     The  F I D O N E W S      Volume 19, Number 29             22 Jul 2002 
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            Copyright 2002 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. INSIDE  ...................................................  2
        The Fidonews at a Glance  .................................  2
     3. GENERAL ARTICLES  .........................................  3
        Not a "Good Show, Mate"  ..................................  3
     4. CATCALLS FROM THE CHEAP SEATS  ............................  5
        Catcalls from the Cheap Seats  ............................  5
     5. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN  .......................... 10
        Soy Onions  ............................................... 10
     6. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES  ..................................... 11
        Cute  ..................................................... 11
     7. TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................. 12
        Fidonet Software List  .................................... 12
     8. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 16
        Fidonet-related Sites  .................................... 16
     9. SPECIAL INTEREST  ......................................... 21
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 21
     10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  .................................... 23
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 23
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 25
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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     "Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn
     to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams."

                                  --  Mary Ellen Kelly


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                                  INSIDE
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                     The Fidonews at a Glance

     Once again a rather thin issue of the Snooze. In the general articles
     section Frank Vest tells us about an encounter in a newsgroup, where
     someone claimed that many fido-BBS's are dead. This in the article
     "Not a 'Good Show, Mate'"

        "Catcalls from the Cheap Seats" by Luke Kolin is this week entirely
     dedicated to the poor Dutch kid that was framed by the FBI.

        In the kitchen section Carol makes "Soy Onions". I guess those can
     be made on the grill as well, if you want them as a side dish at the
     grill party.

        Finally, for the jokes section, we received a kiddy joke from
     Warren Bonner. It's called "Cute".



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                             GENERAL ARTICLES
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                            Not a "Good Show, Mate"
                                 By Frank Vest
                                  1:124/6308.1

     The below appeared in the Internet Newsgroup - alt.bbs.

     ---- quote ----
     From: Anonymous
     Subject: FidoNet
     Newsgroups: alt.bbs

     Having heard of FidoNet for several years, I wanted to add FidoNet to
     my BBS, so I went hunting for the information.  I found a bbs that
     carried fidonet echos so I spent a few days reading some of them.. I
     found most echos dead and the ones that were not seem to be nothing
     but filthy mouths, flame wars, power struggles and god help a new
     person or a female.. you will be shit on. A couple seemed to be ok,
     but it looks to me like this network is dead for the avarage person.
     ---- end quote ----

     In my opinion, this is sadly the case too often for those that might
     want to join Fidonet. They search for information and find little.
     When they finally do find a BBS to check out, it is like the above.

     Why??

     Probably many reasons. I'll just list my thoughts and everyone can
     take it from there with flames and fights. :(

     DEAD SYSOP:

     Some Sysops are "missing in action". The BBS is there, but the Sysop
     is not interested, doesn't have the time, plays on the Internet side
     of his/her BBS or some other excuse and leaves the BBS run "just
     because". The echos haven't been looked at, updated or whatever in
     some time. The link to the Node might be gone and not noticed by the
     Sysop who never logs into his/her BBS.

     SYSOP/ADMINISTRATIVE ECHOS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:

     Don't laugh. I've visited BBSs that have echos open to the public that
     should not be. The Sysop either doesn't realize that the echo should
     not be in the public or doesn't know how to prevent access by the
     public.

     IN DEFENSE OF US ALL:

     In all fairness, I can't lay all the blame on all of us or just the
     above reasons. In my reply to this message in the newsgroup (of course
     I replied :-) I mentioned that judging all of Fidonet by the,
     apparently, one BBS called is not good. It would be much the same as
     judging all of one country/nation by one citizen in that country.
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 4                   22 Jul 2002


     Ok, I'll shut up now. :-)


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                       CATCALLS FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
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                       Catcalls from the Cheap Seats
                             By Luke Kolin

     It is not often that this not so humble commentator gets dragged into
     a defence of the US criminal justice system. However, considering the
     outrage I've managed to provoke in Michiel van der Vlist, I would be
     remiss if I didn't take a few extra steps in order to clear up the
     matter of our Dutch friend Menno B and his fondness for little girls
     who really are middle-aged FBI agents. (Is there a UseNet newsgroup or
     Yahoo club for that fetish, or will I start my own?
     alt.sex.fetish.fat.bald.feds!) Let us begin by getting a few things
     out of the way right at the beginning, so that all of our readers are
     clear on what happened. Only then can we discuss the real heart of the
     matter.

