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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the Members of the
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FidoNet (r) International Amateur Electronic Mail System. It is
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a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors
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or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles
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to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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From the Editor's Chair .................................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Gateway Complaint Decision ............................... 2
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Sending mail through networks ............................ 4
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 8
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 8
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4. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 11
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 11
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5. NOTICES .................................................. 16
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A_THEIST Echo now available .............................. 16
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And more!
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 1 13 May 1991
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EDITORIAL
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Hi there. How have you been this week?
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Things have been interesting around here of late. Some of the
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events of the past few weeks seem to merit additional comment,
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in my opinion.
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First and most important of all, I just built a big disk file
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with all the changes I had to make to the Current Versions list.
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I then proceeded to type the wrong command and wrote all over
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the file. If your change isn't there, please send it again.
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Next, I'd like to say that about 70% of the Zone 1 Coordinators
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should resign. If you would like to know which ones I am
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referring to, take the Worldpol roll-call, and delete the ones
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who voted (regardless of their choice). The remaining NC's have
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failed in their mission to represent their net to the rest of
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their Zone and FidoNet at large, and as such need replacement.
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Now I have a more serious question -- has anyone within FidoNet
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carried out any careful experiments to test the veracity of the
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assertions against Prodigy? We've come just short of sliming
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them, now it would be nice for us to put our vaunted computer
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literacy on the line and check it out ourselves!
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Thanks for being there. Have a great week.
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Vince
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 2 13 May 1991
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ARTICLES
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Gateway Complaint Decision
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Matt Whelan, 3:3/1000
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International Coordinator
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It is now some time since I received a Policy Complaint/Appeal
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from Bob Moravsik, following rejections from RC13 and ZC1. My
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apologies to all for the delay in publishing the result.
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The complaint was lengthy and detailed, so I'll provide my
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'instant summary' rather than list it all here.
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In essence, Bob complained that a directive from his then-NC,
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Glen Johnson, contradicted the FidoNet<tm> Gateway Document
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adopted by me last year.
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The NC directive, to his hub coordinators, insisted they pass on
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all mail for their nodes, regardless of origin. It also insisted
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they should accept calls from any system, whether or not it was
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a FidoNet node.
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Bob complained this forced the Hub Coords to act as Gateway
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systems under FidoNet policy. Thus they would be required to
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provide outbound gating facilities as well, despite the technical
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complications this involved.
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The decision at all levels was made more difficult by the
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complaint's somewhat unclear intent: was it a protest at the NC's
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imposition of a policy at all, or at the content of the policy?
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The complaint was rejected at the RC and ZC levels. My feelings
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were that these decisions were mostly based on the first premise,
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and in that light were entirely correct.
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I believe an NC _is_ entitled to set a policy for HCs, as they
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are the NC's "deputies" and should run their portion of the net
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the way the NC would. However, if the content of the NC/Hub policy
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is contrary to (or more restrictive than, or different to, or . . .)
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FidoNet policy, then the enforcement of such NC/Hub policy could
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result in valid FidoNet policy complaints.
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Thus the Moravsik/Johnson decision finally came down to the
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content of the NC/Hub policy, and whether it really did directly
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contravene the provisions of the Gateway Document.
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The following is my 'ruling' on that aspect, as communicated
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directly to Bob Moravsik and Z1C George Peace a month or so ago.
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At that time it was also presented to the Zone Coordinators'
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Council for comment/objection (there has been very little of
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either), as I considered it an important "policy interpretation"
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issue.
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I welcome any comments on the issue, either here or in netmail
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to me at 3:712/627 or 3:3/1000.
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-Matt
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I believe Bob Moravsik's complaint/appeal against Glen Johnson's
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Hub Coordinators' policy to be technically correct and valid.
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However, I reject it at this time.
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When I adopted the Gateway document I noted it was not intended
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to hinder communications, and that I would allow time for its
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implementation. Given that there was no working software to
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facilitate 'correct' communication at the time the policy was
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adopted, I am prepared to wait for a reasonable time to allow
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such systems to be developed.
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The fact there is evidence of serious efforts to develop a
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standard, and the software, makes me comfortable with this
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decision.
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In the meantime, I accept each NC's individual right to choose
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whether (or not) to accept calls/mail from non-FidoNet nodes
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under the Gateway document's 'local experimentation' provisions.
