The F I D O N E W S Volume 32, Number 08 23 Feb 2015 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | | | | FidoNet community. | | Netmail attach to (POTS): | | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-960447) | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Netmail attach to (BinkP): | | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:203/0 | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | | | \_______\(_| /_) | Email attach to: | | _ @/_ \ _ | b @ felten dot se | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ ))| | | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2 How to create and edit UTF-8 text files .................. 2 3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 7 List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 7 4. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 9 The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 9 5. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 10 FidoNet Software References .............................. 10 6. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15 Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 15 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 16 7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18 How to Submit an Article ................................. 18 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 20 FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 1 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles away to watch you burn. -- John Wesley ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 2 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= How to create and edit UTF-8 text files By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555 Last week I wrote about the Z2 UTF-8 nodelist project. In order to participate, nodelist clercks and maybe individual sysops need to create and edit UTF-8 text files. Whatever way is used to create a nodelist segment, it always starts with a text editor to create the master input. In this case a UTF-8 capable editor. So what UTF-8 capable editors do we have: This week we will limit ourselves to Windows: Notepad ======= An obvious choice is Notepad. It comes with the OS. This is how one creates a UTF-8 text file with notepad. 1) Start notepad by clicking on the icon, going to the start menu or type notepad on the command line. 2) Open an existing file by clicking of "file"and "open" or a new file by clicking on "new". 3) Make whatever changes you want. 4) Click on "file" and "save as". 5) In the menu at the bottom where it now displays "ANSI", select "UTF-8". 6) Enter the file name and click on "save". In the case of an existing file, the file name may be the same as that of the existing file. A window will pop up to ask if the existing file may be overwritten. If non-ASCII characters have been added to the file, the next time notepad is used to open the file, it will recognise it as a UTF-8 encoded file and open in that mode. When saving the file, it is no longer needed to use the "save as" method to retain the encoding. Just pressing "save" will do. Notepad has one little quirk that requires a work around if the edited file is a nodelist segment. Notepad adds a so called "Byte Order Mark" to the start of the file. Using a BOM to an UTF-8 encoded file is an outdated concept but Notepad insists on adding it anyway. The BOM consists of the three byte sequence 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF. In most applications this does no harm, they will just ignore the BOM, but for nodelist processing it is a show stopper. So... FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 3 23 Feb 2015 How to remove a BOM? Method A. 1) Open the file with a classic editor like EDIT. Even EDLIN will do. 2) Remove the first three "funny" characters of the file and save it. Method B. Use a serial editor like SED. SED s/\xEF\xBB\xEF//g {infile} >{outfile} A Windows version for SED can be found here: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm Method C.... Maybe, just maybe a future version of MakeNl will have the ability to remove the BOM all by itself, so you need not worry about it any more when using Notepad or another editor that insists on adding a BOM. Notepad++ ========= Notepad++ is an open source free software project under the GPL licence. It may be a bit of an overkill for just editing nodelist segments, but it is highly recomended by some. I haven't tried it myself (yet), so I can't really comment on the details, but I do know that it does not insist on adding a BOM to the edited file. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B Winvi ===== Winvi is a Windows version of vi, an editor desigend for Linux. It is a bit of an oddball in that it does things "different". Some love it, some hate it. I like it because it does not need jumping through hoops to create and edit UTF-8 files. Just click on the button for UTF-8 at the top and go ahead. It has lots of whistles and bells, you can also create and edit files in other encodings, like the common DOS and Windows code pages, you can define profiles and other nice things, but we need not go into that just now. http://www.winvi.de/en/ There are plenty of other UTF-8 capable editors for Windows. Google is your friend. Your milage may vary. FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 4 23 Feb 2015 How to enter non ASCII characters with the keyboard. Finding an UTF-8 capable editor is one thing, entering non-ASCII characters via the keyboard is another. Those who's native language is a language that is not US