      F I D O N E W S         Volume 18, Number 26             25 Jun 2001 
     +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
     | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are |
     | |  FidoNet community.  | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings|
     | |                      | |     San Francisco, California, USA      |
     | |          ____________| |                                         |
     | |         /  __          |    Crash Netmail Attach Articles To:    |
     | |Fidonet /  /  \         |     Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064)      |
     | | Lives!(  /|oo \        |          Frank Vest@1:124/6308          |
     |  \_______\(_|  /_)       |                   or                    |
     |            _`@/_ \    _  |             flv@texoma.net              |
     |           |     | \   \\ |                                         |
     |           | (*) |  \   ))|           Editor: Frank Vest            |
     |           |__U__| /  \// |     Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin      |
     |  ______    _//|| _\   /  |                                         |
     | /Editor\  (_/(_|(____/   |   Newspapers should have no friends.    |
     |(________)        (jm)    |                    -- JOSEPH PULITZER   |
     +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
         Copyright 2001 by Frank L. Vest, Editor for Fidonews Globally.


                        Table of Contents
     1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT  .........................................  1
     2. GUEST EDITORIAL  ..........................................  2
        DO YOU REALLY CARE?  ......................................  2
     3. FIDONET NOTICES  ..........................................  3
        BFDS FDN-Fidonet Via Internet Hubs  .......................  3
     4. EDITOR'S CORNER  ..........................................  4
        Last Week's Fidonews  .....................................  4
     5. HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN  .....................................  6
        The NEW Echomail General  .................................  6
     6. COMIX IN ASCII  ...........................................  8
        Cownt me in on Fidonet  ...................................  8
     7. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES  ......................................  9
        The Pilot, Children's Church Humor  .......................  9
     8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING  ................................. 10
        Fidonet Software listing  ................................. 10
     9. FIDONET BY INTERNET  ...................................... 14
        Fidonet-related sites  .................................... 14
     10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION  .................................... 20
        How to Submit an Article  ................................. 20
        Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability  .................. 21
        Nodelist Stats  ........................................... 22
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                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT
     =================================================================

     When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've
     never tried before.

                           -- Mae West --

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

                           DO YOU REALLY CARE?
                             wdbonner@pacbell.net

     Today the American Stock Market MIRRORS Fidonet.
     Gold: $273, most everything else sliding downhill. The value of gold
     is holding its own, while Fidonet steadily deflates it's own valued
     nodelist.

     After 10 fat years, all of a sudden, the Fidonet Nodelist `Nile' has
     begun to run dry. Our Z's are on the spot. For unlike Joseph, the Jew
     who interpreted Pharaoh's dream. and became Egypt's second-in-command,
     they have not accomplished their duty to upgrade the antiquated Policy
     known as "P4.07" which is the mortar that holds the bricks of Fidonet
     together.  The bricks just keep decomposing and disappearing; thus the
     Nodelist dries up.

     And so, the drought has begun...and the "granaries" are near empty,
     and still no rain, crops, or other relief is in sight.. But there is a
     promising storm cloud rolling over us as we read this opinion. Dear
     reader, I have never been on a first name basis with a deity. I do try
     to figure out how his 'invisible hand' works, but it seems
     presumptuous to give it a shake.

     Perhaps a good BRAIN-STORM............................................
     by each of you would cause the down pour of ideas which would make our
     Fido Garden grow... by gentle persuasion modest expectations can be
     achieved if the C's unite together to get a new or at least a revised
     Policy that utilizes the power of this INTERNET STORM.

     Ol'wdb

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     =================================================================
                              FIDONET NOTICES
     =================================================================

                       BFDS FDN-Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
                               From: Ben Ritchey

     396/48    | Ben Ritchey       | UUE:BFDS?      | 33.6k | n/c

      I noticed the question mark on my entry and thought I should
     elaborate.

