FidoNews · Vol 36, No 14 · 08 Apr 2019
The F I D O N E W S Volume 36, Number 14 08 Apr 2019
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
We choose to change the Policy4 .......................... 2
3. BEST OF FIDONET .......................................... 3
A parable ................................................ 3
4. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
5. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8
6. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9
7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 16
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 17
8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 19
How to Submit an Article ................................. 19
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 21
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World
War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
-- Albert Einstein --
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EDITORIAL
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We choose to change the Policy4.
With those words, I'd like to propose that we actually try to
change our policy with the smallest of steps. From 4.06 to 4.07 the
only change was a really minor one (adding "the statement above").
So from 4.07 to 4.08 could be equally minor.
The reason for a minor change is that 30 years ago, when the last
change was made, there were many people around who knew how the change
should be made. But 30 years later, almost nobody from that time is
with us anymore. Almost nobody knows anymore how it should be done.
Making a minor change to Policy4 may be the way to pick up the old
knowledge of the proper procedure, so that we eventually can make
major, much needed, changes to the document.
Ergo, the steps involved would be like this:
1. The ZCs select an IC.
2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a
majority. We had 19 active RCs in the recent FTSC election, so only
12 were dormant. Maybe the sysops in those regions <see below> can
wake up some of the dormant RCs even?
3. From thereon it's just to follow the steps in P4.8.2 to 8.6.
Here is my proposal for the new 4.08:
http://eljaco.se/FILES/POLICY4.08
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RCs not active during the latest FTSC election:
Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4
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RC11 RC30 .. RC80
RC12 RC34 RC90
RC15 RC42
RC45
RC46
RC48
RC56
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BEST OF FIDONET
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A parable
By: David Rance <2:252/110.1>
(A 20yo gem, still valid -- Editor's note)
* Area: ENET.SYSOP
* Original message from David Rance to Steven Leeman
* Date: 25 May 99 08:59
You don't see my point, do you? All you folks can talk about is the
technical specifications of all that we are doing.
A parable:
Fred Fidonet is interested in cars. He has a car. He talks about the
car. He knows the technical specification of the car. He spends all
his spare time tinkering with the car and tuning the car. Fred loves
his car and would be completely lost if he had to sell his car.
However he never goes out in the car. Fred has two sons who are every
bit as enthusiatic about the car as Fred is. The trouble is that they
are always arguing about how to make the car work better. In fact
their conversation is always about the technical side of the car, and
sometimes their arguments get quite bitter. Sometimes they can't even
talk to one another because of the bad feeling when they can't get
their own way.
While they are all busy arguing, Fred's wife, Angela, would love to go
out touring, to see some of the countryside and visit friends. After
all, she thought, that's what they got the car for. It should improve
the quality of their lives by enabling them to visit people they
wouldn't otherwise be able to visit. Fred doesn't want to do that.
Fred's world revolves around making the car work better and better.
Yes, he sometimes goes out to visit a car mechanic who will help him
with the car, but he's forgotten all about what his poor wife wants.
After a while, Angela gets SO bored that she decides to accept an
invitation from her neighbour, Ian Internet, to go for a trip in his
car. Ian isn't so much interested in HOW the car works, but loves to
travel and meet people. And Angela enjoys her trip so much that she
accepts further invitations. In the end, Angela (you've guessed it)
decides to leave Fred and go to live with Ian, because he, like
Angela, is so much more interested in meeting people and finds Ian's
attitude to the car so much more sensible. It's not an end in itself,
it helps people to get to where they want to go.
And, do you know, Fred didn't even understand why Angela had left him!
Fred asked his sons how to get Angela to come back. He came to the
conclusion that she would come back if he got a bigger, flashy, car.
So he did. But Angela didn't come back. So Fred thought that an even
bigger, flashier car, would attract Angela back, but he couldn't agree
with his sons as to which car to get.
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And all this time Angela is getting more and more hooked on Ian's
lifestyle and is now planning to divorce Fred and marry Ian.
And Fred is STILL wondering what to do to make his car more attractive
to Angela!!! Of course, Fred is quite right to take an interest in how
the car works. But he has missed the point that, however big and
flashy his car is, Angela is interested only it what it can DO to help
her get out and meet people.
Poor Fred! Do you think he will ever get Angela back?
