• FidoNews 39:09 [00/08]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Feb 28 00:19:11 2022
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 39, Number 09 28 Feb 2022 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) |
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    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
    Russia is now the world's biggest rogue state ............ 2
    3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 16
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 17
    7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 19
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 19
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 21

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    =================================================================
    FOOD FOR THOUGHT =================================================================

    What if dogs bring the ball back, because they think
    that you enjoy throwing it?

    -- anonymous


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    GENERAL ARTICLES =================================================================

    Russia is now the world's biggest rogue state
    By Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

    Based on an article I picked-up somewhere,
    too good to pass up and annotated / changed
    adapted for clarity.

    It will take years, perhaps even decades, before all the consequences
    of February 24, 2022 become clear. It is finally dawning that a
    European country is under attack by a dictator.

    Why do we make the same mistake over and over? Well, that's only a
    problem in the Balkans, we say, until a murder in Sarajevo triggers
    World War I. Ah, that Hitler is threatening Czechoslovakia is "a
    quarrel in a country far away from here between people about whom we
    know nothing," as Neville Chamberlain said. And well, Stalin's robbery
    of distant Poland after World War II was none of our business until we
    were in the Cold War. We did it again, not waking up until it was too
    late and seeing the full implications of Putin's capture of Crimea in
    2014. And so now February 24, 2022 is going down in the history books.
    Here we stand again, clothed in nothing but the rags of our lost
    illusions.

    At such times we need courage and fortitude, but also wisdom. And make
    sure to choose the right words. This is not World War III. But it is
    already much more serious than the Soviet invasions of Hungary in 1956
    and of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The five wars in the former Yugoslavia
    were terrible, but the international risks were less great. There were
    brave resistance fighters in Budapest in 1956, but Ukraine today is a
    fully independent and sovereign state with a large army and a
    population that declares it will fight back. If they don't resist,
    this will be an occupation. If they do, this will be the biggest war
    in Europe since 1945.

    The Ukrainians face one of the strongest armies in the world,
    well-trained and equipped conventional troops and about 6,000 nuclear
    weapons. While Ukraine many years ago was the 3rd largest nuke-power
    in the world, it dropped it in exchange for safety. Russia is now the
    world's biggest rogue state, commanded by a president who ... judging
    by his hysterical diatribe the previous week ... has lost all sense of rationality, which dictators always do sooner or later. To be clear,
    when, in his Thursday morning declaration of war, he threatened anyone
    "who stood in his way" with "consequences never seen before in
    history," he was indeed talking about a nuclear attack.

    In the end, the Russians themselves will have to stand up and say
    they've had enough.

    There will come a time to reflect on our past mistakes. If we had made
    a serious effort in 2014 to help Ukraine defend itself, if Europe had
    been less dependent on Russia for its energy, if we had drained the
    dirty Russian money swamp of London, if we had imposed more sanctions,
    we might be better off now. But we must now start from where we are.

    In the early fog of the war that has just begun, there are several
    things we need to do in Europe and the West. We must strengthen the
    defense of every square meter of NATO territory against any possible
    attack, cyber attack or hybrid attack. This will be especially
    necessary on the eastern borders with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. For
    70 years, Western Europe's security has been built on the "one for
    all, all for one" principle of the NATO treaty. Like it or not, the
    security of London is inextricably linked with that of the Estonian
    city of Narva, that of Berlin, of Bialystok in Poland, Rome or
    Cluj-Napoca in Romania.

    We must provide all possible support to the Ukrainians. There is only
    one threshold that we must not cross: we cannot enter an outright war
    with Russia.

    The Ukrainians who choose to stay and resist will do so with all the
    military and civilian resources at their disposal, to defend the
    freedom of their country. That is their absolute right, legally and
    morally. Inevitably, the limited international response will bitterly disappoint them. Like the Czechs in 1968, the Poles in 1945 and the
    Hungarians in 1956, the Ukrainians will say that we, their fellow
    Europeans, are abandoning them.

    Yet we can still do something. We can continue to supply weapons, communications technology, and other logistics equipment to a country
    that legitimately responds to gun violence with gun violence. In the
    slightly longer term, we can support resistance movements that fight
    the occupying forces and a possible puppet government. And we must be
    ready to receive the flood of Ukrainian refugees.

    The sanctions we are imposing on Russia must also go beyond what is
    before us. So far-reaching economic measures, but also expulsions of
    Russians who have any link with the Putin regime. With his $600
    billion war treasury and his hand on the gas tap to Europe, Putin can
    put up with it for a while, so it will take some time for those
    sanctions to take effect.

    Ultimately, the Russians themselves will have to stand up and say
    they've had enough. Nobel laureate Dmitri Muratov and countless others
    have already expressed their horror at this war. In that regard, read
    the touching story of Ukrainian activist Natalia Gumanyuk, about a
    Russian journalist who was crying on the phone while Russian tanks
    rolled into her country. That horror will only increase once the
    bodies of young Russians return in body bags, and once the damage to
    Russia's economy and reputation is revealed. After all, the first and
    last victims of Putin are always the Russians themselves.

    Which brings us to a final, crucial point. We must prepare for a long
    conflict. It will take years, perhaps even decades, for all the
    consequences of February 24, 2022 to become clear. In the short term,
    things are definitely not looking good for Ukraine.