      I offer E-mail feeds for LOW volume data. At present this
     includes all of the Fidonet Administrative File Echoes (except the
     Echolist) and the BFDS FDN which I coordinate (very low volume & small
     sized files). Due to past problems encountered, I do not feed Echomail
     or Large Files via E-mail. :)

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     =================================================================
                              EDITOR'S CORNER
     =================================================================

                              Last Week's Fidonews
                                 By Frank Vest
                            Fidonet: 1:124/6308(.1)
                                 flv@texoma.net
                   Unofficial Routed Netmail link for Net124
                       Web-Idiot for Region 19's Web site
                            http://bise.tzo.com/r19
                          http://home.texoma.net/~flv
                       Fidonews Editor at Fidonet: 1:1/23
                              Editor@fidonews.org



      In last week's Fidonews I took, what I thought were, some light
     hearted and humorous shots at Fidonet, some of the things and groups
     in Fidonet and the way things happen in Fidonet in general. I had
     hoped that there would be some talk and response to some of the
     questions raised by the edition. At least some introductions made.

      I hoped that the articles would be taken in a lighthearted and
     humorously serious vein. I guess I was mistaken. The Fidonews Echo all
     but dried up and the only response I got was a Netmail that arrived no
     more than three hours after I hatched the Fidonews.

      The Netmail was more concerned with the perceived rules that were
     perceived to have been violated than the content of the articles.
     Within the Netmail, the main question seemed to be if the rules for
     submissions to the Fidonews had changed. This in regards to there not
     being a author or an address for the author in the articles.

      Now, I'm not the brightest bulb in the package, but I would assume
     that an editorial (not under Guest Editorial) would be from the
     Editor. I would feel very sure that the "Editor's Corner" was from the
     Editor. As for the "Humor in a Fido Vein" area, that comes from many
     sources and not all of the articles have specific authors. Many are
     from things I find in other media and some are sent to me anonymously.

      As for the rules?? What rules? Read the "How to Submit an Article".

     <quote> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                            How to Submit an Article


     If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here
     are the guidelines:

     <unquote> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

     Do you see anything that says RULES???

     It might be nice to set down some "hard" rules and enforce them to the
     letter, but that isn't very realistic. The only real thing that I balk
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 5                   25 Jun 2001


     at is vulgar language... and I've let that slip once or twice, I
     think.

     As you will notice, there is no doubt as to where this submission came
     from. :-)

     But just to be sure....

     Regards,

     Frank Vest
     Fidonet: 1:124/6308(.1)
     flv@texoma.net
     Unofficial Routed Netmail link for Net124
     Web-Idiot for Region 19's Web site
     http://bise.tzo.com/r19
     http://home.texoma.net/~flv
     Fidonews Editor at Fidonet: 1:1/23
     Editor@fidonews.org

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     =================================================================
                           HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN
     =================================================================

                     The NEW Echomail General
            A Fidonet Satire by Michael Grant (1:134/11)

     Poor, poor R12...

     They all sat there on that cold January day, collectively
     contemplating their navels.

     They had lost!

     They had ranted and raved and hopped up and down about what they
     wanted, and they had lost!

     They had complained about the process and had tried to make everyone
     in Fidonet see things their way, and convince them that everyone who
     did not do things their way were part of a great conspiracy, and
     they had still lost!

     The day seemed dark indeed. A gloom had settled over the Northern
     half of the Great Lakes. What could be done? How could R12 have it's
     satisfaction? How could they get their way?

     Then a voice cut through the gloom. It was the old Salty elf, who
     had once been their leader; the self-annointed angel and hero of the
     anarchist cause. He started quietly, but his voice then gradually
     rose to a hystical crescendo, causing many a R12 elf to swoon on
     that day.

     "The new Z1C is EVIL!" he said.
     "She is EVIL and MUST be DESTROYED!"

     "What about those who elected her?" A timid R12 elf asked.

     Salty glared at this elf with fire in his eyes, and the elf seemed
     to physically shrink.

