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    The F I D O N E W S Volume 29, Number 49 03 Dec 2012 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 2
    FTSC Election, call for votes, reminder .................. 2
    3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 3
    Another zone down the drain? ............................. 3
    4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 6
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 6
    5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 7
    FidoNet Software References .............................. 7
    6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 12
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 12
    7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 14
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 14
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 16

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

    One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their
    intentions rather than their results.

    - Milton Friedman -----------------------------------------------------------------

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

    FTSC Election, call for votes, reminder

    Voting for FTSC membership closes on Sunday 9 December 2012, 20:00 UTC

    All RCs may vote.

    RCs, please complete the form below and post it in a messages in
    FTSC_PUBLIC, addressed to "Election Coordinator" with a subject of
    "vote". Or netmail to 2:2/20.

    ----------------------------------------------
    | Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
    |----------------------|-------------|----|----|
    | Stas Degteff | 2:5080/102 | | |
    | Andrew Leary | 1:320/119 | | |
    | mark lewis | 1:3634/12 | | |
    | Fred Riccio | 1:132/174 | | |
    | Carol Shenkenberger | 1:275/100 | | |
    | Alexey Vissarionov | 2:5020/545 | | |
    ----------------------------------------------


    One need not cast a vote for all candidates. Marking neither a "yes"
    nor a "no" for a candidate is considered "abstain".

    Michiel van der Vlist
    Election Coordinator

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

    Another zone down the drain?
    By Ward Dossche – 2:292/854

    The many years that I've passed in Fidonet have taught me many things.
    One of these things is that when a person gets vicious, participates
    in character assassination, starts calling you names it is an
    indication that this person is at the end of balanced reasoning and
    finds no other way of action than to insult someone.

    At this point, and prior to proceeding, I would like for everybody to
    leaf through the latest "Fidogazette, one of two newsletters set-up
    and run by Janis Kracht and which aren't catching. It's nearly
    necessary even to understand how low this lady will stoop to please
    her followers.

    First there is a melodramatic text about the former ZONE5 and how
    nodes have been left behind with nobody available to take over the
    segment.

    It's quite easy -- if there's a segment, then there still are nodes
    and if there still are nodes then some people are available to run
    that segment. If they don't want to, then there's no-one else to blame
    except themselves.

    To put it verbatim in Z5C's words as uttered in the ZCC-echo:

    JK> If there are any left in your Zone who want to
    JK> participate in Fidonet, I'm sure we can accomodate
    JK> them in the existing zones, if they desire
    JK> and are still running viable nodes.

    There are none left, that anyone can reach, i.e. the
    folks on Mango, I had a link to, but the folks running
    it do not want to run a BinkD setup, even if all it does
    is call out, and there is no way for Fidonet to help them,
    they are totally paranoid about security etc. and no amount
    of assurances that there are no known expoilts on BinkD
    have prevailed.

    So there was a single node in Zimbabwe operated by an organization
    called MANGO. They rejected the internet but over the many years that
    I was around, not a single message came from it either.

    Eventually it was ZC5 in a capacity similar to the last of the
    Mohicans who published a zone-segment reflecting the reality of Z5
    with only 1 (one) node in it with a request to drop Z5 from the
    nodelist on or around this past Nov.1st.

    And so it happened, nothing dramatic, no 911-ambush to rescue the ones
    that didn't care about being rescued … there were none.

    Moving into Janis' incoherent jibberish about Z4.
    I've never had a problem with Z4 as I figured there was a very lively communication going on in mostly Spanish and also some Portuguese. So
    I was kind of surprised when several individuals drew the parallel
    between what we noticed in Z6 first and afterwards in Z5 … lots of
    entries in the nodelist but not that many live people.

    Our colleague Z4C Manuel Adorni asked access to our Z2
    sysop-conference as he was concerned and that access was granted
    within minutes so he could argue his case. I've asked to obtain a link
    into the LATIN.SYSOP conference, the Z4-sysop echo, but have now been
    waiting for days for even a basic reply.

    The best I got from another non-Z4 sysop was verbatim: "My link is
    from Janis Krach but no trafic availlable a long time ago."

    Interesting, when someone needs a link into the Z4 sysop-conference
    one needs to ask Janis Kracht, but apparently there's no traffic
    in-there.

    Do the warning bells begin to sound? Yes, they do.

