      F I D O N E W S         Volume 17, Number 16           19 April 1999
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                        Table of Contents
     1. EDITORIAL  ................................................  1
     2. GUEST EDITORIAL  ..........................................  2
        Election  .................................................  2
     3. ARTICLES  .................................................  3
     4. NOTICES  .................................................. 10
     5. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................................. 11
        Latest Greatest Software Versions  ........................ 11
     6. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 16
     7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  ..................................... 20
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     =================================================================
                                 EDITORIAL
     =================================================================

     Greetings,

     I must apologise for the mishap not having the usual editor section
     in last weeks issue.  It was not left on purpose, believe me.

     So an election is under way in Zone 1, or is it?  Nothing official
     has been seen by me, but whatever, lets hope it goes on peacefully.
     AND, do let us know what the outcome is, so that it can be shared by
     all.  Thanks.

     So the debate on piracy has died down and once again, nothing concrete
     came from it, at least from here it showed that Policy does not
     matter.

     Happy reading for the little we have this week.

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     =================================================================
                              GUEST EDITORIAL
     =================================================================


     Election

     I reckon I've stirred the soup in the Z1_ELECTION echo by publicly
     musing that the election of a new Zone 1 Coordinator seems to have
     stalled.  Joe Jarad commented that this may not be a bad thing since
     a new Coordinator should be selected carefully.

     So what do we have in Zone 1?  A ZC election which has stalled and
     is sputtering, or simply a deliberative process proceeding at an
     appropriate pace?

     I should point out that I have already expressed interest in
     standing for the ZC position, so an extra burden is imposed on you,
     the reader, in evaluating my objectivity while commenting on this
     question.

     I don't believe that the RCs have begun a deliberative process yet -
     not with regard to considering candidate qualifications, anyway.
     The announced actions so far have been:

     1.  Some talk among the RCs in their restricted echo concerning the
     best way to select a new ZC, and

     2.  A request from the individual RCs of their regions concerning
     the best method of selection:  direct election by the sysops,
     election by the NCs, or closed selection by the RCs.

     I believe that, at this point, there has been adequate time to
     gather input from all the regions, and adequate time to decide on the
     mechanism of selection.  It's time to put the candidates forward and
     begin the deliberative process... whatever it's going to be.

     --
     | Fidonet:  Douglas Myers 1:270/720@fidonet.org
     | Internet: doug@mdtnbbs.com
     | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
     | From Mdtn_BBS  @mdtnbbs.com  [ In the Heart of Three Mile Island ]

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     =================================================================
                                 ARTICLES
     =================================================================

     FidoNews Article Submission Guidelines

     FidoNet address 5:5/23

     Updated 16 August 1998 by Henk Wolsink
     Updated 1 Mar 1998 by Zorch Frezberg
     Updated 1 Jan 1998 by Christopher Baker
     Updated 29 May 1991 by Tom Jennings
     Based on the original work by Thom Henderson

     | denotes a change since the last update |.

     "Fido" and "FidoNet" are registered trademarks of
     Tom Jennings, Box 410923, San Francisco CA 94141, USA
     and are used with permission.


     -----------------------------
     SYNOPSIS:

     FidoNews is the newsletter of the FidoNet computer network,
     for both its Sysops and users.  It is passed to its readers
     electronically via the FidoNet and other computer networks
     and to non-network readers as well as to the InterNet.

     This document intends to tell you how to write and submit
     articles for publication in FidoNews.  Much of it describes
     the technical specifications which an article must meet in
     order to be included in the newsletter, as well as broad
     (very) guidelines on content.  (Of course you realize
     articles can be submitted only electronically.)

     Please read this document carefully.

     The article you save might be your own.


     -----------------------------
     INTRODUCTION:

     FidoNews was originally founded in early 1984 to include
     all parts of the lives of its member Sysops and users,
     which of course means not just technical matters.  We do
     not have fixed goals of maximum distribution or maximum
     readership (i.e. lowest common denominator) but only to
     meet the needs of our individual network members.  The
     success of this venture has always been contentious at
     best (ahem).