     First, Menno was not "framed". In English, the verb "to frame" implies
     either that a picture or painting is placed within a frame, or that an
     individual has been accused and convicted of a crime he did not
     commit, by the active malfeasance of law enforcement or another party.
     In no way can Michiel claim that Menno B has been framed. Did he not
     communicate with the individual? Did he not intend to engage in sexual
     relations with her, if she had in fact been a 14-year-old girl? Did he
     not travel to the United States for that purpose? Did he not make
     arrangements to meet this "girl"?

     Fact is, by everyone's admission that's EXACTLY what Menno wanted to
     do. If he was merely a hapless Dutch tourist seeing the Grand Canyon
     one fine day who hadn't chatted on the Internet in his life, and the
     chats were a fabrication of an FBI agent, that would be a case of our
     subject being "framed". But that is not the case at all. Again, there
     has been no dispute whatsoever on the facts of this case. To suggest
     that Menno was framed is implying that American law enforcement had
     twisted the details of the case. Considering that Menno himself agrees
     to the facts, it is somewhat unreasonable for Michiel (and to that
     extent, our Editor - shame on you, Bjorn!) to use the word "framed".
     We may have disagreement over the tactics used by the FBI, but that's
     a different argument which I'm more than happy to engage in later.

     Now, before I'm painted as a deeply reactionary and unreasonable
     father, let's discuss my daughter (and my non-existent son) for a few
     moments. I recognise, instinctively, that at some point in her life
     she will engage in sexual activity. Where Michiel and I disagree, is
     the age at which such activity is appropriate. Now, clearly, at 14
     months of age she is far too young to be involved or even interested
     in such a thing. At eighteen, that's certainly going to be her
     decision, not mine. All I can do is hope to influence her into making
     appropriate choices that she will not regret at a later date. Where
     things get sticky is at what age in between is sexual activity on her
     part appropriate? Is it fourteen, as Michiel advocates? How about
     thirteen? twelve? Maybe ten? How about eight years of age? What gives
     Michiel the right to determine at what age parents such as myself lose
     our responsibility to control certain aspects of our minor children's
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 6                   22 Jul 2002


     behaviour? I certainly wouldn't want Dutchme n like Menno and Michiel
     determining what age my daughter is allowed to engage in sexual
     activity with an older man, any more than I'd want some pious Saudi
     Arabian cleric to do so. I (and members of my community) have gotten
     together through our elected representatives and passed a series of
     laws regarding statutory rape and the use of minors for sexual
     purposes.

     It's interesting that Michiel refers to having sex with a
     fourteen-year-old as being "technically" illegal, about the same as a
     parking ticket, just after he discusses a recent move to lower the age
     of consent to twelve years of age. He mentions that such activities
     should be legal as long as the child "consents". What is consent? And
     why is there an age of consent? Why is it that legally, a child of a
     certain age cannot consent to sexual activity, even if he or she wants
     to engage in it? Why? Because lawmakers, unlike Michiel, have the
     intelligence and common sense to recognise that children are incapable
     of making meaningful, thought out decisions in a large number of
     situations. Under Michiel's interesting view of the world, a
     40-year-old could promise to divorce his wife and marry a 14-year-old
     and give her lots of money if she'd have sex with him. If she said
     "yes", there would be no crime committed. Now, we both now that on its
     face, such a promise is. Ahem... unlikely to be hono ured. However,
     some children are more susceptible than others to unreasonable
     propositions are. However, the child had freely and willingly
     consented. Now, in Michiel's view, responsibility would shift onto
     parents to protect their children by "instilling values" into them,
     before they went out into a world where it was open season on them.

