Warren Richey LDBROWN3.TXT Excerpt from: PARTNERS IN POWER by Roger Morris pg. 404-411. Early in 1984, a twenty-nine-year-old FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 5 14 Oct 1996 Arkansas trooper named Larry Douglass Brown was eagerly applying for work with the Central Intelligence Agency. SJMCIA10.TXT Testimony links U.S. to drugs-guns trade Dealers got their 'own little arsenal' Published: Aug. 18, 1996 BY GARY WEBB Mercury News Staff Writer SJMCIA11.TXT FBI Memo connecting cocaine trafficking to Contras and CIA SJMCIA15.TXT Drug agent thought she was onto something big Meneses' trail was getting warm when her superiors took her off the case - Published: Aug. 19, 1996 BY GARY WEBB SJMCIA16.TXT War on drugs has unequal impact on black Americans - Contra case illustrates the discrepancy: Nicaraguan goes free; L.A. dealer faces life SJMCIA17.TXT FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - Date of transcription 2/27/87 SJMCIA18.TXT San Francisco Bay Area man tangled in drug web Tales to DEA of gun running, drug trafficking fall on deaf ears Published: Aug. 20, 1996 BY GARY WEBB SJMCIA19.TXT OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL SUITE 701 555 THIRTEENTH STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 (202) 383-8940 RECORD OF INTERVIEW Date of Transcription 3/16/87 SJMCIA20.TXT Drug expert: 'Crack' born in San Francisco Bay Area in '74 - It was a failed attempt to copy something else. Published: Aug. 19, 1996. BY GARY WEBB. SJMCIA21.TXT Oliver North labels CIA-drug allegations 'garbage' - Published: Sept. 22, 1996 - Associated Press SJMCIA22.TXT Document sheds light on Contra-cocaine link - Published: Oct. 3, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER Mercury News Staff Writer SJMCIA23.TXT Affidavit: Cops knew of drug ring - Document sheds light on Contra-cocaine link - Published: Oct. 3, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER Mercury News Staff Writer SJMCIA24.TXT Gag order concealed possible CIA drug ties - But records were copied secretly - Published: Sept. 29, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER Mercury News Staff Writer SJMCIACO America's 'crack' plague has roots in Nicaragua war - Colombia-San Francisco Bay Area drug pipeline helped finance CIA-backed Contras - Published: Aug. 18, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB Mercury News Staff Writer SJMIRCON.TXT Robert Owen's deposition from Iran-Contra Committee WSJ42287.TXT Here is the JOURNAL's first report on the CIA-connected cocaine trafficking through Mena, Arkansas. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 6 14 Oct 1996 Response to Woodmore and Kindness by Bob Moravsik As to the practical aspect of a Zone policy why don't each of you read Section one of Policy 4.07. Local policies MUST meet certain tests. One important one is that they are REQUIRED by local conditions. Not desired, wanted, needed etc...but REQUIRED. Zone one has no echo policy. Some twit type try hard to market the situation where people think there is one. Zone one HAS NO ECHOMAIL policy other then "biggest .bbs wins". There are multiple and conflicting practices. BUT NOTHING FOR WHICH a person's membership in Fidonet is at risk. Let me poise these questions: 1. If the people that "vote" against a Z2 EP ignore it ...then what ? 2. If those people put in another Z2ep is it anymore enforceable then Woodmorepol. Section one of the existing ratified policy contains wisdom. Since message flow all over the world and since any node can link to any other node via any way...how do you expect to enforce a policy that is limited by geography..as to a technology that ISN'T. Look at the foolishness in Z1. First there was an echopol attempt. It spent more time on distribution then on policy. It bombed. Then we had "boppy". The famous document which made believe. It bombed. Now the fad is "faq's". All these things are openly ignored by most of Z1 (most members don't even know or care about any of them). OK WHAT IS THE SOLUTION: 1. Tweek Policy 4.07 to correct it and make it easier to change. Do it worldwide. 2. Devise an internation echomail policy. Don't even touch the distribution problem. Let distribution system spring up as technology allows. (Read the current policy...other then NC "host routing"..it's SILENT..). The EP should be written around the ECHOLIST (like the nodelist). Don't define new positions. Let each *C do it ot allow delagation (appointment). To have a seperate coordination system is technically stupid. In Z1 the "ec's" have "grabbed" netmail too. We have...ahem: FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 7 14 Oct 1996 "echomail routed netmail" 3. Then have this policy ratified as per P 4.08 (P 4.07 tweeked) A Z2 only policy is a waste of time. Will each conference that flows in Z2 be subject to Woodmorepol. OF COURSE NOT. So...Mr. Kindness and Mr. Woodmore. Instead of brushing off an article with childish comments. Address the international impact of a zone policy on messages and moderators OUTSIDE the zone. Is excessilly annoying behavior a geographical thing in cyberspace. Can I as a Z1 sysop be excommunicated for DOING what a Z2 policy says is EAB. THEN WHY SHOULD A Z2 SYSOP be excommunicated UNLESS the PROHIBITION IS REQUIRED by local condition...note required. (sec 1) OK...address these issues intelligently without the one liners. Maybe a few other ZC's can tackle this. Bob Moravsik ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 8 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= COORDINATORS CORNER ================================================================= Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285 By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 ZC/2 +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ |Zone|Nl-257|Nodelist-264|Nodelist-271|Nodelist-278|Nodelist-285|%%| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 1 | 11962|11810 -152 |11826 16 |11826 0 |11666 -160 |38| | 2 | 15412|16392 980 |16406 14 |16394 -12 |16341 -53 |53| | 3 | 958| 954 -4 | 954 0 | 951 -3 | 950 -1 | 3| | 4 | 630| 629 -1 | 629 0 | 629 0 | 610 -19 | 2| | 5 | 100| 100 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 97 -3 | 0| | 6 | 1020| 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1022 2 | 3| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 30082|30905 823 |30935 30 |30920 -15 |30686 -234 | +------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 9 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= From: "Mike Riddle" To: "Baker, Christopher" Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 08:30:18 -0500 Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" Subject: Fwd: Computer Virus Alert ==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== From: BludyRed@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Computer Virus Alert Attention NOBAN Subscribers: WARNING; Be aware of the following new, politically oriented, computer viruses that have been recently detected. Many are stealth viruses and will surreptitiously infect your system without your knowledge. Also be advised, that many of these viruses are of a NEWLY DISCOVERED STRAIN that, it is suspected, can also infect the computer OPERATOR. (1) PAT BUCHANAN VIRUS: Your system works fine, but it complains loudly about foreign software. (2) COLIN POWELL VIRUS: Makes it's presence known, but doesn't do anything. Secretly, you wish it would. (3) HILLARY CLINTON VIRUS: File disappear, only to reappear mysteriously a year later, in another directory. (4) BOB DOLE VIRUS: Could be virulent, but it's been around too long to be much of a threat. (5) STEVE FORBES VIRUS: All files are reported as the same size. (6) DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Their is sumthing rong with your komputer, but ewe cant figyour outt watt! (7) GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine. (8) NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it. (9) FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of your computer. (10) GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PC's infected will lose 30 percent of their data 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error). FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 10 14 Oct 1996 (11) OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper shredder. (12) CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, and the screen splits in half with the same message appearing on each side of the screen. The message says that the blame for the gridlock is caused by the other side. (13) GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs...no new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the Congressional virus. (14) ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just before the whole thing quits. Then space aliens land at your daughter's wedding. My thanks to VET66@aol.com, jpitt689@primenet.com and the Dinky Dao Express for providing this timely warning. BludyRed ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 11 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= Date: 29 Sep 90 22:50:38 From: Dave Aronson To: Jonathan Rolfe @ 906/201 Subj: Re: Happy New Year _____________________________________________________________________ > I always wondered what the creative could do within the > constraints of ASCII! Now let's see if anyone can get some runes > together for Hallowe'en! Maybe something like: _ H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N ! ! / \ ___ ( ) //// \ _ / //// ********************** **************************** ************************************ ******\~~~~~~/***********\~~~~~~/******* ********\ /*************\ /********* **********\ /******/^\******\ /*********** ************\/******/ \******\/************* *******************/_____\******************** ********************************************** # *********\~~~~|***|~~~~~|***|~~~~/********** # **********\ |***| ___ |***| /***|\___/|*/^^\ # ***********\ ~~~ |***| ~~~ /*****` o.o '/ \ # ************\___|***|___/*******=(___)= /^\ \# *********************************U\ / \ ) ***************************** #^# #^# ************************** # # # # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (which I picked up from a long-forgotten source). If anyone can snailmail me a written copy of "Happy Samhain" in runed Gaelic, I'll take a whack at ASCIIfying it.... Origin: TIDMADT Enterprises (703) 370-7054 (1:109/120) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 12 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 29 Oct 1996 Republic Day, Turkey. 5 Nov 1996 Election day, U.S.A. 5 Nov 1996 Guy Fawkes Day, England. 1 Dec 1996 Twelfth Anniversary of FidoNews Volume 1, Issue 1. 12 Dec 1996 Constitution Day, Russia 26 Jan 1997 Australia Day, Australia. 6 Feb 1997 Waitangi Day, New Zealand. 16 Feb 1997 Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush. 29 Feb 1997 Nothing will happen on this day. 25 May 1997 Independence Day, Argentina 11 Jun 1997 Independence Day, Russia 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 31 Dec 1999 Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 13 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 Ah, bliss. I'm finally caught up! There are some issues pending, but they're all waiting for responses from authors. As of this moment, my inbox is totally empty. As I mentioned when I started working on this column, I will occasionally highlight a new (or newly updated) entry. This is the first: "BeeMail is a Windows 100% GUI FTS mailer, tosser, scanner and echomail processor. It can be used as a front-end mailer for any Windows or DOS BBS. There are two functionally identical versions of Beemail: win16 and win32." Fidonet contact info: Andrius Cepaitis, 2:470/1 Freq:BEEMAIL Internet contact info: hq@beemail.com http://beemail.com ftp://beemail.com In general, I don't include entries for beta versions