======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 1 6 January 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Volume 14 of FidoNews begins 1997! Volume E! ............. 1 2. CORRECTIONS .............................................. 2 Oopsies in the FidoNet by Internet section last week! .... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Where does FIDO Fit? ..................................... 3 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 5 Fidonet In Europe ........................................ 5 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6 FSC-0009 - Nodelist Flag Changes draft ................... 6 FSC-0010 - RESYNC SEALink protocol enhancement ........... 9 FSC-0011 - Corrections to FTS-0001 ....................... 16 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 27 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 003 ...... 27 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 28 Need a new report form for the New Year? ................. 28 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 31 Happy Gnu Year? .......................................... 31 9. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 32 Announcing the CRICKET_ECHO .............................. 32 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 32 10. FOR SALE ................................................ 33 US Robotics Courier v.everything upgrade ................. 33 11. NOTICES ................................................. 34 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 2 13 January 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 FidoNet on the Internet? ................................. 1 2. CORRECTIONS .............................................. 2 Oops in 1351 corrected ................................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 FidoNet WebRing on the Internet .......................... 3 Peace on Earth, etc ...................................... 4 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6 FSC-0014 - Binary message bundles ........................ 6 FSC-0015 - Fundamentals of FOSSIL implementation ......... 14 FSC-0016 - FidoNet mail session startup .................. 27 FSC-0017 - Archive Philosophy and Document Naming ........ 29 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 31 Backbone Echo Changes [Nov-Dec] .......................... 31 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 010 ...... 32 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 33 A Poem for our times? .................................... 33 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 35 Name this castle! ........................................ 35 8. NOTICES .................................................. 36 Future History ........................................... 36 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 37 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 37 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 44 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 3 20 January 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 The WebRing server is down et al ......................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 ELIST.EXE - Eudora Mailbox/Message Extraction utility .... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6 FSC-0020 - Alternate Nodelist Flag Proposal .............. 6 FSC-0021 - VFOSSIL - An OS/2-Subset ...................... 9 FSC-0023 - Bundle Name Format ............................ 22 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 26 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 017 ...... 26 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 27 A NEW way to get FidoNews! ............................... 27 Is this the Good News about Good Times? .................. 28 Open letter to ZC1 ....................................... 30 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31 ET phone home? ........................................... 31 7. WANTED ................................................... 33 Looking for Mr. Surveyed equipment? ...................... 33 8. NOTICES .................................................. 34 Future History ........................................... 34 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 35 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 35 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 42 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 42 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 4 27 January 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 SuperBowl edition? ....................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 The PALMTOPS Echo ........................................ 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 3 FSC-0024 - Proposal for a Type-3 Mail Bundle ............. 3 FSC-0025 - AVATAR information ............................ 16 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 23 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 024 ...... 23 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 24 ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update .............................. 24 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 29 Geekonics - the next step? ............................... 29 7. WANTED ................................................... 32 Looking for Mr. Surveyed equipment? ...................... 32 8. NOTICES .................................................. 33 Future History ........................................... 33 Update on the WebRing status for FidoNet World Wide Web .. 34 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 36 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 36 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 43 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 43 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 44 12. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 46 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 5 3 February 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Is it Phat or is it Jolly? ............................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 OpenDOS is Out! .......................................... 3 Fat-o-news? Call Jenny Craig! ............................ 6 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 9 FSC-0028 - Note on Moving Files in FidoNet ............... 9 FSC-0030 - Message Identification & Reply ................ 21 FSC-0031 - Echomail dupe checking ........................ 25 FSC-0032 - Uniform Echomail Quoting ...................... 26 FSC-0033 - FidoNet Message ID Proposal ................... 27 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 29 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 031 ...... 29 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 30 An irreverent look at FidoLand hierarchy. :) ............ 30 What kind of Users do you have? .......................... 31 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 35 ASCII art goes hog wild? ................................. 35 7. NOTICES .................................................. 36 Future History ........................................... 36 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 38 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 38 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 45 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 45 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 6 10 February 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Flacking the hack? WebRing is back! ...................... 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Almost a New Beginning! .................................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 6 Zone 2 nodelist flags .................................... 6 A reply to "Fidonews, The "lard ass" of newsletters" ..... 12 A simple rebuttal ........................................ 13 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 16 FSC-0034 - Gateways to and from FidoNet .................. 