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I believe once such a call has been accepted, any mail correctly
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addressed to a node in that local net must reach its intended
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recipient.
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I do not consider such operation a 'Gateway' service _at this
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time_. Thus there is no obligation on anyone in FidoNet to
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route return/outbound mail from FidoNet nodes to OtherNet
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addresses. Systems routing inbound mail are advised to run one
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of the several Netmail 'bouncers' which are capable of placing a
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warning in the inbound message. This warning would point out the
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origin system is unknown, and replies should not be routed back
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via the inbound system(s).
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Please note this an intentional and temporary relaxation of
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existing policy and, as such, will not always be acceptable.
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As the software for correct inter-network communication develops,
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the full intent of the Gateway document will be enforced to
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ensure people switch to this much-needed, and beneficial,
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new technology.
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 4 13 May 1991
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Roberto Zanasi
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Fido 2:332/504.2
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Sending mail through networks
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Beggining with fidonews809 (Volume 8, n. 9, 4 march 1991), a
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little announce appeared at the bottom of the fidonews issue: its
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title is "Remember Campers!!!", and it explains "how to send mail
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from an Internet site or a smart UUCP site TO a user that calls a
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Fido-Net system"
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Here I would like to give a more complete explanation of how to
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send mail from one network to another. Well, someone else has
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already done all the work, and I am only trying to give a
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contribution to their efforts. The following is the complete
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Inter-Network Mail Guide (Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew), a
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document which explains methods of sending mail from a network to
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another (when possible, of course). So, let's begin...
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[P.S. I hope that I am not violating the Copyright Notice, since
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the Inter-Network Mail Guide is distributed for non commercial
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purposes, and the file is distributed intact. I have only
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reformatted it (except only two lines, which are not
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reformattable), in order to fit the margins specifications
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written in fnewsart.doc.]
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+++cut here (beginning of internetwork guide)+++
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Inter-Network Mail Guide - Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew
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$Header: netmail,v 1.12 90/07/06 20:38:28 john Exp $
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For those of you who were wondering what happened to the June
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1990 issue, there wasn't one, because of a lack of important
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changes to the data, and because I've been busy with other
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things. Even worse (:-), there will not be an August 1990 issue
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as I will be temporarily between net addresses as I take a nice
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long holiday between jobs on different continents. If you have
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information to add or requests for subscriptions, send them as
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usual to me at <poslfit@gpu.UTCS.UToronto.CA> and they should
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catch up to me with some delay wherever I end up. I'm off to
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enjoy my summer now, bye! -- John
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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This document is Copyright 1990 by John J. Chew. All rights
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reserved. Permission for non-commercial distribution is hereby
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granted, provided that this file is distributed intact, including
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this copyright notice and the version information above.
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Permission for commercial distribution can be obtained by
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contacting the author as described below.
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 5 13 May 1991
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INTRODUCTION
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This file documents methods of sending mail from one network to
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another. It represents the aggregate knowledge of the readers of
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comp.mail.misc and many contributors elsewhere. If you know of
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any corrections or additions to this file, please read the file
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format documentation below and then mail to me: John J. Chew
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<poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>. If you do not have access to
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electronic mail (which makes me wonder about the nature of your
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interest in the subject, but there does seem to be a small such
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population out there) you can call me during the month of July at
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+1 416 979 7166 between 11:00 and 24:00 EDT (UTC-4h) and most
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likely talk to my answering machine (:-).
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DISTRIBUTION
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(news) This list is posted monthly to Usenet newsgroups
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comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions.
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(mail) I maintain a growing list of subscribers who receive each
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monthly issue by electronic mail, and recommend this to anyone
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planning to redistribute the list on a regular basis.