     Michiel brings up the suggestion that is "what if it was my child that
     was arrested for purchasing a firearm?" Well, it doesn't take a rocket
     scientist to understand that firearm laws vary substantially from
     country to country. If my 25-year-old son came to me and informed me
     that he was travelling to a foreign country to purchase a firearm, I'd
     ask him "Have you checked to see if this is legal? What permits do you
     need?" Heck, I'd even ask him that if he wanted to purchase a firearm
     from a neighbour or the local gun store. (Firearm regulation does
     exist in the United States, despite popular opinion in foreign
     countries.) I would also hope that my son, at 25 years of age, would
     recognise the basic notion that there are a lot of laws in the world
     that regulate your behaviour, and that there are consequences to
     violating them. A cursory check of those laws might not be a bad idea,
     especially with something as regulated as firearms (or sex with
     minors).

     As a parent, anything bad that happens to my children causes me pain
     and grief. However, I am also mature and sensible enough to realise
     that (like Michiel exhorts me to) I cannot protect my children from
     everything the world throws at them. If my son lacks the common sense
     at 25 years of age to realise that certain items (especially firearms)
     are regulated and restricted, and ends up in legal difficulties
     because of it, I have only myself as a parent to blame - or I shrug my
     shoulders and say I've tried long enough to instil common sense in the
     boy. At the very least, he should have had the presence of mind to ask
     someone whose judgement he trusted (like, I hope, myself) before he
     went ahead and did it.
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     It does beg the question, of course, of what Menno asked his mother or
     father before he left for the United States. Did he tell them, "Hey
     folks, I'm travelling to the United States to engage in sex with a
     teenage schoolgirl I met on the Internet? Think that's a good idea?"
     Did he tell anyone? I'm sure even someone as amoral as Michiel is
     turning out to be would at least have had the common sense to suggest
     that this might not be the smartest of ideas.

     I don't anticipate getting much agreement with Michiel on these
     points. Our laws recognise that, and they are different between the
     Netherlands and the United States. Let's move on towards a more
     interesting legal argument, the question of "intent". Menno's crime
     was the intent to engage in sexual activity with a minor. I don't
     think we have any disagreement that this is what he truly intended.
     Michiel also concedes that the intended activity is a crime - all that
     we have left is if it is valid for the United States to criminalise
     intent, and was Menno's arrest "entrapment."

     Let's deal with the notion of intent. Intent is not as simple as
     Michiel claims it is - one cannot criminalise thought in a civilised
     country. Deeds are another matter. Legally, intent is a collection of
     actions from which a reasonable individual would infer that the
     defendant truly intends to commit a crime. The example that Michiel
     suggests is a red herring. It's not illegal in any part of the United
     States for me to take a look at a young girl (or boy, were it to my
     taste) and think impure thoughts of illegal activity. It never has
     been illegal to do so. Now, were I to proposition a young child, that
     would probably be a crime. What would certainly be a crime (even if
     the child consents) is to take further actions in preparation of an
     illegal act, like going back to my house or renting a motel room.
     Again, the systems (and juries) are smart enough to recognise that a
     thought isn't evidence in and of itself of a future criminal act; the
     follow-up actions are what determine it. While w e cannot know what
     was in Menno's mind the very instant he stepped off that plane, it's
     reasonable to assume he wouldn't travel all the way to the US only to
     change his mind in the instant before the FBI showed up. If anything,
     I think Menno changed his mind the instant AFTERWARDS.

     Does Michiel really believe that Menno did nothing wrong in the US? In
     and of itself, Menno just stepped off of an aeroplane in the United
     States. Fortunately, US courts and judges aren't nearly as wilfully
     blind as Michiel would want them to be. They ask sensible, logical
     questions. And they asked themselves, he intended to commit a crime
     while in the Netherlands. Are his actions in the US consistent with
     that previous intent? If he had a different reason to come to the
     United States, he sure didn't claim so. Instead, he did exactly as he
     said he was going to do when he was in the Netherlands. You see, the
     law is smart enough to recognise that illegal acts are often composed
     of many legal actions. They look at the big picture.

     As an example, I may have a desire to see my boss dead. To think, "I'd
     love to shoot him" is not criminal in and of itself. Were I to legally
     purchase a firearm to do so, that too might not be criminal. There are
     dozens of legal and acceptable reasons for me to purchase a firearm,
     none of which are related to the assassination of my supervisor.
     Again, that probably wouldn't be sufficient to have me arrested, let
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     alone convicted. Were I to show up at work with my gun, that would
     probably be enough and if the police had been tipped off about my
     intentions to shoot my boss, I'd be stopped, searched and arrested,
     even though it is not a criminal act to carry a concealed weapon into
     my workplace in this state. (I could be fired for doing so, but that's
     not a criminal process.) A reasonable individual would conclude that I
     had taken enough steps to transfer my initial desires into a likely
     future action, even though ALL of my previous acts have been entirely
     legal. That's what criminal inten t is all about. You can't claim that
     until I actually pull the trigger no crime had been committed. That's
     absurd.

