• FidoNews 34:11 [00/07]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Mar 13 01:00:27 2017
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 34, Number 11 13 Mar 2017 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
    | |The newsletter of the | | |
    | | FidoNet community. | | Netmail attach to (POTS): |
    | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) |
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    | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten |
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    | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. |
    | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+


    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
    Helmut Hullen and the root of "Crowd Funding" ............ 2
    3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 4
    list of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 4
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 6
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 6
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 7
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 14
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 14
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15
    7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19

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

    Going to McDonald's for a salad is like going to
    a prostitute for a hug.

    -- anonymous

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

    Helmut Hullen and the root of "Crowd Funding"
    Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

    Helmut Hullen passed away September 19th 2016 -- already nearly 6
    months ago.

    For a while I wondered if his death should be commemorated in Fidonews
    -- or not -- if there's nothing good to be said, maybe it's better to
    stay quiet.

    A while ago however I stumbled across some messages in German
    chatgroups where his name popped-up and although the same person, they described someone completely different than how we have known him in
    Fidonet.

    For me Helmut was the source of much controversy in R24 (and beyond).
    He took me as Z2C to court in 2002 over his excommunication and he
    lost basically on 2 points:

    1) The Fidonet *C-structure as a group of individual people are well
    within their rights in a non-profit environment if they desire not to communicate with a person

    2) Due process as described by the internal rules (i.e. P4) was not
    followed by skipping a level and thereby forfeiting any right to
    appeal at a higher level.

    But unintended Helmut Hullen caused, what I believe is, the very first
    crowd funding campaign in the networked world. The cost was pretty
    high and Udo Zaydowicz, of 2:2426/1111, who in the meantime is not in
    Fidonet anymore, started a campaign and raised more -- way more, than
    needed to cover my legal expenses. It made my day -- it's nice to
    reminisce today of what Fidonet was capable of in those days.

    The people who were involved in that very first crowd funding campaign
    ever, and who as such unknowingly wrote history, are:

    7 x anonym !! Bashe Robert
    Beelitz Frank !! Bomanns Heinz-Josef
    Capito Andreas !! Cichy Adolf
    Dossche Ward (R29) !! Dresdner DFUe-Verein
    Dukelsky Michael (R50) !! Dueker Sven
    Dworak Werner !! Ellermann Carsten
    Flier Hans-Joachim !! Friedrich Falk
    Grimm Oliver !! Haensch Stefan
    Iburg Carsten !! Kannegiesser Andreas
    Koeppen Klaus !! Konezna Walter
    Mandel Peter !! Marx Sebastian
    Mothes Ralph !! Muehlbacher Torsten
    Neut Herman (R28) !! Olsen Kaare (R23)
    Ott Hartmut !! Paulsen Frank
    Petz Michael !! Point 21
    Pose Peter !! Richter Kai
    Rima Sean (R26) !! Rudolph Gisbert
    Schroeter Ulrich !! Seiffert Thomas
    Sievers Joerg !! Troeger Gerd
    Weihgold Jochen !! Woick Alex
    Zaydowicz Udo !! Zosel Thomas

    Several of these names have in the meantime also faded away, even in
    real life -- Gisbert --

    Helmut several years later privately requested to be reinstated and
    was informed he had to refund the legal costs which he caused. He
    complied and entered the nodelist again. The monies were returned to
    the original donors if they could be traced and if not, or when refund
    with international money transfer was too expensive, donated to
    "Docters Without Borders" who had no clue who or what Fidonet was.

    Then September 19th 2016 occurred. I cannot say a very dear friend of
    mine passed away but his passing was a loss to someone and therefore
    worth a few moments. If there's something that can be said about
    Helmut Hullen and Fidonet is that he definitely left his mark and
    faded into Fidonet-lore way before he physically faded away.

    He was not an easy person to be confronted with, not just in Fido but
    also for his employer and others, but I also discovered another facet
    of a complicated man, someone totally different than the one I came to
    know via a lawsuit. Helmut Hullen was an educator who loved to teach
    when he wasn't suing and was well respected and liked by his peers as
    well as his pupils.

    I read very friendly comments about him related to the "Braunschweiger Linuxtage" where he was described as "a person full of humor well
    known for his teamspirit and problem solving attitude".