of software. I made an exception in this case, as the package is already in use. Beemail is planned to release around December this year. I removed the Apple CP/M section this week. Obviously, I'll reinstate it in the unlikely event I hear from a sysop who runs or authors BBS- related software for it. Next week, Apple II Software will probably get the axe. Phased out this week: Apple CP/M Software Phase-out highlights: This week: Archimedes Software Deadline for info: 18 Oct 1996. Last week: Apple II Software Deadline for info: 18 Oct 1996. -=- Snip -=- Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column OS Platform : Software package name : Version : Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. : Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? : Author / Support staff contact name : Author / Support staff contact node : Magic name (at the above-listed node) : FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 14 14 Oct 1996 Please include a sentence describing what the package does. Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264 -=- Snip -=- MS-DOS: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX CheckPnt 0.5 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES FrontDoor 2.12 M S Joaquim Homrighausen 2:201/330 FD FrontDoor 2.20c M C Joaquim Homrighausen 2:201/330 FDINFO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:297/11 IMAIL ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386 MakePl 1.8 N F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL Marena 1.1 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAX McMail g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT PcMerge 2.7 N F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE PlatinumXpress 1.1 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX11TD.ZIP RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA Silver Xpress Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES Reader 4.3 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR43.ZIP Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISH T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV XRobot 3.01 O S Joaquim Homrighausen FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 15 14 Oct 1996 2:201/330 XRDOS OS/2: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXP MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED PcMerge 2.3 N F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2 Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISHP T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2 Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK XRobot 3.01 O S Joaquim Homrighausen 2:201/330 XROS2 Windows (16-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Windows (32-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXN PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT Unix: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ifmail 2.8f M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL ifmail-tx 2.8f-tx7.7 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Amiga: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Function: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser, C-Compression, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed by the first match. Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial, X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Source Old info from: 01/27/92 FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 16 14 Oct 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------- MS-DOS Systems -------------- BBS Software NodeList Utilities Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Kitten 1.01 EditNL 4.00 MailBase 4.11a@ Lynx 1.30 FDND 1.10 MSG 4.5* Merlin 1.39n MakeNL 2.31 MsgLnk 1.0c Oracomm 5.M.6P@ Parselst 1.33 MsgMstr 2.03a Oracomm Plus 6.E@ Prune 1.40 MsgNum 4.16d PCBoard 14.5a SysNL 3.14 MSGTOSS 1.3 Phoenix 1.07* XlatList 2.90 Netsex 2.00b ProBoard 1.20* XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 OFFLINE 1.35 QuickBBS 2.75 Oliver 1.0a RBBS 17.3b Other Utilities OSIRIS CBIS 3.02 RemoteAccess 1.11* Name Version PKInsert 7.10 SimplexBBS 1.05 -------------------- PolyXarc 2.1a SLBBS 2.15C* 2DAPoint 1.50* QM 1.00a Socrates 1.11 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 QSort 4.04 SuperBBS 1.12* ARCAsim 2.31 RAD Plus 2.11 SuperComm 0.99 ARCmail 3.00* Raid 1.00 TAG 2.5g Areafix 1.20 RBBSMail 18.0 TBBS 2.1 ConfMail 4.00 ScanToss 1.28 TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Crossnet 1.5 ScMail 1.00 Telegard 2.7* DOMAIN 1.42 ScEdit 1.12 TPBoard 6.1 DEMM 1.06 Sirius 1.0x WildCat! 3.02* DGMM 1.06 SLMail 2.15C XBBS 1.77 DOMAIN 1.42 StarLink 1.01 EEngine 0.32 TagMail 2.41 Network Mailers EMM 2.11* TCOMMail 2.2 Name Version EZPoint 2.1 Telemail 1.5* -------------------- FGroup 1.00 TGroup 1.13 BinkleyTerm 2.50 FidoPCB 1.0s@ TIRES 3.11 D'Bridge 1.30 FNPGate 2.70 TMail 1.21 Dreamer 1.06 GateWorks 3.06e TosScan 1.00 Dutchie 2.90c GMail 2.05 UFGATE 1.03 Milqtoast 1.00 GMD 3.10 VPurge 4.09e PreNM 1.48 GMM 1.21 WEdit 2.0@ SEAdog 4.60 GoldEd 2.31p WildMail 2.00 SEAmail 1.01 GROUP 2.23 WMail 2.2 TIMS 1.0(mod8) GUS 1.40 WNode 2.1 Harvey's Robot 4.10 XRS 4.99 Compression HeadEdit 1.18 XST 2.3e Utilities HLIST 1.09 YUPPIE! 