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FidoNews · Vol 21, No 22 · 31 May 2004

     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 21, Number 22             31 May 2004 
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            Copyright 2004 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. EDITORIAL  ................................................  2
     3. EDITOR'S CORNER  ..........................................  4
        Spam, spam, spam -- suddenly it's fun  ....................  4
     4. HUMOUR IN A FIDO VEIN  ....................................  5
        If life was like a computer  ..............................  5
     5. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ...................  6
        FIDONet Software References  ..............................  6
     6. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 11
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 11
     7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 13
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 13
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 15
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
     =================================================================

     Fidonet is a museum piece. We are a shipping company with ships,
     captains and pilots, but without passengers or cargo.

     We keep the ships going because we like running ships, but it serves
     no real purpose any more, other than our own personal satisfaction.
     Thinking that we can ever do more than museum trips is day dreaming.

     By: Michiel van der Vlist
     On: Thu 27 May 2004 13.40

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                                 EDITORIAL
     =================================================================

     This week we have something as unique as a Food for Thoughts entry
     from our own network (i.e. fidonet, of course). It's so on spot, I
     even contemplate letting it become what that old Gandhi quote about
     the Western civilization was some years ago, a permanent part of the
     Snooze. Nah... Not really... That would once again cause too many
     accusations of your's truly being biased, and that I want to avoid at
     any cost.

        So, where are we really letting this shipping company go, then?
     Well, to this observer it's obvious that those that are supposed to be
     the ultimate interpreters of our policy is no longer acting with the
     best of the company as their leading star.

        A handful of people are constantly pushing the myth that our policy
     is so outdated, that the only good use of it would be to print it on
     paper and use it in our "outhouses".

        But who are we, to disavow the thoughts of our founding fathers
     like that? We may frown upon the fact that they could not foresee the
     technology that we now, almost 20 years later, have. But claiming that
     Policy 4 is a piece of outdated crap is as valid as claiming that the
     US Constitution is a piece of outdated crap. Only we have better than
     a 1:10 ratio in our (fidonet's) time favour here.

        To pick up on the shipping analogy, it seems some people on the
     bridge of our ship are so fascinated with the new navigational
     technology, such as satellite navigation, they forgot one important
     rule on any ship's bridge: "Always do manual navigation parallel to
     the modern one, as a backup when the technology fails!" And the
     technology *will* fail. It's not a question of if, it's a question of
     when, as every good captain knows. The sad thing is, that when the
     rest of the crew, and even many of the passengers, point out that the
     ship is going in the wrong direction, the people on the bridge dismiss
     them with a smirk remark like "You don't understand this, we are the
     only ones that do!"

        Let's take a look at some parts of the "outdated piece of crap". In
     fact, lets start with the very first sentence (all initial disclaimers
     removed):

     > This document establishes the policy for sysops who are members
     > of the FidoNet organization of electronic bulletin board systems.

        Now, how can anyone not understand that fidonet is a BBS network,
     with the sole purpose to connect all BBSs around the world into one,
     big, virtual BBS? Obviously the politicians in our network can, or
     else they would not allow single-user entries into the nodelist.

        Next let's take a short stop by the following:

     > Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) is a defined time during which all nodes in a
     > zone are required to be able to accept netmail.
     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 3                   31 May 2004


        We now have a ZCC ruling that this is no longer required. You are
     allowed to select from whom you will accept netmail, no matter what
     the nodelist entry says. "Hey, you idiot, this is *my* system, and I
     am entitled to do whatever I please with it!" That's the message our
     highest authority has sent to all of us, whether we've agreed upon the
     policy, that used to be a requisite to connect to this network, or
     not.

        To be honest, policy actually *does* say something along that line,
     but it has a very big exception written into it:

     > As the sysop of an individual node, you can generally do as you
     > please, as long as you observe mail events

        ... but it seems to handle exactly the same case, so I guess it's
     equally revoked by the ZCC ruling.

        On my BBS, those users that have donated a small amount of money
     into their crashmail account, can send crashmail to any other user on
     a different BBS, and the BBS software will calculate the cost for that
     call and deduct the proper amount of money from their account (usually
     a very small amount nowadays, by the way).

        Now, if a user wants to send a crashmail to a user on another BBS,
     where the sysop don't like the sysop on my BBS (i.e. me) and therefore
     has passworded my system out, what then? Well, those that do not run a
     BBS have of course never contemplated this possibility, which once
     again proves, that if you ignore the very first sentence of our
     policy, you are bound to navigate totally wrong.

