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     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 42, Number 27             07 Jul 2025 
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                        Table of Contents
     1. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST  ....................................  1
        The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project  .......................  1
     2. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES  ...............................  2
        List of IPv6 nodes  .......................................  2
     3. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ......................  5
     4. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 13
        Statistics from the Fidoweb  .............................. 13
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 14
     5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 16
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 16
        Credits, Legal Information, Availability  ................. 18
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     =================================================================
                           JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST
     =================================================================

                 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 2023-09-06


     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


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     =================================================================
                        LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES
     =================================================================

                           List of IPv6 nodes
                           By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

                           Updated 4 Jul 2025


          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/Delta   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  2:203/2      Bjorn Felten           Native  Bahnhof
      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 6DWN
      13  1:103/17     Stephen Hurd           T-6in4  he.net
      14  2:5020/9696  Alexander Skovpen      T-6in4  IP4Market
      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            Native  VETTA
      20  3:770/100    Paul Hayton            Native  VETTA
      21  2:5053/58    Alexander Kruglikov    Native  ER-Telecom    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  2:331/51     Marco d'Itri           Native  BOFH-IT
      28  1:154/30     Mike Miller            Native  LINODE
      29  2:5001/100   Dmitry Protasoff       Native  Layer7 Networks
      30  2:5059/38    Andrey Mundirov        T-6in4  he.net
      31  2:5083/444   Peter Khanin           Native  OVH
      32  2:240/5413   Ingo Juergensmann      Native  RRBONE-COLO   f
      33  2:4500/1     Eugene Kozhuhovsky     Native  DATAHATA6
      34  1:103/13     Stephen Hurd           Native  Choopa
      35  2:5020/1042  Stas Mishchenkov       T-6in4  he.net        f
      36  2:5019/400   Konstantin Kuzov       Native  LT-LT
      37  2:463/1331   Andrei Dzedolik        Native  DIGITALOCEAN
      38  2:5010/275   Evgeny Chevtaev        T-6in4  IP4Market     f
      39  2:280/2000   Michael Trip           Native  KPN
      40  2:230/38     Benny Pedersen         Native  Linode
      41  2:460/58     Stas Mishchenkov       T-6in4  he.net        f
      42  2:5101/1     Andrey Ignatov         Native  HETZNER
      43  2:5005/49    Victor Sudakov         T-6in4  he.net        f
      44  2:5005/106   Alexey Osiyuk          T-6in4  he.net        f 6DWN
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      45  2:5057/53    Ivan Kovalenko         Native  ER-Telecom    f
      46  2:5010/352   Dmitriy Smirnov        Native  SAGE-SU-V6
      47  2:292/854    Ward Dossche           Native  Proximus
      48  2:469/122    Sergey Zabolotny       T-6in4  he.net        f
      49  2:5053/400   Alexander Kruglikov    Native  FirstVDS      f
      50  2:5030/1997  Alexey Fayans          T-6in4  he.net
      51  2:5061/15    Eugene Gladchenko      Native  ARUBAUK-NET
      52  2:240/502    Ludwig Bernhartzeder   Native  DTAG
      53  2:423/39     Karel Kral             Native  HOSTUP        f
      54  2:280/1049   Simon Voortman         Native  Solcon
      55  2:335/364    Fabio Bizzi            Native  OVH
      56  1:124/5016   Nigel Reed             Native  DAL1-US       f
      57  1:229/664    Jay Harris             Native  Rogers        f
      58  2:280/2030   Martien Korenblom      Native  Transip
      59  3:633/509    Deon George            Native  Telstra
      60  2:5020/4441  Yuri Myakotin          Native  SOVINTEL
      61  1:320/319    Andrew Leary           Native  Comcast       f
      62  2:240/5824   Anna Christina Nass    Native  DTAG          f
      63  2:460/5858   Stas Mishchenkov       T-6in4  he.net        f INO4
      64  2:5030/3165  Serg Podtynnyi         Native  DIGITALOCEAN  6DWN
      65  2:301/812    Benoit Panizon         Native  WOODYV6
      66  1:229/616    Vasily Losev           Native  GIGEPORT
      67  2:301/113    Alisha Stutz           T-6in4  he.net
      68  1:153/7715   Dallas Hinton          Native  Shaw Comms
      69  1:218/840    Morgan Collins         Native  Linode
      70  2:5020/921   Andrew Savin           Native  HURRICANE-IPV6-24
      71  2:240/1634   Hugo Andriessen        Native  Vodafone
      72  2:280/2040   Leo Barnhoorn          Native  KPN           f
      73  2:5020/736   Egor Glukhov           Native  RUWEB         f
      74  2:221/10     Tommi Koivula          Native  Hetzner       f INO4
      75  1:218/850    John Nicpon            Native  LINODE-US
      76  2:301/1      Alisha Stutz           Native  CH-DATAWIRE
      77  2:5035/63    Vladimir Goncharov     Native  RFEIV6NET
      78  2:5020/290   Andrew Kolchoogin      T-6in4  he.net
      79  2:5030/49    Sergey Myasoedov       Native  FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
      80  1:103/705    Rob Swindell           Native  Spectrum      f
      81  1:134/303    Travis Mehrer          Native  Shaw Comms
      82  2:5057/19    Max Vasilyev           Native  ER-Telecom    f
      83  2:5075/35    Eugene Subbotin        Native  RUWEB         f
      84  2:5075/37    Andrew Komardin        Native  IHC
      85  2:550/278    Vladislav Muschinskikh Native  FirstByte
      86  2:5010/278   Vladislav Muschinskikh T-6in4  he.net        f
      87  2:5020/715   Alex Barinov           T-6in4  he.net        f
      88  1:16/201     Sergey Myasoedov       Native  Amazon
      89  1:104/117    Vitaliy Aksyonov       Native  LLC
      90  2:5030/1340  Dmitry Afanasiev       T-6in4  TUNNEL-BROKER-NET
      91  2:221/360    Tommi Koivula          Native  Elisa         f
      92  2:5031/25    Alex Kazankov          Native  VDSINA
      93  4:902/26     Fernando Toledo        Native  Claro
      94  2:280/2050   Floris van Unen        Native  Azure
      95  2:280/2060   Dennis Slagers         Native  Ziggo         f
      96  2:467/888    Ruslan Suleimanov      T-6in4  he.net        f
      97  1:266/625    Scott Street           Native  Verizon
      98  2:5020/5452  Alex Barinov           T-6in4  he.net
      99  2:5030/723   Alexey Khromov         Native  RU-AI-20240222
     100  3:633/2744   Deon George            Native  EXETEL-AU
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     101  4:930/1      David Gonzalez         Native  EPMNET
     102  3:633/267    Andrew Clarke          Native  widebandnetv6 OO
     103  2:463/877    Alex Shuman            Native  UA-WEBBER     f


