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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 21 25 May 1998
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-209-251-7529 [1:1/23] |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Zorch Frezberg 1:205/1701 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ |
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| please refer to the end of this file. |
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Keep it moving, keep it limber...
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Region33 (Italy): change of all phone numbers ............ 2
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Netmail routing in Zone 2 ................................ 2
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 4
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Sysop Bill of Rights ..................................... 4
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4. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 7
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5. NOTICES .................................................. 9
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Future History ........................................... 9
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6. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 10
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FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing .......................... 10
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7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 11
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8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 13
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 1 25 May 1998
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EDITORIAL
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Important information from Zone 2...it is much appreciated to see
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that there are those who understand the purposes of the FidoNews.
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For those of you making international connections to Zone 2, or to
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Italy in particular, the two articles should be of interest to you.
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Likewise, the introduction of the inter-Zone IP link via BinkP/ARGUS
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is welcome news for the future of FidoNet's development.
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If any.
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The doomsayers are out in force once more, claiming that FidoNet is
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soon to die, and without realizing what it is that FidoNet offers to
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the world of the InterNet.
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Jim Cannell, SecureMail international coordinator, and I were
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discussing the fact that, like routed netmail or echomail, there is
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no real "direct link" between one Internet node and another...all of
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the packets are routed, and accessible to intervention.
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What we had discussed was a way to generate encrypted packets over
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the InterNet which securely linked mail from one IP node to another,
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so that the only way to intercept mail would be to delete it.
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This would all but eliminate packet-ramming; it would enhance the
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ability of a moderator to be sure that order could be maintained in a
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highly volatile echo...moreover, it could even be used to bring
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echomail to the functionality of a UseNet newsgroup while also
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insuring only that FidoNet-sourced nodes could feed to it.
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After all, the two largest objections to bringing Fido to the level
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of the InterNet is lack of moderation and the likely appearance of
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'spamming' or pornography offers...encrypting the packets, as well as
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password-protecting connections through BinkP and ARGUS connections,
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would bring these down to the level where if it did happen, it would
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be a simple matter to locate the exact source of the mail and have
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it stopped, since it would be a FidoNet node making the connection.
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An idea to consider, no?
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-zf-
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 2 25 May 1998
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ARTICLES
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Region33 (Italy): change of all phone numbers
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by Paolo Faustini, 2:33/0 (hbetty@fidoitalia.net, hbetty@tin.it)
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Starting from 19 june 1998, Telecom Italia, our national phone
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company, will change all the italian phone numbers, to get space for
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additional number sets destinated to mobile and other private phone
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companies.
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So, from that date, phone calls originated outside Italy to Italian
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phones, must have a "0" between region and local prefix.
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An example, based on my node phone number: *before* 19 june, you
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must compose "0039-2-89150967" to call my node, *after* 19 june,
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you will compose "0039-02-89150967".
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As my RC33 charge, I started the nodelist segment conversion
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process, with deadline for 17 june, so the nodediff generated
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for 19 june will have new phone numbers for R33.
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Conversion process and nodelist updates are transparent for Fido
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Sysops of other Regions and Zones, they will not do anything but
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applying nodediff as usual.
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But, there is always something that goes wrong, in nodelist
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conversion or, <eg> more probabile, Telecom Italia updating process
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(Italy counts about 25 millions of POTS and 10 million of mobile
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phone), so, *please*: if you cannot be able to contact italian Fido
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nodes after 19 june, send me an e-mail, with your name, your Fido
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address, Fido address and phone number of node you don't connect
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with, and symptoms you have noticed during connect (e.g. voice
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message to warn callers).
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Thank you in advance.
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Paolo Faustini, Region Coordinator 33.
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E-mail: hbetty@fidoitalia.net
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hbetty@tin.it
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Netmail routing in Zone 2
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by Albert Ulmer, 2:318/11 (ws35.cable.vol.at)
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Hi there,
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I'm a node in Austria and I'm using Argus/IP as a mailer. In the past
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few months, I have made connections with other nodes using IP-mailers.
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 3 25 May 1998
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Realizing the potential of Fidonet-via-Internet technology, I have
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decided to offer the following to nodes interested:
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You can route netmails for the regions 20, 21, 22, 23, 33, 47, 49, 50
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and 51 in Zone 2 as well as netmails for Zones 5 and 6 through my
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system for fast delivery. This is done free of charge, of course.
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I'm also looking for other IP-nodes who would like to participate and
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set up a link for bidirectional routing, especially in Zone 1,
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France, Great Britain and Spain.
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All the best,
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Albert.
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 4 25 May 1998
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COLUMNS
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Dear Editorbeing,
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This article is submitted by Doc Logger(163/110) who was
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recently plagued by an unusual number of low flying bats.