English are uisually familiar with how to enter the characters that are used frequently in their own language. In many countries keyboards are used that have a different layout than the standard US layout. They have keys for characters that are used often in those languages. The German keyboard has keys for the A and O with umlaut. (Ž ™). The Belgian keyboard has keys for letters with accents. The Russian keybaord has dual labelling. It has the normal US layout labelled on the upper left of each key, more or less the same as a US keyboard. In addition it has cyrillic characters on the lower right of each key, usually in a different colour. Also there is an Alt-Gr key on many non US keyboards. This is actually the right Alt key with just another lable. It acts as a sort of second shift key. On my keyboard for example prewssing Alt-Gr together with the '5' key on the upper row corresponds to a Euro sign. And then there is the "dead key" method. In some countries they use a standard US keyboard but deploy a driver that allows some shortcuts for often used characters. On my US keyboard a first type the key for the single quoute followed by the e to get an e with accent: ‚. To get the single quote itself, I have to type it twice or have it followed by a space. It sounds akward, but when one is used to ity, it is convenient. Note that the keyboards are all he same under the hood. It is just the labelling on the keys that is different. It is the keyboard driver that maps the keys to alle the different characters. I won't go into the details. Everyone knows how to enter the non ASCII characters that he needs for his own language. But how to type characters that are not on the keyboard and that the keyboard driver driver does not have known shortcuts for? There are ways to enter a character by its nummeric value. One method is to hold the Alt key and enter the three digit decimal number of the character on the nummeric keyboard. The result depends on the active code page. If the code page is set to 437 or 850 typing alt 148 will result in a small o with um;laut. ”. When the code page is set to 866 it will result in the Russian small "ef". One can also enter a four digit number. In that case one will get the corresponding character in the Windows character set. Typing Alt 0148 results in a right double quote. Typing Alt 0128 gives a Euro sign. That is of course when the system is set for "Western". Your milage will vary with other language settings. For Windows systems that use Unicode internally, WinXp and up does, there is another method. Language and code page independent. One can directly enter value of the code point in hex. Press and hold down the Alt key. Press the + (plus) key on the numeric keypad. Type the hexidecimal unicode value. Release the Alt key. FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 5 23 Feb 2015 To get the Dutch ij ligature on your screen type Alt +133. In this case one does not have to enter leading zeros, they may be omitted. If it does not work, you need to change a setting in the registry: Under HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method, set EnableHexNumpad to "1". If you have to add it, set the type to be REG_SZ. You have to reboot the machine for the change to take effect. Source: http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm On a laptop or other device without a nummeric key pad, it is a bit more complicated but still possible: Activate the numlock. Press the blue Fn key and hold it while hunting for the "nummeric" + key. Sometimes it is marked on the key in blue, sometimes it is not. It usually is the key that in normal mode is the key for / and ?. If not try neighbour keys. Locate the "nummeric" keys for 0-6. they usually correspond to the normal keys M J K L U I O and usually are labelled on those keys in blue. The keys for 7, 8 and 9 are the same as the keys on the normal nummeric keys in the top row. Once you have located the "nummeric keys", you can enter the codes by pressing and holding the Fn and Alt key together and entering the code using the keys just located. Ehhh, one more thing. When entering a hexadecimal number it gets even more complex. The digits A-F are entered using the normal A-F keys on the keyboard but you have to release the Fn key and keep holding the Alt key while doing so. SO... to get a Euro sign on the screen of your laptop press the following sequence: 1) Hold down the Fn and Alt keys 2) Press "nummeric" + 3) Press K 4) Press M 5) Release the Fn key while keeping the Alt key pressed 6) Press A 7) Press C 8) Release Alt. Wauw... FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 6 23 Feb 2015 OK, enough for this week. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 7 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ================================================================= List of Ipv6 nodes By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555 Updated 6 January 2015 Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark 1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All 2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All 3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net PO4 4 2:240/1661 Markus Reschke Native DTAG 5 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist T-AYIY SixXs 6 1:320/219 Andrew Leary T-6in4 he.net 7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net INO4 8 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga 9 2:5034/16 Alexey Ignatov T-6in4 he.net 10 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net 11 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo‰l T-6in4 he.net 12 1:154/701 Nicholas Bo‰l T-6in4 he.net 13 2:203/0 Bj”rn Felten T-6in4 SixXs 14 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All INO4 15 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet 16 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native ? 