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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 9 No. 18 (4 May 1992)
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The newsletter of the |
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FidoNet BBS community | Published by:
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/ \ | "FidoNews" BBS
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/|oo \ | (415)-863-2739
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(_| /_) | FidoNet 1:1/1
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_`@/_ \ _ | Internet:
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| | \ \\ | fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
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|__U__| / \// | Editors:
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_//|| _\ / | Tom Jennings
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(_/(_|(____/ | Tim Pozar
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Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
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amateur network. Copyright 1992, Fido Software. All rights reserved.
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Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
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only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews.
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Paper price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.00US
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Electronic Price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . free!
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For more information about FidoNews refer to the end of this file.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1
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Editorial: Playing catch-up ................................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2
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FidoCon '92 September 4-6 Dallas, TX .......................... 2
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"Cutesy" Origin Lines ......................................... 2
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Telephone Fraud Control ....................................... 3
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SEAmail version 1.10 revision F ............................... 4
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MAILBAG New Conference Address ................................ 7
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A_THEIST Echo now on Backbone! ................................ 8
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A genuine "One God" Christian Network ......................... 9
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SKEPTIC Echo now on the Zone 1 Backbone! ...................... 9
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3. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 12
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Software List ................................................. 12
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4. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 18
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 1 4 May 1992
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial: Playing catch-up
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by Tom Jennings (1:1/1)
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Well, I really do intend to eventually write about the Computers,
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Freedom and Privacy Conference I attended in March, where I got that
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EFF Pioneer of the Telecommunication Frontier award.
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However, I seem to do nothing with FidoNews except work to stand
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still. Every week it's another fire to fight.
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This week I have apologize to myself, or is that to "you", The Reader.
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I, your esteemed (or is that humble I cannot remember) editor, grossly
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overreacted to all the flame and noise I received regarding that
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recent Issue That Will Remain Unnamed. (In my defense I'll simply say
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the intensity at this end was unusual.)
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A number of people wrote in to express dismay with my new reluctance
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to air these sort of things in the future. I am glad to say I believe
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I have come to my senses (if I ever had any is an open question) and I
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will simply look at each individual piece far more carefully.
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And as I had to point out to one careful reader, I was mainly
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apologizing to one of the parties involved as to the lack of process,
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rather than for content. That editorial was written in excessive
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haste, and hence sloppily (unlike this gem hear XXX here.)
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* * * * *
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I also have a book or two to review, one of which is "The BMUG guide
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to Bulletin Boards and beyond", by Bernard Aboba, which is far and
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away the best specifically-BBS book I've seen yet. It convers how and
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why of BBSing, with specific examples of BBS programs, excellent
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descriptions of various networks, including FidoNet, even including
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the social and political hows/whys. It's great! It's huge, 500+
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full-size pages. Connector pinouts. Modem how-to's. Netiquette. File
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transfer details, including dissimilar file system conversions.
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Written by a sysop for sysops and users. Histories. Techie junk.
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Friendly writing. Until I get around to the abstract, you can contact
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BMUG at voice 510-549-2684, US Post 1442A Walnut St #62, Berkeley CA
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94709, fax 510-849-9026.
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 2 4 May 1992
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ARTICLES
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FidoCon '92 "Gateway Networking"
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September 4-6 Summit Hotel
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Dallas, Texas
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Net 124 and 130 are gearing up for FidoCon '92 to be held this year
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in Dallas at the Summit Hotel. You'll save a few bucks by
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registering before May 30th. File request REGISTER.FRM from 1:1/92
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for the registration form and more information.
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Brooks Duncan
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1:340/43
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Though I have only been in FidoNet for about 8 months, lately
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I have noticed many sysops, not only in my area, replacing their
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origin lines with "cutesy" sayings, instead of their board
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identification. This, to me, is insensitive not only to the
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sysops, but to the users.
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I for one, when I look at a _Origin_ line in a message, look
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there for one reason: to see where the message originated
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from. Now I know that the address is always there, but I know
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when *I* started BBSing I had know idea what "89:684/1" meant,
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and I know that many of my users have no idea either.
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I have seen many instances where users have replied to messages
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that may have "local only" interest, and when they were
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blasted to bits by the moderator, I looked back at the
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original message, and no location was was indicated!
