The F I D O N E W S Volume 32, Number 48 30 Nov 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 fidonet.org .............................................. 2 3. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 4 FTSC election, preliminary result ........................ 4 4. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 6 List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 6 5. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8 The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8 6. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9 FidoNet Software References .............................. 9 7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 14 Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 14 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17 How to Submit an Article ................................. 17 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19 FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 1 30 Nov 2015 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. -- John Knox ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 2 30 Nov 2015 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= fidonet.org Hello, I am in the process of provisioning the fidonet.org domain onto my own DNS servers. These servers are located in a major data center in downtown Toronto. The DNS for the domain is a freaking mess. For those of you not familiar with DNS, it is essentially a "phone book" of translating fidonet.org references into numeric IP addresses. Mail eXchange (MX) records in DNS tell a remote server system how to route mail to a destination address off of the fidonet.org domain. The existing Zone DNS table has a tonne of MX records for emails. A custom script was written in Perl to allegedly "cull" the nodelist and generate MX entries. I will not be publishing that script, at least not at this point, until I can get some feedback as to its purpose. I did not write that script, it has been inherited from its author, more or less. The majority of MX entries in DNS are being generated for Zone 2, and it is my understanding that there is a lot of Russian Sysops that are making use of routing Internet email via. those entries. Upon suggesting to the individual whom I obtained the Zone records from, that the MX be pointed to a central email server or changed; I was met with immediate harsh criticism. That individual was NOT Ward, by the way, so we are all clear... The problem I have with allowing Sysops to have their own MX entry in DNS is that if that Sysop vanishes, the domain incurs traffic from the Internet for anyone (mostly spammers) who attempt to route mail for that system. In addition, from a security perspective, if a Sysop runs an improperly- configured SMTP server, spammers have a field day exploiting that system and the domain as a whole suffers as a result. I would not want to yank the MX records, at least not at this point, until I get some serious feedback from anyone who has an MX entry in DNS for routing Internet email. Is having a fidonet.org email address THAT important? I am NOT against reinstating the IEEE gateway, I have the means to do so, but I am not yet seeing the benefits of having an "open address system" again. I welcome anyones feedback, suggestions or criticisms. Nick Andre, 1:229/426 net229.org FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 3 30 Nov 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 4 30 Nov 2015 ================================================================= FTSC INFORMATION ================================================================= 2015 standing member election preliminary results. Voting for FTSC membership has come to an end. The results are preliminary as there is a one week period for reporting inconsis- tencies and filing complaints. If no vote is contested the results will become final on Sunday 6 December 2015, 20:00 UTC. Seventeen RC's from three zones have voted. Kurt Weiske RC10 RJ Clay RC11 Joe Delahaye RC12 Michael Luko RC13 Will Du Chene RC14 TJ Barlow RC15 Andrew Leary RC16 Bob Seaborn RC17 Ross Cassel RC18 Bj”rn Felten RC20 Torsten Bamberg RC24 Vince Coen RC25 Michiel van der Vlist RC28 Victor Cizek RC42 Alex Barinov RC50 Paul Quinn RC54 Paul Hayton RC57 There were seven candidates and the votes are as follows: ---------------------------------------------- | Name | Node nr | Yes| No | |----------------------|-------------|----|----| | | | | | | RJ Clay | 1:120/544 | 14 | 0 | | Bjorn Felten | 2:203/2 | 12 | 3 | | Dallas Hinton | 1:153/715 | 17 | 0 | | Mark Hofmann | 1:261/1304 | 15 | 0 | | Markus Reschke | 2:240/1661 | 17 | 0 | | Alexey Vissarionov | 2:5020/545 | 17 | 0 | | Michiel van der Vlist| 2:280/5555 | 15 | 1 | ---------------------------------------------- All candidates collected more "yes" than "no" votes and therefore all will be accepted into the FTSC unless something drastic happens during the next week which allows opportunity to contest the votes. Since the period for contesting the votes ends on Sunday 6 December 2015, 20:00 UTC, if no vote is contested, the new members will be in- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 5 30 Nov 2015 stalled on Monday 7 December 2015. Michiel van der Vlist FTSC Election Coordinator 2:2/20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 6 30 Nov 2015 ================================================================= LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ================================================================= List of Ipv6 nodes By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555 Updated 26 November 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 Native Comcast 7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net 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 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net 18 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 19 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native 