F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 32 11 August 1997 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | 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. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ NODELIST NOT SYNCHRONIZED! FILM AT 11? Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 What's wrong with this picture? .......................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Zone 3 Election results and notes ........................ 2 Zone 6 server response ................................... 4 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 6 FTSC - NOTICE OF VOTE FOR STANDING MEMBERS ............... 6 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 9 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 9 5. NOTICES .................................................. 10 Future History ........................................... 10 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 11 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 11 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 15 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 15 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 16 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18 FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 1 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Zone 3 has a new Zone Coordinator in the person of Alwyn Smith. This was announced in Zone 3 on 1 Aug 97 according to the published account that appears later in this Issue. Congratulations, Alwyn. [Why is that name familiar?] Zone 2 has the same Zone Coordinator it has had since its last election (Ward Dossche). Why mention these under the Table of Contents entry: "What's wrong with this picture?" [Rant Mode on.] Because in this Zone [Zone 1], Nodelist.220 contains the Zone 2 Coordinator entry for three weeks ago and the Zone 3 Coordinator entry dated by David Nugent's resignation from the post and from FidoNet. There is no indication how old the Zones 4, 5, or 6 are from a casual viewing. The Nodelist is FidoNet. The Nodelist is SUPPOSED to be current so Sysops can follow FidoNet Policy by using the most current Nodelist available. This is impossible when the compilation does not contain accurate and timely updates. FidoNet only has 6 Zones. We have all sorts of electronic routes for mail and files to get dispersed from Zone to Zone to Zone, etc. That being said, is there any good reason why EVERY Zone doesn't have the exact, same, dated segment for EACH Zone in each compilation in each Zone? Zone 1 certainly doesn't. That's obvious from Zone 1. What is the condition of the compilations in the other 5 Zones? Zone 2 - do you have the new ZC3 listed in your compilation? Zone 3 - do you have the 220 notation in your Zone 2 listing there? Zone 4 - do you even exist? We never hear from you. Likewise for Zone 5 and Zone 6 - what's your story? Is FidoNet REALLY an international organization? It doesn't seem like it most of the time. Zone Coordinators from ALL SIX Zones are cordially invited to respond to FidoNews and explain why the entire globe is not synchronized in Nodelist production when anyone can be linked to another in a matter of seconds at least once a week! Your responses will be published for all to consider. [Rant mode off.] Otherwise, it's a short Issue with a couple reports and some feedback to last week's items. C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 2 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ================================================================= [The tables were tweaked to 70 columns.] Ed. --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sat Aug 09 05:58:00 1997 From: Alwyn Smith @ 3:640/201 To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14 Date: 08 Aug 97 23:04:02 Subj: Z3C election * Forwarded (from: AUST_SYSOP) by Alwyn Smith using timEd/2 1.10. * Originally from Jackson Harding (3:800/857) to All. * Original dated: Fri Aug 01, 10:29 Hi Christopher, I saw your question about the Z3C election in the snooze. The following messages contains some interesting (to us) stats. alwyn XC: AUST_SYSOP, SA_SYSOP, RG51_SYSOP ========================== Zone Co-ordinator Election ========================== Following ratification by the RC's, here are the results: Alwyn Smith 73 (54.1%) Glen Harvy 22 (16.3%) Denise Webber 17 (12.6%) Carla Perry 7 (5.2%) Rob Hillis 6 (4.4%) David Hales 6 (4.4%) Kym Gotch 4 (3.0%) Alwyn Smith is therefore the new Z3C. Thank you to everyone for their patience with the delay in announcing the results and for participating. Jackson Harding - Origin: The Cockpit BBS, Up front in aviation BBS's (3:800/857) and... --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sat Aug 09 05:59:19 1997 FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 3 11 Aug 1997 From: Alwyn Smith @ 3:640/201 To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14 Date: 08 Aug 97 23:06:05 Subj: Z3C election * Forwarded (from: AUST_SYSOP) by Alwyn Smith using timEd/2 1.10. * Originally from Jackson Harding (3:800/857) to All. * Original dated: Fri Aug 01, 10:31 XC: AUST_SYSOP, SA_SYSOP, RG51_SYSOP =================================================================== Useless election facts: Total valid votes: 135 Overall turnout 20.3% (666 nodelisted sysops in zone) Invalid votes: 11 (4 prior to polls opening) (4 after close of polls) (2 by unlisted nodes) (1 for himself, not being a nominated candidate) Votes by Region: R54: AS 49; GH 12; DW 4; CP 0; RH 0; DH 2; KG 0 | 67 R51: AS 2; GH 7; DW 1; CP 1; RH 0; DH 3; KG 3 | 17 R50: AS 7; GH 1; DW 9; CP 6; RH 3; DH 0; KG 1 | 27 R55: AS 2; GH 0; DW 1; CP 0; RH 0; DH 0; KG 0 | 3 R57: AS 13; GH 2; DW 2; CP 0; RH 3; DH 1; KG 0 | 21 ==================================================== 73 22 17 7 6 6 4 135 Votes by Net, grouped by Region (turnout figures in parentheses): R50 (18.6%) R51 (32.1%) R54 (26.3%) R55 (11.1%) R57 (11.3%) ============= ============== ============= ============== =========== 632:11(28.9%) 800:17(34.7%) 620: 2(33.3%) 690:3(11.1%) 770:4(8.5%) 633: 3 (8.1%) 850: 0 (0%) 621: 1 (20%) 771:3(5.8%) 634: 3(15.8%) 622: 4 (19%) 772:6(11.1%) 635: 4(22.2%) 623: 0 (0%) 774:6(26.1%) 638: 0 (0%) 625: 1 (20%) 775: 2(40%) 639: 5(35.7%) 626: 2(33.3%) 776: 0 (0%) 670: 1 (8.3%) 640: 29 (50%) (Joh would be proud) 711: 6 (16.2%) 712: 13 (23.6%) 713: 6 (14.6%) 714: 3 (25%) Net ranking in order of participation: 1 N640 2 N775 3 N639 4 N800 5 N620 = N626 7 N632 8 N774 9 N714 FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 4 11 Aug 1997 10 N712 11 N635 =============== Zone average (20.3%) 12 N621 = N625 14 N622 15 N711 16 N634 17 N713 18 N690 = N772 20 N770 21 N670 22 N633 23 N771 24 N638 = N850 = N776 = N623 Other useless and probably inflammatory and defamatory tit bits ============================================================== * 5 NZ nodes availed themselves of the special arrangements made for them * Only one N640 node voted against *their* man (either he or the Queensland mafia can contact me with a price) * 3 people used supercallafragilisticexpialladocious (or an extension thereof) as their keyword * No one voted for the example candidate, Fred Bloggs (I thought I'd get at least one, TSOHF throughout the zone guys!) * No one tried to vote based on local time, not ACST - Origin: The Cockpit BBS, Up front in aviation BBS's (3:800/857) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Wed Aug 06 05:08:44 1997 From: Mike Bilow To: Christopher Baker Date: 05 Aug 97 05:54:01 Subj: Reply regarding Zone 6 name server request in FidoNews 1431 With respect to Dr Ivan Shim, who signs himself the Zone 6 name server manager in his Fidonews 1431 article, it is important that Internet users understand that it is often desirable for name servers to be located far away from the domains which they serve. Anyone who sends mail into a domain will have to query one of the name servers for that domain. If someone in the U.S. wants to send a piece of mail to someone in Taiwan, for example, it is inevitable that the mail itself will have to cross a transoceanic link. However, there is no reason that U.S. mail senders should be querying name servers in Taiwan about Taiwan addresses. It is far more efficient for a name server to be set up in the U.S. which can be queried entirely within the U.S. for information about Taiwan addresses, so that only the actual mail and not the name service queries will have to be passed FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 5 11 Aug 1997 over the expensive transoceanic bandwidth. As a result, efficiency is promoted on the Internet when name servers for domains are established close to those who send mail into those domains, not necessarily close to the domains themselves. -- Mike -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 6 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= ====================== VOTING PROCEDURE FTSC STANDING MEMBERS ====================== by Adrian Walker, 1:153/752 04 August 1997 Interim FTSC Web Site: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc.htm INTRODUCTION ============ As detailed in FIDO1412.NWS, discussion has been underway since 01 December 1996 in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo to define the mission and operating procedures for a revitalized Fidonet Technical Standards Committee (FTSC). From 24 March until 01 August 1997, nominations have been accepted following the process detailed in the two documents, FTA-1000 (FTSC Charter) and FTA-1001 (FTSC Operations) which were hatched into the FTSC file echo in the early spring. The next step is the voting process to appoint FTSC Standing Members, after which an Administrator will be selected, and working groups established. VOTE REQUIREMENTS ================= FTA-1001, provides for the following voting process for FTSC Standing Members: === Cut === Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs and RECs 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 and REC votes, shall take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and voting shall close three weeks after publication of the vote. === Cut === VOTING PROCEDURE ================ NODELIST.220, dated 08 August 1997, will be used for RC and REC identification. FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 7 11 Aug 1997 All RCs and RECs clearly identified as such in that nodelist are eligible to vote. Voting commences at 0000 UTC on Saturday 16 August 1997 and closes at 2359 UTC on Friday 05 September 1997. Each RC and REC ballot is to be sent either via: * netmail to Adrian Walker at 1:153/752, or * Internet email to awalker@portal.ca Receipt of votes will be acknowledged by return netmail or email. Ballots should include a password. The ballot format is given below. Votes shall be "Yes" or "No" for each of the 26 candidates. An abstention for any candidate is permitted. APPOINTMENT =========== A majority of "Yes" over "No" for a candidate is required for that person to be appointed as a Standing Member. Abstentions are not counted. No votes or summaries of votes shall be posted prior to the conclusion of voting. Within 3 days after the conclusion of voting, the RC and REC votes shall be posted in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo. For each vote cast, only the password and the result for each vote will be posted. The identity of the voter shall not be shown. To provide the required split between 2 and 3 year terms, Standing Members will be ranked by the number of "Yes" votes received. The top half of this ranking will be appointed for 3 years, and the remaining candidates for 2 years. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BALLOT - FTSC STANDING MEMBER ELECTION, 1997 | | | | VOTER'S NAME _______________________________ | | | | VOTER'S POSITION RC/REC______ REGION______ | | | | PASSWORD _______________________________ | | | | Please indicate your wishes for each of the following candidates | | with an "X" in either the "YES" or the "NO" column. To abstain, | | leave both columns blank for that candidate. | | | | There are 26 names, so 26 votes are required in total. Names are | | given in alphabetical order sorted by surname. | | | | "I support the appointment of this individual | | as an FTSC Standing Member" | +----+----+---------------------------------------------------------+ |YES | NO | NAME NODE # FIDONET ACTIVITY | FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 8 11 Aug 1997 +----+----+---------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Richard Bash 1:231/45 NHub | | | | Ron Bemis 1:124/1113 NC | | | | Mike Bilow 1:323/107 FP-OS/2 | | | | Craig Box 3:774/950 NHub | | | | Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FastEcho | | | | Cristoffer Crusell 2:204/701 NHub | | | | Goran Eriksson 2:201/505 NC | | | | Bjorn Felten 2:203/208 NC | | | | Zorch Frezberg 1:205/0 NC | | | | Joaquim Homrighausen 2:201/330 Frodo | | | | Rune Johansen 2:210/20 NC | | | | Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 Announcer | | | | Andreas Klein 2:2480/47 Imail | | | | Michael McCabe 1:297/11 FNS | | | | Mike McGrane 1:282/1024 NHub | | | | Gary Price 1:3607/26 TriBBS | | | | Carlos Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFRoute | | | | Tom Schlangen 2:2450/10 BT-XE | | | | Benjamin Schollnick 1:2613/477 QuickBBS | | | | Odinn Sorensen 2:236/77 Golded | | | | Jason Steck 1:285/424 Jmail | | | | Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WaterGate | | | | Francois Thunus 2:270/25 RC | | | | Colin Turner 2:443/13 NEC | | | | Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BT-XE | | | | Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPX | +----+----+---------------------------------------------------------+ ---OOO000OOO--- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 9 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= Fidonet in Europe ----------------- by David Meikle (2:259/27.4 , rebeljambo@geocities.com) To think that Zone 2 has the most nodes in Fidonet and I still don't get any news. About that laptop I have received help on that and would like to thank whoever sent it (the to field was left blank). Remember log on to the Fidonet in Europe web site at www.geocities.com/siliconValley/way/8351 Dave. o David Meikle, 2:259/27.4 )/\,[_) rebeljambo@geocities.com `T7 ]=[ Editor of Fido in Europe column ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 10 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 25 Sep 1997 Happy Birthday, Joaquim H. Homrighausen 13 Oct 1997 Thanksgiving Day, Canada. 