    At that time yours truly figured to investigate this on his own and
    wrote a mail, routed, to all Z4-sysops except the ZC as we entertain
    daily connections so I know he's around.

    Something odd happened … only 1 Z4-sysop responded, someone with no connection-data in the nodelist, basically a point. To conserve the
    "couleur locale" in this report, henceforth we will be calling the
    Latin points "pointinos" … it has a special ring to it.

    When I wanted to explore the former reliable link in Z4, Ioram Sete,
    the news I got first hand from someone who used to link to him was:
    "Ioran Sete, Brasil (4:801/189)? No links availlables from october
    12".

    This was reported to the ZCs as I figured something serious was
    occurring -- Janis, of course, had to blast me again and try to
    ridicule me in the closed ZCC-echo

    "Not true here.. I don't know WHAT your problem is, Ward:
    <snip loglines>
    Ioram is connecting here just fine!"

    So let's try to connect to Ioram myself direct I figured and see what
    happens. And indeed, "nothing" happens because each and every poll is
    rejected for the past day. A poll per minute for the past 14 hours.
    Best proof of another system who is listed in the nodelist with full
    connection data but when you try to crash, it doesn't work. Such
    connectivity we call "a point", or in this case "a pointino".

    Very odd to see this happening because when a person is listed as CM,
    there should be "something".

    Even more odd, this has happened in the past as well.

    There was this ZC of Z6 by the name of Bin Li that no-one really
    managed to connect toand who was listed as CM but when you dialed his
    number, there was "always" a voice-reply. The whole Fido-world noticed
    it, but Janis Kracht aggressively maintained Bin Li was a fully
    fledged node. What a joke, he had the accessability of a point as well
    but his presence to fill the numbers of the ZC-voting-booth in the ZCC
    was required to reach certain majorities.

    Or there's the case of Anatoli Tung (sp) whom no-one ever got to see
    but Carol claimed he displayed regular presence though no-one ever
    noticed it.

    Or what about the case of the African nodes none of whom responded for
    years or showed availability according to how they were listed? Even
    the Z5C the last years never was online and only called-out at 4 in
    the morning or so. He merely displayed point-presence too.

    What's the use of *Cs when you can't reach them?

    And now when several of us try to call the Z4 nodes there hardly is
    any success, none of the *C's other than the ZC show an on-line
    status.

    The only conclusion after a week of trying is that Z4 consists of one
    real node and then a number of individuals (for the moment at least 2)
    showing pointino-access.

    Do I want the death of Z4? Of course not but my blood starts to boil
    when I have to notice for the third time the game Z1C is playing by
    again discarding all the warning signs and whatever that she does
    always sees it as a war against Z2 in general and against me in
    particular.

    The figures and the logs don't lie, Janis ... for 14hrs "nothing", no
    matter how well you gift-wrap it:

    + 02 Dec 10:48:41 [4044] call to 4:801/189@fidonet
    02 Dec 10:48:41 [4044] trying 23.21.54.139...
    ? 02 Dec 10:49:02 [4044] unable to connect: {60}...
    ...Connection timed out

    Ward Dossche


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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.

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    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.335
    size 338.8kb
    date 2012-11-30

    The nodelist has 2389 nodes in it
    and a total of 3482 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    35 regions
    237 hosts
    202 hubs
    admin overhead 478 ( 20.01 %)

    and 323 private nodes
    131 nodes down
    161 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 615 ( 25.74 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 195 ( 8.16 %)
    9600 = 1531 ( 64.09 %)
    (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 47.94 %)
    (V32B = 50 or 3.27 %)
    (V34 = 1020 or 66.62 %)
    (V42 = 874 or 57.09 %)
    (V42B = 53 or 3.46 %)
    2400 = 11 ( 0.46 %)
    1200 = 2 ( 0.08 %)
    300 = 650 ( 27.21 %)

    ISDN = 165 ( 6.91 %)

    ----------------------------------------------------------
    File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ----------------------------------------------------------
    XA Frontdoor <1.99b 686
    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 1.30 761
    Frontdoor 1.99b
    Intermail 2.01
    T-Mail
    --------------------------------------
    None QMM 860 --------------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 1168 ( 48.89 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 1192 ( 49.90 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 185 ( 7.74 %)
    Other = -156 ( -6.53 %)

    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
    [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]

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