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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 32 10 August 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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Evil triumphs when Good Citizens do nothing.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
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Subject: FIP, Part 4 ..................................... 3
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 4
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Maurice Kinal's anarchist nightmares continue ............ 4
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4. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 6
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Subject: help! ........................................... 6
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Subject: a few parting thoughts .......................... 6
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5. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 8
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Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 8
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6. NOTICES .................................................. 9
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Future History ........................................... 9
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Obituary = Scott Samet ................................... 9
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7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 12
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FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing .......................... 12
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8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 13
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9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 1 10 Aug 1998
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EDITORIAL
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With this issue, I am resigning as Editor of the FidoNews.
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In the established practice of all FidoNews Editors in Fido history,
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I am urging the International Coordinator to accept the appointment
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of Henk Wolsink as the new FidoNews Editor effective with issue 1533,
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and am asking that the FidoNet Nodelist reflect this change.
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The reasons for my resignation have become obvious to many over the
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last few weeks as an ill-informed effort to force information out by
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coercion and harrassment in various echoes has taken a new and more
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menacing twist.
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In the fine traditions established by their apparent idols and role
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models of Winter and Germer in Zone 1, several have now moved beyond
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the realm of FidoNet and made the distinctive effort to force their
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ways into the private lives of others...even persons who are not a
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part of FidoNet.
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This includes a number of acts, including the distribution of a
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private phone number by persons once trusted; harrassment of a local
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businessman (who has never been involved in FidoNet in any form) by
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the posting of his private business phone; the distribution of a
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description of personal vehicles, as well as license numbers; the
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use of investigators to delve into the privacy of matters outside the
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realm of FidoNet or even myself; and, a credible claim that pictures
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have been taken of the interior of the home of the family that I rent
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from, as well as other less well-documented actions that have been
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observed or reported to me.
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All of this, simply because I hold opinions that are *different* from
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the 'mob mentality' currently engaged in the destruction of Zone 1
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FidoNet in the name of "democracy".
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What protection might have been offered by FidoNet Policy has been
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rendered useless by an administration more interested in how many
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hats someone wears than by what constitutes smooth operations and
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excessively annoying behavior.
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It seems that the idea of the free discussion of ideas in FidoNet has
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been replaced with the concept of the invasion of _personal_ privacy,
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and the posting of personal details that have nothing to do with Fido
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itself...or worse, with those who have nothing to do with whatever
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differences may exist.
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Moreso, the idea seems to be to 'argue the person' and not 'argue the
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idea'...nor are these attitudes directed at myself alone.
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This time, however, innocent bystanders are involved, and because of
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the threats being made, both directly and by inference, I cannot with
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good conscience risk the personal safety or the privacy of my
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landlords and friends beyond this point.
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 2 10 Aug 1998
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Would that I had not had the recent surgery, and were able to move
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into my own residence, things would be different...but that is not
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the case, and I am otherwise helpless to act at this time to protect
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the family who has taken me in.
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But, I can at least let it be known the reasons _why_ I have been
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forced to take these actions.
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The past few issues have carried the title "This edition published
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under duress" for the simple reason that efforts of this sort were
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carried out not to benefit FidoNet, but rather to prevent me from
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posting my own opinions without endangering the privacy of others.
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And a free press is *critical* to any _real_ democracy, regardless
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of the self-serving mouthings by those who have engaged in this
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unprecedented effort to invade personal privacy.
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As a result, and effective with this issue's publication, I will
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withdraw from active participation in FidoNet, save in those echoes
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where I have previous commitments; as well, I will be considering
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my withdrawal from FidoNet altogether, since extortion, witchhunts
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and terrorism seem to be the new 'standard' by which we are being
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allowed to move towards.
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With that, I release the FidoNews to Henk Wolsink, in the hopes that
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a free press will not be smothered or threatened by remaining inside
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of Zone 1 any longer.