2.00 Name Version ISIS 5.12@ ZmailH 1.25 -------------------- Lola 1.01d ZSX 2.40 ARC 7.12 Mosaic 1.00b ARJ 2.20 LHA 2.13 PAK 2.51 PKPak 3.61 PKZip 1.10 FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 17 14 Oct 1996 OS/2 Systems ------------ BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z) Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52 SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1 ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33 EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02 Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30 Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a -------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1 BinkleyTerm 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0 BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2 BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0 1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e SEAmail 1.01 Xenix/Unix 386 -------------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ARC 5.21 C-LHARC 1.00 |Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01 |or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42 Omail 1.00 ParseLst 1.32 Unzip 3.10 VPurge 4.08 Zoo 2.01 QNX --- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03 QCP 1.02 NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6 Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1 -------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05 QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00 LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01 Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f Zoo 2.01 Apple II -------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 18 14 Oct 1996 BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1 GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70* ShrinkIt 3.30* |Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04 Macintosh --------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3 Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6 Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30 Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0 Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21 Telefinder Host Import 3.2 2.12T10 LHARC 0.41 MacArd 0.04 Mantissa 3.21 Point System Mehitable 2.0 Software OriginatorII 2.0 Name Version PreStamp 3.2 -------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6 Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2 CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92 MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6 TImport 1.92 Tset 1.3 TSort 1.0 UNZIP 1.02c Zenith 1.5 Zip Extract 0.10 Amiga ----- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 4D-BBS 1.65 BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48 DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5 Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11 Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12 TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66 XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@ Utilities FileMgr 2.08 Name Version Fozzle 1.0@ NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18 Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52 -------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12 FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 19 14 Oct 1996 ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50 Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02 TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30 PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15 UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02 Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75 TrapToss 1.20 |Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02 Atari ST/TT ----------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@ FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1 LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04 QuickBBS/ST 1.06* ConfMail 4.10 NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10 Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2 Compression -------------------- FastPack 1.20 Utilities ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14 Name Version EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40 -------------------- sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00 ARC 6.02 Trenum 0.10 LHARC 2.01i PackConvert STZip 1.1* UnJARST 2.00 WhatArc 2.02 Archimedes ---------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20 Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01 RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00 DeLZ 0.01 MailED 0.95 NetFile 1.00 ParseLst 1.30 Raul 1.01 !Spark 2.16 !SparkMail 2.08 !SparkPlug 2.14 UnArj 2.21 UnZip 3.00 Zip 1.00 FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 20 14 Oct 1996 Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II) -------------------------------------- BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2 DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0 OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2 UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1 UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01 FReq 2.5a LookNode 2.00 ParseLST PReq 2.2 RList 1.03 RTick 2.00 UnBundle 1.4 UnSeen 1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Key to old info: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software) * - Recently Updated Version @ - New Addition -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 21 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ================================================================= [this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key] -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Clear-signing is Electronic Digital Authenticity! 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Sorry for any inconvenience. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 22 14 Oct 1996 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Christopher Baker Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Tom Jennings, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees "FidoNews Editor" FidoNet 1:1/23 BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds) more addresses: Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net cbak.rights@opus.global.org (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. Box 471 Edgewater, FL 32132-0471 U.S.A. voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please] [1800-0100 UTC/GMT] ------------------------------------------------------ FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. 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