• FidoNews 29:46 [00/07]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Nov 12 00:07:13 2012
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 29, Number 46 12 Nov 2012 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
    | |The newsletter of the | | |
    | | FidoNet community. | | Netmail attach to (POTS): |
    | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) |
    | | ____________| | |
    | | / __ | Netmail attach to (BinkP): |
    | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:203/0 |
    | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | |
    | \_______\(_| /_) | Email attach to: |
    | _ @/_ \ _ | bfelten @ telia dot com |
    | | | \ \\ | |
    | | (*) | \ ))| |
    | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bjrn Felten |
    | ______ _//|| _\ / | |
    | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. |
    | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+


    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 2
    2012 FTSC election, call for nominations ................. 2
    FTSC Standing member election. Time frame ................ 4
    3. EDITOR'S CORNER .......................................... 5
    The true MakeNl history .................................. 5
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 11
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 11
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 12
    FidoNet Software References .............................. 12
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 17
    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 =================================================================

    If one grown-up person has an imaginary friend -- he's crazy.
    If many persons have the same, imaginary friend -- it's religion.

    -- anonymouse


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    FTSC INFORMATION =================================================================

    2012 FTSC election, call for nominations
    Reminder

    An election for FTSC standing members started on Sunday 4th of
    November 2012 at 20:00 UTC.

    As per FTA-1000.002 the number of FTSC members should be no less than
    7 and no more than 30. Of the present 17 members, 8 of them had their
    term expire this year. That leaves room for a maximum of 30-(17-8)=21
    members to be (re)elected.


    From FTA-1001.007

    3.2 FTSC Standing Members
    -------------------------

    FTSC members are appointed for a two year renewable term. [50 % of
    appointments on initial formation of the FTSC shall be for a 3 year
    renewable term, to ensure continuity of the Committee on expiry of
    the terms.]

    To be selected as a FTSC member, an individual must be a Fidonet
    node, and should be actively involved in Fidonet. Examples include
    having put out a Fidonet-related product or having updated a product
    in the preceding two years, or having experience as a Coordinator,
    Echomail Coordinator or mail or file Hub.

    Standing members may be nominated Fidonet-wide by all of the
    following methods:

    1. Any RC.
    2. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the FTSC.
    3. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the ZCC.

    A nominating committee may not consist of any current member or
    officer of the FTSC.

    Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs
    who are nodelisted as holding those positions at the time the
    nominations are published. A successful candidate must receive
    approval by a majority of votes.

    Publication of the nomination and the voting procedure, and posting
    of RC votes, shall take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and
    voting shall close three weeks after publication of the vote.


    The status of RC's will be determined by nodelist.309 for Z2 and for
    the other zones by nodelist.307 as issued by the ZC in the zone where
    they reside.

    All RCs and members of the nominating committee are hereby invited to
    nominate members. Nominations may be posted in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo or
    in netmail/e-mail to the FTSC adminstrator. (2:2/20, 2:280/5555 or administrator at ftsc dot org) Nominations received by netmail or
    e-mail will be posted in FTSC_PUBLIC.

    Nominations start at Sunday, 4 November 2012. 20:00 UTC and end at
    Sunday 18 November 2012, 20:00 UTC.

    Nominators are advised to sound out prospective nominees before filing
    a nomination. There is little or no point in nominating someone that
    has not shown interest and expressed willingness to accept.

    Note to candidates: The main task of the FTSC is to document current
    practise. Contrary to what the name suggests, the FTSC does not create standards out of the blue. Current Fidonet practise evolves and when
    it has stabilized, it may become a standard through FTSC
    documentation. Also, the FTSC is not an enforcement body. Those who
    wish to join the FTSC in order to "engineer Fidonet" may be in for a disappointment. Our main job is that of a clerk. We write the
    technical manual, we do not design the machine. To avoid
    disappointment, sysops interested in joining the FTSC are strongly
    advised to read the following documents:

    http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1000.002
    http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1001.007


    Michiel van der Vlist
    FTSC Administrator


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    FTSC Standing member election. Time frame


    2012 FTSC standing member election, time frame

    Submission of nominations:
    Sunday, 4 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 18 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC

    Acceptance of nominations by candidates:
    Right after nomination - Sunday, 25 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC

    Candidates MUST accept in FTSC_PUBLIC in order to qualify, with the
    exception of self nominees.

    Candidates MAY campaign in FTSC_PUBLIC right after accepting their
    nomination. Everyone may challenge the candidates.

    Submission of votes:
    Sunday, 25 Nov 2012, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 9 Dec 2012, 20:00 UTC

    Contesting of votes:
    Sunday, 9 Dec 2012, 20:00 UTC - Sunday, 16 Dec 2012, 20:00 UTC

    If no contest: installation of new members:
    Monday 17 Dec 2012.