    As with a lot of people, you probably had to learn to know him away
    from the keyboard, face-to-face, breaking bread and sharing a beer
    before condemning him into eternity.

    Helmut is mourned by his wife, his son and other next of kin. It is a
    loss to them, therefore it is a loss to us.

    For those who like riddles, the announcement of his passing away in
    the local newspaper carried the following message:

    01010100011100110110001101101000111111001101111100100001

    One last note to Helmut: don't forget to pay the ferryman when you
    cross the Styx, we don't want you to wander around . . . 8-)

    Ward Dossche
    Z2C - Fidonet

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

    List of Ipv6 nodes
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

    Updated 10 March 2017


    Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

    1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All
    2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All
    3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net PO4
    4 2:240/1661 Markus Reschke Native DTAG
    5 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo
    6 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast
    7 2:221/0 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
    8 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
    9 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net
    10 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
    11 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net
    12 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo‰l Native TWC
    13 2:203/0 Bj”rn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    14 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All INO4
    15 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet
    16 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner
    17 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    18 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 Westlan
    19 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native IMPNET
    20 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native T-Mobile 6DWN
    21 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    22 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native Ausnetworks
    23 1:266/404 Bill McGarrity Native Comcast
    24 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-AYIY SixXs
    25 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline IO
    26 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    27 1:249/303 Joe Delahaye Native Teksavvy
    28 2:280/1043 Michel van Osenbruggen Native BIT
    29 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-AYIY SixXs
    30 2:5053/58 Alexandr Kruglikov Native CJSC The First
    31 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    32 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh T-6in4 he.net
    33 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter T-6in4 he.net
    34 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    35 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov T-6in4 he.net PO4
    36 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel
    37 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    38 2:2443/1313 Dirk Astrath Native VOLMARNET
    39 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    40 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    41 2:203/210 Mattias Larsson T-6in4 he.net
    42 1:214/22 Ray Quinn Native AT&T OO
    43 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    44 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
    45 2:5075/35 Eugene Subbotin T-6in4 he.net
    46 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin T-6in4 he.net
    47 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox
    48 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    49 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov Native Choopa
    50 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
    51 2:292/140 Rudi Timmermans Native Pcextreme IO
    52 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    53 2:5023/24 Dmitri Kamenski T-6to4 Kaluga
    54 2:5031/71 Roman V. Stepanyants T_6to4 RU-AVANGARD
    55 2:5020/1906 Alexander Lobachev Native RU-CENTER


    T-6in4 Static 6in4
    T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
    T-6to4 6to4
    T-6RD 6RD

    Remarks:

    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 yet listed in the Fidonet nodelist.


    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). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
    (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.




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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 2017-03-06


    URL news://felten.yi.org
    Join http://fidonews.eu
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

    URL news://quinnspost.nodelist.net:60119
    Join mailto:eskimo261@bigfoot.com
    Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
    NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/384

    URL news://rbb.bbs.fi
    Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360

    URL news://fidonews.mine.nu
    Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6

    URL news://news.wpusa.dynip.com
    Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:3634/12

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



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

    BBS Software List

    Updated 05 March 2017

    Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/119)
    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 Mar 29 2001

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

    BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
    | | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
    | | v.1.0.4
    | | v.1.1a-95 (alpha)
    | | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/
    | | mailer/binkd/
    | |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
    D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm
    Nick Andre |I | v3.99 SR 12 on Feb 27 2017

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

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

    Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
    |EO? | v1.9 RC2 on Apr 20 2010

    Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
    (based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
    | | v5.0 Jun 12 2006
    | |

    T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
    |? | v2608 on Dec 12 2001

    AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
    Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmail.com 1:1/140
    Rudi Timmermans | | v1.5 on Nov 10 2013

    HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
    | | v2.11 on Jun 24 2015

    HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
    Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
    Sergey Pushkin | | v2.11 on Jun 24 2015

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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 13 Nov 2007
    | | Registration keys are free and availabl
    | | by request from the author

    Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
    | | v4.4.10 on Aug 27 2004
    | |

    FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
    | | v2.0.0.0 on Mar 05 2017