20 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native T-Mobile 21 2:222/2 Kim Heino T-6in4 he.net 22 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh T-6in4 he.net 6DWN 23 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net 24 1:266/404 Bill McGarrity Native Comcast 25 1:135/371 Eric Renfro T-6RD ATT 26 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-AYIY SixXs 27 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline IO 28 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 29 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Choopa 30 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net 31 1:249/303 Joe Delahaye Native Teksavvy OO 32 2:280/1043 Michel van Osenbruggen Native Bit 33 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-AYIY SixXs 34 2:5053/58 Alexandr Kruglikov Native CJSC The First 35 3:772/100 James Kelly Native 2degrees 36 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net 37 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net Tunnel type: T-6in4 Static 6in4 T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA T-6to4 6to4 FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 7 30 Nov 2015 T-6RD 6RD Remarks: IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls) OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming 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) 6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down. DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6 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 node config). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address (2002::/16) Windows defaults to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 8 30 Nov 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 2015-09-10 URL news://felten.yi.org Join http://fidonews.eu 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://rbb.bbs.fi Join Info in group +GETACCESS+ NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/361 URL news://fidonews.mine.nu Join http://fidonews.mine.nu NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6 URL news://news.wpusa.dynip.com Join Info in group +GETACCESS+ NETMAIL Yes, 1:3634/12 URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure) Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+ NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 9 30 Nov 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 | 3.99/SR9, released November 8 2015 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 on Feb 20th 2015 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 Raptor |MTPE |Free d/l from Jolla Store 2:292/624.50 Rudi Timmermans | | For the Sailfish OS only | | rudi.timmer@gmx.us | | v1.6 on Nov 7th 2015 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 FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 10 30 Nov 2015 | | 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10 FMail |T |http://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/ | | 1.68.10.91 (2014-07-02) 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 Ezycom BBS |BT |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682 | | v3.00 on 25 Apr 2015 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 FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 11 30 Nov 2015 | | 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 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 12 30 Nov 2015 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 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/ FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 13 30 Nov 2015 | | 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 | | 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 32-48 Page 14 30 Nov 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 201/* 1.2m 0.4m 3 24.3h 8.3h 3 211/* 13.9m 1.7m 4 0.1h 0.2h 4 221/* 3.4m 12.5m 385 6.8h 6.2h 381 249/* 20.8m 28.5m 110 4.2h 14.9h 110 266/* 21.7m 14.2m 428 2.8h 10.6h 430 280/* 3.0m 12.2m 204 4.6h 9.4h 204 292/* 2.3m 1.1m 26 1.0h 3.0h 18 320/* 3.7m 10.7m 175 5.0h 13.8h 175 423/* 0.9m 0.5m 13 6.1h 14.5h 13 502/* 13.8m 26.2m 13 0.1h 0.2h 13 640/* 2.3m 9.7m 146 13.9h 11.1h 147 Sigma 9.8m 16.8m 1507 5.5h 10.8h 1498 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 15 30 Nov 2015 Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.331 size 258.8kb date 2015-11-27 The nodelist has 1741 nodes in it and a total of 2474 non-comment entries including 4 zones 29 regions 201 hosts 151 hubs admin overhead 385 ( 22.11 %) and 179 private nodes 76 nodes down 93 nodes on hold off line overhead 348 ( 19.99 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 132 ( 7.58 %) 9600 = 867 ( 49.80 %) (HST = 13 or 1.50 %) (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %) (PEP = 1 or 0.12 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.12 %) (V32 = 438 or 50.52 %) (V32B = 44 or 5.07 %) (V34 = 599 or 69.09 %) (V42 = 501 or 57.79 %) (V42B = 47 or 5.42 %) 2400 = 4 ( 0.23 %) 1200 = 2 ( 0.11 %) 300 = 736 ( 42.27 %) ISDN = 99 ( 5.69 %) ----------------------------------------------------- IP Flags Protocol Number of systems ----------------------------------------------------- IBN Binkp 818 ( 46.98 %) ---------------------------------- IFC Raw ifcico 116 ( 6.66 %) ---------------------------------- IFT FTP 52 ( 2.99 %) ---------------------------------- ITN Telnet 137 ( 7.87 %) ---------------------------------- IVM Vmodem 14 ( 0.80 %) ---------------------------------- IP Other 5 ( 0.29 %) ---------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 16 30 Nov 2015 INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.06 %) ---------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 1020 ( 58.59 %) MailOnly nodes = 822 ( 47.21 %) Listed-only nodes = 103 ( 5.92 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2] [ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 32-48 Page 17 30 Nov 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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