     In any case the grand experiment continues.

     Over fifteen years later and roughly 20,000 Nodes in the
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     network, the editorial policy, or lack of one, of FidoNews
     has shown to best fit our ever-changing and unpredictable
     needs.


     -----------------------------
     SUBJECT MATTER:

     Articles on any subject of interest to FidoNet members and
     users are welcome and encouraged, not necessarily of a
     technical nature, though priority may be, but not
     necessarily, given to articles of importance to the FidoNet,
     its technology and its uses; other networks such as uucp and
     the Internet; social aspects of communications; ethical
     issues; other related matters.


     -----------------------------
     ARTICLE LENGTH:

     Try to keep articles short.  The longer it is, the less
     likely people are to read it.  Consider splitting long
     articles (more than five pages) into smaller articles to
     be run serially.

     Exceptions will be made at the whim of the editors.

     For practical reasons, we will attempt to keep FidoNews to
     a "reasonable size", which is of course a highly subjective
     and variable thing.  As of Mar 1998, the goal is to keep
     each issue under 100,000 bytes.  Decisions regarding content
     may be made based upon this, though in general it shouldn't
     be an issue.

     As above, exceptions will be made at the whim of the
     editors.


     -----------------------------
     WRITING GUIDELINES:

     We are not all professional writers, nor is that even a
     goal for the FidoNews -- we want real communication to and
     from real people; even at the expense of so-called "good
     writing", which is frequently a tool to exclude.

     There are, however, a few minimum requirements for any
     successful writing, even for the lowly FidoNews:

     * The subject discussed must be clear to people other
       than the author!  Don't assume that people will pick
       up the context from your writing.  Tell them
       _explicitly_.

     * Why are you writing this?  It may _seem_ obvious --
       "Review of the new Acme 75-baud Modem" -- but it's
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       not.  Are you the manufacturer? An irate customer?
       Let us know your point of view.

     * Who *are* you?  A good question!  Anonymity is
       acceptable, though most people want to take credit
       for their work.  Include full contact information
       including NetMail and E-Mail addresses, where such
       is feasible.

     * Articles submitted via Netmail or E-Mail must
       contain all the technically required lines and
       delimiters in the BODY of the message.  This
       includes the *[title] line and the 70 character
       width requirement.  To indicate the filename type for
       one of these message submissions, place the
       FILENAME.TYP in the SUBJ: line of your E-Mail,
       NetMail, or EchoMail.  Those that require extra
       editing may be delayed from appearing in FidoNews.

     * Articles will appear when space becomes available,
       not necessarily the "next" issue.  If your article
       is of a time-critical nature, please say so when you
       submit it; the editor still has final say.

     * The editor reserves the right to request changes
       from an author to meet these "standards", which you
       have to admit are pretty loose. It is not the intent
       for this to be a mechanism to refuse articles the
       editor does not like, but simply to keep the
       contents intelligible.

     * If we have a backlog of articles, we may get fussier
       about things.  Historically, this has not been a
       serious problem.


     -----------------------------
     SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE

     TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

     If all that hasn't scared you away, the next step is to
     create a text file which contains the text of your article.
     The resulting file should be sent or uploaded to "Editor",
     | FidoNet address 5:5/23, or to "editor@fidonews.org".

     The "physical" location (and phone number) of FidoNews
     varies, and hence must be found elsewhere, such as
     within a recent copy of FidoNews itself.