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Yes, I know I have no right to tell you what to put in your
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origin line, but lets have some common courtesy here! If you
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want to put little sayings in your messages use an Offline
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Reader like SLMR, or use a Editor with a Random Cookie
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feature, but I think the name and city SHOULD be indicated in
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the Origin lines... isn't that the point of them?
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Heh... I'll shut up now... have a nice day from Victoria BC :)
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Brooks Duncan,
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sysop: Versailles BBS
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1:340/43 Fidonet
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89:688/29 IMEx
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40:7401/106 ISIG
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64:100/114 Weirdnet
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duncan@f752.questor.wimsey.bc.ca Internet
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 3 4 May 1992
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Controlling Illegal Use of Your Phone Card
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By Brian Murrey - KB9BVN
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1:231/30
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We have had some problems at my place of employment with our traveling
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folks getting their phone card numbers lifted. Well, not actually
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lifted, let's just call it "published". From the details that I have,
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one of the victims was making a phone call from a payphone in a busy
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airport. Nothing out of the ordinary. After he made the phone call,
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AT&T security called the keeper of the phones to let us know that 20
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phone calls had been charged to it within a one hour period and were
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we aware of this.
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Well, we weren't. The victim couldn't remember anything different
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about this phone call and couldn't figure out how someone got the
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number at all.
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It seems that while the victim was making the phone call, a couple of
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"kids" looking like they were about to board a plane were shooting
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some video around the phone area. Well guess what. It seems that the
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boys had been taping card numbers all morning all courtesy of the most
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excellent zoom lens that can be found on most over the counter
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camcorders.
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I wish I had more details than that, but this event got me to
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thinking. As a Amateur Radio Operator, I spend a fair amount of time
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monitoring (listening) to the shortwave bands. When I get real board
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and need some kicks I tune in the ship to shore frequencies and listen
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to people say things like "I miss you", "I love you", "I'm real
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drunk." etc etc...but they also say things like..."My calling card
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number is......" and I'll bet that while they're way out in the
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Gulf enjoying themselves, they don't even know that the whole world
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may be listening in.
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What's my point? Well, don't let your phone card out of your sight,
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don't read the number off over a radiophone, don't read it off over
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cellular phone (Cellular phone is probably the MOST heavily monitored
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frequency band in North America), and don't let anyone borrow it even
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for a minute.
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Oh, BTW, if you are a SWL and are interested in Pirate Radio, then you
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need to connect yourself the the FREE_RADIO echo. You can connect in
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at any of the following locations.
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231/30, 124/7009, 1/211, or 11/1
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FREE_RADIO is for the discussion of pirate transmissions, trading of
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QSL information, and it helps to verify what you heard. Stay tuned to
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7415 Khz for all the pirate action. (Well most of it anyway)
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 4 4 May 1992
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System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
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520/519@AlterNet 1:107/519@Fidonet
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SEAmail version 1.10
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Revision F
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Revision F to SEAmail version 1.10 has been released, and incorporates the
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following changes:
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* Phone book editing is now more understandable, and includes the ability
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to create and edit mailing lists from phone book entries on the fly.
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* DIAL was not properly invoking the script driver, with the result that
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scripts generally didn't work with DIAL. This has now been fixed.
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* The OS/2 version of DIAL had some problems with keyboard queueing that
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have now been fixed.
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* KITTEN now handles marking download lists differently if the caller is
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in ANSI mode. The result should be more pleasing and much easier to
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use.
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* CFGEDIT now allows you to describe your modems in your own words.
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* You can now define a dialup password for use with an address. The
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dialup password replaces any occurrence of "*P" in DIAL macros.
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* RENUMBER and the GRP* programs can now be told to operate on all
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folders in a given sort block. For example, a command line reference
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to "BLOCK X" would refer to all folders in sort block "X".
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* KITTEN has a new review function, <T>urkey. This marks a caller as
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having been reviewed and set the "turkey flag". When a caller who has
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the turkey flag set calls in, he is sent to a TURKEY.CAT menu instead
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of the CONTROL.CAT menu. The turkey flag is reset by the <R>eviewed
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command.
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* Some inconsistencies in the use of file date/time stamps have been
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resolved.
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* Some inconsistencies in the use of record locking have been resolved,
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which should lead to better performance on multiline systems.
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* CFGEDIT will now check to see if a new password entry duplicates an
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existing entry, and will merge the entries if so.