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-zf-
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 3 10 Aug 1998
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ARTICLES
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Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:21:17 +0200 (CEST)
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From: Lothar Behet <lbehet@nrh.de>
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To: editor@fidonews.org
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Subject: FIP, Part 4
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Hi Zorch,
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unhappily i must move Part 4 of the Fidonet-over-IP series to next
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week, as I did not find enough time for editing it this week :(
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With kind regards
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Lothar Behet
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2:2446/301 aka 2:2/3000
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 4 10 Aug 1998
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COLUMNS
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Dear Editorbeing,
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This column is submitted by Doc Logger (163/110) who was
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busy drowning in the humid air mass that got lost and headed
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up here to the frozen tundra. I think the weatherbeings
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should send it back to Texas where it belongs.
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Roll da flic Zorch....
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Dear Reverend Visage,
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Another slow week in Fidoland. The only amusing action has
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been in the petulant footstomping of Satti's second stringer
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in the Z1C elflord echo. It seems that Bowerman is
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attempting to remove the riffraff so that poor Satti won't
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get his tender sensitivities bruised when he wanders back
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into the echo. Satti messages haven't been seen for months
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in public and if he can perfect an equal cone of silence in
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private messages then he will have finally achieved his
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level of competence.
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Poor Bowerman is naive enough to accept a telephone bill as
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proof of His Zorchness' integrity. It wasn't that long ago
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that the lads in the Kohl troll kingdom were justifiably
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scoffing at the notion that a telephone number proved
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anything. Our prayers and our edible underwear should go out
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to Bowerman in his hour of delirium.
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There have been minor renewals of the perpetual discussion
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about what to do with the unwieldy dog of Peefour. A decent
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burial should be arranged with all possible haste but I
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don't think that this would satisfy those who don't want to
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assume responsibility and would rather have someone else
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make their choices for them via a series of stone tablets.
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I notice that an unimaginative soul has registered
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"fidonet.com" with Internic. Naturally, the choice of name
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is purely coincidence and has nothing to do with making
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ersatz claims on the real Fidonet. The morons who usurp
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existing and recognized names by registering them as
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Internet domains should be forced to go out on a date with
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Linda Tripp.
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This will have to be barely enough liner to cover the bird
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cage because Swamp Swine Magazine is sending me on a short
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kayak journey with a collection of deranged and drunken
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yuppies. My assignment is to ascertain how stupid people can
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get when a little liquor and wilderness are mixed. This
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pastime seems to reach a high art form when young
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professionals get away from the office and try to out macho
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each other by running into rocks. I shall be sure to bring
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 5 10 Aug 1998
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my "Space Balls" CD with William Shatner's version of "Lucy
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In The Sky With Diamonds" so that the yuppies' last
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sensation on earth is suitably horrific...hell will seem
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comparatively pleasant.
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I must go, Visage, the sun is over the yard arm, and the
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driveway is filled with Hummers waiting to transport me
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beyond the heart of darkness.
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Regards,
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Doc Logger
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Nanook School of Kayaking & Bartending,
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somewhere on the mighty Dumoine River
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 6 10 Aug 1998
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WE GET EMAIL
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Subject: help !
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Date: 07 Aug 1998 13:21:35
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From: "Cristina Bauer" <cristina@kqueen.matco.ro>
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To: jb@fidonews.org, editor@fidonews.org, mb-vorstand@fido.de,
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mj@fido.de, kama@hippo.fido.de
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Hello!
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I have sent a CC to many FidoNodes. I hope that one of you will
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answer my question.
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I am a NC of 2:530.
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In the 2:530 there are some Down Nodes, and after a period of 2 weeks
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the nodes are removed from the nodelist.
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Some of them come back after a while, but they heave been removed
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from the nodelist.
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My question is:
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What should I do with them ? Should I put them to send me an Apply or
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should I add them form old nodelist ? What dose your NC in this
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situation?
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Please help me with an answer or send this message to somebody who
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can help me!
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Thanks,
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Cristina Bauer
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Tel : 644-6458 EMail : cristina@kqueen.matco.ro
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___ GoldED/386 2.50+
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! Origin: FIDO <> INTERNET Gate @ Killer Queen BBS # 6446458 #
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(2:530/140.99)
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Subject: a few parting thoughts...