        And then, as we go along Policy 4, we obviously cannot sidestep the
     classic:

     > In order to understand the meaning of "excessively annoying", it is
     > incumbent upon all sysops to occasionally re-read FidoNet policy.

        Just saying, that "I think this pee4 is a piece of crap, and I will
     certainly *not* read it", does not give anyone, wanting to stay
     connected to our big, virtual BBS, the right to just dismiss it. Once
     upon a time you *did* agree to follow the policy. Noone forced you to
     connect your system to the fidonet, you *did* agree to follow our
     policy voluntarily. If now you've come to the conclusion that you no
     longer want to follow it, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3: just disconnect and
     you no longer have to follow our crappy policy!

        Now, I could go on forever with this. But I think it will soon
     become very boring, so I will refrain from that. All I'm asking is,
     that those of you still thinking, that running this old, outdated
     shipping company is a fascinating adventure, please make sure that
     your voices are heard.


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     =================================================================
                              EDITOR'S CORNER
     =================================================================

                    Spam, spam, spam -- suddenly it's fun

     I don't know about you, dear reader, but at least I think that spam is
     enough related to fidonet to make it a proper topic in the Snooze. If
     you disagree, feel welcome to send a Letter To The Editor, speaking
     your mind.

        Anyway, I found this fantastic tool on the internet, called Abuse!
     And the fact that a co-author seems to be Joe Jared (can this maybe be
     "our" Joe Jared?) doesn't make it less fascinating. :)

        It takes some effort to configure Abuse! if you want to take full
     advantage of it, but once you're done it's very impressive. Watching
     it analyze a spam e-mail is really interesting, especially if you
     enable all the different details it can report. It can even
     distinguish between direct spam and hi-jacked computers (open
     pryxy/relay) and send different reports (totally configurable, of
     course) to the appropriate e-mail address(es).

        Tell you what, nowadays I'm almost looking forward to finding spam
     in my inbound, just to have the pleasure of watching Abuse! do it's
     thing.

        The program, that is completely free, can be downloaded from:

        http://spam-abuse.sourceforge.net

        If many enough people would use this tool, I bet we could soon put
     an end to the spam plague. Unfortunately, for those that don't use
     Outlook Express, it's probably a wee bit awkward to use, but it *is*
     possible even if it takes some cut&paste. Something that you don't
     have to worry about from OE, all you have to do is drag the spam into
     the working pane of Abuse! and hit the Analyze button.


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     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 5                   31 May 2004


     =================================================================
                           HUMOUR IN A FIDO VEIN
     =================================================================

                    If life was like a computer


     If you messed up your life, you could press "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" and
     start all over.

     To get your daily exercise, just click on "Run".

     If you need a break from life, click on "Suspend". Hit "Any key" to
     continue life when ready.

     To get even with the neighbors, turn up the sound blaster volume.

     If life gets too noisy, turn off the speakers.

     To add/remove someone in your life, click Settings -> Control panel.

     To improve your appearance, just adjust the display settings.

     When you loose your car keys, click on "Find".

     "Help" with the chores is just a click away.

     Auto insurance wouldn't be necessary. Instead, you would use your
     diskette to recover from a crash.

     Click "Send now" and a Pizza would be on it's way.


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     =================================================================
                  BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
     =================================================================

                    -=:{ FIDONet Software Reference }:=-

         Type: M=Mailer  T=Tosser  B=BBS  D=Door  C=Comm/Terminal
               P=Points  E=Editor  I=Internet  U=Utility  ?=Info

     .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
     |Software: Author     |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes      Help Node|
     `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

      Argus                |M    |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/  2:469/84
                           |     | argus@ritlabs.com  Tel: 373-2-246889
                           |     | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001

      BeeMail:             |M    |http://beemail.gexonline.net   1:105/10
       Stephen Proffit     |     | beemail@gexonline.net

      BinkleyTerm XE       |M    |http://btxe.sourceforge.net     1:1/102
                           |     | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998

      BinkD                |MI   |http://2f.ru/binkd/
                           |     | maloff@corbina.net
                           |     | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000

      FIDO-Deluxe IP       |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
       Michael Haase       |     | m.haase@gmx.net
                           |     | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003

      Fidonet to Internet: |MI   |http://www.terminate.com
       Bo Bendtsen         |     | sales@terminate.com
                           |     | v2.00 on Mar 23rd 1997