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(FTP) Internet users can fetch this guide by anonymous FTP as
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~ftp/pub/docs/ internetwork-mail-guide on Ra.MsState.Edu
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(130.18.80.10 or 130.18.96.37) [Courtesy of Frank W. Peters]
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(Listserv) Bitnet users can fetch this guide from the Listserv at
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UNMVM. Send mail to LISTSERV@UNMVM with blank subject and body
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consisting of the line "GET NETWORK GUIDE". [Courtesy of Art
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St. George]
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HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
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Each entry in this file describes how to get from one network to
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another. To keep this file at a reasonable size, methods that can
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be generated by transitivity (A->B and B->C gives A->B->C) are
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omitted. Entries are sorted first by source network and then by
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destination network. This is what a typical entry looks like:
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#F mynet
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#T yournet
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#R youraddress
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#C contact address if any
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#I send to "youraddress@thegateway"
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For parsing purposes, entries are separated by at least one blank
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line, and each line of an entry begins with a `#' followed by a
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letter. Lines beginning with `# ' are comments and need not be
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parsed. Lines which do not start with a `#' at all should be
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ignored as they are probably mail or news headers.
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#F (from) and #T (to) lines specify source and destination
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networks. If you're sending me information about a new network,
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please give me a brief description of the network so that I can
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add it to the list below. The abbreviated network names used in
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#F and #T lines should consist only of the characters a-z, 0-9
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and `-' unless someone can make a very convincing case for their
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favourite pi character.
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These are the currently known networks with abbreviated names:
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applelink AppleLink (Apple Computer, Inc.'s in-house
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network)
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bitnet international academic network
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bix Byte Information eXchange: Byte magazine's
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commercial BBS
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bmug Berkeley Macintosh Users Group
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compuserve commercial time-sharing service
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connect Connect Professional Information Network
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(commercial)
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easynet Easynet (DEC's in-house mail system)
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envoy Envoy-100 (Canadian commercial mail service)
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fax Facsimile document transmission
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fidonet PC-based BBS network
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geonet GeoNet Mailbox Systems (commercial)
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internet the Internet
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mci MCI's commercial electronic mail service
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mfenet Magnetic Fusion Energy Network
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nasamail NASA internal electronic mail
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peacenet non-profit mail service
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sinet Schlumberger Information NETwork
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span Space Physics Analysis Network (includes HEPnet)
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sprintmail Sprint's commercial mail service (formerly
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Telemail)
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thenet Texas Higher Education Network
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#R (recipient) gives an example of an address on the destination
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network, to make it clear in subsequent lines what text requires
|
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subsitution.
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#C (contact) gives an address for inquiries concerning the
|
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|
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gateway, expressed as an address reachable from the source (#F)
|
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|
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network. Presumably, if you can't get the gateway to work at all,
|
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then knowing an unreachable address on another network will not
|
|||
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be of great help.
|
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|
|||
|
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#I (instructions) lines, of which there may be several, give
|
|||
|
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verbal instructions to a user of the source network to let them
|
|||
|
|
send mail to a user on the destination network. Text that needs
|
|||
|
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to be typed will appear in double quotes, with C-style escapes if
|
|||
|
|
necessary.
|
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|
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#F applelink
|
|||
|
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#T internet
|
|||
|
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#R user@domain
|
|||
|
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#I send to "user@domain@internet#"
|
|||
|
|
#I domain can be be of the form "site.bitnet", address must be
|
|||
|
|