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:16:34 -0400
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From: "Ed Lee" <helee2@eos.ncsu.edu>
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To: <editor@fidonews.org>
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Hello Zorch. Feel free to publish this.
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A few thoughts on how to get Fidonet's house of cards in order:
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1. Get off of Bob Kohl's back for a few weeks, and let him get
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 7 10 Aug 1998
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himself together. You people aren't even so much as giving him a
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chance. If you want Fidonet to be a democracy, you need to give the
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elected officials at least some chance to work.
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2. When are we going to see Fidonet start advertising itself to the
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rest of the world? Do you people expect users to just flock to
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Fidonet in droves without knowing that it even exists? Someone take
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up a collection and put an ad in the New York Times or something.
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And last, but certainly not least...
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3. Someone please tell Doc Logger to shut the hell up. No one is
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listening to your childish taunts.
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Farewell, gentlemen. Fare the well.
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Regards,
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Ed Lee
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MODERATOR Moderator Emeritus
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 8 10 Aug 1998
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ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT
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Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo
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Emanuel Edwards
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1:348/963
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emanuel@escape.ca
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Hello all Fidonet Sysops:
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Where else can you find a great echo that will increase the users on
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your BBS? Well here is the answer to your question.
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The WRESTLING_CHAT echo can be classified as one of the best echo on
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Fidonet today. If you don't have internet access and want to read all
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the latest news in the wrestling world this echo will provide you with
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all the valuable information. In the last 6 months the echo been
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getting well over 200 messages a week. Once you request the
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WRESTLING_CHAT on your BBS you will see a great increase in news
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users on your BBS.
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Make that important decision today and request this great and
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interesting echo on your BBS. If you need more information about the
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echo you can contact me by email at emanuel@escape.ca
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The Areatag for the echo is WRESTLING_CHAT
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Moderator for the echo is Emanuel Edwards
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Co_Moderator for the echo is Barry Laws JR
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Volume of Mail in one months 1000 to 1200
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WRESTLING_CHAT one of the best echo on fidonet today. Just ask the
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other sysops around the world for proof.
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Emanuel
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Internet emanuel@escape.ca
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Fidonet 1:348/963
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 9 10 Aug 1998
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NOTICES
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Future History
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5 Oct 1998
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29th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
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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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23 Nov 1998
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35th Anniversary of Doctor Who.
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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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16 Feb 1999
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13th Anniversary of the introduction of EchoMail by Jeff Rush.
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12 May 1999
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12th Anniversary of Fido Operations in Zone 4;
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10th Anniversary of the creation of FidoNet Zone 4.
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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9 Jun 1999
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Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07.
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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 15-32 Page 10 10 Aug 1998
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Obituary = Scott Samet
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by Hector Santos, 1:135/382
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[Editor's Note: Due to an attempt to hack into my E-Mail account by
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persons as yet unknown, the message originally sent by Andrea Santos
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was lost in the destruction, along with several non-FidoNews articles
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and messages. With apologies to all involved, I have elected to post
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a copy of Hector Santos' announcement made in several echoes. -zf-]
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People,
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Scott Samet , the author of one of the more popular FIDONET utilities
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called XLAXNODE.EXE and XLAXDIFF.EXE, has went to the better world.
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As you properly aware in some form or fashion, Scott was one of the
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original Fidonet developers (old address 1:135/990). His Fidonet
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nodelist compiler was one of the original "hall mark" and "backbone"
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utilities that gave Fidonet one of its early "growth sparks" during
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the 80s. Nearly every early know Frontend Mailer and/or Mail Echo
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Processor worked with the Nodelist Databases produced by Scott's
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utility.
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I first met Scott in 1984 when I first joined Fidonet. I purchased
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his nodelist compiler for $15.00, like most of the young Fidonet
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members did. When I started to write Silver Xpress, the first
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Fidonet Offline Mail System, I added support for the compiled
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nodelist and Scott helped by adding support for some my new
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ideas. Scott added support for the Silver Xpress compiled
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nodelist to XLAXNODE.EXE in subsequent updates. That fact he
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was an enthusiastic Borland Pascal user and software developer like
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I was, our "Cyber" relationship was even better. With his expert
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knowledge of Pascal, he helped me add some advance techniques to
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Silver Xpress.