    But I am reminded of the delightful title of a book about the
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956: "The Victory of Defeat". By now, just
    about everyone in the West has understood that Ukraine is a European
    country that is being attacked and dismembered by a dictator. Today,
    Kiev is teeming with journalists from all over the world. That
    experience will change their image of Ukraine forever. After the end
    of the Cold War we harboured quite a few illusions, but now we are
    reminded again how countries should put themselves on the mental
    European map:

    ....with blood, sweat and tears.


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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Feb 28 00:19:11 2022
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    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

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

    Updated 18 Februari 2022


    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
    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 Hetzner f
    7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
    8 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
    9 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo‰l Native Spectrum f
    10 2:203/0 Bj”rn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    11 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
    12 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
    13 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
    14 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    15 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0
    16 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
    17 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    18 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    19 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
    20 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    21 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    22 3:770/100 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    23 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native TTK-Volga f
    24 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    25 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    26 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
    27 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    28 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
    29 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    30 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    31 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    32 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    33 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native OVH
    34 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    35 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    36 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    37 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    38 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    39 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    40 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Amazon.com
    41 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    42 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
    43 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    44 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    45 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    46 2:467/239 Mykhailo Kapitanov Native Vultr f
    47 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    48 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
    49 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
    50 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    51 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    52 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
    53 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
    54 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
    55 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
    56 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    57 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
    58 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
    59 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
    60 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
    61 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native Oracle f
    62 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
    63 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
    64 2:2452/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
    65 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
    66 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 NOVATOR
    67 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
    68 1:102/127 Bradley Thornton Native Hetzner
    69 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
    70 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
    71 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC-NET
    72 1:106/633 William Williams Native LINODE-US PM *1
    73 2:263/5 Martin List-Petersen Native TuxBox
    74 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
    75 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
    76 1:142/103 Brian Rogers T-6in4 he.net
    77 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    78 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
    79 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
    80 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
    81 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    82 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
    83 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    84 1:218/401 James Downs Native ORG-TT1 DOWN
    85 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
    86 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
    87 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
    88 2:301/113 Alisha Manuela Stutz T-6in4 he.net
    89 1:134/100 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    90 1:134/101 Kostie Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    91 1:134/102 Shelley Petersen T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    92 1:134/103 Gordon Muirhead T-6in4 he.net f
    93 1:134/301 Brandon Moore T-6in4 he.net f INO4
    94 1:134/302 Adam Park T-6in4 he.net f
    95 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
    96 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
    97 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin T-6in4 he.net
    98 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
    99 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
    100 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
    101 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
    102 1:266/420 Scott Street Native Comcast OO
    103 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
    104 1:142/104 Clive Reuben Native SNETFCC-1
    105 2:301/1 Alisha Stutz Naitive CH-DATAWIRE


    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.
    (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 [2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe2b:c319]


    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 058

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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 2019-12-03


    URL news://eljaco.se:4119
    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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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Feb 28 00:19:11 2022
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    FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING =================================================================



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

    BBS Software List

    Updated 2022-02-13

    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

    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-113 (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 2022-02-12

    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.timmer@gmx.com 2:292/140
    Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19

    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

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

    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
    | | 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

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

    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 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|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
    |PO | /projects/mbsebbs
    | | ajleary@sourceforge.net
    | | v1.0.7.24 on 2022-01-06
    Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
    | | v1.0b on 2004-04-26

    Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
    |I | v1.12 A46 on 2020-08-26

    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
    | | v1.25/DOS on 2021-05-16

    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
    | | 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
    | | 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
    | | v398.2 on 2022-02-06 (Win32)

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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
    | | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06

    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

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

    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/* 29.6m 16.1m 965 0.7h 3.5h 966
    201/* 1.6m 0.6m 4 2.3h 4.6h 4
    203/* 3.5m 7.0m 6 0.0h 0.0h 6
    221/* 0.9m 0.5m 877 5.7h 8.6h 874
    280/* 0.7m 0.5m 892 5.7h 8.5h 890
    292/* 4.8m 8.1m 41 1.7h 2.7h 41
    320/* 3.4m 2.7m 187 2.2h 4.3h 187
    502/* 0.9m 0.3m 5 3.7h 5.1h 5

    Sigma 10.4m 16.2m 2977 3.8h 7.4h 2973

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.056
    size 187.1kb
    date 2022-02-25

    The nodelist has 1016 nodes in it
    and a total of 1487 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    33 regions
    174 hosts
    70 hubs
    admin overhead 281 ( 27.66 %)

    and 113 private nodes
    39 nodes down
    38 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 190 ( 18.70 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 46 ( 4.53 %)
    9600 = 184 ( 18.11 %)
    (HST = 2 or 1.09 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 80 or 43.48 %)
    (V32B = 19 or 10.33 %)
    (V34 = 88 or 47.83 %)
    (V42 = 78 or 42.39 %)
    (V42B = 19 or 10.33 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 785 ( 77.26 %)

    ISDN = 33 ( 3.25 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 814 ( 80.12 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 80 ( 7.87 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 59 ( 5.81 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 170 ( 16.73 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 14 ( 1.38 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 4 ( 0.39 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.49 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 872 ( 85.83 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 321 ( 31.59 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 23 ( 2.26 %)



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

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