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F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 28 12 July 1999
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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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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FTSC biannual report ..................................... 2
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FTSC Frequently Asked Questions .......................... 4
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FTSC Mirror Sites ........................................ 5
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Censorship of FidoNet in Russia? ......................... 7
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3. NOTICES .................................................. 9
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Future History ........................................... 9
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4. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 10
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5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 14
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 1 12 Jul 1999
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EDITORIAL
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Greetings,
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This is a short very short note from, as I'm not feeling well
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today. Flu is the cause.
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Did the Z1C election take place?
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Happy reading.
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 2 12 Jul 1999
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ARTICLES
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FTSC biannual report
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By Colin Turner, 2:2/20, ct@ftsc.org
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At the end of June my term as FTSC Administrator had been running for
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six months. I have therefore chosen this time to write an article into
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FidoNews reporting FTSC business.
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For those of you that don't know what the FTSC is, it is the FidoNet
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Technical Standards Committee. It is our job to attempt to document
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current technical practice within FidoNet (and also in the wider
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context of FidoNet Technology Networks (FTNs)). A more detailed
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explanation of our responsibilities can be found in our charter,
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document FTA-1000. Details on how to retrieve this and other FTSC
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documents can be found in another article below.
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First of all I'd like to discuss some of what we've done in the last
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few months.
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* We have constructed a new FTSC website which provides access to the
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whole family of current FTSC documents. This is to be found at the
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domain name of www.ftsc.org, which was newly purchased for the
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committee. Considerable further enhancements are planned for this
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site, but other tasks are taking precedence.
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* Similarly, an anonymous ftp server for FTSC documents can be found
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at ftp.ftsc.org.
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* Similarly, every FTSC member has been given an email address in the
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ftsc.org domain, in order to make members more accessible.
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* A list of mirror sites (for FidoNet) from which FTSC documents can
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be obtained as been created. Please contact me if you would like to
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be added.
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* A "Road Map" for the technical documents has been created. We
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understand that many proposals are de facto standards, and we hope
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to correct that problem soon. In the meantime, it's essential that
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new developers can determine which documents they should consult.
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To facilitate this, a Road Map document has been produced, listing
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the most important documents in each of several fields.
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* Several new product codes have been allocated and published.
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* Some new FSP documents have been released, specifically
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FSP-1010 - Via control line;
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FSP-1011 - BinkP protocol;
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FSP-1012 - InterNet nodelist flags.
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* The FTS documents are under review, with the production of
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FTS-5000 - Main Nodelist format;
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 3 12 Jul 1999
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FTS-5001 - Nodelist flags,
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which obsolete FTS-0005.
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Additionally a discussion document detailing the various Type 2
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Packet formats has been produced which will eventually spawn the
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new standard documents for these.
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* We have reviewed two existing FSP documents and found that we cannot
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recommend them for promotion to FTS documents. These have been
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placed in the FRL (Reference Library) sequence. We have also
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included detailed adjudications of why these decisions were taken.
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* Further work and discussion has occured on fields such as Document
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Submission Requirements, and how "kludge" or "control lines" should
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be documented in future. Even the structure of the committee and how
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it might be streamlined has been discussed. It's quite possible that
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the public (in FTSC_PUBLIC) will be asked to vote on several of
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these issues in the near future.
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The public feedback in the FTSC_PUBLIC conference has been both
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gratifying and helpful, and I would invite other nodes to consider
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reading and contributing to this conference.
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Next, I'd like to deal with what I anticipate will take place in the
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next few months.
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* Further review of the existing FTS documents.
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* Discussion of several FSP documents with decisions made to elevate
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them to standards, or relegate them to the Reference Library.
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* Year 2000 tests of "critical" FTN subsystems, such as nodelist
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generation.
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Unfortunately, although many nodes and developers downloaded the
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FTSC Year 2000 test set, feedback has been almost non existant.
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The committee itself has limited time with which to run tests and so
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we will limit ourselves to what we regard as the most critical
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programs.
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I hope to make a full report on this by the end of August.
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* The elected terms of many members will expire at the end of
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September this year. Therefore election procedures will be put in
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place in time so that those members being reelected can do so
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without interruption of work.