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In October 1987, Scott left Fidonet but thousands of people
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around the globe, till this very day, continued to use his XLAXNODE
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nodelist utilities.
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As an original "hall mark" Fidonet Developer, all members of Fidonet
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deserves the attention of this news. Zorch Forsberg (FidoNews Editor)
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has been contacted, and Andrea Santos (1:3135/382) has informed our
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Net 135 members of the sad news.
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God Bless Scott
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PS: Thank you Borland for posting this information.
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-------- Forwarded Message ---------
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Original: DATE..... 03 Aug 1998, 12:59p
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Original: FROM..... LORIE HULL <LHULL@INPRISE.COM>
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Original: TO....... ALL
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Original: SUBJECT.. A sad announcement
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Original: FORUM.... borland.public.delphi.non-technical
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 11 10 Aug 1998
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Original: NETWORK.. BORLAND ECHO: BI_NONTECH
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From: Lorie Hull <lhull@inprise.com>
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Organization: Inprise Corp
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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Scott Samet, a member of TeamB and an active participant in this
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online community, died last week in his home town of Miami, Florida.
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Scott was a member of TeamB for three years. He loved being part of
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TeamB, enjoyed Delphi, and the online community. He loved travel,
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good food, and teaching his nephews about off-color jokes and
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belching. Scott had a finely honed sense of humor, and was always
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ready with a wry remark or pithy comment. Scott was never one to heed
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traditions, social conventions or fashion rules. He had a large and
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diverse group of friends who will miss him greatly, as will his
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family and colleagues.
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Scott was, most definitely, an interesting fellow. I am honored to
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have known him. He will be missed.
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--
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- lorie
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----- End of Forwarded Message -----
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---
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Hector Santos
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Disclaimer: Forward-looking statements can change at any time due
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 13 10 Aug 1998
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the
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FidoNews Editor as of this issue; see the notice at the end.
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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 [pending]
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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 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
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ZEC2:
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Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
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Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/~lbehet/fido (English/German)
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Region 25:
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http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/net/
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Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
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REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (Swiss?)
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Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
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REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
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Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
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Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
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Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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Zone 4: http://www.altern.org/zone4
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Region 90: http://visitweb.com/fidonet
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Net 903: http://www.playagrande.com/refugio
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Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
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Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese)
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Pages listed above are as submitted to the FidoNews Editor,
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and generally reflect Zone and Regional Web Page sites. If
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no Regional site is submitted, the first Network page from
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that Region is used in its place. Generally, Regional pages
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should list access points to all Networks within the Region.
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 15 10 Aug 1998
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TCP/IP accessible node access information should be submitted
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to the FidoNews Editor for inclusion in their Region or Zone.
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 16 10 Aug 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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|
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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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Fresno, CA 93709-0642
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U.S.A.
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voice: 1-209-446-9038 [voice mail = 'blind' numbers not returned]
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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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of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
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authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
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does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
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these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
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FidoNews.
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For
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use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
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the Editor.
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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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back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSFnn.ZIP] for a
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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 17 10 Aug 1998
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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.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
|
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ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
|
||
ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
|
||
ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/Fidonet/Fidonews
|
||
|
||
And in non-English formats via:
|
||
|
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http://www.hvc.ee/pats/fidonews (Estonian)
|
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http://www.fidonet.pp.se/sfnews (Swedish)
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|
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You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:
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jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net
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with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist
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and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email
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You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
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by sending email to:
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|
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ftpmail@fidonews.org
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|
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with a Subject line of: help
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and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
|
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instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
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respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
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www.fidonews.org.
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|
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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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FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 18 10 Aug 1998
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|
||
ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
|
||
|
||
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
|
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homepage on the World Wide Web at:
|
||
|
||
http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html
|
||
|
||
There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
|
||
to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an
|
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email link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
|
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|
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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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|
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|
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|
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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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|
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"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
||
or we'd all have to get in fights
|
||
or something to amuse ourselves
|
||
and create the requisite chaos."
|
||
-Tom Jennings
|
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