      FrontDoor, FD/APX:   |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se          2:201/330
       Definite Solutions  |     | sales@defsol.se                1:1/101
                           |     | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX

      Husky Project        |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/
                           |     | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003

      Radius (based on     |M    |http://radius.pp.ru           2:5012/38
               Argus)      |     | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
                           |     | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003

      Terminate            |MBP  |http://www.terminate.com
                           |     | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997

      Tmail                |MI   |http://www.tmail.spb.ru  v2608

      WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
       Net Server, Platinum|     | sales@santronics.com
       Xpress: Santronics  |     | Tel: (305) 248-3204
       Software, Inc.      |     | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 7                   31 May 2004


      Fidogate             |TUI  |http://www.fidogate.org
                           |     | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net  v4.4.4

      FMail                |T    |http://fmail.nl.eu.org       2:280/1076
                           |     | wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org  v1.60

      JetMail: JetSys      |TU   |http://www.jetsys.de  js@jetsys.de
       (ATARI ST only)     |     | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000

      Squish               |T    |http://www.lanius.com
                           |     | sales@lanius.com  v1.11
                           |     |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/

      Watergate            |TUI  |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/
                           |     | ramon@sbbs.se
                           |     | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      BBBS                 |BI   |http://www.bbbs.net  b@bbbs.net
                           |     | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999      2:22/222

      ELEBBS: The Elevator |B    |http://www.elebbs.com
       Software Production |     | elebbs@elebbs.com
                           |     | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002

      EZYCom BBS           |BT   |http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dcbbs/
                           |     | pjs@optushome.com.au         3:633/104
                           |     | v2.0 on 3 May 2003

      Falken BBS           |B    |http://falkenbbs.com
                           |     | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002

      Hermes II Project    |B    |http://www.hermesii.org
                           |     | info@HermesII.org  v3.5.9 Beta Final

      Maximus BBS          |B    |http://www.lanius.com
                           |     | sales@lanius.com  v3.01
                           |     |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/

      MBSE BBS:            |BI   |http://mbse.sourceforge.net  2:280/2802
       Michiel Broek       |     | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
                           |     | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002

      Mystic BBS           |B    |http://www.mysticbbs.com
                           |     | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001

      Nexus BBS            |B    |http://www.nexusbbs.net
                           |     | groberts@nexusbbs.net
                           |     | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001

      Proboard BBS         |B    |http://www.proboard.be
                           |     | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002

      RemoteAccess BBS:    |B    |http://www.rapro.com            1:1/120
       Bruce Morse         |     | bfmorse@rapro.com
                           |     | v2.62.2SW
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      Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B    |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
       Creek Software      |     | MDWoltz@aol.com                1:1/150
                           |     | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

      Synchronet BBS       |BT   |http://www.synchro.net
                           |     | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
                           |     | v3.10L Beta

      Telegard BBS         |B    |http://www.telegard.net
                           |     | support@telegard.net
                           |     | v3.09g2 SP4
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      Atlantis Software    |D    |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
                           |     | last update: Jun 2002

      BBS Central          |D    |http://www.rpcomputers.com

      Bentstone            |D    |http://www.srupc.com/mall
       Capabilities Group  |     | info@stonebenders.com

      Cheepware:           |D    |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/
       Sean Dennis         |     | hausmaus@midnightshour.org    1:11/200

      DDS (Doorware        |D    |http://www.doorgames.org     1:2404/201
       Distribution System)|     | ruth@doorgames.org
       Ruth Argust         |     |

      DoorMUD              |D    |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org
                           |     | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002

      Elysium Software     |D    |http://www.elysoft.com
                           |     | mpreslar@mailcity.com

      Jibben Software      |D    |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
                           |     | scott@jibben.com
                           |     | 1995-99 Release dates

      JNS Software:        |D    |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/
       Rusty Johnson       |     | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com
                           |     | Tel: (304) 733-0113

      John Dailey Software |D    |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
                           |     | support@johndaileysoftware.com

      LORD (Legend of the  |D    |http://www.lordlegacy.org
       Red Dragon) Reborn  |     | mike@lordlegacy.org
                           |     | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001

      Lord-II IGMs         |D    |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/

      PC Pursuits          |D    |http://www.pcpursuits.com
                           |     | brucep@pop.kis.net
                           |     | Tel: (301) 240-6653

      Shining Star         |D    |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 9                   31 May 2004