    Michiel van der Vlist
    FTSC Administrator

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Nov 12 00:07:13 2012
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    EDITOR'S CORNER =================================================================

    The true MakeNl history
    By Bjrn Felten, 2:203/2

    I've recently been asked what I know about the history of the "new"
    MakeNl project. All of the most vital history details has been edited
    out in the present history file, unfortunately. The reason for this I
    will not burden you with, but it was a bad case of incompatible person chemistry that made the history file lack all the important steps from
    2.52 to 3.2.

    And, tell you the truth, nowadays I really don't care that other
    persons have taken over this former baby of mine. But I do care about
    history revisionists getting away with what they do.

    This is the netmail exchange that triggered it all. It's in German,
    but that's as can be expected, since it was a German effort, by
    Michael Karcher, that made all of this possible from the very
    beginning:


    Ein exaktes Reassembly (Bytegenau) ist leider nicht moeglich, da der urpruenglich verwendete Compiler (Microsoft C Version vor 7.0) nicht
    zur Verfuegung steht :-(

    ----[ NetMail Folder ]-----------------------------------------------
    On: Sun 19 Dec 1999 16:27 (Rcvd: Sun 19 Dec 1999 21:51)
    #5
    By: Michael Karcher 2:2410/710.9
    To: Franz Zimmer 2:2410/710
    Re: f:\FD\SECURE\makenl.arj
    St: Pvt File Rcvd ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    Hallo Franz!

    Im Attachment befindet sich der Quellcode zu Makenl. An den stellen,
    wo ich vom Original abweiche, habe ich mit "BUG FIXED"-Kommentaren
    darauf hingewiesen. Die Strings sind einfach uebernommen, daher
    heisst es in MERGE.C an einer Stelle "merge cnacled". Es sind viele
    kleine Quellcode-Dateien, und wenn man sie in folgender Reihenfolge
    linkt:

    BAUDRATE.C CHECK.C GETKEYW.C FTS5_1.C GETPATH.C FTS5_2.C UPCONT.C
    CLEAN.C CONFIG.C COMMENT.C STRCRC.C APPDIFF.C INSTLST.C OPENLST.C
    SRCHMAX.C CLEANOLD.C MAKEARC.C MKDIFF.C MAKENL.C VARIABLE.C COPYMOVE.C ADDRESS.C MSGTOOL.C FTS5_3.C MERGE.C PROCESS.C STACK.C OUTPUT.C

    Und die Funktionen aus LIB.C und EXECUTE.ASM in eine Bibliothek
    packt, dann sollte die gleiche Funktionsreihenfolge wie im Original
    in der EXE-Datei auftauchen. Die Quelltexte kompilieren zur Zeit
    unter Borland C 3.1 fehlerfei, aber die Anpassung an ein MSC sollte
    nur bei findfirst und coreleft (_max_avail bei MS) Aenderungen
    erfordern.
    Viele Gruesse,
    Michael Karcher


    --- FIDOGATE 4.2.3

    ----[ NetMail Folder ]-----------------------------------------------
    On: Fri 31 Dec 1999 0:33 (Rcvd: Fri 31 Dec 1999 8:05)
    #8
    By: Michael Karcher 2:2410/710.9
    To: Franz Zimmer 2:2410/710
    Re: F:\FD\SECURE\newfiles.zip
    St: Pvt File Rcvd ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    [...]

    Deine Testdaten laufen jetzt alle prima durch, und liefern das
    gleiche Ergebnis wie MAKENL.

    Ausserdem habe ich mir mal die modifizierte Version von MAKENL 2.52
    angesehen. Sie unterscheidet sich von MAKENL an folgenden Stellen:
    1) Die Funktion getbaud ist totgelegt und liefert immer "1" zurueck
    2) Die Funktion getstring schmeisst keine Zeichen groesser als
    127 mehr raus, die fnf Zeilen
    while(*(++workptr) != 0)
    {
    if(*workptr < 0)
    *workptr = '?';
    }
    werden totgelegt. Wie dieses Fragment nahe legt, muss MAKENL
    uebrigens mit signed characters uebersetzt werden. Aber in der
    PR
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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 email client 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 2012-03-11


    URL news://felten.yi.org
    Join http://felten.yi.org/join.html
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

    URL news://the-estar.com:1119
    Join http://www.easternstar.info
    NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789

    URL news://quinnspost.dyndns.org:60119
    Join mailto:eskimo261&#64;bigfoot.com
    NETMAIL No

    URL news://nntp.rbb.bbs.fi
    Join Info in group +GETACCESS+
    NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/361

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


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

    -=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=-

    Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
    P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info

    .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
    `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

    Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84
    | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889
    | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001

    BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102
    | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998

    BinkD |MI |http://binkd.grumbler.org/ 2:463/69
    | | v0.9.10 on Oct 2nd 2008

    D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130
    Nick Andre |I | v3.8 on July 10 2012

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

    FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
    Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101
    | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX

    Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/
    | | v1.4 RC5 on Apr 24th 2006

    Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38
    (based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463
    | | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005

    Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru (Russian) 2:461/70
    | |http://www.fidotel.com/taurus (English)
    (based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru
    | | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004

    Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608
    | | Website is in Russian only

    WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
    Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
    Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204
    Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004
    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
    | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10

    FMail |T |http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
    | | v1.60.GPL

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

    Squish |T |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
    | | Lanuis site redirects to above
    | | Squish is part of Maximus.