     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.
           Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555  (for node 2:280/5555)
     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.


     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 187


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     =================================================================
                    FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
     =================================================================



      =================================================================
                          FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
      =================================================================

                              BBS Software List

                             Updated 2025-03-27

                      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|
      `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

       ==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS

       Argus                |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
                            |     |  /argus/
                            |     | v3.210 on 2001-03-29

       Binkleyforce         |MI   |https://prj.zxalexis.ru/gitea
                            |     |  /zx/bforce                2:5030/723
         Alexey Khromov     |     | zx@zxalexis.ru
                            |     | v0.25.3 on 2024-07-05


       BinkleyTerm XE       |MO*  |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
                            |     | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22

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       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/
                            |     |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 2024-11-12

       FIDO-Deluxe IP       |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
                            |     | cdp/fp_deluxe/
                            |     | v2.4 on 2003-09-26

       FrontDoor            |MITPC|https://defsol.com          2:201/4609
        Definite Solutions  |E    | defsol@defsol.se
        Joaquim Homrighausen|     | FrontDoor v24.01 on 2024-12-20
                            |     | FrontDoor/2 v24.01 on 2024-12-22

       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

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       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
                            |     | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
                            |     |

       FMail                |TO   |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
                            |     | v2.3.1.0 on 2024-03-30       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
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                            |     | Source code available at:
                            |     | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/