16 FSC-0035 - Transparent Gateways to and from FidoNet ...... 22 FSC-0036 - Group Mail Specifications ..................... 24 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 30 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 038 ...... 30 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31 Why did the chicken cross the road? ...................... 31 7. NOTICES .................................................. 35 Future History ........................................... 35 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 37 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 37 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 44 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 44 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 45 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 47 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 7 17 February 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Echomail anniversary and other gripes .................... 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 3 Another viewpoint about FidoNet .......................... 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 Common Sense for Fidonews ................................ 5 FTSC - Maybe this article should be .jok ................. 5 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 7 FIDONET IN EUROPE ........................................ 7 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 8 FSC-0037 - AVATAR proposal ............................... 8 FSC-0038 - A Domain Proposal ............................. 12 FSC-0039 - A Type-2 Packet Extension Proposal ............ 13 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 20 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 045 ...... 20 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 21 Jeane Dixon didn't see it coming? ........................ 21 8. NOTICES .................................................. 24 Future History ........................................... 24 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 26 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 26 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 33 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 33 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 34 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 8 24 February 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Are we communicating here? ............................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Where's the OFFICIAL word? ............................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FSC-0040 - Extended Modem Handling ....................... 4 FSC-0041 - MSGID / REPLY for unique identifiers .......... 6 FSC-0042 - Modification of Gateway Agreement WWIVnet ..... 7 FSC-0043 - Hints on Recognizing Control Lines ............ 11 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 14 ISDN Flag info for Zone 1 ................................ 14 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 052 ...... 15 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 16 Is your computer possessed? .............................. 16 6. NOTICES .................................................. 19 Future History ........................................... 19 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 21 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 21 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 27 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 27 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 28 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 30 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 9 3 March 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 No responses to last week's Questions .................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Net 1:231 Has a New Web Page ............................. 2 'Anarchy' in Region 50 Russia - no RC? ................... 2 An Innocent Bystander .................................... 3 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6 FSC-0044 - Improved method of duplicate message detecti .. 6 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 20 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 059 ...... 20 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 21 Another Internet-FidoNet query ........................... 21 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 24 Computer riddles? ........................................ 24 7. NOTICES .................................................. 25 Future History ........................................... 25 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 26 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 26 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 32 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 32 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 33 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 35 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 10 10 March 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Conspiracy theories for FidoNet? ......................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 The Fido Saga continues .................................. 2 Is a Fidonet Takeover in the works ....................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FSC-0045 - A New Packet Header Format .................... 4 FSC-0046 - Product Identifier for FidoNet Msg Handlers ... 5 FSC-0047 - The ^ASPLIT Kludge Line for Splitting msgs .... 7 FSC-0048 - Proposed Type-2 Packet Extension .............. 11 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 20 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 066 ...... 20 5. ECHOING .................................................. 21 North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jan-Feb 97] ........ 21 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 23 Redneck Computer Talk? ................................... 23 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 24 Announcing the CRICKET_ECHO .............................. 24 8. NOTICES .................................................. 25 Future History ........................................... 25 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 26 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 26 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 32 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 32 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 11 17 March 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Is it just a communication problem? ...................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 ACLU News of Cyberspace .................................. 2 Differences: FidoNet/Internet ............................ 6 Beware the Ides of March ................................. 9 Fido Copyright in Danger? ................................ 11 The Great ZEC Election Hoax .............................. 12 R19 activity? ............................................ 15 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 18 FSC-0049 - Proposal for Passing Domain Information ....... 18 FSC-0050 - Character Set Identifier ...................... 19 FSC-0051 - System Independent Transfer of Special Chara .. 21 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 31 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 073 ...... 31 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 32 ZEC1 Poll for ZEC1 Election .............................. 32 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 34 An odd comparison? ....................................... 34 7. NOTICES .................................................. 35 Future History ........................................... 35 I.E.E.E. Echo Announcement ............................... 36 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 37 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 37 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 12 24 March 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Lots of articles and another loss to FidoNet? ............ 