#I <35 characters
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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#F bitnet
|
|||
|
|
#T internet
|
|||
|
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#R user@domain
|
|||
|
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#I Methods for sending mail from Bitnet to the Internet vary
|
|||
|
|
#I depending on what mail software is running at the Bitnet site
|
|||
|
|
#I in question. In the best case, users should simply be able to
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 7 13 May 1991
|
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|
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|
|
|
|||
|
|
#I send mail to "user@domain". If this doesn't work, try
|
|||
|
|
#I "user%domain@gateway" where "gateway" is a regional
|
|||
|
|
#I Bitnet-Internet gateway site. Finally, if neither of these
|
|||
|
|
#I works, you may have to try hand-coding an SMTP envelope for
|
|||
|
|
#I your mail. If you have questions concerning this rather terse
|
|||
|
|
#I note, please try contacting your local postmaster or system
|
|||
|
|
#I administrator first before you send me mail -- John Chew
|
|||
|
|
#I <poslfit@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
#F compuserve
|
|||
|
|
#T fax
|
|||
|
|
#R +1 415 555 1212
|
|||
|
|
#I send to "FAX 14155551212" (only to U.S.A.)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
#F compuserve
|
|||
|
|
#T internet
|
|||
|
|
#R user@domain
|
|||
|
|
#I send to ">INTERNET:user@domain"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
#F compuserve
|
|||
|
|
#T mci
|
|||
|
|
#R 123-4567
|
|||
|
|
#I send to ">MCIMAIL:123-4567"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
#F connect
|
|||
|
|
#T internet
|
|||
|
|
#R user@domain
|
|||
|
|
#I send to CONNECT id "DASNET"
|
|||
|
|
#I first line of message: "\"user@domain\"@DASNET"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
#F easynet
|
|||
|
|
#T bitnet
|
|||
|
|
#R user@site
|
|||
|
|
#C DECWRL::ADMIN
|
|||
|
|
#I from VMS use NMAIL to send to
|
|||
|
|
#I "nm%DECWRL::\"user@site.bitnet\""
|
|||
|
|
#I from Ultrix
|
|||
|
|
#I send to "user@site.bitnet" or if that fails
|
|||
|
|
#I (via IP) send to "\"user%site.bitnet\"@decwrl.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 8 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Henry Clark
|
|||
|
|
1:124/6120
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Interactive Video II --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Late one night, I was watching taped episodes of Pee Wee and
|
|||
|
|
his video phone rings. Pee Wee gets into the booth, pulls down
|
|||
|
|
the tropical paradise background matte, puts on an outrageous
|
|||
|
|
hat and picks up the tin can ear piece. Onto his screen comes
|
|||
|
|
a guy in a couch trying to order pizza. Wrong number...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A two by two meter HDTV screen hangs flush against the wall in
|
|||
|
|
my home-office. I call up my PC vid-message program and begin
|
|||
|
|
scanning through the video segments available in the echo
|
|||
|
|
areas. As I hit the reply key, the camera record light comes
|
|||
|
|
on and I make an obscene hand gesture to emphasize my point.
|
|||
|
|
The next day I am banned from Fidonet for being excessively
|
|||
|
|
annoying...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As I wake up somewhat disoriented, I decide to finish this
|
|||
|
|
tyrade against the phone companies.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Last time I tried to outline the technical aspects of digital
|
|||
|
|
video transmission. This week I'll tell you about some of the
|
|||
|
|
methods and applications for interactive video.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Chuckin' from the Cheap Seats --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
First let me thank Alan Gilbertson who runs the CSFSO Telecom
|
|||
|
|
BBS down in Clearwater Florida for his insightful critique of
|
|||
|
|
the previous article. The biggest mistake I made was to imply
|
|||
|
|
that the current limits of transmission technology are not
|
|||
|
|
going to be overcome any time soon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Specifically, the current limit of 2.5 Gigabits per second is
|
|||
|
|
not chiseled in stone. I have reports of 25,000 Gigabits per
|
|||
|
|
seconds digital and Alan clearly pointed out the increases
|
|||
|
|
available through multiplexing. I will continue to speak of
|
|||
|
|
'full motion' video using 'no-loss' compression techniques
|
|||
|
|
because that is the quality that I believe general usage will
|
|||
|
|
require. It should be obvious that the bits per second
|
|||
|
|
required to achieve this will drop over time.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Players Dept. --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 9 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Analog systems, like Orchard Communications, Wallingford CT, are
|
|||
|
|
by far the least expensive. Orchard modulates an FM or AM
|
|||
|
|
signal onto fiber using a laser. I believe that at the end
|
|||
|
|
points of a network, cost may justify the use of analog
|
|||
|
|
transmission. As with coaxial cable systems, every video
|
|||
|
|
channel is available at every site ( scrambled or not ), and
|
|||
|
|
this raises privacy issues. I tend to lean to the digital
|
|||
|
|
format anyway.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dedicated systems, like Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley
|
|||
|
|
California, use DS3 digital switching systems. The network
|
|||
|
|
controller is a Sun workstation, with various remote dial in
|
|||
|
|
capabilities. GVG markets several device control stations, for
|
|||
|
|
panning cameras or muting and they are by far the largest
|
|||
|
|
Interactive Video products company. Their switching system has
|
|||
|
|
some unique video manipulation features, but can't be used for
|
|||
|
|
other TelCo functions, like bundling voice channels.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Cross connect systems, like Rockwell, Tellabs, Digital Switch
|
|||
|
|
and AT&T build, are DS3 or DS1 digital switching systems used
|
|||
|
|
by TelCos for trunk routing control. These cross connects have
|
|||
|
|
point-to-point and point-to-multiple broadcast capabilities
|
|||
|
|
which make them suitable for Interactive Video and
|
|||
|
|
Conferencing. They are also owned and operated by the TelCos,
|
|||
|
|
which allows for cost allocations favorable to the video
|
|||
|
|
network users. PC based applications control the cross
|
|||
|
|
connects, including remote dial in. The general goal is to use
|
|||
|
|
the DS3 capacity of the local TelCos ( local exchange carriers
|
|||
|
|
) and the Long Distance companies ( inter exchange carriers )
|
|||
|
|
in a demand driven ( customer controlled ) network.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The costs for digital fiber transmission are staggering. 20
|
|||
|
|
miles of working fiber could run you a cool million bucks. 45
|
|||
|
|
Megabit Video Codecs are 5000 bucks per channel. A cross
|
|||
|
|
connect will set you back 100 k. Not to mention the cameras,
|
|||
|
|
monitors and control software and training to operate it all.