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

    Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
    | | v1.11R2 on Jan 1 2009
    | | Source code available in the Maximus BB
    | | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net


    WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
    | | v1.51 on 23 May 2015

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    BBS SOFTWARE

    BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
    | | b@bbbs.net
    | | v4.01 on January 28 2007

    EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
    | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9 2002

    Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
    Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 14 October 2010
    | | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT

    Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
    | | v2.15g2 on Nov 16 2009

    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
    | | v1.0.6 on Aug 3 2015

    Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
    | | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004

    Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
    |IO | http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysticb
    | | v1.11 on Nov 6 2015

    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 3 Oct 2009

    Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
    | | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
    | | v3.7 on Jan 1, 2010

    Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
    | | v3.16c on 15 Aug 2015

    Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net
    | | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on Dec 19 1999

    WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
    Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
    Xpress: Santronics | |
    Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on Jun 23 2016

    WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
    | | v5.00 on Dec 14 2015

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    TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF

    Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
    Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 26 January 2011

    NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
    | | v2.45b2 on 5 March 2000

    TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
    | | tinytic.html 1:120/544

    VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/vireq.htm
    | | 1:120/544

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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 still registerable via websit

    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: Apr 11 2008

    WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
    | | v3.0 on 27 Jun 2011

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    POINT SOFTWARE

    CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
    | | pm@crosspoint.de
    | | v3.12d on Dec 22 1999

    FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
    | | support@freexp.de
    | | v3.42 on Jun 27 2010

    FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fi
    | | v.1.0.5 on Dec 2010
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    SYSOP MAIL EDITORS

    GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
    | | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on Nov 30 2015
    | | NOTE: Unstable versions released often

    SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
    | | v1.15 on Dec 15 1999
    | | 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 Oct 21st 2001

    JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/jamnntpd.
    | | 1:120/544

    Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate/l
    | | gul@gul.kiev.ua

    MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
    | | v3.4.6 on Dec 01 2016

    RNtrack |U |hhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-
    | |2:5080/102
    | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v1.32 on Apr 29 2011

    TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
    | | transnet/index.html
    | | transnet@ressl.com.ar
    | | v2.11 on Sep 13 2007

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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
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    | | BBS Guide.

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    http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
    http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/

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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

    132/* 5.0m 1.3m 27 0.6h 0.5h 27
    154/* 6.2m 8.0m 343 1.0h 3.1h 343
    201/* 1.5m 0.6m 6 19.3h 2.3h 6
    221/* 2.5m 7.6m 393 6.8h 7.6h 392
    249/* 2.1m 5.9m 420 2.6h 5.8h 418
    266/* 3.9m 8.0m 503 2.2h 6.4h 501
    280/* 2.4m 7.8m 512 4.9h 10.7h 511
    292/* 7.0m 12.2m 21 1.2h 2.6h 15
    320/* 56.3m 9.4m 349 2.3h 5.1h 347
    423/* 1.6m 0.5m 2 5.7h 0.8h 2
    502/* 0.3m 0.6m 8 0.0h 0.0h 8
    640/* 6.7m 13.1m 195 13.3h 6.5h 195

    Sigma 10.2m 19.4m 2779 4.1h 7.7h 2765

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    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.069
    size 220.2kb
    date 2017-03-10

    The nodelist has 1366 nodes in it
    and a total of 1969 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    29 regions
    174 hosts
    109 hubs
    admin overhead 316 ( 23.13 %)

    and 129 private nodes
    78 nodes down
    80 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 287 ( 21.01 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 75 ( 5.49 %)
    9600 = 547 ( 40.04 %)
    (HST = 8 or 1.46 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 1 or 0.18 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 282 or 51.55 %)
    (V32B = 37 or 6.76 %)
    (V34 = 369 or 67.46 %)
    (V42 = 289 or 52.83 %)
    (V42B = 39 or 7.13 %)
    2400 = 4 ( 0.29 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 740 ( 54.17 %)

    ISDN = 73 ( 5.34 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 795 ( 58.20 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 107 ( 7.83 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 58 ( 4.25 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 157 ( 11.49 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 15 ( 1.10 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 6 ( 0.44 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.07 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 942 ( 68.96 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 549 ( 40.19 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 56 ( 4.10 %)



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

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