T h e F i d o N e w s Volume 32 Number 30 July 27, 2015 +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | A newsletter of the | Published by | | | The FidoNews BBS | | FidoNet BBS community | | | __ | | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | Nightfall Ordain | | (_| /_) | 1:298/25 | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ )) | Editor : | | |__U__| / \// | Jon Justvig 1:1/1 | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | - JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ Table Of Contents FIDO_SYSOP Election Schedule ............ 2 Nodelist Report ......................... 3 Weekly Echomail Stats ................... 4 FileGate File News ...................... 5 Bulletin Board Systems .................. 6 Tutorials ............................... 7 Fidonet SoftWare List ................... 8 Credits ................................. 9 Information (How to Submit an Article) .. 10 FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 30 Page 1 July 27, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= A R T I C L E S ================================================================= Subject: FIDO_SYSOP Moderator Election 2015 (Take 2) ==================================================== Hello All! 20-Jul-2015 FIDO_SYSOP ELECTION RULES ============================================ RULES FOR CONDUCT OF THE FIDO_SYSOP MODERATOR ELECTION, 2015 * Schedule: Jul 24 - Aug 7 Nominations accepted. Discussion begins. Aug 7 - Nominations END at 23:59:59 UTC. Aug 8 - Final list of candidates posted in FIDO_SYSOP. Discussion continues. Aug 14 - Discussion ends. Candidates stop campaigning. Aug 15 - Voting begins. Aug 29 - Voting ends at 23:59:59 UTC. Aug 30 - Results posted in FIDO_SYSOP. Aug 30 - Sep 12 Opportunity to yell fowl and fix errors. Sep 13 - New Moderator receives ELIST password. * Position to be Elected: The election is for the position of FIDO_SYSOP Echo Moderator. The responsibilities of the Moderator include but are not limited to: -- To maintain and enforce the Echo Rules. -- To ensure that the Echo's listing in the ELIST is updated as needed. * Voter Eligibility: The eligible list is based on the FidoNet NodeList published on Jul 24, 2015 (Day 205.) Each sysop has one vote, regardless of how many nodes s/he operates. Nodes with more than one sysop get only one vote. Nodes marked 'Down' are not eligible to vote. * Nominations, Candidates: Nominations will be placed in the FIDO_SYSOP echo conference. To be a candidate, a FidoNet sysop must be seconded by another FidoNet sysop. An individual may not nominate himself or second himself. Nominations, seconds, and acceptances MUST be confirmed via netmail to the vote counter at 1:320/119 BEFORE the close of the nomination period. * Election: At the close of balloting, the vote counter will verify the results, and a summary of the results will be posted in FIDO_SYSOP. The vote counter will not disclose any node's vote to any other node. In the event only there is only one candidate properly nominated s/he will become the new Moderator, effective Jun 19, 2015. * Comments by the Candidates: Comments by Moderator candidates are to be posted in FIDO_SYSOP no later than 23:59 on Aug 14. After that, they must STOP campaigning in FIDO_SYS until the voting period ends. All discussion will take place in FIDO_SYSOP. * Who Wins? The winner will be determined as the candidate receiving more than half of the number of valid votes, otherwise known as a majority. * Challenges, Election Results: The results may be challenged by sending netmail to the Enforcer at 1:320/119. It must be received before 23:59:59 UTC on Sep 12, 2015. No complaints or contested votes will be considered if received late. If the election is declared invalid, a new election shall begin as soon as possible, within 14 days of the previous election being declared invalid. * How to SEND your vote: ALL BALLOTS MUST BE NETMAIL ADDRESSED TO 'Enforcer' at 1:320/119. You can route your ballot if you choose, but if you value your privacy and want to ensure arrival, you should send it directly to 1:320/119. Return receipts will be sent via direct or routed netmail. Those return receipts will contain NO information except that a vote was received from your node. * HOW TO VOTE: - Write a a NETMail message addressed to 'Enforcer' at 1:320/119. - Subject line doesn't matter. - Write the name of the valid candidate you want to vote for in the body of the message. A final list of valid candidates will be posted on Jun 19 in FIDO_SYSOP. Write-in candidates are not allowed. - Make up a password of ten (10) characters or less, and put that in the body of the message too. NOTE: Your password will be displayed (case insensitive) with your choice in FIDO_SYSOP so you can know that your ballot was counted correctly. In addition, votes received that do not meet ALL of the above conditions will not be counted until corrected by the voter. * SAMPLE BALLOT: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Fri : Aug 15 2015 11:09 | | From: Joe Sysop, 1:320/999 | | To: Enforcer, 1:320/119 | | Subj: My vote | | -------------------------------------------- | | | | | | My password is Hoochie | | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When your vote is received, it will NOT be machine-processed. Don't poll to pick up a receipt. The Enforcer will send a direct or routed netmail receipt to you confirming that he received a ballot but there will be no other information in the receipt. To ensure that your vote was counted properly, you may check the periodic posting of passwords/candidates in FIDO_SYSOP. * That's it. Enjoy the election! Andrew -@- ! Origin: Bits & Bytes BBS * V.Everything! * 860/503-8857 (1:320/119) FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 30 Page 2 July 27, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Weekly Nodelist Statistics ================================================================= NetStats 3.1 02/28/1991 INPUT NODELIST FILE : nodelist.207 File has a Date Stamp of : 7/25/2015 File Size (uncompressed) : 241.98 KBytes. The Input Nodelist file has 1756 Nodes in it and a total of 2495 non-comment entries. The list has 4 Zones listed. 