T h e F i d o N e w s Volume 32 Number 11 March 16, 2015 +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | A newsletter of the | Published by | | | The FidoNews BBS | | FidoNet BBS community | | | __ | | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | NightFall Ordain | | (_| /_) | 1:124/25 | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ )) | Editor : | | |__U__| / \// | Jon Justvig 1:1/1 | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | - JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ Table Of Contents Weekly Echomail Stats ................... 2 FileGate File News ...................... 3 New/Returning Sysops .................... 4 Bulletin Board Systems .................. 5 Tutorials ............................... 6 Fidonet SoftWare List ................... 7 Credits ................................. 8 Information (How to Submit an Article) .. 9 FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 11 Page 1 March 16, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Weekly Echomail Stats ================================================================= Echomail Statistics Last 7 days By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net Unsorted: Sorted: Percent: ======== ====== ======= 0 10TH_AMD 294 COOKING 12% 0 ABLED 278 FDN_ANNOUNCE 11% 0 ADEPT_SYSOP 257 ALLFIX_FILE 10% 0 AFTERSHOCK 198 FIDO-REQ 8% 0 ALASKA_CHAT 185 NHL 7% 257 ALLFIX_FILE 116 HOME_COOKING 4% 3 ALLFIX_HELP 111 FIDONEWS 4% 26 ALL-POLITICS 108 WEATHER 4% 6 AMATEUR_RADIO 86 STATS 3% 0 AMIGA 67 RBERRYPI 2% 0 ANTI_VIRUS 63 SHAREWARE_SUPPORT 2% 0 ANTIQUES 60 SYNCDATA 2% 0 AQUARIUM 48 MEMORIES 2% 3 ARGUS 44 SYNCHRONET 1% 0 ARROWBRIDGE 42 BBS_ADS 1% 0 ARTWARE 34 FIDOTEST 1% 29 ASIAN_LINK 30 WIN95 1% 0 AUTOMOTIVE 29 ASIAN_LINK 1% 0 BABYLON5 26 SYNC_SYSOPS 1% 11 BAMA 26 ALL-POLITICS 1% 0 BATPOWER 20 OTHERNETS 0% 0 BBBS.ENGLISH 20 BBS_PROMOTION 0% 0 BBS-SCENE 19 VATICAN 0% 42 BBS_ADS 19 MYSTIC 0% 3 BBS_CARNIVAL 18 FIDOSOFT.HUSKY 0% 20 BBS_PROMOTION 16 ESSNASA 0% 0 BBS_INTERNET 16 CBM 0% 0 BIBLE 14 BINKD 0% 0 BIBLE-STUDY 12 LS_ARRL 0% 14 BINKD 12 DBRIDGE 0% 0 BINKLEY 11 ECHO_ADS 0% 0 BLUEWAVE 11 BAMA 0% 1 CATS_MEOW 10 MBSE 0% 16 CBM 9 WINDOWS 0% 0 CBM-128 9 HAM 0% 0 CBM-GEOS 8 OS2USER-L 0% 1 CFORSALE 8 MINISTER 0% 0 CLASSIC_COMPUTER 8 FUNNY 0% 3 COFFEE_KLATSCH 7 TEAMOS2 0% 0 COMM 6 AMATEUR_RADIO 0% 0 CONSPRCY 5 WX_TALK 0% 0 CONTROVERSIAL 4 WILDCAT!_SUPPORT 0% 294 COOKING 4 LINUX 0% 0 CRAFT-BEADS 4 IBBSDOOR 0% 0 CROSSFIRE 4 DADS 0% 4 DADS 3 COFFEE_KLATSCH 0% 12 DBRIDGE 3 BBS_CARNIVAL 0% 1 DEBATE 3 ARGUS 0% 0 DOGHOUSE 3 ALLFIX_HELP 0% 0 DOOM 2 NET_DEV 0% 0 DOORGAMES 2 FILEFIND 0% 0 DOS 1 TG_SUPPORT 0% 0 DOS_INTERNET 1 SWL 0% 0 EC_SUPPORT 1 RA_SUPPORT 0% 0 EC_UTIL 1 FN_SYSOP 0% 11 ECHO_ADS 1 FMAIL_HELP 0% 0 ECHOLIST 1 DEBATE 0% 0 ECHOMODS 1 CFORSALE 0% 0 EDGE_ONLINE 1 CATS_MEOW 0% 0 ELIST 0 ZEC 0% 0 EMERGCOM 0 Z1_ROUTING 0% 0 ENGLISH_TUTOR 0 Z1_ELECTION 0% 0 ENTHRAL 0 Z1C 0% 0 ESPOMEN 0 Z1_BACKBONE 0% 16 ESSNASA 0 YAHOONEWS 0% 0 FDECHO 0 XCODE 0% 278 FDN_ANNOUNCE 0 WINDOWS-NT_BBS 0% 0 FE_HELP 0 WINDOWS-NT 0% 0 FIDOGAZETTE 0 WHO 0% 111 FIDONEWS 0 VADV 0% 18 FIDOSOFT.HUSKY 0 TUXPOWER 0% 198 FIDO-REQ 0 TUB 0% 0 FIDO_SYSOP 0 TREK 0% 0 FIDO_UTIL 0 TORNADO.SUPPORT 0% 34 FIDOTEST 0 TERMINAT 0% 2 FILEFIND 0 TAGLINES 0% 0 FILEGATE 0 SURVIVOR 0% 0 FLASHMARIO 0 SPITFIRE 0% 1 FMAIL_HELP 0 SLACKWARE 0% 1 FN_SYSOP 0 RUSSIAN_TUTOR 0% 0 FTSC_PUBLIC 0 RETAIL_HORROR 0% 8 FUNNY 0 RENEGADE_BBS 0% 0 GECHO_HELP 0 RA_UTIL 0% 0 GOLDED 0 RA_MULTI 0% 0 GUITAR 0 RA_32BIT 0% 0 GUN_CONTROL 0 PUBLIC_KEYS 0% 9 HAM 0 PRISM 0% 0 HAM_TECH 0 POLITICS 0% 0 HOLYSMOKE 0 POL_INC 0% 116 HOME_COOKING 0 POL_DISORDER 0% 0 HOTDOGED 0 POINTS 0% 4 IBBSDOOR 0 PKEY_DROP 0% 0 INTERNET 0 PERL 0% 0 IREX 0 PCBOARD 0% 0 JAMNNTPD 0 PASCAL_LESSONS 0% 0 JAZZ 0 PASCAL 0% 0 JNODE 0 OS2REXX 0% 0 LINUX_BBS 0 OS2PROG 0% 0 CREATIVE.LINUX 0 OS2HARDWARE-L 0% 4 LINUX 0 OS2DOSBBS 0% 0 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FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 11 Page 4 March 16, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Bulletin Board Systems ================================================================= The Fidonet BBS List By Jon Justvig, 1:124/25, jjustvig@vintagebbsing.com BBS Name: < FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/argus/ | | v3.210 on Mar 29 2001 BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net | | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on Oct 22 2000 BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org | | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68 | | v.1.0.4 | | v.1.1a-68 (alpha) | | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/mailer | | /binkd/ | |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/ D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm 1:1/130 Nick Andre |I | v3.99 SR2 on Jun 23 2014 FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.4 on Sep 26 2003 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions |? | sales@defsol.se | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/ |EO? | v1.9 RC2 on Apr 20 2010 Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/ (based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm | | v5.0 Jun 12 2006 | | T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only) |? | v2608 on Dec 12 2001 AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/ Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmail.com 1:1/140 Rudi Timmermans | | v1.5 on Nov 10 2013 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> MAIL TOSSERS Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/ | | crashmail.html FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products/FastEcho/ | | fastecho.html | | v1.46.1 on 13 Nov 2007 | | Registration keys are free and available | | by request from the author Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org | | v4.4.10 on Aug 27 2004 | | FMail |TO |http://fmail.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.68.10.91.GPL on Jul 02 2014 JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/ | | v1.11R2 on Jan 1 2009 | | Source code available in the Maximus BBS | | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/ | | v1.50 on 23 May 2011 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> BBS SOFTWARE BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222 | | b@bbbs.net | | v4.01 on January 28 2007 EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9 2002 Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501 Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 14 October 2010 | | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682 | | v2.15g2 on Nov 16 2009 GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/ | | v19.00 Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/ Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com | | v3.5.10b3 Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/ | | v3.03 | | Source code available at: | | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ MBSE BBS |BMTFI|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs |PO | ajleary@sourceforge.net | | v1.0.4 on Sep 09 2014 Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004 Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com |IO | http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysticbbs | | v1.10 A59 on Dec 11 2014 RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305 | | v1.10/DOS on 3 Oct 2009 Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/ | | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com | | v3.7 on Jan 1, 2010 Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705 | | v3.15b on 8 Oct 2011 Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net | | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on Dec 19 1999 WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Software, Inc. | | v6.4 AUP 454.1 on Aug 1 2011 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12 Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 26 January 2011 NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/ | | v2.45b2 on 5 March 2000 TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/tinytic.html | | 1:120/544 VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/vireq.html | | 1:120/544 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html Sean Dennis | | sean@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200 | | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ | | bbs-door-games.cfm | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net | | Doors are still registerable via website Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/ Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452 | | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE 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 |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org | | d@dhakota.org | | Last update: Apr 11 2008 WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/ | | v3.0 on 27 Jun 2011 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> POINT SOFTWARE CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only) | | pm@crosspoint.de | | v3.12d on Dec 22 1999 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only) | | support@freexp.de | | v3.42 on Jun 27 2010 FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fidoip/ | | v.1.0.5 on Dec 2010 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/ | | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on Mar 20 2011 | | NOTE: Unstable versions released often SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493 | | v1.15 on Dec 15 1999 | | Website is in German and English +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> INTERNET UTILITIES Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net | | crosser@average.org Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/jamnntpd.html | | 1:120/544 Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate/lgate | | gul@gul.kiev.ua MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net | | v3.4.5 on Nov 14 2014 RNtrack |U |hhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ftrack-as | |2:5080/102 | |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net | | v1.32 on Apr 29 2011 TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/ | | transnet/index.html | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Sep 13 2007 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ ==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89 Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel | | This is probably the most updated BBS | | list on the Internet for a general | | BBS list. Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html | | Maintained automatically | | This list is specifically for | | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is | | automatically updated nightly. The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com | | This website is more than just files, | | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for | | BBS sysops and people who want to | | become sysops. This site is run by | | the same person who does the Telnet | | BBS Guide. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained) http://www.simtel.net http://www.bbsfiles.com http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific) http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721) http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/ Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above) The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews. If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/119. FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 11 Page 7 March 16, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= I N F O R M A T I O N ================================================================= ================================================================ FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================ FidoNews Article Submission (Updated May, 2014) FidoNews, founded in early 1984, is the newsletter of the FidoNet computer network, for both its Sysops and users. It is passed to its readers electronically via the FidoNet and other computer networks and to non-network readers as well as to the InterNet. Fidonews welcomes articles, editorials, and features of interest to the Fidonet Community. 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Besides, Fidonews is a better publication when it's written by a variety of people :) Jon Justvig Fidonews Editor FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 11 Page 8 March 16, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= C R E D I T S ================================================================= Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + | | | Editor: Jon Justvig, 1:1/1 | | Echomail and File Statistics: Janis Kracht, 1:261/38 | | | + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - EDITORS EMERITI - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + | | | Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince | | Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, | | Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink, | | Doug Meyers, Warren D. Bonner, Frank L. 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"Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all have to get in fights or something to amuse ourselves and create the requisite chaos." -Tom Jennings FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 11 Page 9 March 16, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Published with MakeNews2 by Janis Kracht 2011-2012 -=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=