     It's also an entirely legitimate tactic for law enforcement to act as
     a potential party to a crime. Let me take another example - America's
     drug laws. In the Netherlands, the purchase and consumption of
     marijuana is still "technically" illegal, but again, is similar to a
     parking ticket. If Menno had conspired with an individual over the
     Internet to purchase a small amount of marijuana within the United
     States and import it into the Netherlands, would it be impossible to
     arrest him because the other party (the FBI agent) acted under false
     pretences, since he had no intentions of ever selling me any? If so,
     the entire practice of law enforcement would come to a grinding halt -
     law enforcement, in the course of undercover work, needs to act as a
     "willing accomplice" in order to accumulate evidence of a current or
     future crime.

     Michiel claims that the authorities "provoked" a crime. How exactly
     was Menno provoked? Did he not come up with the idea to engage in
     sexual conduct with a minor? Did he not come up with the idea to
     travel to the United States? Are we to believe that Menno was so
     feeble-minded that he was talked into all of this by a smooth-talking
     FBI agent, and didn't have the mental capacity to say no? If so, then
     Michiel is a hypocrite of the first magnitude.

     You see, by claiming such a defence, Michiel claims that Menno was a
     twenty-five year old "kid" who was incapable of the mental
     decision-making necessary to take responsibility for his own actions.
     So, apparently 25 years old is too young to make decisions regarding
     right or wrong, but children of half that age are perfectly capable of
     engaging in informed decisions about having sex with older
     individuals??? That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard yet. If
     anything, to characterise Menno as an uninformed "kid" means that the
     age of consent should be RAISED, not lowered, as 25 is obviously too
     young to make serious decisions on one's own. If 25 is still a kid, 14
     must be a baby.

     If the crime had truly been "provoked" in a legal sense, that would be
     entrapment. That would be the FBI agent propositioning Menno about
     sex. That would be the FBI agent suggesting he come to the United
     States. And you'd bet your bottom dollar that Menno's lawyer would
     have been jumping up and down screaming entrapment at every
     opportunity, especially since the chat transcripts are the key pieces
     of evidence in this case. Why hasn't he done so? Because there's no
     evidence to support such a notion. It seems that Michiel wants things
     both ways - he wants 25 year olds to be guarded from the legal
     consequences of committing crimes, but believes that children half
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     that age contain the judgement necessary to provide the informed
     consent necessary to engage in sex. Sex with children without
     consequences - how disgusting.

     Now, I'll give Menno (or most likely, his attorney, since common sense
     wasn't present in Menno's actions until legal counsel was retained)
     some credit here. He's never suggested for a moment that what he did
     was right, because it wasn't. He's never suggested entrapment, because
     there is no evidence of that taking place. I'm sure that when Menno
     was passing through US Immigration, he didn't say to the INS Inspector
     "I'm here to sleep with an underage minor", because he knew that was
     wrong. At every step, this individual was intending on committing a
     crime, and his actions are entirely consistent with that. What's more
     interesting to this commentator, as this story as developed, are the
     extraordinary lengths that Michiel has gone to defend this individual.
     Again, the FBI probably has better things to do than go after Dutch
     paedophiles, but that's not the issue. If Menno had contained his
     musings to dirty talk behind a keyboard in the Netherlands, that would
     be just fine. He wouldn't be a rrested, because (to be honest) he
     wouldn't be a threat to American children. The minute he demonstrated
     his wherewithal to travel to the United States to follow up on his
     propositions, he was a threat and deservedly arrested. To suggest he
     was too young to appreciate the consequences of his actions clearly
     indicates that a 14-year-old is certainly incapable of giving consent
     to sexual activity.

     Again, it's common sense. Want to sleep with minors? Don't come to the
     United States - go to the Netherlands, where's it's pretty much legal
     and the population will fight hard to defend your "right" to do so.