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Mercifully, the good editors at Swamp Swine Magazine
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provided suitable ingestibles to ease the condition long
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enough for this missive to be carved into the husks of
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coconuts and floated off to the Snooz.
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Roll da flic, Zorch....
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Dear Reverend Visage,
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I've just returned from watching the movie version of Hunter
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S. Thompson's "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas." If I didn't
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know better, I'd swear that the hotel scenes had been filmed
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in your living room. Who'd have thought that art directors
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on movies would be able to independently create the same six
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inch deep flotsam of backed up sewage and the lampshades
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nailed to walls with Marlin spikes. The movie is excremental
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so you can safely avoid watching it. The book wasn't as
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badly trashed as the movie version of "Even Cowgirls Get The
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Blues" but the film misses the whole point of a savage
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journey into the heartland of America. The visual effects
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were quite pleasing since they rendered Young Republicans
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appropriately as reptilian carnivores.
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Speaking of reptiles, I see that Bob Kohl has carried
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through with his threat and removed Gerry Calhoun as the NC
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of his net. Naturally, this occurred while Bob "noted" Satti
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slumbered. Poor Satti didn't fire enough neurons to head off
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Kohl's nastiness and now will have to bleat his usual piffle
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about the sanctity of policy. Since Kohl is one of the few
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fartcatchers left in the elflord domain who support Satti,
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it must be heartbreaking to see a protege make Fidonet so
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enjoyable for the serfs in the Region 10 domain. The good
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news is that both Moravsik and Tannacore continue to add
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their bottomless wit in support of Bob "comatose" Satti's
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narcoleptic rule. Our prayers and our edible underwear
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should go out to them in their few picoseconds of sentient
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thought.
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His Zorchness has been strangely silent in the echos
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recently, which must mean that he has taken advantage of his
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newly reconstituted set of wheels to venture to far off
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places. I was hoping he'd cough up an interview with Rosanna
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Arquette but he probably had someone less fascinating in
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mind.
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I am including a rather lengthy quote today, written by Fred
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Ennis (163/136). Mr. Ennis has served as NC of Net163 and RC
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 5 25 May 1998
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of Region 12. Mr. Ennis invites comments and suggestions to
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the Sysop Bill of Rights.
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"1. Nodenumbers shall be granted on request to sysops who:
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-are able to negotiate mail sessions properly;
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-keep an up to date nodelist; and,
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-maintain operations during mandatory hours.
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2. No sysop may be removed from Fidonet for anything other
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than repeated technical non-compliance.
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3. Any sysop can obtain an echomail feed wherever the sysop
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wishes. Conversely, no one is required to provide an
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echomail feed.
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4 Every sysop in Fidonet shall have the right to vote by
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secret ballot for their NC, RC, and ZC at least every two
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years.
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5. All Fidonet sysops may run for *C positions in their
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nets, regions and zones.
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6. Voting in elections shall be held by secret ballot, and
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returning officers shall ensure that sysops can verify that
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their ballot was counted properly.
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7. Policy complaints, evidence and decisions are public
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information. *C's are accountable for maintaining a history
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of decisions and passing them on to their successors.
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8. In the event of a conflict between policy and this Bill
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of Rights, the Sysop Bill of Rights will be the authority."
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I think that Fred's approach is probably the way to go with
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respect to returning Fidonet to some semblance of sanity and
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fairness. Rather than try to convince the cretins who now
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infest the elflord positions, perhaps it is time the sysops
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themselves took the initiative and declared their rights
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which supersede any rule created by the self-serving and
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self-perpetuating efforts of the elflords.
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Mr. Ennis hasn't declared his intentions with respect to the
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Sysop Bill of Rights, but I think it would be marvelous if
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the document were submitted to a Zone level sysop vote. If
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adopted, it would certainly carry more jurisprudent weight
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than the current Peefour abomination.
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I must go Visage, David Moufarrage is alleged to be sitting
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on the roof singing a rousing chorus of "Nearer My Bob To
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Me" and I'll have to get him down before he disturbs the
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peacocks. By the way, Walloonetta phoned and asked my
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permission, in your absence, whether she could get
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miscellaneous body piercings. I told her to go ahead and
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that as her father, you'd thank me later.
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 6 25 May 1998
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Regards,
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Doc Logger,
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Furlang Island,
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South Pacific
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 7 25 May 1998
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WE GET EMAIL
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Subject: Dog with diskette
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 21:03:35 -0700
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From: Joe Jared <joejared@webworldinc.com>
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Organization: OsiruSoft
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To: editor@fidonews.org
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I found that when the puppy is set to fit on a white background, that
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the lines around the ears and tail have problems. Feel free to rip
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the puppy out of my web page if you like, which has fixes to it.