1 Dec 1997 World AIDS Day. 10 Dec 1997 Nobel Day, Sweden. 12 Jan 1998 HAL 9000 is one year old today. 30 Apr 1998 Queens Day, Holland. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 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. 1 Jan 2000 The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. 1 Jan 2001 This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 11 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= [From 1431] Ed. Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 Deadsville over here. A total of two updates in the last three weeks. -=- 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) : 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 ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX Announcer 1.11 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16 FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 12 11 Aug 1997 GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386 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 JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV 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 JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS RAR 2.01 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 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS OS/2: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2 FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 13 11 Aug 1997 BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2 CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2 FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST FleetStreet 1.20 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUEP Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEF PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2 Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2 Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 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 FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW Windows (32-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Argus 95 2.62 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ARGUS95 Argus NT 2.62 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ARGUSNT Argus NT/IP 2.62 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ARGUSIP BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTW GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFW PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP Unix: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 14 11 Aug 1997 ifmail 2.10 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL ifmail-tx ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Amiga: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6 TRAPDOOR TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6 TRAPBETA TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS Atari: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY BTNC 2.00 N G Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 BTNC JetMail 0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker 2:2432/1101 JETMAIL Semper 0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten 2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser, C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed by the first match. 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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 16 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as of this appearance. ============ FidoNet: Homepage http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html HTML FNews http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/ WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html ============ Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm Region 14: http://www.netins.net/showcase/fidonet/ Region 15: [disappeared?] Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/ Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html Region 19: http://www.compconn.net ============ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/ Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German) Region 25: http://members.aol.com/Net254/ FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 17 11 Aug 1997 Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French) Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss) Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish) REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/ Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English) Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl ============ Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org ============ Zone 4: (not yet listed) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish) ============ Zone 5: (not yet listed) ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China) ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-32 Page 18 11 Aug 1997 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Christopher Baker Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, 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 cbaker84@aol.com cbaker84@msn.com (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. 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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via: http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/ ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/ *=*=* You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to: jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no message to the same address above. *=*=* You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/ STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request - Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from: ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/ Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents for that year's issues. 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