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                      FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN
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                       Soy Onions

           Yield: 4 Servings

           2 lg Onions- vidalia preferred
           2 tb Butter or olive oil
           2 tb Shoyu or soy sauce

       Melt butter and dot on cut onion.  Cook in microwave 4 mins on
     medium. Add soy sauce and let stand 3 mins then serve.

       From: xxcarol

       Note: this makes a fine side dish for most meals and is perfect for
     almost any barbaque.  It can also be made with 1/2 the fat/oil added
     and still taste wonderful!


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                           CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES
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                             Cute
            By Warren Bonner <wdbonner@pacbell.net>

     Two little kids are in the hospital lying on beds next to each other
     outside the operating room.

     The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in for?"

     The second kid says, "I'm here to get my tonsils out and I'm a little
     nervous."

     The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about.  I had that
     done when I was four.  They put you to sleep and when you wake up,
     they  give you lots of jell-o and ice cream.  It's a breeze."

     The second kid then says, "What are you here for?"

     The first kid says, "A circumcision."

     The second kid says, "Whoa, I had that done when I was born.  I
     couldn't walk for a year."


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                 TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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                             Fidonet Software List
                                By Todd Cochrane
     Type:

     B=BBS  D=Door  M=Mailer  T=Tosser   C=Communication (terminal)
     U=Utility  P=Point Software  I=Internet (telnet, BinkP...)

     <+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=+=-=-+-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+>
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     |BBBS Home Page         |B   | b@bbbs.net                            |
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     |ELEBBS The Elevator    |B   | elebbs@elebbs.com                     |
     |Software Production    |    | www.elebbs.com                        |
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     |Hermes II Project      |B   | info@HermesII.org                     |
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     |Maximus BBS Support    |B   | sales@lainus.com                      |
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     |Net Server             |    | http://www.santronics.com             |
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     |                       |    |vagabond@darktech.org                  |
     |                       |    |http://vagabond.virtualave.net/        |
     |                       |    |1:124/7013                             |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |FMail Support          |T   |wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org               |
     |                       |    |http://fmail.nl.eu.org/                |
     |                       |    |2:280/1076                             |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Squish Tosser          |T   |http://www.lanius.com/squish.htm       |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Argus RITLABS          |M   |argus@ritlabs.com                      |
     |                       |    |373-2-246889                           |
     |                       |    |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/          |
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 14                  22 Jul 2002


     |                       |    |2:469/84                               |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |FrontDoor              |MTPC|Definite Solutions                     |
     |FrontDoor APX          |    |sales@defsol.se                        |
     |Mailer/Point Software  |    |http://www.defsol.se/                  |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |BeeMail Home Page      |M   |http://beemail.gexonline.net           |
     |                       |    |Stephen Proffit                        |
     |                       |    |1:211/405                              |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |BinkleyTerm XE         |M   |http://btxe.sourceforge.net/           |
     |Frontend Mailer        |    |                                       |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |BinkD                  |MI  |maloff@corbina.net                     |
     |                       |    |http://2f.ru/binkd/                    |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Fidogate               |UIT |Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net                |
     |                       |    |http://www.fidogate.org/               |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Fidonet to Internet    |IM  |Bo Bendtsen                            |
     |Mailer                 |    |sales@terminate.com                    |
     |                       |    |http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm  |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |GiGo Software          |UI  |http://www.gigo.com/                   |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Internet Rex           |IM  |cruden@cs.ualberta.ca                  |
     |                       |    |http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/   |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Tmail                  |IM  |http://www.tmail.spb.ru/index-19.htm   |
     |(Russian /w English DL)|    |                                       |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |TransX Multiboard      |M   |support@multiboard.com                 |
     |Communications Inc.    |    |http://www.multiboard.com/software/    |
     |                       |    |transx.html                            |
     |                       |    |1:2401/305                             |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |TransNet               |I   |transnet@ressl.com.ar                  |
     |                       |    |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/      |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Watergate              |I   |ramon@sbbs.se                          |
     |                       |    |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/          |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |JetSys-Home of JetMail |TU  |http://www.jetsys.de/                  |
     |JetStat and other Atari|    |                                       |
     |Fidonet utilities      |    |                                       |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |APoint (Author)        |P   |http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm|
     |                       |    |http://www.apoint-mail.de (Co-Autho)   |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |CrossPoint             |P   |("Original" version)                   |
     |                       |    |http://www.crosspoint.de               |
     |                       |    |http://www.apoint-mail.de              |
     |                       |    |(OpenXP Projekt)                       |
     |                       |    |http://www.openxp.com (English)        |
     |                       |    |http://www.openxp.de (German)          |
     |                       |    |CrossPoint (XP2 Team)                  |
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 15                  22 Jul 2002