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While granted you will have to remove the 100.00 bill surrounding it,
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it should be fairly easy to fix. If you like, I can do that for you
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as well.
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--
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Ways to get here from there:
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ICQ http://wwp.mirabilis.com/12016722
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ftp://webworldinc.com/joejared
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http://www.webworldinc.com/joejared
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For windows 95 with netbeui loaded //206.135.17.202
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Joe.Jared@301.sasbbs.com
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* Origin: Orange, CA, Where free speech is a right, not a privilege
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(1:103/301@Fidonet.org)
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-----FW: <3567C28A.F8DFEF03@pacbell.net>-----
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 23:47:38 -0700
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From: "Warren D. Bonner" <wdbonner@pacbell.net>
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To: jb@fidonews.org
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Subject: Applaud out loud...8^)
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To the Editor Zorch:
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Issue #19 was the best, most informative issue in years! If you can
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build a fire with even half of the DEAD WOOD in the nodelist, you
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will open a lot of eyes..specially the remaining nodes. They may
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then feel their worth IS important, not just part of a "was once upon
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a time" node And just as important is the touch of sanity in the form
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of humor to make the work enjoyable. Thank You Zorch.
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Also to Doc Logger,
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Thanks for an indepth touch on most of what needs to be corrected by
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the ZC Bob Satti, and bringing it to the national/international
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attention. Hopefully he will do something about King Kohl and his
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Konduct. I personally wouldn't care if he held his finagled ZEC, but
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for R10's sake remove him from R10C, which acts as R10EC also no
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matter what he says. Thanks for having the guts to print the truth.
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Kohl pulled N2004C Gerry Calhoun's flag this nodediff, for no reason
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other then HE cannot work with Gerry anymore because he wouldn't
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remove N2004EC when King Kohl got peeved at her. Nothing to do with
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 8 25 May 1998
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how well the mail flows or how happy the downlinks are, only how
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unhappy HE is as King Kohl.
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WDBonner@pacbell.com
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1:103/10 President Net103
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 9 25 May 1998
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NOTICES
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Future History
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3 Jul 1998
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FidoNet European Convention (see issue #20 for details).
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14 Sep 1998
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Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].
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22 Sep 1998
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First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.
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1 Dec 1998
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Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
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Tom Jennings.
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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1 Jun 2000
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EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 10 25 May 1998
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FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY
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FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing
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it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]
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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:205/1701] or download it from
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IKVHFoT! BBS at 1-209-251-7529 anytime Zone 1 ZMH at 300-9600+ V34.
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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed
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in the Masthead information.
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 11 25 May 1998
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
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of this appearance.
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NOTE: I am looking for a comprehensive list of Telnet, VMODEM, BinkP,
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Argus and other TCP/IP based nodes operating FidoNet on the
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InterNet, either by Zone or worldwide, to post here as well.
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- Ye Editor
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FidoNet:
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Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
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FidoNews http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
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http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html [ASCII]
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WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
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FTSC page http://www.goldware.dk/ftsc
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Echomail [MIA]
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WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html [TFN]
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General http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
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Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm
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REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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FIDONEWS 15-21 Page 13 25 May 1998
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
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Editor: Zorch Frezberg
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Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
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Donald Tees, Christopher Baker
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"FidoNews Editor"
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FidoNet 1:1/23
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BBS 1-209-251-7529, 300/1200/2400/9600/V.34/V.90
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more addresses:
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Zorch Frezberg -- 1:205/1701, zorch@repairnet.com
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zorch@qnis.net
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zorch@kumr.lns.com
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(Postal Service mailing address)
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FidoNews Editor
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P.O. Box 642
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
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file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
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PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
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address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
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FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
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where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
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current year [8], i.e., FNWSJAN8.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 98.
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Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
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1 - 15 for 1984 - 1998, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
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size from 48K to 1.4M.
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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
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http://www.fidonews.org
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http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
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ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
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ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
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You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:
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You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
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instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
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www.fidonews.org.
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You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
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http://www.fidonews.org
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STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
|
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Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
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|
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
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|
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Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
|
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for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 13 Megs.
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|
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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
|
||
available almost immediately after publication on the FidoNews Editor
|
||
homepage on the World Wide Web at:
|
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|
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http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html
|
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|
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There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
|
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to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
|
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link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
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|
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A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
|
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1:1/23 [1:205/1701] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
|
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IKVHFoT! BBS at 1-209-251-7529 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area X. It
|
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is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
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Zone 1 Echomail Backbone.
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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 Editor, or file-requestable
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from 1:1/23 [1:205/1701] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone
|
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Coordinators also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
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and are used with permission.
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"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
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or we'd all have to get in fights
|
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or something to amuse ourselves
|
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
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