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* When configuring a modem, the "Null modem" and "PAD" choices have been
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 5 4 May 1992
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combined into a single rotary "Modem type". Likewise, maximum baud
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rate is now a rotary selection.
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* A bug in Caller*ID support in the OS/2 versions has been detected and
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corrected.
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* A new configuration file, EXCLUDE.CFG, has been defined. It has the
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same format as IGNORE.CFG, but is used to identify phone numbers (such
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as PC Pursuit outdial lines) that cannot be used to identify a caller.
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When calls are received from phone numbers listed in the exclusion
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file, the system will act as if no Caller*ID information had been
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received.
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* Due to how some OS/2 device drivers handle a comm port, there could be
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problems with using a null modem connection. This has now been fixed.
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* KITTEN now recognizes another special menu, ONESHOT.CAT, which she will
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call once and only once at the start of every session just before
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calling the CONTROL.CAT menu. The ONESHOT.CAT menu should exit by
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performing a RETURN command.
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* GET, SEND, REQ, and TELL now have a "hold" option to indicate that the
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created message(s) should be held for pickup. This allows GET and SEND
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to be used with addresses that do not have a published phone number.
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* PACKER should now recover better from having a previous run aborted.
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* GRPIN will now notify a LAN mail server when it generates a pong
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message.
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* There is now a WAZOOZ netmail session handler for OS/2.
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* MAIL2TXT was not correctly translating Caller*ID ports higher than
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COM4. It is now.
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* NLCOMP was not properly scanning nodelist lines with leading spaces in
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front of a prefix (Zone, Host, et cetera). This has now been fixed.
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* Many of the documentation files have been updated and improved.
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Those with SEAmail 1.10 revision E for MS-DOS can upgrade to revision F by
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going to their SEAmail directory and giving the command:
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upgrade sm110f
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Those with the OS/2 version should give the command:
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upgrade sm110fp
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 6 4 May 1992
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POST_POLIO ECHO NOW AVAILABLE ON BACKBONE...
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During the 1940's and 1950's, hundreds of thousands (and perhaps more)
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were struck down with Infantile Paralysis (AKA Polyiomyelitis) during
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the widespread epidemics of those years.. Many, like myself, managed
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to survive the epidemics with little to show for the ordeal but a
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slight limp and some residual weaknesses. Now, almost 45 years after
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my successful(?) bout with polio, I am finding my old Polio Symptoms
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are returning with a vengance!! AND, I am not alone.. An overwhelming
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number of other Polio Survivors have seen, or are in the process of
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seeing, their crippling symptoms returning. It is these people, or
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more importantly, those who DON'T know what is happening to them,
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that we are striving to reach. Post-Polio Syndrome (sequalae) is a
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very little-known condition in a medical profession that were taught
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that polio was a "Cured" disease.. Diagnosis is difficult, and the
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symptoms are frequently attributed to normal Aging or other reasons.
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The reverse mis-diagnosis problem is a reality as well.. I attributed
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my weaknesses climbing Stairs and walking to PPS.. I almost made a
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deadly mistake.. Although my family Dr. did not think I had anything
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more serious than overweight and PPS, I searched out a Cardioligist,
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underwent a few tests, and ended up with a Quadruple Bypass 3/30/92!!
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The Message for Polio Survivors around the World is that this can be
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a two-edged Sword: Those who don't know why they are experiencing the
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same Polio-like difficulties 35-45 years later NEED to know what is
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happening to them.. Those who MAY have PPS, or suspect they do, need
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to be aware that it can mask more serious problems, as was my case..
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The POST_POLIO Echo has been serving as a medium of communication
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between Polio-Survivors and interested parties on ADAnet(tm) for
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over 6 months. There have been instances where the Echo may have
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saved a life, or at least made substantial contributions to the
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quality of life for some.. That is why I have decided to expand
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POST_POLIO's scope of availability - The urgency of the message is
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obvious.. The subject is timely..
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I wish to publicly thank Bill Freeman and the many ADAnet(tm) Folks
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for getting POST_POLIO it's initial exposure.. However, I now ask
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the FIDONET folks who carry any Medical/Handicapped Echoes to now
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consider adding POST_POLIO to their BBS.. The time is ripe...
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The POST_POLIO Rules are attached for your Information.
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Tom McKeever, W4NOV
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Moderator, P_P Echo
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FYI: First cut of POST_POLIO CONFERENCE Rules..