|
|||
|
|
Who can afford it ?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We're In the Money Dept. --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Schools systems with government and TelCo backing. Courts and
|
|||
|
|
law enforcement who spend millions transporting prisoners.
|
|||
|
|
Libraries with duplication of information. Hospitals whose
|
|||
|
|
insurance rates ( and need for quality staff ) have
|
|||
|
|
skyrocketed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What do all these have in common ? They are all tax payer
|
|||
|
|
funded. They are also all suitable for the kind of tariff
|
|||
|
|
'abatement' required to get the price down to a reasonable
|
|||
|
|
level. You see, a lot of the price is the built in rates the
|
|||
|
|
transport companies have to charge. The emphasis on transport
|
|||
|
|
is based on the high cost of laying fiber. This brings up the
|
|||
|
|
whole regulatory environment argument that has been raging
|
|||
|
|
since the Bell breakup. Outside the US, especially in the
|
|||
|
|
government owned TelCos of Europe, the situation is similar
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 10 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
because the prices are also artificially set.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
There is going to come a time when literally everyone is fed up
|
|||
|
|
with the communications system in the US, and then we'll start
|
|||
|
|
to see big changes. Fidonews at 11, channel 1-800....
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 11 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LATEST VERSIONS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS Systems
|
|||
|
|
--------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5g
|
|||
|
|
Fido 12t+ QuickBBS 2.66 TBBS 2.1
|
|||
|
|
GSBBS 3.02 RBBS 17.3B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
|||
|
|
Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
|
|||
|
|
Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 1.00* TPBoard 6.1
|
|||
|
|
Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.55
|
|||
|
|
Opus 1.14+ Socrates 1.10 WWIV 4.12
|
|||
|
|
PCBoard 14.5 SuperBBS 1.10 XBBS 1.17
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Network Node List Other
|
|||
|
|
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BinkleyTerm 2.40 EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0
|
|||
|
|
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 ARCAsim 2.30
|
|||
|
|
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
|
|||
|
|
FrontDoor 1.99c Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.14 Crossnet v1.5
|
|||
|
|
SEAdog 4.60* XlatList 2.90 DOMAIN 1.42
|
|||
|
|
TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxDiff 2.40* EMM 2.02
|
|||
|
|
XlaxNode 2.40* 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18
|
|||
|
|
Gmail 2.05
|
|||
|
|
GROUP 2.16
|
|||
|
|
GUS 1.30
|
|||
|
|
HeadEdit 1.18
|
|||
|
|
IMAIL 1.10
|
|||
|
|
InterPCB 1.31
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 2.10
|
|||
|
|
MSG 4.1
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 2.06
|
|||
|
|
MSGTOSS 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Oliver 1.0a
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.20
|
|||
|
|
QM 1.0
|
|||
|
|
QSORT 4.03
|
|||
|
|
ScanToss 1.28
|
|||
|
|
Sirius 1.0x
|
|||
|
|
SLMAIL 1.36
|
|||
|
|
StarLink 1.01
|
|||
|
|
TagMail 2.41
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 12 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TCOMMail 2.2
|
|||
|
|
Telemail 1.27
|
|||
|
|
TMail 1.15
|
|||
|
|
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
|||
|
|
TosScan 1.00
|
|||
|
|
UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
|
XRS 4.10*
|
|||
|
|
XST 2.3e
|
|||
|
|
ZmailH 1.14
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
OS/2 Systems
|
|||
|
|
------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Maximus-CBCS 1.02 BinkleyTerm 2.40 Parselst 1.32
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
EchoStat 6.0
|
|||
|
|
oMMM 1.52
|
|||
|
|
Omail 3.1
|
|||
|
|
MsgEd 2.06
|
|||
|
|
MsgLink 1.0C
|
|||
|
|
MsgNum 4.14
|
|||
|
|
LH2 0.50
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
|
|||
|
|
ARC2 6.00
|
|||
|
|
PolyXARC 2.00
|
|||
|
|
Qsort 2.1
|
|||
|
|
Raid 1.0
|
|||
|
|
Remapper 1.2
|
|||
|
|
Tick 2.0
|
|||
|
|
VPurge 2.07
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Xenix/Unix
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BBS Software Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BinkleyTerm 2.30b Unzip 3.10
|
|||
|
|
ARC 5.21
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30b
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 3.31b
|
|||
|
|
Ommm 1.40b
|
|||
|
|
Msged 1.99b
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.01
|
|||
|
|
C-Lharc 1.00
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 13 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Omail 1.00b
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple II
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GBBS Pro 2.1 Fruity Dog 2.0* ShrinkIt 3.23
|
|||
|
|
DDBBS + 7.4* ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
|||
|
|
deARC2e 2.1
|
|||
|
|
ProSel 8.69*
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple CP/M
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
|
|||
|
|
MsgUtil 2.5
|
|||
|
|
PackUser v4
|
|||
|
|
Filer v2-D
|
|||
|
|
UNARC.COM 1.20
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