     Filenames must follow the MSDOS standard:

         FILENAME.TYP

         a 1 to 8 character file name (A - Z, 0 - 9)
         a period,
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         a 0 to 3 character file type (A - Z, 0 - 9)


     File types are used to distinguish types of submissions, as
     follows:

         .LET Letters to the Editor.
         .ART An article, commentary, open letter, or
              general news item.
         .GUE Want to write a Guest Editorial?
              Place [*Name & Node on line 1]
         .RTX Need to make a Retraction of a previous
              article or notice?
         .COL Want to become a regular contributor
              with your own column?
         .ANS Answers to the Question of the Week.
         .BIO FidoNet biographies - tell us your
              personal story.
         .TRU True stories of FidoNet.
         .HIS FidoNet history - got an anecdote
              to share?
         .REV Reviews of related product, services,
              or programs.
         .JOK Net humor in print.
         .FIC FidoNet (computer related) short fiction.
         .CMX Comics in ASCII.
              [watch those lines at 70 columns!]
              [.CMX that are political will be
               renamed to .GUE]
         .PRF Want to Proofread? Get a cookie for
              spotting errors.
         .AD  Advertising FREE services or events.
         .SAL "For Sale"
         .WAN "Wanted"
         .NOT A notice for the back of the issue.
              Keep them short.
         .INT Internet addresses for FidoNet-related
              Web Pages of general interest.

     If your file doesn't have one of the above extensions, then
     it will lay around taking up disk space until someone takes
     a look at it and realizes what it is.

     Maybe.

     The name of the file is up to you, though you should use a
     name which is not likely to be "stepped on" by someone
     else -- the system will not guarantee file names are unique.
     For example, FNEWS.ART is probably not a good name for an
     article.


     -----------------------------
     CHARACTER SETS:

     The character by character contents of the file itself must
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     meet the following standards or it cannot be published in
     FidoNews.

     The FidoNews staff WILL NOT be responsible for making file
     contents conform to these standards.

     * FLUSH LEFT MARGIN:  Please do not put a "left margin"
       on your articles.  Have the text start at the very
       first column.

     * RIGHT MARGIN AT COLUMN 70 OR LESS:  Less is tolerable,
       more is definitely not.  If your cursor is resting at
       column 71 when your line is ended, you're okay.  But,
       *one* character past that, even with trailing spaces
       and MAKENEWS will barf on your submission.

       If your submission is physically rejected, the Editor
       will have to fix it manually or send it back for
       reformatting.

     * RAGGED-RIGHT TEXT:  Word-Star style "justification"
       (inserting spaces into sentences so that a paragraph
       is perfectly rectangular) is extremely hard to read,
       and consumes needless space.  Please don't use it!

     * NO FUNNY CHARACTERS:  This includes formfeeds, returns
       without linefeeds, linefeeds without returns, tabs and
       other oddities.

       The only control codes (character codes 0 through 31
       decimal) allowed are carriage return (CR) and
       linefeed (LF).  The only exception is:  Control-Z
       "end of file" terminator characters are tolerated.
       Not required.

     * NO GRAPHICS CHARACTERS:  Believe it or not, not
       everyone in the world has an IBM PC.  Please restrict
       yourself to printable ASCII characters in the range
       20 hex to 7E hex (space to tilde).

     * LINES TERMINATED:  Each line in the article should
       be terminated with a 'newline' -- either the MSDOS
       standard (CR/LF) or the unix standard (LF only).


     -----------------------------
     SUBMISSION FORMAT:

     Below is a sample article properly formatted.  Features of
     it are discussed further below.

     --article file example begins below this line--
     *A Sample Article [this is in LINE 1 starting at COLUMN 1]

     This is My Title
     by Joe Schmoe, [Netmail/email address]
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     And here is my article. Note that it is flush left (zero indent).
     Also note that the right margin is at column seventy so that it
     won't overflow "most" text windows. Each line has a newline. Note
     the *'ed first line. My article will be listed in the table of
     contents exactly as it appears after the * above.

     Figure 1.                       Table 1.
             +-------+               ========
             | A Box |                 Alpha
             +-------+                 Bravo

     Note that we am not using any funny-o characters. This ensures
     that the final article will look the same to every user, no
     matter what sort of hardware he has.

     This is the last sentence of our article.

     --article file example ends above this line--


     The FIRST line of text is the Table of Contents line.  It MUST
     begin with an asterisk * as shown above.  NO BLANK lines above
     title line are permitted.  If you do not follow this instruction
     exactly, the article will not be listed in the Table of Contents.
     This Table of Contents listing method works for all submission
     file types.