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 7 4 May 1992
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Conference Rules are reasonably simple..
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PURPOSE: To provide a medium for interactive discussion and
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Information-sharing between past Polio (Infantile
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Paralysis) victims; present Post Polio Sequalae (PPS)
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sufferers; Potential Post-Polio candidates (Those who
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suffered Polio in the 40's and 50's, or at other times);
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Medical Professionals, and ANY other interested parties..
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DECORUM: Courtesy and Consideration of others are to be the dominant
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Modes on this Echo. No Flames or griping about Hospitals,
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unprofessional "Professionals", or fellow Echo Members, OK?
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No Profanity or offensive language/subject material either!
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SUBJECTS: No limitations except the above..
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GENERAL: Feel free to use this Forum to exchange info and names of
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Therapists, Neurologists, Orthopedic personnel, or others
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familiar with Post-Polio Sequalae (Syndrome); to search for
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others associated with Post-Polio in your area; for our
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mutual Support and encouragement, and whatever is needed..
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We DO ask, however, that the echo NOT be used to advertise
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non-approved Medical Equipment nor any Human-Consumables...
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We are building a database, which will be accessible on-line here at
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SPACECON BBS, of Doctors/Therapists/Neurologists/Etc. who are familiar
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with the Post-Polio problems.. We realize that there are all too few
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Medical Professionals familiar with Post-Polio, and we are working, at
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least locally, to rectify this problem. We solicit your help, and will
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appreciate any inputs for the database. Take care, and welcome aboard!
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Tom McKeever
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MODERATOR
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POST_POLIO ECHO
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Spacecon BBS (1:374/22)
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(407)459-0969
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Announcing new MAILBAG location, by Charles Lasitter, 1:3641/277
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MAILBAG, a mail conference about the production and mass distribution
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of letters, magazines and advertising circulars, has moved. It is
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now available via V32, CM, from 1:3641/277.
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Questions:
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Charles Lasitter
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919-286-0100 (voice)
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 8 4 May 1992
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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 now a Zone 1 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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may be obtained from your local Backbone source connection.
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Zone 3 is being fed through 3:681/857 and Zone 2 through
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2:243/11 via a Gate at 1:374/14 until direct links can be
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made to those Zones via the international Backbone links.
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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 ET and Zone 1 ZMH [USR HST
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V32 online] if you wish to get an idea of whether to commit
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disk space to the Echo. An archive of the past traffic from
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the Echo is also available as A_ECHO1.ZIP, A_ECHO2.ZIP, and
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A_ECHO3.ZIP, A_ECHO4.ZIP, etc.
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It has been on the Backbone for months. Ask your Backbone
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connection to get it for you! The complete info is available
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in the current ELISTnnn.XXX file available from your NEC or
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REC or here. [Request ELIST.]
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I hope you will join us or ask your Sysop to request a link
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via their regular Backbone connections!
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TTFN.
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Chris
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 9 4 May 1992
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Steve Winter
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98:98/1
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Find out for yourself what has the devils so upset!
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Please spread this info around. Thanks!!
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* __________ __________ ___ ________ *
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* | | | | | |\ /| | *
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* | | | | | | \ / | | *
|
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* |________| |________| | | \ / | |______ *
|
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* | | \ | | \/ | | *
|
||
* | | \ | | | | *
|
||
* | | \ | | | | *
|
||
* | | \ _|_ | | |_______ *
|
||
* *
|
||
***************************************************************
|
||
* PreRapture(tm) International Message Exchange *
|
||
***************************************************************
|
||
|
||
Both Religious (Christian) and non-religious conferences.
|
||
Strict policy against profanity, lewdness, etc..
|
||
Supporting FidoNet, PCRelay, and QWK message networking.