     |                       |    |http://www.xp2.de                      |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |WinPoint95             |P   |http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english    |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |The OpenXP CrossPoint  |P   |http://www.happyarts.de/xp             |
     |Projekt                |    |                                       |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |Terminate Terminal     |P   |http://www.terminate.com               |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     |PPoint-FTS compatible  |P   |http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm         |
     |E-Mail System          |    |                                       |
     |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------|
     \====================================================================/

     -----------------------------------------------------------------
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 16                  22 Jul 2002


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               Fidonet Via Internet Hubs provided by FidoTel.com



     Node#      | Operator          | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
                |                   |                |latency|
     -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
     Zone 1     |                   |                |       |
       10/3     | Brenda Donovan    | FTP,UUE,BinkP  | 384K,30| n/c
       10/345   | Todd Cochrane     | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,!  | n/c
       18/500   | Ross Cassell      | FTP, BinkP     |128K+,!| n/c
      103/5     | Mark Luetger      | BinkP          | CABLE | n/c
      103/301   | Joe Jared         | BinkP,FTP,NFS  | 384k,!| n/c
      103/401   | Warren Bonner     | BinkP          | aDSL,!| n/c
      105/8     | Russ Johnson      | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k  | n/c
      105/72    | Larry James       | FTP, BinkP     | aDSL  | $50/yr
      106/1     | Steve Loupe       | BinkP, FTP     | 768k  | FREE
      106/2000  | Bob Juge        | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ???   | n/c
      106/6018  | Lawrence Garvin   | FTP, VMoT      | aDSL,60| n/c
      107/453   | Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
      134/11    | Michael Grant  | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX
                                                    aDSL, 60 | n/c
      138/146   | Marc Blakely      | BinkP,FTP      | ???   | n/c
      140/1     | Bob Seaborn       | FTP,BinkP      | T3,30 | $5/$16
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 18                  22 Jul 2002