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

    BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net
    | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222

    ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com
    Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com
    | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002

    Ezycom BBS |BT |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com
    | | ezycom@amnet.net.au or
    | | ezycom_hq@ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
    | | v2.15g2 on 16 Nov 2009

    Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
    | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final

    Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
    | | v3.03
    | |Archives back online at:
    | |http://maximus.outpostbbs.net/

    MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
    Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004

    Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com
    | | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001

    Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net
    | | groberts@nexusbbs.net
    | | v0.99.41-Beta on Oct 16th 2002
    | | [Note: No Longer under active
    | | development.]

    Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be
    | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002

    RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
    Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
    | | v2.62.2SW

    Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
    Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
    | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999

    Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net
    | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net
    | | v3.10L Beta

    Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net
    | | support@telegard.net
    | | v3.09g2 SP4
    +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+

    Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
    | | Last Update: August 2004

    Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net
    Sean Dennis | | sean@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200

    DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
    Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
    Ruth Argust | |

    DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com
    | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
    | | Website is down after
    | | past the splash page.

    Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
    | | scott@jibben.com
    | | 1995-99 Release dates

    John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
    | | support@johndaileysoftware.com

    Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
    | | nannette@shiningstar.net

    Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
    Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
    | | Tel: (404) 256-9518

    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: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013
    Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org
    | | last update: Jul 17th 2002

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

    APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de 2:2426/1210.13
    | |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm
    | | (English Version)
    | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
    | | v1.25

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

    FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460
    | | support@freexp.de
    | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot)

    OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
    | | (Site is in German Only)
    | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004
    | | Download Page comes back 404 not found.

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

    GoldEd+ |E |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
    | | 2:5080/102
    | | stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003

    SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de
    | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999

    TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet
    | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed
    | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267

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

    FidoIP |MTPEIU|http://sourceforge.net/projects/fidoip
    | | Maxim Sokolsky 2:5020/828.777
    | | v.0.5_1 on Jan 11 2010

    GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
    | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997

    Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
    | | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230
    | | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway
    | | Program.

    Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
    Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
    (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001

    MakeNL |U | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl
    | | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
    | | Fido: 1:229/2000
    | | FidoNet Nodelist Processor

    Meltdown-BBS |UI |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
    | | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan
    | | @spamgourmet.com
    | | Fido: 2:350/5
    | | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <->
    | | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system.

    RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as
    | |2:5080/102
    | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
    | | v1.1.4 Snapshot on Oct 09 2009

    TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
    | | transnet@ressl.com.ar
    | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998

    TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard
    Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys
    | | are now available. Donations accepted.
    | | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program)

    Turquoise SuperStat |U |http://www.softwolves.pp.se/sw/
    | | software/turquoise
    | | peter@softwolves.pp.se
    | | Version: 3.0 on 2008-01-21


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    National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org

    Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/
    (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings)

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    File Archives:

    http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net
    http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com
    http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi
    http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu
    http://www.bbsfiles.com http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

    Note: most also provide FTP access
    (use ftp:// instead of http:// above)

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    Please send corrections & additions to: Fidonews Editor

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    SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.314
    size 338.3kb
    date 2012-11-09

    The nodelist has 2395 nodes in it
    and a total of 3481 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    35 regions
    237 hosts
    202 hubs
    admin overhead 478 ( 19.96 %)

    and 322 private nodes
    115 nodes down
    171 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 608 ( 25.39 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 195 ( 8.14 %)
    9600 = 1533 ( 64.01 %)
    (HST = 21 or 1.37 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 1 or 0.07 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 1 or 0.07 %)
    (V32 = 734 or 47.88 %)
    (V32B = 50 or 3.26 %)
    (V34 = 1022 or 66.67 %)
    (V42 = 875 or 57.08 %)
    (V42B = 53 or 3.46 %)
    2400 = 11 ( 0.46 %)
    1200 = 2 ( 0.08 %)
    300 = 654 ( 27.31 %)

    ISDN = 165 ( 6.89 %)

    ----------------------------------------------------------
    File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ----------------------------------------------------------
    XA Frontdoor <1.99b 687
    Frontdoor 2.02+
    Dutchie 2.90c
    Binkleyterm >2.1
    D'Bridge <1.3
    TIMS
    Xenia
    --------------------------------------
    XB Binkleyterm 2.0 0
    Dutchie 2.90b
    --------------------------------------
    XC Opus 1.1 1 --------------------------------------
    XP Seadog 0 --------------------------------------
    XR Opus 1.03 15 --------------------------------------
    XW Fido >12M 66
    Tabby
    KittenMail
    --------------------------------------
    XX D'Bridge 1.30 762
    Frontdoor 1.99b
    Intermail 2.01
    T-Mail
    --------------------------------------
    None QMM 864 --------------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 1170 ( 48.85 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 1197 ( 49.98 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 186 ( 7.77 %)
    Other = -158 ( -6.60 %)

    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
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