     "The others who elected her are ALSO EVIL!" he shouted.
     "If they help the Z1C, they must be DESTROYED as well!"

     "How can we accomplish this Salty?" one of the elves asked. "Our
     holy REC is gone, and we have to use echomail systems controlled
     from the outside."

     "Not to worry" said Salty, with a wicked gleam in his eye. "There
     is one who moves mail from the hated enemy camp, R18, who is
     vulnerable. He has lost his mentor, and now he hates those he
     once cooperated with, because he blames them for his mentor leaving.
     We will recruit him. We can control him. We will brainwash him so
     that he will be unswervingly loyal to the R12 cause."

     And so it came to be. The elf they recruited became a good echomail
     General for R12, and he immediately consolidated his camp, and took
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 7                   25 Jun 2001


     the Z1B by force. The R12 elves were *very* happy. They immediately
     dropped all connection with the outside world in favor of their new
     General's echomail army.

     But this was not enough. Salty was still feeling unsatisfied. He
     called a meeting with his General.

     "You must ATTACK the Z1C!" he told the General. "You must ATTACK
     her and ALL of those who serve her! You must ATTACK them on the ERN
     front, and on the Nodelist front, and you MUST look for EVERY tiny
     mistake to ATTACK them further with!" He shouted.

     The new General, in awe of the R12 angel, knelt down and kissed his
     feet. "I will do as you wish, my liege"; He said.

     And so the new R12 echomail General began his new campaign. But
     something went wrong. It was not so easy as the taking of the Z1B
     had been. He met with much resistance. Ordinary elves that had not
     spoken up before against him suddenly began to speak up; and what
     they were saying about him was not nice. Even some of those who had
     once rallied to his side now fought against him.

     But the General was undeterred. Armed with his hero, Salty, and the
     memory of his mentor to push him on, he continued to attack, attack,
     attack. Yet still he began to lose ground. He started to get beaten
     back. With the conviction borne of his R12 brainwashing, he began to
     employ that time-honored R12 tactic, denial. Yet there came a time
     when he could no longer deny the facts.

     He was under attack. Others were laughing at him. He had made
     mistakes in his attack on the Z1C, and it was turned around on him.
     He had made mistakes in his ERN attack and it was turned around on
     him. He had no choice but to retreat.

     Salty continued on with the attacks, emboldened by the assurance
     that he is always right, and the self-confidence of his delusional
     belief in his own greatness, but once again, a gloom had settled
     over the Northern part of the Great Lakes.

     Whatsoever will R12 do? Will they never have their way?

     Let's all hope so.

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     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 8                   25 Jun 2001


     =================================================================
                              COMIX IN ASCII
     =================================================================

                             Cownt me in on Fidonet



              (__)        ___________________________
              (oo) ______|                           |
       /-------\/ /______    Cownt me in on Fidonet  |
      / |     ||         |      and the Fidonews     |
     *  ||----||         |___________________________|
        ^^    ^^

                               ___________________________________
              __              | Crash Netmail Attach Articles To: |
             /  \             |  Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064)   |
            /|oo \    ________|         flv@texoma.net            |
           (_|  /_)  /________                  or                |
            _`@/_ \    _      |       Frank Vest@1:124/6308       |
           |     | \   \\     |___________________________________|
           | (*) |  \   ))
           |__U__| /  \//
            _//|| _\   /
           (_/(_|(____/

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     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 9                   25 Jun 2001


     =================================================================
                            CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES
     =================================================================

                                   The Pilot
                            Children's Church Humor
                              wdbonner@pacbell.net

     Terri asked her Sunday School class to draw pictures  of  their
     favorite bible stories.  She  was puzzled by  Kyle's  picture,  which
     showed four people  on  an airplane, so she asked him which story it
     was meant to  represent. "The flight to Egypt," said  Kyle.  "I see
     ...  And that must be   Mary, Joseph,  and  Baby Jesus,"  Ms. Terri
     said.  "But who's the fourth person?"   "Oh,  that's Pontius -- the
     Pilot!"