1 2. CORRECTIONS .............................................. 2 Error in Region 14 Internet listing last week ............ 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Burt Juda's system no longer in the Nodelist? ............ 3 Cash and Carry - Financing FidoFolks ..................... 3 Solid Oak Software's extremist, fascist behavior ......... 5 Doomsday is only when you decide it to be ................ 9 Fidonet versus Internet: A Followup ...................... 11 Fidonet Technical Standards Committee - NOTICE OF NOMIN .. 14 Ides of March..Hog Wash! ................................. 15 4. REVIEWS .................................................. 20 TransNet - A new Fidonet/Internet gateway ................ 20 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 22 FSC-0052 - Making the PATH zone aware .................... 22 FSC-0053 - Specifications for the aFLAGS field ........... 24 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 28 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 080 ...... 28 7. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 29 ZEC/RC19 Election notice ................................. 29 8. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31 If MicroSoft was in Alabama? ............................. 31 9. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 32 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 13 31 March 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 The uucp Gates STILL work and a NEW Section! ............. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Letter to the Editor: Comments on Fidonews ............... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 Where'd Guucp 1:13/10 go? ................................ 4 AOP Plans Summit '97! .................................... 9 Impressed and Encouraged! ................................ 10 More bugs in MS Internet Explorer & Netscape in Windows .. 13 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 18 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 34 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 087 ...... 34 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 35 Another Dumb-ASCII Pun ................................... 35 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 36 Nanet Nodes take note .................................... 36 8. NOTICES .................................................. 37 Future History ........................................... 37 Opus marches on starting 1 May 97! ....................... 38 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 39 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 39 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 44 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 44 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 45 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 14 7 April 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Censorship story a misunderstanding ...................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Fido commercials? ........................................ 2 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 3 Lock and Load: Guerilla Marketing for BBSes .............. 3 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6 FSC-0055 - Security Passwords in Nodelist updates ........ 6 FSC-0056 - EMSI/IEMSI Protocol Definitions ............... 7 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 29 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 094 ...... 29 6. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 30 Echomail problems in Region 35 ........................... 30 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31 Signs your Webmaster is in a cult ........................ 31 8. NOTICES .................................................. 34 Future History ........................................... 34 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 35 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 35 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 40 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 40 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 41 12. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 43 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 15 14 April 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 No news is good news? .................................... 1 2. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 2 FSC-0057 - Conference Managers - Request Specs ........... 2 FSC-0058 - New way of addressing in FidoNet .............. 11 3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 20 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 101 ...... 20 4. NOTICES .................................................. 21 Future History ........................................... 21 5. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 22 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 22 6. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 27 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 27 7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 28 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 30 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 16 21 April 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Same old same old ........................................ 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 MS Word Macro Virus reported ............................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Eating Crow .............................................. 3 FIDO Toes Up ............................................. 4 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 7 Lock and Load: Guerilla Marketing for BBSes ............. 7 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 9 FSC-0059 - Newsgroup Interchange within FidoNet .......... 9 FSC-0060 - Calculation and Usage of CRCs ................. 19 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 23 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 108 ...... 23 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 24 April Fool's Pranks for Programmers ...................... 24 Changing a lightbulb the Internet way .................... 26 8. NOTICES .................................................. 28 Future History ........................................... 28 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 30 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 30 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 35 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 35 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 36 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 17 28 April 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Everyone woke up again? .................................. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 International BBS Week ................................... 2 Copyrights, Trademarks & Zone 2 .......................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 7 The Death of a Friend! ................................... 7 RC 2:24 election result .................................. 8 Zone 2 coordinator election result ....................... 9 The Great ZEC Election Hoax...Part 2 ..................... 10 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 13 FSC-0061 - Proposed Guidelines for the FileBone .......... 13 FSC-0062 - Proposed Nodelist flag denoting time online ... 17 FSC-0063 - Proposal for FidoNet style messages ........... 24 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 29 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 115 ...... 29 6. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 30 1:13/10 Gateway update ................................... 30 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31 Least Known Chapters in "Dianetics" ...................... 31 8. NOTICES .................................................. 34 Future History ........................................... 34 Another virus alert ...................................... 