* Any resemblance between the characters above and the readers of this
echo is purely intentional!
Best wishes, David
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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
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List of IPv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555
Updated 24 Mar 2019
Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark
1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f PO4
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/0 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
7 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
8 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
9 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
10 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net
11 1:154/10 Nicholas Boël Native Spectrum f
12 2:203/0 Björn Felten T-6in4 he.net
13 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
14 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet f IO
15 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
16 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
17 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 Westlan
18 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native IMPNET
19 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
20 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
21 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
22 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
23 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
24 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
25 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native Aruba S.p.a f
26 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
27 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
28 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
29 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
30 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov Native RUCITYCONNECT f
31 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
32 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
33 2:2443/1313 Dirk Astrath Native VOLMARNET
34 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
35 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
36 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6to4 AT&T f
37 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
38 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
39 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
40 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
41 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
42 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
43 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
44 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
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45 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
46 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
47 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 Novator
48 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Choopa
49 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Comm
50 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
51 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
52 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
53 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
54 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net
55 2:400/2992 Avshalom Donskoi Native OVH f PM*1
56 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
57 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov T-6in4 he.net f
58 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
59 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
60 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native VPSVILLE f
61 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
62 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
63 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
64 1 135/367 Antonio Rivera Native RRSW-V6
65 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
66 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
67 1:340/201 Michael Pierce Native ComCast
68 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net
60 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
70 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
71 1:153/757 Alan Ianson Native TELUS
72 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko T-6in4 he.net f
73 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native Starlink
74 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
75 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Belgacom OO
76 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny Native ARUBA-NET f
77 2:5053/400 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD
Remarks:
f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
*1 IPv6 address: 2001:41d0:303:69c6:f1d0:2:400:2992
Notes:
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To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
and up). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
(2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.
Submitted on day 097
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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
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The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project
This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.
You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.
Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
your job, school or whatever.
Updated 2019-02-23
URL news://eljaco.se
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL news://rbb.bbs.fi
Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360
URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6
URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10
URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10
URL: news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404
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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2019-03-25
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-99 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
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| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v3.99 SR 41 on 2019-01-13
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:20/4609
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmx.us 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.6 on 2017-11-05
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
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| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs
|PO | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7.12 on 2019-03-15
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Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A43 on 2019-02-01
NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 2009-10-03
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.17b on 2019-01-01
Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 2011-01-26
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
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Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27
FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
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| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10
WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.4.6 on 2016-12-01
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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SPECIAL INTEREST
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Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
By EchoTime, 2:203/0
(Some nets may have lost their last
digit for technical reasons)
pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
nodes mean dev no mean dev no
154/* 5.4m 8.2m 293 0.8h 2.8h 293
221/* 2.9m 8.1m 309 5.5h 9.5h 309
240/* 0.2m 0.2m 8 13.1h 18.7h 8
280/* 7.2m 17.3m 635 4.7h 8.6h 636
292/* 3.4m 1.7m 33 1.5h 2.8h 32
320/* 2.1m 1.9m 336 1.4h 3.3h 336
502/* 0.7m 0.2m 12 2.3h 3.9h 12
Sigma 4.8m 12.1m 1626 3.4h 7.5h 1626
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.095
size 187.9kb
date 2019-04-05
The nodelist has 981 nodes in it
and a total of 1505 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
31 regions
170 hosts
72 hubs
admin overhead 277 ( 28.24 %)
and 106 private nodes
63 nodes down
78 nodes on hold
off line overhead 247 ( 25.18 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 61 ( 6.22 %)
9600 = 224 ( 22.83 %)
(HST = 8 or 3.57 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 90 or 40.18 %)
(V32B = 27 or 12.05 %)
(V34 = 115 or 51.34 %)
(V42 = 88 or 39.29 %)
(V42B = 29 or 12.95 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 695 ( 70.85 %)
ISDN = 27 ( 2.75 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 738 ( 75.23 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 85 ( 8.66 %)
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IFT FTP 62 ( 6.32 %)
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ITN Telnet 153 ( 15.60 %)
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IVM Vmodem 10 ( 1.02 %)
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IP Other 5 ( 0.51 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.10 %)
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CrashMail capable = 829 ( 84.51 %)
MailOnly nodes = 311 ( 31.70 %)
Listed-only nodes = 25 ( 2.55 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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