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Of course we will also be looking for applications from new members.
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If you feel you would like to join the committee, and could
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contribute positively to its work, then please contact me for
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details now so you will be well informed when the election comes
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around.
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I would personally like to thank the members of the committee for
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their hard work, good debates and support. I would also like to thank
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all those nodes, points and others who have taken the time to provide
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input in FTSC_PUBLIC or otherwise.
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 4 12 Jul 1999
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If you'd like to contact the FTSC, please feel free to direct any
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queries to Colin Turner at 2:2/20 or admin@ftsc.org.
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FTSC Frequently Asked Questions
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by Colin Turner, 2:2/20, ct@ftsc.org
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Here are some Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) concerning
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the FTSC.
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* How do I join the FTSC?
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The FTSC is an elected body, and you can only be appointed in this
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way.
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Elections are held periodically. You can ask in FTSC_PUBLIC when
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the next election is likely to be. Keep watching FTSC_PUBLIC and
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FidoNews for announcements.
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* How do I suggest my own new standard?
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Any point or node can suggest a new standard. You should read
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FTA-1002 and to a lesser extent FTA-1001, FTA-1006 and FTA-1007.
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After that you should know all you need to, but you can always
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contact the FTSC administrator to clarify any problems.
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* Where do I find the development information I need?
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Experienced developers can find the information they require on
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the FTSC Archive site:
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WWW
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http://www.ftsc.org
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FTP
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ftp://ftp.ftsc.org
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FidoNet 2:443/13.0 and 2:443/14.0
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A list of mirrors is also available.
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Beginners might find it useful to look at the RoadMap project to
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help them find the documents of interest.
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* How can I contact the FTSC?
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The FTSC can be contacted in a variety of ways.
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FidoNet
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Contact the Administrator, Colin Turner, at 2:2/20
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 5 12 Jul 1999
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InterNet email
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Contact admin@ftsc.org
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Snail mail
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FTSC
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PO Box 443
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Bangor
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Northern Ireland
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BT20 3BF
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UK
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FTSC Mirror Sites
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By Colin Turner, 2:2/20, ct@ftsc.org
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This is a list of sites which provide an archive of some or all FTSC
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material. If you run a similar site, on FidoNet, the InterNet or
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otherwise, and would like to see your site included, please contact
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Colin Turner, 2:2/20
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With information about how the files are available, File Request, BBS
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downloads, FTP, HTTP etc. and the star rating you feel appropriate
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(see below).
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Mirror Sites on FidoNet
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Denmark
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Bruno Olsen, 2:236/42
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Yes
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Star Rating : **
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Germany
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Lothar Behet, 2:446/301
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Unknown
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Star Rating : *
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Italy
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Mario Mure', 2:335/533
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 6 12 Jul 1999
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Unknown
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Star Rating : **
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Holland
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Jan Vermeulen, 2:280/100
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Yes
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Star Rating : **
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United Kingdom
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Colin Turner, 2:443/13
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Yes
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Star Rating : ***
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United States of America
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California
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David Hallford, 1:208/103
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Unknown
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Star Rating : *
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Louisiana
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John Souvestre, 1:396/1
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Unknown
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Star Rating : ***
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Texas
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Lawrence Garvin, 1:106/6018
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File Request : Yes
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BBS Access : Yes
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Star Rating : ***
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Mirror Sites on the Internet
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 7 12 Jul 1999
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Primary Archive
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WWW : http://www.ftsc.org
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FTP : ftp://ftp.ftsc.org
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Other Archives
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FTP : ftp://ftp.eforest.net/e/filearea/fido/ftsc
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* One Star
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This sort of site has a collection of all current FTA, FTS and FSC,
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FSP documents. (That is, administrative documents, standards and
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proposals).
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** Two Star
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This sort of site also has all FRL documents.
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*** Three Star
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This sort of site also has documents and files related to specific
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working groups. (For example, there are a number of relevant files
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for working group Y (Year 2000 issues) which have not been released
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by the FTSC channel itself).
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Censorship of FidoNet in Russia?