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     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 10                  25 Jun 2001


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


     This list is up for adoption. If you are interested in producing,
     updating and submitting this list for publication, contact the Editor.


     The format of this list is currently;

     Name
     Internet address (if available)
     Fido style address (if available)

      This list is in no way complete. Additions and updates are welcome;
     mail to; flv@texoma.net

     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                                  BBS Software
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     Buffalo Creek Software - Spitfire BBs
     http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html

     The Elevator Software Productions Web Page
     http://www.elebbs.com/

     Hermes II Project (Mac)
     http://www.hermesii.org/

     MBSE BBS for Linux
     http://freezer-burn.org/mbse/

     The Official Mystic BBs Web Page
     http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9426/index.html

     RemoteAcces BBs Software World Wide Sales and Support Site
     http://www.rapro.com/

     Renegade BBs Software
     http://www.egate.net/renegade/

     Through a Looking Glass Mirror Telegard Support
     http://www.telegard.net/

     The Maximus Home page
     http://oeonline.com/~garyg/maximus/

     BBBS Home Page
     http://www.bbbs.net/

     Synchronet BBS
     http://www.synchro.net

     Nexus Bulletin Board System
     http://www.nexusbbs.net/
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 11                  25 Jun 2001


     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                                 Door Software
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     Shinning Star BBs Doors by Nannette Thacker
     http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/

     Jibben Software
     http://www.jibbensoftware.com/

     Sunrise Door Software
     http://www.sunrisedoors.com/

     Vagabond Software
     http://vagabond.virtualave.net/

     Legend Of The Red Dragon Reborn (L.O.R.D.)
     http://lord.darktech.org/

     Trade Wars Door Game
     http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/

     JNS Software Door Games by Rusty Johnson
     http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/

     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                                  Mail Tossers
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     FMail Support
     http://fmail.nl.eu.org/

     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                                Mailer Software
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     Definite Solutions - FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software
     http://www.defsol.se/

     BeeMail Home Page
     http://www.bise.tzo.com/beemail/

     BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software
     http://btxe.sourceforge.net/

     Santronics Software Inc.
     http://www.santronics.com/

     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                         Fidonet via Internet Software
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     Internet Rex (Internet mail software)
      http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/

     Argus
     http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/

     Bink D
     http://2f.ru/binkd/
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 12                  25 Jun 2001


     Fidonet to Internet Mailer
     http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm

     TransX
     http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html

     Fidogate
     http://www.fidogate.org/

     Tmail (Russian /w English DL)
     http://www.tmail.spb.ru

     TransNet
     http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/

     Watergate
     http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/

     GiGo Software
     http://www.gigo.com/

     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                                 Point Software
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     Definite Solutions FrontDoor APX
     http://www.defsol.se/

     JetSys - Home of JetMail, JetStat and other Atari Fidonet utilities
     http://www.jetsys.de/

     APoint
     http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm

     CrossPoint
     http://www.crosspoint.de

     WinPoint95
     http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english

     The OpenXP CrossPoint Projekt
     http://www.happyarts.de/xp

     Terminate Terminal
     http://www.terminate.com

     PPoint-FTS compatible E-Mail System
     http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm

     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
                      Other Software, Utillities and such
     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
     F-Prot Anti-Virus Home Page
     http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager

     BGFAX Home Page
     http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 13                  25 Jun 2001


     SIO, Vmodem for OS/2
     http://www.gwinn.com

     NetModem for Windows
     http://www.allensoftware.com

     Com/IP
     <http://pcmicro.com/comip

     Husky - Portable Fido Software
     http://husky.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/

     cFos Fossil driver
     http://www.cfos.com/index_e.htm

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


                       . -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
                       |    FIDONET-RELATED SITES    |
                       ` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- '
                          Last update:  9:38 PM 6/19/01

     Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
     Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com.  All email addresses
     here for purpose of corresponding with fidonet members about
     obtaining a feed.  Please do not list the virtual email addresses
     on any web page.