---------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
|
|||
|
|
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
|||
|
|
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 LHArc 0.41
|
|||
|
|
Hermes 1.5 StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
|||
|
|
FBBS 0.91 Compact Pro 1.30
|
|||
|
|
Precision Systems 0.95b* TImport 1.92
|
|||
|
|
TeleFinder Host 2.12T10 TExport 1.92
|
|||
|
|
Timestamp 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Tset 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Import 3.2
|
|||
|
|
Export 3.21
|
|||
|
|
Point System Software Sundial 3.2
|
|||
|
|
PreStamp 3.2
|
|||
|
|
Name Version OriginatorII 2.0
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-19 Page 14 13 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
AreaFix 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Copernicus 1.0 Mantissa 3.21
|
|||
|
|
CounterPoint 1.09 Zenith 1.5
|
|||
|
|
Eventmeister 1.0
|
|||
|
|
TSort 1.0
|
|||
|
|
Mehitable 2.0
|
|||
|
|
UNZIP 1.02c
|
|||
|
|
Zip Extract 0.10
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amiga
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Falcon CBBS 0.45 BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
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Paragon 2.082+ TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
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TransAmiga 1.07 WelMat 0.44 booz 1.01
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ConfMail 1.12
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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ElectricHerald1.66
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Lharc 1.30
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Login 0.18
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MessageFilter 1.52
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oMMM 1.49b
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ParseLst 1.64
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PkAX 1.00
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PolyxAmy 2.02
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RMB 1.30
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Roof 44.03
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RoboWriter 1.02
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Rsh 4.06
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Skyparse 2.30
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Tick 0.75
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TrapList 1.12
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UNZIP 1.31
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Yuck! 1.61
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Zippy (Unzip) 1.25
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Zoo 2.01
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Atari ST/TT
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Bulletin Board Network Node List
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Software Version Mailer Version Utilities Version
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FIDOdoor/ST 2.2.3* BinkleyTerm 2.40l ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 1.02 The BOX 1.20 Xlist 1.12
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Pandora BBS 2.41c EchoFix 1.20
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GS Point 0.61 sTICK/Hatch 5.50*
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LED ST 1.00
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MSGED 1.96S
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 15 13 May 1991
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Archiver Msg Format Other
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Utilities Version Converters Version Utilities Version
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LHARC 0.60 TB2BINK 1.00 ConfMail 4.03
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LHARC2 3.18* BINK2TB 1.00 ComScan 1.02
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ARC 6.02 FiFo 2.1m* Import 1.14
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PKUNZIP 1.10 OMMM 1.40
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Pack 1.00
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FastPack 1.20
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FDrenum 2.2.7*
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Trenum 0.10
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Mailers Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 Unzip 2.1TH
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ARC 1.03
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!Spark 2.00d
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ParseLst 1.30
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BatchPacker 1.00
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 16 13 May 1991
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=================================================================
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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Christopher Baker
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Rights On! 1:374/14
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A_THEIST Echo Available
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A_theism means free of religion in the way a_political means
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free of politics or a_sexual means free of sex
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characteristics or drives.