       MBSE BBS             |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net          1:1/119
                            |PO   |  /projects/mbsebbs
                            |     | ajleary@sourceforge.net
                            |     | v1.1.1 on 2025-03-27

       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
                            |     | v1.33/DOS on 2023-05-05

       Spitfire BBS         |B?   |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
                            |     | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
                            |     | v3.7 on 2010-01-01

       Synchronet BBS       |BMTIO|https://www.synchro.net        1:103/705
        Rob Swindell        |     |https://wiki.synchro.net
                            |     | v3.20d on 2025-03-03

       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

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       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
                            |     | 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

      +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      +- - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

       ==> POINT SOFTWARE

       APoint           |PI   |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
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                        |     | 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
                        |     | support@freexp.de
                        |     | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS)

       OpenXP           |PIO  |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
                        |     | v5.0.64 on 2025-02-17
                        |     | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit})

       WinPoint         |PI   |http://www.winpoint.org/
                        |     | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29
                        |     | v415.0 on 2023-02-17 (Win32)

      +- - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      ==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS

       GoldEd+              |EO   |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
                            |     | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2023-02-14
                            |     | NOTE: Unstable versions released often

       gossipEd             |EO   |https://github.com/askovpen/gossiped
                            |     | v2.1.0 on 2025-02-05

       SqEd32               |E    |http://www.sqed.de            2:2476/493
                            |     | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
                            |     | Website is in German and English

      +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      ==> 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
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                            |     | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06

       PLMake               |UOP  |https://sourceforge.net/projects
                            |     |  /plmake                      2:280/464
                            |     | v2.1 beta on 2024-11-01

       ErrFlags             |UO   |http://sourceforge.net/projects
                            |     |  /errflags                    2:280/464
                            |     | v3.0.0 on 2023-02-21

       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
                            |     | v2.11 on 2007-09-13

      +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

      ==> 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.

      +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

       File Archives:

        http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
        https://hobbesarchive.com (New home of the Hobbes OS/2 Archive)

       Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
     FIDONEWS 42-27               Page 12                   7 Jul 2025


       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
     =================================================================

              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/*        0.6m    0.5m     22        0.0h    0.0h     22
     280/*        0.9m    3.3m   1079        4.5h    5.6h   1078
     292/*        2.4m    1.6m      8        2.8h    3.4h      7
     320/*        2.5m    2.6m    504        1.1h    2.6h    504

     Sigma        1.4m    3.1m   1613        3.4h    5.0h   1611

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     FIDONEWS 42-27               Page 14                   7 Jul 2025


                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.185
                size  153.5kb
                date  2025-07-04

      The nodelist has    802 nodes in it
        and a total of   1188 non-comment entries

              including     4 zones
                           30 regions
                          157 hosts
                           59 hubs
         admin overhead   250 ( 31.17 %)

                    and    83 private nodes
                           17 nodes down
                           36 nodes on hold
      off line overhead   136 ( 16.96 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =     21 (  2.62 %)
                9600 =     84 ( 10.47 %)
                              (HST  =    2 or   2.38 %)
                              (CSP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (PEP  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (V32  =   49 or  58.33 %)
                              (V32B =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (V34  =   50 or  59.52 %)
                              (V42  =   45 or  53.57 %)
                              (V42B =    0 or   0.00 %)
                2400 =      1 (  0.12 %)
                1200 =      0 (  0.00 %)
                 300 =    696 ( 86.78 %)

                ISDN =     16 (  2.00 %)

     -----------------------------------------------------
      IP Flags   Protocol                Number of systems
     -----------------------------------------------------
      IBN        Binkp                      686 ( 85.54 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IFC        Raw ifcico                  59 (  7.36 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IFT        FTP                         33 (  4.11 %)
     ----------------------------------
      ITN        Telnet                      90 ( 11.22 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IVM        Vmodem                      11 (  1.37 %)
     ----------------------------------
      IP         Other                        1 (  0.12 %)
     ----------------------------------
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      INO4       IPv6 only                    5 (  0.62 %)
     ----------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =    735 ( 91.65 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =    240 ( 29.93 %)
      Listed-only nodes =     19 (  2.37 %)



      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
      [        Revised by B Felten,   2:203/2]
      [           NetStats  3.8    2014-11-23]

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