     - = slated for removal (Invalid URL)
     ? = Unable to connect

     FidoNet
     Homepage:     http://www.fidonet.org
     FidoNews:     http://www.fidonews.org   [HTML]
                   ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/
     Echolist:     http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/
     Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidonet/fidoip.html
     SDS Files:    http://fidobbs.dk/download (Web Access to SDS)
     FTSC page:    http://www.ftsc.org/
     General:      http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html
     Parody:       http://www.fidonet.ro/
     Foti          http://www.thelitterbox.net/foti/
                   http://www.fidonet-on-the-internet.org
     History       http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/

     Zone 1:       http://www.z1.fidonet.org
       Region 10:  http://www.r10.org
         Net 102   http://home.earthlink.net/ kayshapero/net102.htm
         Net 103:  http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/
         Net 203:  <vacant>
       Region 11:  http://oeonline.com/ garyg/region11/
       Region 13:  http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/
         Net 109:  http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/net109/
         Net 261:  http://www.baltimorepress.com/ net261/
         Net 275:  http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/
         Net 267:  http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/
         Net 275:  http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/

       Region 14:  http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14
         Net 282:  http://www.rxn.com/ net282/
       Region 15:  <vacant>
       Region 16:  <vacant>
       Region 17:  http://www.region17.net
         Net 140:  http://www.nwstar.com/ net140
       Region 18:  http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/

       Region 19:  http://bise.tzo.com/r19
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 15                  25 Jun 2001


         Net 124:  http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/
                   http://texoma.net/ flv
         Net 393:  http://www.chatter.com/ wb/

     Zone 2:       http://www.z2.fidonet.org
       Region 20:  http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
       Region 23:  http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)

       Region 24:  http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
                   http://www.was-ist-fido.de/
         Fido-IP:  http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
       Region 25:  <Vacant>
       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)
                   http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/
       Region 34:  http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm  (Spanish)
           REC34:  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4552/
       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
          Net422:  http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English)
       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 5028:  HTTP://5028.nordnet.ru/
        Net 5030:  http://kenga.ru/fido/  (Russian & English)
     ?? Net 5049:  http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org  (English/Russian)
        Net 5074:  http://www.n5074.z2.fidonet.net
     ?? Net 5085:  http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian)

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

     Zone 4:
       Region 80:  http://fidobrasil.8m.com  (Portuguese)
       Region 90:
         Net 904:  http://members.tripod.com/ net904 (Spanish)

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

     Zone 6:       http://www.z6.fidonet.org
       Region 65:  http://r65.yeah.net
                   http://www.cfido.com (Chinese)




                          Fidonet Via Internet Hubs


     a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
     address. The email is translated as follows
     firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the
     appropriate individual's email.  Anyone in this list will
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 16                  25 Jun 2001


     also receive routed notice of this feature.

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                | email address or
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      140/1     @ Bob Seaborn       | FTP,BinkP      | T3,30 | $5/$16
      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
      249/116   | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE    |ADSL,60 | 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
      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
      360/5     | Bennie Hutto      | FTP VMoT       | ???   | n/c
      395/670   | Arthur Stark      | BinkD,FTP      | CABLE | n/c
      379/1     @ Dale Ross         | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
      379/1200  | Chris Cranford    | BinkP FTP TX   | ???   | n/c
      393/9005  | Steve Quarrella  |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ???   | n/c
      395/670   | Arthur Stark      | BinkP VMoT FTP | ???   | n/c
      396/45    | Marc Lewis        | UUE            | 33.6  | $26/yr
      396/48    | Ben Ritchey       | UUE:BFDS?      | 33.6k | 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
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 17                  25 Jun 2001