|
||
* Intense Bible Debate * False Preachers Exposed *
|
||
* Popular Cults Unmasked in the light of the Bible *
|
||
919-286-3962 * 919-286-3606 * 919-286-3266
|
||
Using USRobotics Dual Standard Modems HST/V.32bis 14,400bps
|
||
FREQ PRIME.ZIP from 98:98/1 for network kit
|
||
|
||
This should work as a private nodelist:
|
||
|
||
Zone,98,PRIME_IC,Durham_NC,Steve_Winter,1-919-286-3962,9600,CM,HST,
|
||
V32b,UIC
|
||
,1,PreRapture_BBS,Durham_NC,Steve_Winter,1-919-286-3962,9600,CM,XA,
|
||
HST,V32b
|
||
,2,PreRapture_BBS_2,Durham_NC,Steve_Winter,1-919-286-3606,9600,
|
||
CM,XA,HST,V32b
|
||
,3,PreRapture_BBS_3,Durham_NC,Steve_Winter,1-919-286-3266,9600,
|
||
CM,XA,HST,V32b
|
||
|
||
;(The USR modem on node one, 98:98/1, has the &G2 guard tone)
|
||
;(The USR modem on node two, 98:98/2, has the &G1 guard tone)
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
Christopher Baker
|
||
Rights On!, 1:374/14
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 10 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
SKEPTIC Echo is alive and well!
|
||
|
||
SKEPTIC is now a Backbone Echo that originally sprang forth
|
||
from the San Francisco area. It now originates from Zone 3
|
||
in Adelaide, Australia under the Moderatorship of Jackson
|
||
Harding at 3:681/857 and is Hubbed into Zones 1 and 2 by
|
||
1:374/14.
|
||
|
||
If any of you or your Sysops are interested in obtaining
|
||
this Echo, you or they should contact their regular,
|
||
Backbone Echo source! SKEPTIC now appears in FIDONET.NA as
|
||
of 2 May 92.
|
||
|
||
SKEPTIC is devoted to examination and report of paranormal
|
||
and fringe-science claims. It has NO official or unofficial
|
||
connection to CSICOP {Committee for the Scientific
|
||
Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal} but has a similar
|
||
philosophy. Claims are not rejected on a priori grounds but
|
||
rather are investigated by objective and critical inquiry.
|
||
|
||
The Echo is now fully activated and waiting for those with
|
||
an interest in the mission stated above.
|
||
|
||
Complete information about the Echo may be found in the
|
||
current issue of the EList and the ELRules files.
|
||
|
||
Come and join us in the pursuit of knowledge! [grin]
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
Zone 1 Hub for SKEPTIC
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Original Message Date: 30 Apr 92 10:52:58
|
||
From: Bob Seaborn on 1:140/12
|
||
To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1
|
||
Subj: FidoNews Submission & "Press Release"
|
||
^AMSGID: 1:140/12 4f0aad36
|
||
cc: Tom Jennings, Mark Goodwin
|
||
|
||
Due to the emergence of TriBBS (formerly known as TriTel) as a
|
||
premiere BBS program, we have started a FidoNet echo called (what else)
|
||
"TRIBBS" in an attempt to be able to offer technical and moral support to
|
||
anyone either using or intending to use this fine program.
|
||
|
||
|
||
I am the moderator, and can be reached at 1:140/12 and the author,
|
||
Mark Goodwin, who can be reached at 1:328/104 are active participants, and
|
||
so far the echo has spread as far as a node in Africa as well as
|
||
throughout Canada and the USA. We are attempting to get it placed on the
|
||
backbone, and by the time you read this, it very well may be there. We
|
||
are both ready and willing to offer any and all support needed by any
|
||
TriBBS Sysop.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 11 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
Until "TRIBBS" is available on the backbone, it may be received from
|
||
either 1:140/12 by a simple netmail request. Get your NEC to request it
|
||
from the backbone, and if it's not there yet, please do not hesitate to
|
||
contact myself to arrange delivery.
|
||
|
||
We anticipate that this echo will grow as more sysops realize the
|
||
advantages and flexibility of the TriBBS software package, plus the
|
||
numerous support utilities.
|
||
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
(COMMO) Echo
|
||
by Tim Spofford 105/99.0
|
||
|
||
{Commo} - yes, the curly brackets are program's name - is a small
|
||
(around 35k), DV-aware, comms program, written by Fred Brucker, now
|
||
in its fourth year of development and distribution. It uses external
|
||
file transfer protocols (e.g., DSZ) and runs in a 120 Kb window. It
|
||
is unique, though, because of its extensive use of a powerful macro
|
||
language to perform practically any function one could want or need.
|
||
In Northern California (where Fred lives) and a few other pockets
|
||
around the country, many sysops have been using it for their own
|
||
comms for several years now.
|
||
|
||
The {COMMO} echo - the area tag DOES include the curly brackets -
|
||
is, not surprisingly, for {Commo} users and is a forum for
|
||
additional development ideas and brainstorming and for the exchange
|
||
of macros to perform new and novel functions. Fred Brucker is a
|
||
regular participant.
|
||
|
||
Backbone status is being sought. In the meantime, feeds for the
|
||
echo can be gotten here, 105/99, at HST & v.32 speeds, or at
|
||
125/180, at HST and v.32bis speeds. The current version of {Commo}
|
||
can be file requested (no restrictions) from 105/99 as COMMO5?.ZIP
|
||
or with the magicname COMMO (165K).