     * Everything that follows the *'ed line will appear in
       the body of the newsletter.  The *'ed line will be
       stripped out of your article text so if you want it
       repeated as your title in the article BE SURE to REPEAT
       it on a second line without the *.

     * Next should be the title or name of your article,
       your name, and contact information (network
       address(es), Postal Service address, etc).  Try to
       keep it to one or two lines each.

     * Put a blank line between paragraphs.  Paragraphs that
       all run together are very difficult to read, and may
       be rejected.

     * If you want to put in a table or a figure, go right
       ahead.  We do not rearrange text if you follow these
       submission guidelines, so your table or figure should
       remain exactly as you entered it. Try to limit them
       to ones that make the communication CLEARER.

     * Don't put a lot of blank space at the top or bottom.
       The FidoNews-generator programs will visually
       separate articles automatically.

     * Please check for basic errors in spelling, grammar,
       and punctuation. We're not publishing a textbook, but
       you don't want it to embarrass yourself do you?

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     * Don't use FidoNews to grind your personal axes
       against other FidoNet members.  An article presenting
       a side of an internal dispute is one thing.  An
       article defaming or perseverating over several
       Issues is another.  Articles that merely quote
       endlessly from other sources to no particular effect
       are also not a good idea.

     * Don't republish copyrighted material from other
       sources WITHOUT the permission of those sources.
       Include the permission in such articles.

     * Remember that FidoNews is no better or worse than
       the articles submitted to it. If you want FidoNews
       to be a useful newsletter, get involved and submit
       useful articles. It's up to YOU to make it work.


     -----------------------------
     SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

     FidoNews is published on Monday of every week.

     | To assure the best possible chance of being published in
     | this week's issue, the deadline for file submission to
     | the FidoNews Editor via FILE-ATTACH is at 0800 UTC/GMT
     | on the previous Saturday.

     | The deadline for submissions via NetMail, E-Mail, or in
     | the FIDONEWS Echo is 1800 UTC/GMT the previous
     | Friday.

     Submissions which miss the deadlines will be processed the
     following week.  Submission by deadline is not a guarantee
     of appearance in that week's FidoNews but it is likely
     depending on volume of submissions.

     As well, submissions may be missed due to changes in the
     personal schedule of the FidoNews Editor, but should be
     published in the following issue.


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     =================================================================
                                  NOTICES
     =================================================================

                       Future History

       12 May 1999
          12th Anniversary of Fido Operations in Zone 4;
          10th Anniversary of the creation of FidoNet Zone 4.

       14 - 16 May 1999
          V. BBachCon in Bleichenbach, Germany.
          For further information see: www.bbachcon.de

       24 Jul 1999
          XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].

        9 Jun 1999
          Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07.

       10 Sep 1999
          10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.

       26 Oct 1999
          Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.

       31 Dec 1999
          Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.

        1 Jan 2000
          The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.

        1 Jun 2000
          EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.

       15 Sep 2000
          Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

       21 Sep 2000
          10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)

        1 Jan 2001
          This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.

       -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
             Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.

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


     Latest Greatest Software Versions
     by Peter E. Popovich, 1:228/158

     Well, it has been quite a while. Been wondering if I should come
     back. Guess I just did. <grin>

     Everything is out of date. I've got a backlog, but while I catch
     up on old mail, I also want to get new mail as well. So write me.

     There's been some speculation about web page listings and e-mail
     addresses for this list. I do plan to add them to the web version
     of this list within the next couple of weeks. Please send them in.

     Please note the new contact info:

             Peter Popovich, 1:228/158
             fido@popovich.net
             http://www.popovich.net/fido

     Peter Popovich

     -=- Snip -=-

     Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column

     OS Platform                             :
     Software package name                   :
     Version                                 :
     Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
     Freeware / Shareware / Commercial?      :
     Author / Support staff contact name     :
     Author / Support staff contact node     :
     Magic name (at the above-listed node)   :
     Internet e-mail address                 :
     Web page                                :

     Please include a sentence describing what the package does.

     Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:228/158

     -=- Snip -=-

     MS-DOS:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Act-Up         4.6      G D Chris Gunn        1:15/55     ACT-UP
     ALLFIX         5.00     T S Harald Harms      2:281/415   ALLFIX
     Announcer      1.12     O S Peter Karlsson    2:206/221   ANNOUNCE
     BGFAX          1.60     O S B.J. Guillot      1:106/400   BGFAX
     Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOS_260.ZIP
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     BinkleyTerm-XE XR5      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_DOS
     CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
     CheckPnt       1.0a     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     CHECKPNT
     FastEcho       1.46.1   T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FASTECHO
     FastEcho/16    1.46.1   T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FEX
     FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLSTD
     FidoBBS (tm)   12u      B S Ray Brown         1:1/117     FILES
     FrontDoor      2.12     M S JoHo              2:201/330   FD
     FrontDoor      2.20c    M C JoHo              2:201/330   FDINFO
     GEcho          1.00     T S Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GEcho/Plus     1.11     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GEcho/Pro      1.20     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GIGO           07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler      1:1/141     INFO
     GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GED
     GoldED/386     2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEX
     GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
     GoldNODE       2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEN
     Imail          1.75     T S Michael McCabe    1:1/121     IMAIL
     ImCrypt        1.04     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     IMCRYPT
     InfoMail/86    1.21     O F Damian Walker     2:2502/666  INFOMAIL
     InfoMail/386   1.21     O F Damian Walker     2:2502/666  INFO386
     InterEcho      1.19     T C Peter Stewart     1:369/35    IEDEMO
     InterMail      2.29k    M C Peter Stewart     1:369/35    IMDEMO
     InterPCB       1.52     O S Peter Stewart     1:369/35    INTERPCB
     IPNet          1.11     O S Michele Stewart   1:369/21    IPNET
     JD's CBV       1.4      O S John Dailey       1:363/277   CBV
     Jelly-Bean     1.01     T S Rowan Crowe       3:635/727   JELLY
     Jelly-Bean/386 1.01     T S Rowan Crowe       3:635/727   JELLY386
     JMail-Hudson   2.81     T S Jason Steck       1:285/424   JMAIL-H
     JMail-Goldbase 2.81     T S Jason Steck       1:285/424   JMAIL-G
     MakePl         1.9      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     MAKEPL
     Marena         1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     MARENA
     Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAX
     Max User Ed.   0.18     O F Larry Cooke       1:300/53    MUE
     McMail         1.0      M S Michael McCabe    1:1/148     MCMAIL
     MDNDP          1.18     N S Bill Doyle        1:388/7     MDNDP
     Msged          4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41D.ZIP
     Msged/386      4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41X.ZIP
     NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEFD
     NorthStar      3.31.29  B S A&B Darin         1:285/82    NSTAR
     Opus CBCS      1.79     B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14    OPUS
     O/T-Track      2.66     O S Peter Hampf       2:241/1090  OT
     PcMerge        2.8      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     PCMERGE
     PlatinumXpress 1.3      M C Gary Petersen     1:290/111   PX13TD.ZIP
     QuickBBS       2.81     B S Ben Schollnick    1:2613/477  QUICKBBS
     RAR            2.01     C S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    RAR
     RemoteAccess   2.50     B S Mark Lewis        1:3634/12   RA
     Searchlight    4.5      B S Paul Casey        1:343/117   DEMO450.ZIP
     Searchlight    5.02     B C Paul Casey        1:343/117   SLBBS50.TXT
     Silver Xpress
       Door         5.4      O S Gary Petersen     1:290/111   FILES
       Reader       4.4      O S Gary Petersen     1:290/111   SXR44.ZIP
     Spitfire       3.51     B S Mike Weaver       1:3670/3    SPITFIRE
     Squish         1.11     T P Tech              1:249/106   SQUISH
     StealTag UK    1.c...   O F Fred Schenk       2:284/412   STEAL_UK
     StealTag NL    1.c...   O F Fred Schenk       2:284/412   STEAL_NL
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     T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAIL
     Telegard       3.02     B F Tim Strike        1:259/423   TELEGARD
     Terminate      5.00     O S Bo Bendtsen       2:254/261   TERMINATE
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
     Tornado        1.50g    B F Konst Klyagin     2:461/22    TORNADO
     TosScan        1.01     T C JoHo              2:201/330   TSINFO
     TransNet       1.00     G S Marc S. Ressl     4:904/72    TN100ALL.ZIP
     TriBBS         11.0     B S Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRIBBS
     TriDog         11.0     T F Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRIDOG
     TriToss        11.0     T S Gary Price        1:3607/26   TRITOSS
     WaterGate      0.93     G S Robert Szarka     1:320/42    WTRGATE
     WWIV           4.24a    B S Craig Dooley      1:376/126   WWIV
     WWIVTOSS       1.36     T S Craig Dooley      1:376/126   WWIVTOSS
     xMail          2.00     T S Thorsten Franke   2:2448/53   XMAIL
     XRobot         3.01     O S JoHo              2:201/330   XRDOS