35 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 37 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 18 5 May 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 How about that ZEC Election process? ..................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 NEW Opus Version 1.79 Available! ......................... 2 Response to BBS Week notice .............................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 New Beanie Babies Echo! .................................. 4 NOT the death of a friend! ............................... 4 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 6 Lock and Load: Guerilla Marketing for BBSes ............. 6 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 8 FSC-0064 - InterDomain Message Identification ............ 8 FSC-0065 - Type 3 ASCII .................................. 12 FSC-0066 - Type 3 Binary ................................. 22 FSC-0067 - Proposal for Sensible New Kludge Lines ........ 24 6. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 28 More security holes in Internet Explorer? ................ 28 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 32 The Microsoft Restaurant ................................. 32 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 34 Animated ASCII? .......................................... 34 9. NOTICES .................................................. 45 Future History ........................................... 45 Action Alert for Privacy on the Internet ................. 46 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 19 12 May 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Zone 2 reports problems in Italy ......................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 International BBS Week Update ............................ 2 A cover up ............................................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Police crack-down on Fido-nodes in zone-2/region-33 (It .. 3 It Can't Work? ........................................... 4 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 7 Lock and Load: Special Edition ........................... 7 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 9 FSC-0068 - Proposed Replacement for FTS-0004 ............. 9 FSC-0069 - Proposal for FidoNet (FTN) Domain Name Servi .. 14 FSC-0070 - Improving Fidonet/Usenet gating/Dupe Checkin .. 21 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 24 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 129 ...... 24 7. ECHOING .................................................. 25 North American Backbone Echo Changes [Mar-Apr] ........... 25 8. NET HUMOR ................................................ 27 How to install software .................................. 27 9. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 30 Who has OLD Nodelists out there? ......................... 30 10. NOTICES ................................................. 31 Future History ........................................... 31 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 20 19 May 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Moving right along? ...................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Bulletin Boards vs the InterNet .......................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 Proposed Update of FTS-0001 Product Codes ................ 4 Proposed Update to FTS-0005 .............................. 6 Suggested use of Nodelist Fields ......................... 18 Proposal For Standard Fidonet Addressing ................. 19 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 24 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 136 ...... 24 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 25 Redneck's Guide to Computer Lingo ........................ 25 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 26 IT'S Everywhere? ......................................... 26 7. ANSWERS OF THE WEEK ...................................... 27 Old Nodelist Answer #1 ................................... 27 8. NOTICES .................................................. 28 Future History ........................................... 28 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 30 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 30 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 35 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 35 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 36 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 21 26 May 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Chugging right along? .................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 FTSC Nominations Re-opened ............................... 2 It can't work response ................................... 4 Looking for FidoNet systems in Miami ..................... 5 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 6 Lock and Load: Guerilla Marketing for BBSes .............. 6 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 8 FSC-0071 - Distributed FREQ (DFREQ) Specs ................ 8 FSC-0073 - Encrypted Msg Identification for FidoNet ...... 12 FSC-0074 - Echomail Specification ........................ 14 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 23 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 143 ...... 23 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 24 What if Dr. Seuss wrote tech manuals? .................... 24 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 25 Announcing the CRICKET_ECHO .............................. 25 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 25 8. NOTICES .................................................. 26 Future History ........................................... 26 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 28 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 28 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 33 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 22 2 June 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 How about a contest or another new Section? .............. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 IGATOR by Argus .......................................... 2 International BBS Week Echo Correction ................... 2 Bring Back FIDONET.NA .................................... 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 North American Backbone Problems ......................... 5 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 7 FSC-0075 - ISDN capability flags in the Nodelist ......... 7 FSC-0076 - Proposal for NetMail AreaTags ................. 10 FSC-0077 - Type-10 Packet Format ......................... 14 FSC-0078 - Gateway between FidoNet compatible networks ... 20 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 25 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 150 ...... 25 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 26 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 28 FidoNet Echos via the Internet from 1:141/635 ............ 28 8. ANSWERS OF THE WEEK ...................................... 30 Old Nodelists available in Zone 2 by appointment ......... 30 9. NOTICES .................................................. 32 Future History ........................................... 32 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 34 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 34 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 23 9 June 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 What would it take to get YOU to submit something? ....... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 To Compress Mail or Not to Compress Mail? ................ 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 FidoNet Via Internet Hubs ................................ 4 Some thoughts on a possible future direction for Fidone .. 4 SILLYSEASON Echo forming ................................. 6 Why I bother ............................................. 7 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 9 Lock and Load: Guerilla Marketing for BBSes .............. 