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My suspicion has been aroused that Soviet-era-type censorship may
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still be continuing in Russia. The following gave rise to this
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suspicion.
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In 1996 I carried on extensive netmail correspondence with a person
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in Moscow. At some point he made critical remarks about Russian
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politicians. Soon after this our correspondence stopped. I heard no
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more from him, and my netmail to him went unanswered.
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Until recently we carried on a fairly active correspondence with
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people in Russia via the ENGLISH_TUTOR echo. Then some critical
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comments were made about Russia's role in the Kosovo crisis, and all
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of our Russian correspondents suddenly fell silent. I've since
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received netmail from one of them, complaining that no more messages
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are showing up in ENGLISH_TUTOR over there. This despite the fact
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that there are messages in this echo from North America and Europe.
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The above is insufficient to establish that the spiritual heirs of
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the former Soviet KGB are monitoring and censoring FidoNet in Russia,
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but it is enough to arouse such a suspicion.
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To help me settle this question, I'm writing this to ask the other
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users of FidoNet whether they have had similar experiences in
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communicating with Russians. If so, I would like to receive
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 8 12 Jul 1999
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documentation of such experiences by netmail or e-mail along with
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suggestions on how to combat such odious Russian censorship. I think
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it's worth the effort to settle this question one way or another.
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Andy Manninger
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Moderator, ENGLISH_TUTOR
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Netmail: 1:153/831
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E-mail: andym@lightspeed.bc.ca
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 9 12 Jul 1999
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NOTICES
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Future History
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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10 Sep 1999
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10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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26 Oct 1999
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Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
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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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21 Sep 2000
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10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)
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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 16-28 Page 10 12 Jul 1999
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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://travel.to/fidonet/
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FTSC page http://www.ftsc.org/
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Echomail [pending]
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General http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
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http://www.nrgsys.com/orb/foti
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List servers:
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http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion
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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.net264.org/r13.htm
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Net 264: http://www.net264.org/
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Region 14:
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Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
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Region 17: http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/
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Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/
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Region 19: http://members.home.net/hbh3/r19
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Zone 1 Elist http://www.baltimoremd.com/elist/
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Not sure where the following should be placed:
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http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/fido.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/echolist/
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 11 12 Jul 1999
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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: 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 (German)
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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 42: http://www.fido.cz
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Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
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Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
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Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
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Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
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Net 5073: http://people.weekend.ru/soa/ (Russian)
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Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian)
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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Zone 4:
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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://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 12 12 Jul 1999
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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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should list access points to all Networks within the Region.
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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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-----------oOo-------------
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
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Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
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-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
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1:12/12 | Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
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1:13/25 | Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
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1:106/1 | Matt Bedynek | BinkP, FTP | 128k | n/c
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1:106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | 64k | $5/mo.
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1:107/451 | Andy Knifel | FTP, VMoT, UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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1:140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20
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1:270/101 | George Peace | FTP | T1 | $30mo.
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1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | UUE | T1 | n/c
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1:275/1 | Joshua Ecklund | UUE | 28.8 | $10/yr.
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1:280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
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1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,UUE | T1 | unkn
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1:2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP,UUE | T1 | n/c
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1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo.
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1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | $15yr.
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1:345/0 | Todd Cochrane | FTP | T1 | n/c
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1:346/250 | Aran Spence | FTP,UUE | T1 | $10mo.
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1:396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr.
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1:3651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
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1:396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1 | $15mo.
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2:335/535 | Mario Mure | VMoT,UUE | 64k | n/c
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2:254/175 | Alex Kemp | UUE | 56k | n/c
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2:284/800 | Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
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2:335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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2:469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
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2:2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich | UUE | 64k | n/c
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2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
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3:633/260 | Malcolm Miles | FTP | 33.6 | n/c
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4:902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
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4:905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT, UUE | ??? | n/c
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* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
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* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
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* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
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[I'm only cataloging transfer methods, eg, ftp, email, telnet.
|
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Specific programs using these protocols are no longer being listed.
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FIDONEWS 16-28 Page 13 12 Jul 1999
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Contact the system operators for details of which programs they have
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available.]
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