      142/906   | Chris Griffin     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      150/220   | Dave Nemeth       | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      153/7715  | Dallas Hinton     | BinkD, FTP     | CABLE | ???
      167/133   | Stephen Monteith  | BinkP          | 128k+ | n/c
      167/166   | Jesse Dooling     | POP? UUE TX FTP| ???   | n/c
      218/109   | Matt Munson       | BinkP,UUE,TX   | 33.6k | n/c
      220/10    | groberts|nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c
      229/1     | Phil Simpson      | BinkP UUE FTP  | ???   | n/c
      229/2000  | Robert Couture    |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ???   |
      229/622   | Dave Hamilton     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      250/98    | Darin McBride     | BinkP FTP TX   | ???   | n/c
      250/99    | Brent McLaren     | FTP BinkP      | ???   | n/c
      250/102   | Darin McBride     | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
      267/169   | Philip Lozier     | FTP TX         | ???   | n/c
      261/1380  | Joe Davis         | UUE TX         | ???   | n/c
      275/311   | Shannon Talley|FTP,BinkP,FTP,VMoT,QWK| T1  |n/c
      280/169   | Brian Greenstreet | FTP            | 33.6  | $2mo.
      297/11    | Michael McCabe    | TX             | ???   | n/c
      323/120   | Craig Healy       | VMoT FTP       | ???   | n/c
      342/3     | Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP      | 128K+ | n/c
      393/48    | Ben Ritchey       | UUE:BFDS?      | 33.6k | n/c
      379/1     | Dale Ross         | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
      379/1200  | Chris Cranford    | BinkP FTP TX   | ???   | n/c
      396/45    | Marc Lewis        |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL  | n/c
     2215/300   | Dennis Haddox     | UUE,TX         | CABLE | n/c
     2320/38    | Janis Kracht      | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
     2410/400   | Gary Gilmore      | FTP BinkP      | 384K,60| n/c
     2410/213   | Kevin Bentz       | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c
     2604/104   | Jim Mclaughlin    | FTP,VMoT,UUE   | 33.6  | $1mo
     2624/306   | David Calafrancesco  | VMoT        | 33.6  | n/c
     3613/1275  | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE,FTP    | 28.8  | n/c
     3407/4     | Robert Todd    |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
     3632/84    | Robert Todd    |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
     3830/5     | Jeff Schrunk      |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ???   | n/c
     3830/9     | Steve Quarrella   |BinkP FTP IFCICO VMoT UUE|?|?
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 2     |
       20/11    | Henrik Lindhe     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
       22/222   | Kim Heino         | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
       28/1     | Lody Caenen       | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
       31/1     | Gabriel Plutzar   | BinkP          | T1+   | n/c
       37/37    | Gabor Z. Papp     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
       47/999   | Andrej Kirejev    | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
       53/558   |Vladimir Hrusca|POP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP,ifcico|2mbs|??
      201/329   | Mats Wallin       | VMoT TX        | ???   | n/c
      201/505   | Gran Eriksson    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      201/600   | Hkan Andersson   |BinkP,FTP       |512kbps| n/c
      203/600   | Mikael Karlsson   |BinkP,FTP,TX,UUE| 512k  | n/c
      211/37    | Torbjorn Mohn     | BinkP          | 8/2mb | n/c
      221/360   | Tommi Koivula     | BinkP,UUE      | ???   | n/c
      236/205   | Michael Kaaber    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      240/6298  | Steve Tell        | BinkP UUE      | ???   | n/c
      246/2098  | Volker Imre       | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      252/110   | David Rance       | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      255/90    | Simon Avery       | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      263/950   | Sean Rima         | TX UUE         | ???   | n/c
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 19                  22 Jul 2002


      280/1027  | Lukas de Groen    | BinkP FTP      | ???   | n/c
      280/1601  | Jeroen VanDeLeur  | FTP,UUE        | 64k   | n/c
      280/4312  | Jos Huijnen   | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ???   | n/c
      280/5003  | Kees van Eeten    | BinkP ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      292/624   | Steven Leeman     | UUE            | 64k   | n/c
      292/854   | Ward Dossche      | BinkP UUE TX   | ???   | n/c
      292/2003  | Eric Vaneberck    | BinkP          | 768k  | n/c
      301/1     | Peter Witschi     | BinkP          | 768k  | n/c
      332/807   | Roberto Mascolo   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      333/0     | M Gianformaggio   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      335/534   | Mario Mure        | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k   | n/c
      335/610   | Gino Lucrezi      | UUE            | 33.6  | n/c
      341/14    | Rafael Suarez     | BinkP VMoT     | ???   | n/c
      341/51    | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT           |       |
      341/66    | Angel Ripoll      | VMoT           |       |
      343/168   | Jose Casanova     | VMoT           |       |
      344/201   | Julio Garcia      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      346/3     | Carlos Navarro    | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      347/1     | Javi Polo         | UUE            |       |
      348/105   | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE      |       |
      382/100   | Sinisa Burina     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/555   | Ofir Michaeli     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/557   | Marius Kaizerman  | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      423/81    | Milos Bajer       | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      461/256   | Andrew Rutkas     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      461/640   | Alex Semenyaka    |BinkP ifcico UUE| ???   | n/c
      465/204   | Va Milushnikov    | BinkP          | 33.6k | n/c
      469/84    | Max Masyutin      | VMoT           | 256k  | n/c
      469/128   | Oleg Vasenyoff    | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      480/112   | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k  | n/c
      550/4077  | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE            | ----- | n/c
     2410/201   | Karsten Ebeling   | BinkP UUE      | ???   | n/c
     2411/413   | Dennis Dittrich   | UUE,BinkP      | 64k   | n/c
     2432/200   | Sven Dueker       | BinkP TX UUE   | ???   | n/c
     2446/301   | Lothar Behet  | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K   | n/c
     2474/275   | Christian Emig    | UUE            | 64k   | unkn
     2487/3000  | Steffen Gross     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5002/5002  | Victor Belyakov   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5014/4     | Alex Bagmanov     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5020/52    | Peter Didenko     | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5020/54    | Serge Wizgounoff  | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5020/69    | B Chernivetsky    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5020/238   | Sergey Gubanov    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5030/115   | Andrey Podkolzin  | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5030/1251  | K Stepanekov      | UUE            | ???   | n/c
     5100/8     | Egons Bush        | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5020/1159  | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE          | 33.6  | n/c
     5049/12    | Amir Shabashvili  | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5054/3     | Andrew Popov      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5080/80    | Eugene Zorin      | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5083/21    | Alexander Uskov   | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
     5090/2     | Andrew Titov      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     5100/8     | Egons Bush        | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 3
      633/260   | Malcolm Miles     | FTP,BinkP      | 64K   | n/c
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 20                  22 Jul 2002