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With that in mind and ever cognizant of the continued
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pressure of religion to intrude itself into our government
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and its operations, the A_THEIST Echo is provided to inform
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and alarm and hopefully wake up the sleeping and too long
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silent majority to the peril on our doorstep.
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It is, at present, a non-backbone Echo Hosted and Moderated
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by Rights On! [1:374/14] and Christopher Baker [card
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carrying member of American Atheists, Inc.]. Initial links
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will be provided from this system to any and all who request
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same.
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The Echo is open to anyone who can discuss, without
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proselytizing, the extreme desirability of maintaining the
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absolute separation of State and church in this country as
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provided for in our Constitution.
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A sample of the first few messages and the statement of
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purpose of the Echo is available as A_THEIST.ZIP from this
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system anytime except 0100-0130 and 0500-0800 ET [USR HST
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ds online] if you wish to get an idea of whether to commit
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disk space to the Echo.
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I hope you will join us or ask your Sysop to request a link
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via Netmail to 1:374/14.
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TTFN.
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Chris
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The Interrupt Stack
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15 Aug 1991
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 17 13 May 1991
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5th annual Z1 Fido Convention - FidoCon '91 "A New Beginning"
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Sheraton Denver West August 15 through August 18 1991.
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8 Sep 1991
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25th anniversary of first airing of Star Trek on NBC!
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7 Oct 1991
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Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
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will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
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Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
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Islands will retain area code 415.
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1 Nov 1991
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Area code 301 will split. Area code 410 will consist of the
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northeastern part of Maryland, as well as the eastern shore.
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This will include Baltimore and the surrounding area. Area 301
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will include southern and western parts of the state,
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including the areas around Washington DC. Area 410 phones will
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answer to calls to area 301 until November, 1992.
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1 Feb 1992
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Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
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eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
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code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
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West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
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Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
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Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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1 Dec 1993
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Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
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5 Jun 1997
|
|||
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David Dodell's 40th Birthday
|
|||
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
|||
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
|||
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ANEWS Mail Hauler Needed
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
By Randy Edwards
|
|||
|
|
1:141/552.0
|
|||
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|
|||
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For those of you that don't know what ANEWS is, ANEWS is an
|
|||
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acronym for "Alternative NEWS" and is a backbone echo in the
|
|||
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FidoNet. ANEWS is made up of various "alternative" news and
|
|||
|
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points of view -- opinions and news not normally found in our
|
|||
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corporate-controlled mass media.
|
|||
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|
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FidoNews 8-19 Page 18 13 May 1991
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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I'm the moderator of ANEWS and have been more or less shocked
|
|||
|
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at it's success. ANEWS has existed for well over a year and has
|
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grown in size, scope and traffic. The echo is truly
|
|||
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international in scope.
|
|||
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However, due to an upcoming move of mine across the country,
|
|||
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the ANEWS echo in need of someone to 'haul' mail for ANEWS.
|
|||
|
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Specifically, the ANEWS mail hauler would have to poll a 2400
|
|||
|
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bps non-nodelisted FidoNet-compatible system in New York City
|
|||
|
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and drop the news off at a FidoNet link so that the ANEWS
|
|||
|
|
traffic can go out over the FidoNet echomail backbone to the
|
|||
|
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rest of the world.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
If I could find a node IN New York City that is local to the
|
|||
|
|
718-448-xxxx telephone echange to move this mail, it'd mean
|
|||
|
|
local calls for the 'mail hauler'. If anyone is willing to be
|
|||
|
|
a 'mail hauler' for the ANEWS echo (regardless of where you are)
|
|||
|
|
please contact me, Randy Edwards, at FidoNet 1:141/552.0.
|
|||
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