17 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native? ? 18 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net 19 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 20 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native 21 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native T-Mobile 22 2:222/2 Kim Heino T-6in4 he.net 23 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh T-6in4 he.net 24 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net 25 1:266/404 Bill McGarrity Native Comcast Tunnel type: T-6in4 Static 6in4 T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA T-6to4 6to4 T-6RD 6RD Remarks: IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls) INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls) PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls, but is configured to try IPv4 first) Notes: To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 8 23 Feb 2015 node config). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) Windows defaults to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 9 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST ================================================================= The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems. You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours. Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to your job, school or whatever. Updated 2012-03-11 URL news://felten.yi.org Join http://felten.yi.org/join.html NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2 URL news://the-estar.com:1119 Join http://www.easternstar.info NETMAIL Yes, 1:123/789 URL news://quinnspost.nodelist.net:60119 Join mailto:eskimo261@bigfoot.com Join Info in group +GETACCESS+ NETMAIL Yes, 3:640/384 URL news://nntp.rbb.bbs.fi Join Info in group +GETACCESS+ NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/361 URL news://news.wpusa.dynip.com Join Info in group +GETACCESS+ NETMAIL Yes, 1:3634/12 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 10 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= -=:{ FidoNet Software Reference }:=- Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889 | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001 BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102 | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998 BinkD |MI |http://binkd.grumbler.org/ 2:463/69 | | v0.9.10 on Oct 2nd 2008 D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130 Nick Andre |I | v3.99 on Feb 19 2014 FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101 | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/ | | v1.4 RC5 on Apr 24th 2006 Mystic BBS |MTBCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com |I | v1.10 A31 on Apr 13th 2013 Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38 (based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463 | | Last Release: v4.010 on Jan 3nd 2005 Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru (Russian) 2:461/70 | |http://www.fidotel.com/taurus (English) (based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru | | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004 Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608 | | Website is in Russian only WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204 Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004 FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 11 23 Feb 2015 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10 FMail |T |http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/ | | 1.66.0.33.gpl (2013-10-17) JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 Squish |T |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ | | Lanuis site redirects to above | | Squish is part of Maximus. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222 ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002 Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ | | v3.03 | |Archives back online at: | |http://maximus.outpostbbs.net/ MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802 Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004 Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net | | groberts@nexusbbs.net | | v0.99.41-Beta on Oct 16th 2002 | | [Note: No Longer under active | | development.] Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002 RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/ Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150 | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999 Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net | | v3.10L Beta FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 12 23 Feb 2015 Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net | | support@telegard.net | | v3.09g2 SP4 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/ | | Last Update: August 2004 Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net Sean Dennis | | sean@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200 DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201 Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002 | | Website is down after | | past the splash page. Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com | | support@johndaileysoftware.com Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ | | jpritch@eisonline.com | | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002 Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013 Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org | | last update: Jul 17th 2002 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de 2:2426/1210.13 | |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm | | (English Version) | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de | | v1.25 CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only) | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999 FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 13 23 Feb 2015 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460 | | support@freexp.de | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot) OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004 | | (Site is in German Only) | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004 | | Download Page comes back 404 not found. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GoldEd+ |E |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/ | | 2:5080/102 | | stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003 SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999 TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ FidoIP |MTPEIU|http://sourceforge.net/projects/fidoip | | Maxim Sokolsky 2:5020/828.777 | | v.0.5_1 on Jan 11 2010 GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997 Ifmail |UI |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net | | crosser@average.org 2:5020/230 | | Ifmail is a FTN <-> E-Mail/News Gateway | | Program. Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 MakeNL |U | http://hub2000.darktech.org/makenl | | fidonet.hub2000 [at] gmail [dot] com | | Fido: 1:229/2000 | | FidoNet Nodelist Processor Meltdown-BBS |UI |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | meltdown-bbs.project.petkan | | @spamgourmet.com | | Fido: 2:350/5 | | Meltdown-BBS is an FTN <-> | | Web/PHP/MySQL BBS forum system. RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as | |2:5080/102 | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 14 23 Feb 2015 | | v1.1.4 Snapshot on Oct 09 2009 TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998 TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys | | are now available. Donations accepted. | | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program) Turquoise SuperStat |U |http://www.softwolves.pp.se/sw/ | | software/turquoise | | peter@softwolves.pp.se | | Version: 3.0 on 2008-01-21 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/ (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings) +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu http://www.bbsfiles.com http://hobbes.nmsu.edu Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// instead of http:// above) *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=* Please send corrections & additions to: Fidonews Editor Emeritus: Robert Couture, Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 15 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb By EchoTime, 2:203/0 (Some nets may have lost their last digit for technical reasons) pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss) nodes mean dev no mean dev no 154/* 2.4m 2.2m 508 2.0h 6.6h 508 201/* 0.9m 0.4m 6 25.7h 18.0h 6 211/* 19.3m 12.0m 3 0.2h 0.3h 3 221/* 0.4m 1.3m 419 7.5h 10.4h 419 249/* 0.7m 0.4m 276 2.8h 8.0h 276 266/* 14.0m 10.9m 534 2.2h 6.5h 534 280/* 4.3m 14.7m 169 3.3h 5.3h 169 292/* 3.6m 2.1m 11 0.0h 0.0h 3 320/* 1.9m 1.4m 245 3.8h 6.9h 244 423/* 0.9m 0.5m 2 1.6h 0.1h 2 502/* 0.0m 0.0m 11 0.2h 0.0h 11 640/* 0.8m 1.6m 135 12.3h 9.4h 135 Sigma 4.5m 8.6m 2319 4.1h 8.3h 2310 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 16 23 Feb 2015 Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.051 size 261.8kb date 2015-02-20 The nodelist has 1770 nodes in it and a total of 2512 non-comment entries including 4 zones 29 regions 201 hosts 160 hubs admin overhead 394 ( 22.26 %) and 191 private nodes 68 nodes down 89 nodes on hold off line overhead 348 ( 19.66 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 137 ( 7.74 %) 9600 = 896 ( 50.62 %) (HST = 13 or 1.45 %) (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %) (PEP = 1 or 0.11 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.11 %) (V32 = 453 or 50.56 %) (V32B = 42 or 4.69 %) (V34 = 618 or 68.97 %) (V42 = 513 or 57.25 %) (V42B = 45 or 5.02 %) 2400 = 4 ( 0.23 %) 1200 = 2 ( 0.11 %) 300 = 731 ( 41.30 %) ISDN = 107 ( 6.05 %) ----------------------------------------------------- IP Flags Protocol Number of systems ----------------------------------------------------- IBN Binkp 825 ( 46.61 %) ---------------------------------- IFC Raw ifcico 114 ( 6.44 %) ---------------------------------- IFT FTP 53 ( 2.99 %) ---------------------------------- ITN Telnet 134 ( 7.57 %) ---------------------------------- IVM Vmodem 13 ( 0.73 %) ---------------------------------- IP Other 6 ( 0.34 %) ---------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 17 23 Feb 2015 INO4 IPv6 only 3 ( 0.17 %) ---------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 1033 ( 58.36 %) MailOnly nodes = 826 ( 46.67 %) Listed-only nodes = 107 ( 6.05 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2] [ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-08 Page 18 23 Feb 2015 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred method if you want reasonable control over how the published article will appear in the Fidonews: a) Plain text. 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