      640/954   | Rick Van Ruth     | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
      712/311   | Bob James         | TX             | ???   | n/c
      774/605   | Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 4
      801/161   | Renato Zambon     | UUE            | 33.6  |n/c
      902/18    | Javier Tejedor    | UUE            | 33,6  | n/c
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     Zone 6
       65/3000  | Lawrence Fan      | UUE            | 33600 | free
      653/1009  | Maorong Chen      | UUE            | ???   | free
      654/0     | Bin Li            | UUE,BinkP      | 33600 | free
      654/1501  | Lawrence Fan      | UUE,BinkP      | 28800 | free

     --
     * FTP    = Internet File Transfer Protocol
     * VMoT   = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
     * UUE    = uuencode<->email type transfers
     * BinkP  = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
     * TX     = TransX
     * NFS    = Linux Networking
     * ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer
     * QWK    = Quick Packets/Offline mailer "networking" capable
     ----------------------------------------------
     Fidonet oriented news servers

     news.fidotel.com (currently offline)
     news.osirusoft.com
     news.tardis.net
     nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro
     nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro

     Fidonet oriented chat rooms.

     room #fidonet  5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
     irc.osirusoft.com  (Peers wanted)
     irc.sinoptix.ro : malay, chinesse, english, #fido, #fidonet, #wwb
     irc.bitsoft.ro : 6667 russian, english, hebrew, #fido, #wwb
     irc.tsua.net : 6668 russian, english #fido

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     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 21                  22 Jul 2002


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

                         Nodelist Stats

      Input nodelist  nodelist.200
                size  1078.4kb
                date  2002-07-20

      The nodelist has   9535 nodes in it
        and a total of  12478 non-comment entries

              including     6 zones
                           63 regions
                          464 hosts
                          655 hubs
         admin overhead  1188 ( 12.46 %)

                    and   931 private nodes
                          374 nodes down
                          450 nodes on hold
      off line overhead  1755 ( 18.41 %)


      Speed summary:

               >9600 =    781 (  8.19 %)
                9600 =   8259 ( 86.62 %)
                              (HST  =  178 or   2.16 %)
                              (CSP  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (PEP  =   12 or   0.15 %)
                              (MAX  =    0 or   0.00 %)
                              (HAY  =    1 or   0.01 %)
                              (V32  = 4512 or  54.63 %)
                              (V32B =  490 or   5.93 %)
                              (V34  = 5464 or  66.16 %)
                              (V42  = 4473 or  54.16 %)
                              (V42B =  512 or   6.20 %)
                2400 =    103 (  1.08 %)
                1200 =      7 (  0.07 %)
                 300 =    385 (  4.04 %)

                ISDN =    982 ( 10.30 %)

     ----------------------------------------------------------
      File Req Flag   Applicable software     Number of systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             3460
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
                      Xenia
     --------------------------------------
     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 22                  22 Jul 2002


      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                 8
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       10
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      59
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     388
                      Tabby
                      KittenMail
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30                4179
                      Frontdoor 1.99b
                      Intermail 2.01
                      T-Mail
     --------------------------------------
      None            QMM                          1425
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   3110 ( 32.62 %)
      MailOnly nodes    =   5125 ( 53.75 %)
      Listed-only nodes =    740 (  7.76 %)
      Other             =    560 (  5.87 %)

      [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
      [                                 Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]

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     FIDONEWS 19-29               Page 23                  22 Jul 2002


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