FidoNews · Vol 40, No 21 · 22 May 2023
The F I D O N E W S Volume 40, Number 21 22 May 2023
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| | Est. 1984 | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) |
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
Taking P4 seriously? ..................................... 2
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 4
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 4
4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 7
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 7
5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 8
6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 15
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 16
7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
How to Submit an Article ................................. 18
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 20
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Twelve Food for Thoughts at once:
Arguing with a fool proves there are two.
The easiest way to wait for something is to forget it exists.
Leave, when a promise turns into a sorry.
The worst type of loneliness is the loneliness you feel when you are
with people.
There are no rules of attraction when it comes to meeting your match.
You don't need to compromise on your standard, the right person will
come to you.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of
others.
A toxic person only changes their victims, never themselves.
A conversation about how you feel is not supposed to end in an
argument.
Someone's effort is a reflection of their interest in you.
You can be the whole package at the wrong address.
Facts over feelings. DonÆt let your emotions play with your
intelligence.
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EDITORIAL
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Taking P4 seriously?
A recap from five years ago. Problem still not solved.
Yes I know that I'm violating one of the rules that I myself have been
adament about during my entire tenure here, but since this issue has
come up so many times now, I felt it important to make it official by
posting it in our official channel, and not only in the FIDONEWS echo.
Ponder this quote from Fidonews Vol. 9 No. 52 (28 December 1992)
for some time:
/*********************************************************************
* IMPORTANT NOTE: The FidoNet address for FidoNews has been changed. *
* The new address is: *
* *
* FidoNews = 1:1/23 *
* *
* Starting January 1993 email sent to the old address will not be *
* forwarded! You were warned! *
*********************************************************************/
It took just two and a half years to start ignoring P4, that says
that the Fidonews should be at 1:1/1.
When I became Fidonews Editor in 2002, it became even more obvious
why hard coding the Fidonews address into P4 was a mistake. By then it
was unthinkable that anyone but someone from zone 1 could ever be the
editor. And yes, for a few months there was one, a handful of years
before me, but he never really acted as one.
The z:z/1-6 node numbers were previously reserved for Zone Gates.
If you look at today's Zone 4 entry, you can see how it used to be 20
years ago.
Already in 2002 the idea about Zone Gates was rather obsolete, but
even so, there never was any need for a Zone Gate to the zone itself,
i.e. z:z/z. The 2:2/2 node number was removed already in November 9
1988 after less than a year and almost a year before P4 was written,
so reserving the z:z/z node should never had been any problem.
With the help from Ward we tried to make the first change to P4 for
more than a decade, suggesting that the Fidonews should have the ZIN
node number z:z/z rather than the hard coded 1:1/1.
Unfortunately a bunch of RCs came out of the woodwork and hijacked
our policy change attempt, adding all kinds of more or less futile
changes. Needless to say, it all crashed miserably. Our attempt to
take it one small step at a time, just to demonstrate that it could be
done, failed. Leaving us with the present dinosaur in effect still
today.
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Thanks to the foresight of ZC2, Ward Dossche, in 2002 I got the
node number 2:2/2 just the same. The nodenumber that Fidonews holds
still today, almost two decades later, in clear violation of P4...
About the history of 1:1/1, here's some interesting reading. Notice
the futile attempts to hijack Fidonews using the nodelist between 2011
and 2015.
http://tinyurl.com/y3c64efr
Special thanks to Pavel Gulchouck (2:463/68) from Kiev, Ukraine,
who gave us the above amazing service and who has served Fidonet
well for more than 25 years.
Go there and find out a lot about yourself and those around you.