29 Region Coordinators listed. 200 Network Hosts listed. 157 Hubs listed. 72 DOWN Nodes listed. 182 PRIVATE Nodes listed. 95 HOLD Nodes listed. Administrative overhead = 390 ( 22.21 %) PRIVATE NODES overhead = 182 ( 10.36 %) Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats): 9600 = 882 ( 50.23 %) (HST's = 13 or 1.47 % of the 9600 baud modems.) (PEP's = 1 or 0.11 % " " " " ) (MAX's = 0 or 0.00 % " " " " ) (HAY's = 1 or 0.11 % " " " " ) (V32's = 443 or 50.23 % " " " " ) (V32B's = 43 or 4.88 % " " " " ) (V42's = 506 or 57.37 % " " " " ) (V42B's = 47 or 5.33 % " " " " ) 2400 = 4 ( 0.23 %) 1200 = 2 ( 0.11 %) 300 = 733 ( 41.74 %) CrashMail capable = 1024 ( 58.31 %) MailOnly Nodes = 831 ( 47.32 %) INA nodes = 895 ( 50.96 %) BINKP nodes = 1184 ( 67.42 %) ITN (telnet) = 207 ( 11.78 %) [ This report produced by NETSTATS - A P.D. pgm By Justin Marquez, Modified by Janis Kracht May 2015 ] FIDONEWS Vol 32 No 30 Page 3 July 27, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= Weekly Echomail Stats ================================================================= Echomail Statistics Last 7 days By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net Unsorted: Sorted: Percent: ======== ====== ======= 1 10TH_AMD 453 FDN_ANNOUNCE 14% 0 ABLED 437 ALLFIX_FILE 13% 0 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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 30 Page 8 July 27, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= I N F O R M A T I O N ================================================================= ================================================================ FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================ FidoNews Article Submission (Updated April, 2015) 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. To have your article included in Fidonews, simply send it via netmail to 1:298/25 or 1:1/1 via direct mail with a file attach, or routed with your article in the body of the netmail, or email it at jonathanjustvig@gmail.com Here are some guidelines you can use to help me make it easier to format your article for Fidonews: 1. Use standard ASCII text. Most word processor formats can't be used by the Fidonews software. In addition, the Fidonews software won't accept most ASCII control characters nor any characters above ASCII 127 (this, unfortunately, includes all those neat box drawing characters). 2. Start your lines at the left of your screen when typing. The software puts in a left margin automatically, and I have to manually remove any left margin appearing in your document. 3. Keep your line length to under 70 columns for tables or charts (or if you include an ASCII illustration). Regular paragraphs exceeding this 70 column limit can be reformatted during the editing process, but tables and charts are normally distorted beyond recognition by a simple reformatting. 4. Separate paragraphs with a blank line. This is how my text editor recognizes paragraph endings, so I have to add blank lines manually if you don't. 5. Title your article as you'd like to see it in the Table of Contents. If you don't, I'll make up a title for you, but I'd rather have the article appear as you wish. 6. Include your name and node number (or internet address) under the title. I'll grab it from your message, if necessary... but, again, I'd rather have the article appear as you wish. 7. Check your own spelling and wording. Though I feel free to reformat your article so it conforms to technical requirements, I generally leave the wording (and spelling) alone as I don't want to distort what you have to say. 8. Send your article before Sunday in order to see it in that Monday's edition. 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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 30 Page 9 July 27, 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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Please help by putting the file extension of the correct subject on the file name if known. Ideas for Subject areas: Subject File | Subject File --------------------------------|--------------------------------- From the *C's *.css | Rebuttals to articles *.reb Fidonet Regional News *.reg | Fidonet Net News *.net Retractions *.rtx | General Fidonet Articles *.art Guest Editorial *.gue | Fidonet Current Events *.cur Fidonet Interviews *.inv | Fidonet Software Reviews *.rev Fidonet Web Page Reviews *.web | Fidonet Notices *.not Getting Fidonet Technical *.ftc | Question Of The Week *.que Humor in a Fido Vein *.hfv | Comix in ASCII *.cmx Fidonet's Int. Kitchen *.rec | Poet's Corner *.poe Clean Humor & Jokes *.jok | Other Stuff *.oth Fidonet Classified Ads *.ads | Corrections *.cor Best of Fidonet *.bof | Letters to the Editor *.let If you don't know or are not sure, send your submission. Put a .TXT on it and I'll try to figure out where it should be in Fidonews. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= The weekly edition of Fidonews is distributed through the file area FIDONEWS, and is published as echomail in the echo FIDONEWS. These sources are normally available through your Network Coordinator. The current and past issues are also available from the following sources: + -- -- -- -- -- -- - FIDONEWS AVAILABILITY - -- -- -- -- -- -- + | | | File request from 1:1/1 | | current issue FIDONEWS | | back issue, volume v, issue ii FNEWSvii.ZIP | | | | On the web: | | http://www.fidonews.ca/ | | | | | + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= The dog-with-diskette was originally rendered for Tom Jennings and is used with permission. "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 30 Page 10 July 27, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Published with MakeNews2 by Janis Kracht 2011-2012 -=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=