     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
     3651/9     @ Jerry Gause       | FTP,VMoT       | 33.6  | $3/$6
     3830/5     | Jeff Schrunk      |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ???   | n/c
     --------------------------------------------------------------
     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
      201/329   | Mats Wallin       | VMoT TX        | ???   | n/c
      201/505   | Goran Eriksson    | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      203/600   | Mikael Karlsson   | UUE            | 64k   | n/c
      211/37    | Torbjorn Mohn     | BN IFCICO      | ???   | 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
      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
      292/620   | Eddy Missoul      | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k   | n/c
      292/624   | Steven Leeman     | UUE            | 64k   | n/c
      292/854   | Ward Dossche      | BinkP UUE TX   | ???   | n/c
      292/907   | Bart Verhaeghe    | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K   | 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
      344/201   | Julio Garcia      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      346/3     @ Carlos Navarro    | UUE            | ???   | n/c
      382/100   | Sinisa Burina     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/555   | Ofir Michaeli     | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/557   | Marius Kaizerman  | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      400/558   | Vlad Hrusca       | BinkP,ifcico   | ???   | n/c
      406/555   | Ofir Michaeli &   | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
      406/555   | Marius Kaizerman  | BinkP          | ???   | 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
     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 18                  25 Jun 2001


     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
     2476/419   | Tobias Ernst      | BinkP          | ???   | n/c
     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
      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
      905/100   | Fabian Gervan     | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k  | 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


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                                 Nodelist Stats


      INPUT NODELIST FILE      : C:\FD\NODELIST\NODELIST.173
      File has a Date Stamp of :  6/22/2001
      File Size (uncompressed) :   1246.33 KBytes.

      The Input Nodelist file  has 11524 Nodes in it
      and a total of  14662 non-comment entries.

      The list has     6 Zones listed.
                      67 Region Coordinators listed.
                     508 Network Hosts listed.
                     799 Hubs listed.
                     418 DOWN Nodes listed.
                     808 PRIVATE Nodes listed.
                     532 HOLD Nodes listed.

      Administrative overhead = 1380 ( 11.98 %)
      PRIVATE NODES overhead  = 808 (  7.01 %)

     FIDONEWS 18-26               Page 23                  25 Jun 2001


      Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats):
                  9600 =   9876 (  85.70 %)
                       (HST's =  217 or   2.20 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
                       (CSP's =    2 or   0.02 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
                       (PEP's =   18 or   0.18 % "        "    "     "   )
                       (MAX's =    0 or   0.00 % "        "    "     "   )
                       (HAY's =    3 or   0.03 % "        "    "     "   )
                       (V32's = 5591 or  56.61 % "        "    "     "   )
                       (V32B's =  723 or   7.32 % "       "    "     "   )
                       (V42's = 5195 or  52.60 % "        "    "     "   )
                       (V42B's =  776 or   7.86 % "       "    "     "   )
                  2400 =    120 (  1.04 %)
                  1200 =      8 (  0.07 %)
                   300 =    545 (  4.73 %)



     ----------------------------------------------------------
      F_Req Flag      Applicable Software     Number of Systems
     ----------------------------------------------------------
      XA              Frontdoor <1.99b             4664
                      Frontdoor  2.02+
                      Dutchie 2.90c
                      Binkleyterm >2.1
                      D'Bridge <1.3
                      TIMS
     --------------------------------------
      XB              Binkleyterm 2.0                12
                      Dutchie 2.90b
     --------------------------------------
      XC              Opus 1.1                       13
     --------------------------------------
      XP              Seadog                          6
     --------------------------------------
      XR              Opus 1.03                      80
     --------------------------------------
      XW              Fido >12M                     418
                      Tabby
     --------------------------------------
      XX              D'Bridge 1.30               4806
                      Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01
     --------------------------------------

      CrashMail capable =   4371 ( 37.93 %)
      MailOnly Nodes    =   5839 ( 50.67 %)
      Listed-Only Nodes =    860 (  7.46 %)

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