                           |     | nannette@shiningstar.net

      Sunrise Doors:       |D    |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
       Al Lawrence         |     | al@sunrisedoors.com
                           |     | Tel: (404) 256-9518

      The Brainex System   |D    |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
                           |     | stanley@brainex.com  1994-99 Releases

      Trade Wars           |D    |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
                           |     | jpritch@eisonline.com
                           |     | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002

      Vagabond Software:   |D    |http://www.vbsoft.org        1:124/7013
       Bryan Turner        |     | vagabond@vbsoft.org
                           |     | last update: Jul 17th 2002

      (various)            |D    |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      APoint               |PI   |http://www.apoint-mail.de
                           |     | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
                           |     | v1.25                   2:2426/1210.13

      CrossPoint (XP)      |P    |http://www.crosspoint.de
                           |     | pm@crosspoint.de  v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
      FreeXP               |P    |http://www.freexp.de         2:2433/460
                           |     | support@freexp.de
                           |     | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)
      OpenXP/32            |PI   |http://www.openxp.com        2:248/2004
                           |     | mk@openxp.de  v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002

      PPoint               |P    |http://www.alcuf.ca           1:249/114
                           |     | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      GoldEd+              |E    |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/   2:203/6600
                           |     | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003

      SqEd32               |E    |http://www.sqed.de
                           |     | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999

      TimEd                |E    |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
                           |     | mail@ozzmosis.com            /timed
                           |     | v1.11.a5 in March 2003       3:633/267
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      GiGo                 |UI   |http://www.gigo.com
                           |     | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997

      Internet Rex:        |UI   |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
       Charles Cruden      |     | telnet://xanadubbs.ca        1:342/806
       (Khan Software)     |     | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001

      PeopleComm Terminal  |CUI  |http://www.peoplecomm.org     1:128/148
       (BBS & Telnet w/    |     | edward.williams@adelphia.net
     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 10                  31 May 2004


        ZModem)            |     | v1.01a on Feb 11th 2003

      TransNet             |UI   |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
                           |     | transnet@ressl.com.ar
                           |     | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998

      TransX: Multiboard   |UI   |http://www.multiboard.com/software/
       Communications, Inc.|     | support@multiboard.com      1:2401/305
                           |     | v3.5
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      National BBS List    |?    | http://www.usbbs.org

      Hispanic FIDO/BBS's  |?    | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/
       (in Spanish only)   |     |  (Extensive software & BBS Listings)
     +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org  http://www.filegate.org
       http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org                http://www.juge.com
       http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/             http://garbo.uwasa.fi
       http://www.simtel.net                  http://wuarchive.wustl.edu
       http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

      Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// vice http:// above)

     *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*

      Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68
               ( or FReq Magic INFO direct for E-mail address )
             WildCat! BBS at +1-337-232-4155  24/7  33.6kBps,8,N,1
          Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt

      Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich


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     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 11                  31 May 2004


     =================================================================
                             SPECIAL INTEREST
     =================================================================

                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.149
                size  890.4kb
                date  2004-05-28

      The nodelist has   7494 nodes in it
        and a total of  10249 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           56 regions
                          424 hosts
                          529 hubs
         admin overhead  1015 ( 13.54 %)

                    and  1082 private nodes
                          308 nodes down
                          350 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1740 ( 23.22 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    615 (  8.21 %)
                9600 =   6509 ( 86.86 %)
                              (HST  =  131 or   2.01 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.02 %)
                              (PEP  =   11 or   0.17 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.02 %)
                              (V32  = 3407 or  52.34 %)
                              (V32B =  307 or   4.72 %)
                              (V34  = 4384 or  67.35 %)
                              (V42  = 3698 or  56.81 %)
                              (V42B =  307 or   4.72 %)
                2400 =     69 (  0.92 %)
                1200 =      6 (  0.08 %)
                 300 =    295 (  3.94 %)

                ISDN =    615 (  8.21 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             2463
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
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     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 12                  31 May 2004


      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 8
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       12
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      40
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     302
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                3345
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1318
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   2295 ( 30.62 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   4174 ( 55.70 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    580 (  7.74 %)
      Other             =    445 (  5.94 %)

      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
      [                                 Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]

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     FIDONEWS 21-22               Page 13                  31 May 2004


     =================================================================
                           FIDONEWS INFORMATION
     =================================================================

                            How to Submit an Article

     If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here
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                    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability

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