     OS/2:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     ALLFIX/2       5.00     T S Harald Harms      2:281/415   AFIXOS2
     BGFAX          1.60     O S B.J. Guillot      1:106/400   BGFAX
     Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BOS2_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm-XE XR5      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_OS2
     CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
     FastEcho       1.46.1   T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400  FE2
     FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLST
     FleetStreet    1.21     O S Michael Hohner    2:2490/2520 FLEET
     FP-OS/2        97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow        323/107     FPOS2
     GEcho/Pro      1.20     T C Bob Seaborn       1:140/12    GECHO
     GIGO           07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler      1:1/141     INFO
     GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEO
     GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
     GoldNODE       2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEN
     ImCrypt        1.04     O G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     IMCRYPT
     Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAXP
     Max User Ed.   0.18     O F Larry Cooke       1:300/53    MUEP
     Msged/2        4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41O.ZIP
     NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEF
     PcMerge        2.3      N G Michiel vd Vlist  2:500/9     PCMERGE
     RAR            2.01     C S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    RAR2
     Squish         1.11     T P Tech              1:249/106   SQUISHP
     T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAIL2
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
     Tornado        1.50g    B F Konst Klyagin     2:461/22    TORNADO2
     WaterGate      0.93     G S Robert Szarka     1:320/42    WTRGATE
     XRobot         3.01     O S JoHo              2:201/330   XROS2

     Windows (16-bit apps):
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     BeeMail        1.0      M C Andrius Cepaitis  2:470/1     BEEMAIL
     FrontDoor APX  1.12     P S Mats Wallin       2:201/329   FDAPXW

     Windows (32-bit apps):
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
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     Argus 95/IP    2.704    M S Max Masyutin      2:469/77    A9I
     Argus NT/IP    2.704    M S Max Masyutin      2:469/77    ANI
     BeeMail        1.0      M C Andrius Cepaitis  2:470/1     BEEMAIL
     Binkley Docs   2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BDOC_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm    2.60     M F Bob Juge          1:1/102     BW32_260.ZIP
     BinkleyTerm-XE XR5      M F Thomas Waldmann   2:2474/400  BTXE_W32
     CFRoute        0.92     O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70    CFR
     FastLst        1.36     N S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   FASTLSTW
     GoldED         2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEO
     GoldED Docs    2.50     O S Len Morgan        1:203/730   GEM
     Maximus        3.01     B P Tech              1:249/106   MAXN
     Msged/NT       4.10     O G Andrew Clarke     3:635/728   MSGED41W.ZIP
     NEF            2.38     O S Alberto Pasquale  2:332/504   NEFW
     PlatinumXpress 2.00     M C Gary Petersen     1:290/111   PXW-INFO
     Searchlight    5.02     B C Paul Casey        1:343/117   SLBBS50.TXT
     T-Mail         2.600    M S Ron Dwight        2:220/22    TMAILNT
     WinFOSSIL/95   1.12 r4  F S Bryan Woodruff    1:343/294   WNFOSSIL.ZIP
     WinFOSSIL/NT   1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff    1:343/294   NTFOSSIL.ZIP

