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fidonews.man -- 04 Dec 84 00:56:08 Page 1
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Volume 1, Number 1 1 Dec 84
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| - FidoNews - /|oo \ |
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| Fido and FidoNet _`@/_ \ _ |
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| Users Group | | \ \\ |
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| Newsletter | (*) | \ )) |
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Editor: Tom Jennings
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Publisher: Fido #1
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HOT NEWS
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THE FIRST FIDONET NEWSLETTER
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Well, it finally got done ... FidoNews, the FidoNet
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Users Group newsletter is real. It will be published once a
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week, possibly once every two weeks if it gets busy.
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There will be at least three regular "features": the
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node list, Fido list, and the route list. Hopefully there
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will be more interesting things later. Now you have a reason
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to get FidoNews.
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I, Tom Jennings, am apparently the editor. I do NOT
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wish to be editor; the last thing I need is something else
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to do. See the HELP WANTED section. (Not kidding)
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We (ahem) are also looking for a publisher; I will
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do that for a while at least. A freebie outgoing host would
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be nice. Not a short term problem, though, like finding an
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Editor in Chief is.
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*All* articles, etc are user submitted; anything and
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everything, as per usual Fidonet protocols (Which isn't
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saying much ..) Ideas, problems, questions, tips, programs,
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hardware, etc etc are all welcome. See the ARTICLE article.
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(sic)
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Distribution is still up in the air; it will be
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mailed to at least six hosts across the country. For now, it
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is available on #1 and #51. Possibly elsewhere in this thing
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you'll find an article on distribution.
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fidonews.man -- 04 Dec 84 00:56:15 Page 2
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THE FIDONET USERS GROUP
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Oh yeah, I did mention that ... I hereby declare all
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Fido users and sysops members of the FidoNet Users Group.
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Sounds pretty stupid, huh? Well ... If there are 100 Fido
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systems around the country, and each has at least 100 users,
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thats 10,000 people. Any group that large has advantages, if
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nothing other than letters to the editor of your favorite
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magazine. This is just a brainstorm at this point, but is
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something to keep in mind.
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To make this fake club at least appear real, I am
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trying to decide whether or not to have bumber stickers
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made. This will be 3 3/4" X 8 1/2" white vinyl, with black
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artwork, will have the requisite doggie, the words "FidoNet
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Bulletin Board Network" and "Fido Node #" on it, and a place
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for a phone number, and blank space. These will cost $165.00
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for 500 stickers, or about $230.00 for 1000. I'll pay part
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of it ($40.00?) but no more; if I get promises to buy say
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$125.00's worth, I'll have them made, and sell them at cost.
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(They cost about 34 cents each; plus 20 cents postage, plus
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envelopes, etc, call it a buck a piece.)
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The real reason for this is so I can have one, but I
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don't want to spend $165 for it!
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EDITOR'S SOAP BOX
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ARTICLE SUBMISSION
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The format of this thing is totally ad hoc; please
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make recomendations as to formats, sections needed, liked,
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or hated, columns you'd like to see, or see removed,
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anything at all. If you want to submit something regularly,
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we can start a column for you.
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You are ENCOURAGED to send things in for the
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newsletter. ANYTHING is fit for the newsletter, such as a
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description of your board, problems found, questions, jokes,
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fixes, horror stories about wrong FidoNet numbers, things
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for sale, etc etc etc.
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SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
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An article should have your name, node number (if
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applicable), followed by the text. Text can be any ASCII
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derivative; WordStar, soft paragraphs, 8th bit set, etc are
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all OK.
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Articles can be uploaded at either Fido #1 or #51,
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into the NEWS File Area, or by sending it by FidoNet. There
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is a convention for naming the files, so that the newsletter
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can be published automatically.
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ARTICLE FILENAMES
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file.ART For article type things
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fidonews.man -- 04 Dec 84 00:56:21 Page 3
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file.SAL Things for sale
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file.NOT Notices
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file.MSC Miscelaneous things
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file.EDT an Editorial
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file.NEW News items
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file.WNT Wanted items
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Make sure the name is unique, especially if you send
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it by FidoNet, so you dont overwrite another article.
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fidonews.man -- 04 Dec 84 00:56:22 Page 4
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NEWS
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HOW THIS IS PUBLISHED
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This is a totally electronic newsletter; articles
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are written of course by users and sysops, but all other
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parts and proceedures are machine generated.
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For each newsletter, the Editor (thats me folks)
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does the date and volume of the title page (tough job), and
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whatever editorial there may be.
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Articles are checked out for being readable (ie.
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more or less English language), and bum copies (bad uploads,
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etc) are deleted.
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The lists generated by FidoNet Admin (St. Louis)
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such as the node list, Fido list, and the route list, come
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in via FidoNet during the week.
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On the day the newsletter is to be published, Fido
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#1 runs the text formatter (as a schedule) to produce the
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newsletter, using all the articles, the node and Fido lists.
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The completed newsletter is then copied into the NEWS file
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area. All of the article submissions are saved as last
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week's news, and deleted to make room for next weeks.
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Some canned messages are copied into Fido 1's mail
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area, which file attaches the newsletter to the distribution
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points. This completes the FidoNews Newsletter publication.
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FIDO SECURITY - Tom Jennings
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Fido is pretty secure, but there have been a few
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instances where callers gave them selves SYSOP priveleges,
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and ran amok ... the cure is quite simple.
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NEVER NEVER NEVER have your "main" Fido directory
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available as a download or upload area. Always make sure
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there is no path that can reach your .BBS files. It is OK to
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have it as a SYSOP only area, never let it be accessed by
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NORMAL users.
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If it is available, all someone has to do is get a
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copy of SYSOP.EXE, run it, and make a USER.BBS with them as
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SYSOP privelege. After uploading this file, they call back
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in, with the new name, and bingo! they are in control.
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A nastier version of this is to download your
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current user list, use SYSOP.EXE to upgrade them (or two, or
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three ... in case you find one of them) the upload it.
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If this happens to you, delete USER.BBS
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*immediately*. Fix it so that the Fido area is not available
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to users, and then you will be safe.
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Better do it quick, now that it's all documented
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here.
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fidonews.man -- 04 Dec 84 00:56:28 Page 5
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NOTICES
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FOR SALE
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WANTED
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fidonews.man -- 04 Dec 84 00:56:29 Page 6
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THE ROUTE LIST
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This is the latest route list (ROUTE.BBS). Please
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put this into ROUTE.BBS if you are not part of a local
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Fidonet Host system. If you are (or think you are) contact
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the host nearest you. One way to tel is to poke through
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FIDOLIST, and see if a local system found there is also in
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the list below.
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Route-To 1
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1,99
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Route-To 27
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14,21,27,44,45,73,202,310,315,318
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Route-To 51
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4,10,16,17,22,51,65
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Route-To 56
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56,77
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Route-To 59
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59,309
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Route-To 61
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61,302
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Route-To 69
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63,69
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Route-To 85
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85,306,308,312,326
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Route-To 79
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79,204,205,317
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Route-To 207
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42,203,207,320
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Route-To 327
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327,328
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