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 12 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Greatest SoftWare Versions
|
||
Latest Update: 01/27/92
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software NodeList Utilities Compression
|
||
Name Version Name Version Utilities
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- Name Version
|
||
ADTBBS 1.50@ EditNL 4.00 --------------------
|
||
Aurora 1.32b FDND 1.10 ARC 7.12
|
||
DMG 2.93 MakeNL 2.31 ARJ 2.20
|
||
DreamBBS 1.05 Parselst 1.33 LHA 2.13
|
||
Fido/FidoNet 12.21 Prune 1.40 PAK 2.51
|
||
Genesis Deluxe 3.2 SysNL 3.14 PKPak 3.61
|
||
GSBBS 3.02 XlatList 2.90 PKZip 1.10
|
||
Kitten 1.01 XlaxNode/Diff 2.53
|
||
Lynx 1.30
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 2.00
|
||
Merlin 1.39n Other Utilities(A-M) Other Utilities(N-Z)
|
||
Opus 1.73a* Name Version Name Version
|
||
Oracomm 5.M.6P@ -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Oracomm Plus 6.E@ 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b
|
||
PCBoard 14.5a 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35
|
||
Phoenix 1.07* ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a
|
||
ProBoard 1.20* ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
|
||
QuickBBS 2.75 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10
|
||
RBBS 17.3b ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a
|
||
RemoteAccess 1.11* Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.05 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
|
||
SLBBS 2.15C* DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11
|
||
Socrates 1.11 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00
|
||
SuperBBS 1.12* DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0
|
||
SuperComm 0.99 EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28
|
||
TAG 2.5g EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00
|
||
TBBS 2.1 EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12
|
||
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x
|
||
Telegard 2.7* FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C
|
||
TPBoard 6.1 FNPGate 2.70 SquishMail 1.00
|
||
TriTel 2.0* GateWorks 3.06e StarLink 1.01
|
||
WildCat! 3.02* GMail 2.05 TagMail 2.41
|
||
WWIV 4.20 GMD 3.10 TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
XBBS 1.77 GMM 1.21 Telemail 1.5*
|
||
GoldEd 2.31p TGroup 1.13
|
||
GROUP 2.23 TIRES 3.11
|
||
Network Mailers GUS 1.40 TMail 1.21
|
||
Name Version Harvey's Robot 4.10 TosScan 1.00
|
||
-------------------- HeadEdit 1.18 UFGATE 1.03
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 HLIST 1.09 VPurge 4.09e
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 IMAIL 1.20 WEdit 2.0@
|
||
Dreamer 1.06 InterPCB 1.31 WildMail 2.00
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 13 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
Dutchie 2.90c ISIS 5.12@ WMail 2.2
|
||
FrontDoor 2.02 Lola 1.01d WNode 2.1
|
||
InterMail 2.01 Mosaic 1.00b XRS 4.99
|
||
Milqtoast 1.00 MailBase 4.11a@ XST 2.3e
|
||
PreNM 1.48 MSG 4.5* YUPPIE! 2.00
|
||
SEAdog 4.60 MSGED 2.06 ZmailH 1.25
|
||
SEAmail 1.01 MsgLnk 1.0c ZSX 2.40
|
||
TIMS 1.0(mod8) MsgMstr 2.03a
|
||
MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
MSGTOSS 1.3
|
||
|
||
|
||
OS/2 Systems
|
||
------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z)
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 2.00 ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
|
||
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
|
||
EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
|
||
Network Mailers FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
|
||
Name Version GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
|
||
-------------------- LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
|
||
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MsgEd 2.06c SquishMail 1.00
|
||
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
|
||
1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
|
||
SEAmail 1.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Xenix/Unix 386
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
ARC 5.21
|
||
C-LHARC 1.00
|
||
MsgEd 2.06
|
||
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
|
||
|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
|
||
Omail 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.32
|
||
Unzip 3.10
|
||
VPurge 4.08
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 14 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
QNX
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03
|
||
QCP 1.02
|
||
NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6
|
||
Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05
|
||
QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00
|
||
LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01
|
||
Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple II
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
|
||
GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
|
||
ShrinkIt 3.30*
|
||
|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple CP/M
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Daisy 2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Filer 2-D
|
||
MsgUtil 2.5
|
||
Nodecomp 0.37
|
||
PackUser 4
|
||
UNARC.Com 1.20
|
||
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
|
||
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
|
||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
|
||
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 15 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
|
||
MacArd 0.04
|
||
Mantissa 3.21
|
||
Point System Mehitable 2.0
|
||
Software OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
Name Version PreStamp 3.2
|
||
-------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
||
Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
|
||
CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
|
||
MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
|
||
TImport 1.92
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
TSort 1.0
|
||
UNZIP 1.02c
|
||
Zenith 1.5
|
||
Zip Extract 0.10
|
||
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
4D-BBS 1.65 BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
|
||
DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
|
||
Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
|
||
Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12
|
||
TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
|
||
XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@
|
||
Utilities FileMgr 2.08
|
||
Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
|
||
NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18
|
||
Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
|
||
-------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
|
||
ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
|
||
Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
|
||
TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
|
||
PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
|
||
UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
|
||
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
|
||
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
|
||
TrapToss 1.20
|
||
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
|
||
|
||
Atari ST/TT
|
||
-----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
|
||
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1
|
||
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
|
||
MSGED 1.99 ConfMail 4.10
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 16 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
|
||
-------------------- FastPack 1.20
|
||
Compression ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
|
||
Utilities EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
|
||
Name Version sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
|
||
-------------------- Trenum 0.10
|
||
ARC 6.02
|
||
LHARC 2.01i
|
||
PackConvert
|
||
STZip 1.1*
|
||
UnJARST 2.00
|
||
WhatArc 2.02
|
||
|
||
|
||
Archimedes
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20
|
||
Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01
|
||
RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00
|
||
DeLZ 0.01
|
||
MailED 0.95
|
||
NetFile 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
Raul 1.01
|
||
!Spark 2.16
|
||
!SparkMail 2.08
|
||
!SparkPlug 2.14
|
||
UnArj 2.21
|
||
UnZip 3.00
|
||
Zip 1.00
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
|
||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
|
||
DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0
|
||
OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2
|
||
UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1
|
||
UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01
|
||
FReq 2.5a
|
||
LookNode 2.00
|
||
ParseLST
|
||
PReq 2.2
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 17 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
RList 1.03
|
||
RTick 2.00
|
||
UnBundle 1.4
|
||
UnSeen 1.1
|
||
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
Key: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
|
||
* - Recently Updated Version
|
||
@ - New Addition
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
|
||
NOTE: 8 Mar 92
|
||
|
||
FidoNews versions list update process is about to change, once again.
|
||
It will be taken over by someone else. In the mean time hold onto
|
||
your hats (and programs).
|
||
|
||
Watch for an announcement within a week or two.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-18 Page 18 4 May 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
|
||
|
||
Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews" BBS
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/1
|
||
Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
|
||
BBS (415)-863-2739 (MAY 92: 2400 baud ONLY) (9600 HST/V32)
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews
|
||
Box 77731
|
||
San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107 USA
|
||
|
||
Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
|
||
amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual
|
||
articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The
|
||
contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the
|
||
rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in these articles are those
|
||
of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews is copyright 1992 Fido Software. All rights reserved.
|
||
Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
|
||
only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews (we're
|
||
easy).
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from
|
||
the FidoNews BBS via manual download or Wazoo FileRequest, or from
|
||
various sites in the FidoNet and via uucp. PRINTED COPIES mailed
|
||
may be obtained from Fido Software for $5.00US each PostPaid First
|
||
Class within North America, or $7.00US elsewhere, mailed Air Mail.
|
||
(US funds drawn upon a US bank only.)
|
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Periodic subscriptions are not available at this time; if enough
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people request it I will implement it.
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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
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from 1:1/1 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC".
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FidoNews 9-18 Page 19 4 May 1992
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco
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CA 94107, USA and are used with permission.
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