     Unix:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     ifmail         2.12     M G Eugene Crosser    2:293/2219  IFMAIL
     ifmail-tx      ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga   2:293/2219  IFMAILTX
     ifmail-tx.rpm  ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga   2:293/2219  IFMAILTX.RPM
     Msged          4.00     O G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   MSGED
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK

     Amiga:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     CrashMail      1.31     T X Rene Laederach    2:301/133   CRASHMAIL
     CrashTick      1.2      O F Rene Laederach    2:301/133   CRASHTICK
     DLG Pro BBOS   1.15     B C Holly Sullivan    1:202/720   DLGDEMO
     GMS            1.1.85   M S Mirko Viviani     2:331/213   GMS
     Msged          4.00     O G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   MSGED
     Tobruk         0.33     T G Paul Edwards      3:711/934   TOBRUK
     TrapDoor       1.86.b2  M S Maximilian Hantsch
                                                   2:310/6     TRAPDOOR
     TrapToss       1.50     T S Rene Hexel        2:310/6     TRAPTOSS

     Atari:
     Program Name   Version  F C Contact Name      Node        Magic Name
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     ApplyList      1.00     N F Daniel Roesen     2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
     BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2  M F Bill Scull        1:363/112   BINKLEY
     BTNC           2.00     N G Daniel Roesen     2:2432/1101 BTNC
     JetMail        0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker     2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
     Semper         0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten      2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA

     Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
               C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
               be listed by the first match.

     Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
     FIDONEWS 16-16               Page 15                  19 Apr 1999


           X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source

     Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:228/158

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     =================================================================
                            FIDONET BY INTERNET
     =================================================================

     This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the
     FidoNews Editor as of this issue; see the notice at the end.

     FidoNet:

     Homepage    http://www.fidonet.org
     FidoNews    http://www.fidonews.org             [HTML]
                 http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html  [ASCII]
     WWW sources http://travel.to/fidonet/
     FTSC page   http://www.ftsc.org/
     Echomail    [pending]
     General     http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
                 http://www.nrgsys.com/orb/foti
     List servers:
                 http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion

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

     Zone 1:       http://www.z1.fidonet.org

       Region 10:  http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html

       Region 11:  http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/

       Region 13:  http://www.net264.org/r13.htm

         Net 264:  http://www.net264.org/

       Region 14:

         Net 282:  http://www.rxn.com/~net282/

       Region 17:  http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/

       Region 18:  http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/

       Region 19:  http://members.home.net/hbh3/r19

     Zone 1 Elist  http://www.baltimoremd.com/elist/

     Not sure where the following should be placed:

                   http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/fido.html

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

     Zone 2:       http://www.z2.fidonet.org

     ZEC2:
     Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/echolist/

       Region 20:  http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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       Region 23:  http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)

       Region 24:  http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
         Fido-IP:  http://home.nrh.de/~lbehet/fido (English/German)

       Region 25:  http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/net/

        Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
           REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb

       Region 27:  http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm

       Region 29:  http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/  (French)

       Region 30:  http://www.fidonet.ch  (German)

       Region 33:  http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)

       Region 34:  http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm  (Spanish)
           REC34:  http://pobox.com/~chr

       Region 36:  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/

       Region 38:  http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html

       Region 41:  http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)

       Region 42:  http://www.fido.cz

       Region 48:  http://www.fidonet.org.pl

       Region 50:  http://www.fido7.com/  (Russian)
        Net 5010:  http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/  (Russian)
        Net 5015:  http://www.fido.nnov.ru/  (Russian)
        Net 5030:  http://kenga.ru/fido/  (Russian & English)
        Net 5073:  http://people.weekend.ru/soa/  (Russian)

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

     Zone 3:       http://www.z3.fidonet.org

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

     Zone 4:

       Region 90:  http://visitweb.com/fidonet
         Net 903:  http://www.playagrande.com/refugio
         Net 904:  http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)

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

     Zone 5:       http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm

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

     Zone 6:       http://www.z6.fidonet.org
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       Region 65:  http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese)

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

     Pages listed above are as submitted to the FidoNews Editor,
     and generally reflect Zone and Regional Web Page sites.  If
     no Regional site is submitted, the first Network page from
     that Region is used in its place.  Generally, Regional pages
     should list access points to all Networks within the Region.