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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 21 May 2023
Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark
1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Freedom f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
8 1:154/10 Nicholas Boel Native Spectrum f
9 2:203/0 Bjorn Felten T-6in4 he.net
10 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f INO4
11 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
12 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov T-6in4 he.net f
13 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
14 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
15 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native CZ-IJC-20071015
16 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
17 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
18 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
19 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
20 3:770/100 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
21 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native JSC IOT f
22 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
23 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
24 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
25 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
26 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
27 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
28 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
29 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
30 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
31 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
32 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
33 2:240/5413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
34 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net 6DWN
35 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
36 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
37 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
38 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FirstByte
39 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
40 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
41 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
42 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
43 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
44 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native KPN
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45 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
46 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
47 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
48 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
49 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f 6DWN
50 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
51 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
52 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native SAGE-SU-V6
53 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
54 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
55 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native FirstVDS f
56 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
57 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
58 2:240/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
59 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
60 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
61 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
62 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
63 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
64 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
65 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
66 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
67 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
68 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
69 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
70 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
71 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
72 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
73 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
74 2:301/113 Alisha Stutz T-6in4 he.ne
75 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
76 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
77 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native HURRICANE-IPV6-24
78 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
79 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
80 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
81 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
82 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
83 2:301/1 Alisha Stutz Native CH-DATAWIRE
84 1:134/0 Kostie Muirhead Native LINODE-US INO4 f
85 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead Native LINODE-US INO4 f
86 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
87 2:5020/290 Andrew Kolchoogin T-6in4 he.net
88 1:218/401 James Downs Native Scaleway PM *1
89 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6in4 he.net
90 2:5030/49 Sergey Myasoedov Native FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
91 1:218/820 Ryan Fantus Native DIGITALOCEAN
92 1:103/705 Rob Swindell Native Spectrum f
93 2:5020/5858 Alexander Kruglikov T-6in4 Tunnel-Brkr-Net1 f
94 2:292/789 Niels Joncheere T-6in4 he.net
95 1:135/395 Charles Blackburn Native Charter Comms
T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
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T-6RD 6RD
Remarks:
f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address.
(zone, net, node in decimal notation)
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls).
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls).
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
and will soon be removed from this list.
HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
removed from this list if the condition pertains.
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
PM *1 lounge.egontech.com
Notes:
To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
and up when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). If the destination address
is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if
an IPv4 address is present.
Submitted on day 141
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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
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The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project
This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.
You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.
Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
your job, school or whatever.
Updated 2022-09-20
URL news://eljaco.se:4119
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2
URL nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi
Join https://news.fidonet.fi
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360
URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6
URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10
URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10
URL: news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
Join mailto:sysop@tequilamockingbirdonline.net
NETMAIL Yes, 1:266/404
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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2023-04-20
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-115 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
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| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2023-04-10
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmermans@mailfence.com
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.7.1 on 2022-11-30 2:292/140
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
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| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.2.0.0 on 2023-02-20 2:280/464
InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:222/2
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.8.4 on 2023-04-20
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Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|I | v1.12 A48 on 2023-01-15
NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW on 2000-10-25
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.30/DOS on 2022-05-06
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.19b on 2022-01-02
Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.6.1 on 2021-04-23
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:218/720
Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
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| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
| | v1.25 on 2001-12-12 (Win32)
| | Needs the binkD Toolkit for Fido-over-IP
| | which is available from the above URL.
CrossPoint |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22 (DOS, Shareware)
FreeXP |PO |http://www.freexp.de
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| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS)
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
| |https://openxp.uk/
| | dev@openxp.uk
| | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26
| | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit})
WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/
| | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29
| | v415.0 on 2023-02-17 (Win32)
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2023-02-14
| | 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
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v2.1.10 on 2020-04-30
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
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| | 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
221/* 0.9m 0.4m 568 4.3h 4.6h 572
280/* 0.7m 0.4m 719 3.8h 6.9h 718
292/* 4.3m 4.6m 13 3.2h 3.9h 12
320/* 3.3m 5.2m 195 2.3h 6.2h 195
423/* 3.9m 0.1m 2 6.2h 0.0h 2
Sigma 1.1m 2.2m 1497 3.8h 6.0h 1499
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.139
size 166.2kb
date 2023-05-19
The nodelist has 912 nodes in it
and a total of 1318 non-comment entries
including 4 zones
33 regions
167 hosts
60 hubs
admin overhead 264 ( 28.95 %)
and 92 private nodes
25 nodes down
25 nodes on hold
off line overhead 142 ( 15.57 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 24 ( 2.63 %)
9600 = 155 ( 17.00 %)
(HST = 2 or 1.29 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 69 or 44.52 %)
(V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V34 = 66 or 42.58 %)
(V42 = 62 or 40.00 %)
(V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.11 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 732 ( 80.26 %)
ISDN = 21 ( 2.30 %)
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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems
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IBN Binkp 772 ( 84.65 %)
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IFC Raw ifcico 77 ( 8.44 %)
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IFT FTP 57 ( 6.25 %)
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ITN Telnet 142 ( 15.57 %)
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IVM Vmodem 15 ( 1.64 %)
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IP Other 1 ( 0.11 %)
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INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.55 %)
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CrashMail capable = 831 ( 91.12 %)
MailOnly nodes = 265 ( 29.06 %)
Listed-only nodes = 17 ( 1.86 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]
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