     TCP/IP accessible node access information should be submitted
     to the FidoNews Editor for inclusion in their Region or Zone.

                      -----------oOo-------------

                       Fidonet Via Internet Hubs

     Node#      | Operator          | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
     -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
     1:12/12    | Ken Wilson        | FTP            | T1    | $24mo.
     1:13/25    | Jim Balcom        | FTP            | 56k   | $20mo.
     1:106/1    | Matt Bedynek      | FTP,VMoT,UUE   | 64k   | $5/$15mo.
     1:106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin   | FTP,VMoT       | 64k   | $5/mo.
     1:107/451  | Andy Knifel       | FTP, VMoT, UUE | 33.6  | n/c
     1:140/12   | Bob Seaborn       | FTP            | T1    | $5/$20
     1:270/101  | George Peace      | FTP            | T1    | $30mo.
     1:271/140  | Tom Barstow       | UUE            | T1    | n/c
     1:275/1    | Joshua Ecklund    | UUE            | 28.8  | $10/yr.
     1:280/169  | Brian Greenstreet | FTP            | 33.6  | $2mo.
     1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca       | FTP,UUE        | T1    | unkn
     1:2424/10  | Alec Grynspan     | FTP,UUE        | T1    | n/c
     1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin    | FTP,VMoT,UUE   | 33.6  | $1mo.
     1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco  | VMoT           | 33.6  | $15yr.
     1:345/0    | Todd Cochrane     | FTP            | T1    | n/c
     1:346/250  | Aran Spence       | FTP,UUE        | T1    | $10mo.
     1:396/45   | Marc Lewis        | UUE            | 33.6  | $26/yr.
     1:3651/9   | Jerry Gause       | FTP,VMoT       | 33.6  | $3/$6
     1:396/1    | John Souvestre    | FTP,VMoT       | T1    | $15mo.
     2:335/535  | Mario Mure        | VMoT,UUE       | 64k   | n/c
     2:254/175  | Alex Kemp         | UUE            | 56k   | n/c
     2:284/800  | Jeroen VanDeLeur  | FTP,UUE        | 64k   | n/c
     2:335/610  | Gino Lucrezi      | UUE            | 33.6  | n/c
     2:469/84   | Max Masyutin      | VMoT           | 256k  | n/c
     2:2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich   | UUE            | 64k   | n/c
     2:2474/275 | Christian Emig    | UUE            | 64k   | unkn
     3:633/260  | Malcolm Miles     | FTP            | 33.6  | n/c
     4:905/100  | Fabian Gervan     | VMoT, UUE      | ???   | n/c
     --
     * FTP  = Internet File Transfer Protocol
     * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
     * UUE  = uuencode<->email type transfers
     [I'm only cataloging transfer methods, eg, ftp, email, telnet.
     Specific programs using these protocols are no longer being listed.
     Contact the system operators for details of which programs they have
     available.]

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     Compiled by C. Ingersoll, 1:2623/71, (609)814-1978, fbn@dandy.net
     Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP, R13SYSOP and Fidonews.

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     =================================================================
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     FIDONEWS 16-16               Page 21                  19 Apr 1999


     Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
     1 - 16 for 1984 - 1999, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
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        INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:

                        http://www.fidonews.org
                **      http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
                **      ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
                        ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
                        ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/Fidonet/Fidonews

        And in non-English formats via:

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     and    http://www.fidonet.dynip.com/public/fidonews/default.htm

     and in the FIDONEWS echo.

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     STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
     Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:

                        ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/

     Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
     for that year's issues.  The total set is currently about 13 Megs.

                                  =*=*=*=

     The current week's FidoNews are now also available almost immediately
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     There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
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