9 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 11 FSC-0080 - Describing FidoNet with layered model ......... 11 FSC-0081 - A TYPE-3 Packet proposal ...................... 13 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 28 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 157 ...... 28 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 29 Nevermore? ............................................... 29 8. NOTICES .................................................. 31 Future History ........................................... 31 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 32 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 32 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 36 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 36 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 24 16 June 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 How hard IS it to format a text file to 70 columns? ...... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 What to do for more articles ............................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 SHARING-the FidoNet World Class, Global Communication E .. 3 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 7 FSC-0082 - Proposed New Packet Type ...................... 7 FSC-0083 - Proposed standard for message IDs ............. 18 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 37 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 164 ...... 37 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 38 Java the Hutt? ........................................... 38 7. NOTICES .................................................. 40 A_THEIST Echo is on the Backbone! ........................ 40 Future History ........................................... 40 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 42 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 42 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 43 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 45 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 25 23 June 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Are we getting out? ...................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Take the First Amendment Pledge .......................... 2 Internet Regulations ruled Unconstitutional .............. 6 BWE - Blue Wave mail reader for Windows95/NT4 ............ 10 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 11 CRC and the Nodelist ..................................... 11 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 15 Lock and Load: Guerilla Marketing for BBSes .............. 15 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 17 FSC-0085 - NOZIP and ERX flags ........................... 17 FSC-0086 - Standard Request Information File proposal .... 18 FSC-0087 - File Forwarding in FTNs ....................... 21 FSC-0088 - Compatibility for EMSI Sessions ............... 27 6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 33 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 33 7. NOTICES .................................................. 34 New Area Codes in North FLorida are coming ............... 34 Future History ........................................... 35 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 36 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 36 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 37 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 39 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 26 30 June 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 It's over! ............................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Announcing the FidoSpine Distribution System for Echoma .. 2 Is The End Near? ......................................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 5 FSC-0089 - The INTL netmail addressing control line ...... 5 FSC-0090 - FTSC Issued Product Codes ..................... 5 FSC-0091 - IDSN Nodelist flags ........................... 7 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 178 ...... 16 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 17 Will Southern Baptists Boycott FidoNet soon? ............. 17 6. NOTICES .................................................. 20 Future History ........................................... 20 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 21 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 21 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 25 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 25 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 26 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 28 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 27 7 July 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 One Year Ago, this Issue! ................................ 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Gulp? .................................................... 2 3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 3 FTSC Chairman retires in office? ......................... 3 How Do I get a Node number in Hong Kong? ................. 3 A remark concerning FSC-0093 ............................. 4 Found it! ................................................ 5 FTPoint in Zone 1 Wanted ................................. 6 Where does FidoNews go in Zone 3? ........................ 7 4. ARTICLES ................................................. 9 FidoSpine Distribution System Pledge ..................... 9 Observational Titbits .................................... 10 5. TRUE STORIES OF FIDONET .................................. 11 A True Story of FidoNet .................................. 11 6. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 14 History of Echomail - Part 1 ............................. 14 7. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 27 No more "Getting technical" ? ............................ 27 8. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 35 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 185 ...... 35 9. ECHOING .................................................. 36 ELIST Suspended for July ................................. 36 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 28 14 July 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 History and Future? ...................................... 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 FidoNet: Past and Future ................................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 FidoNews Article Submission Guidelines update ............ 5 Re: CRC and The Nodelist ................................. 10 Re: Is The End Near? ..................................... 11 4. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 13 From out of the past - TJ Interview! ..................... 13 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 27 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 192 ...... 27 6. ECHOING .................................................. 28 North American Backbone Echo Changes [May-Jun] ........... 28 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 30 Life from a Cow? ......................................... 30 8. NOTICES .................................................. 32 Future History ........................................... 32 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 33 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 33 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 34 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 36 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 29 21 July 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Will a shorter Issue make for more readers? .............. 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Re: Guest editorial of issue 14-28 ....................... 2 3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4 A Users Manifesto ........................................ 4 REAL_FREE_SPEECH Echo .................................... 4 4. ARTICLES ................................................. 7 SIX MONTHS OF FIDO: nodelist day 313 1996, to day 122 1 .. 7 Re: FidoNet: Past and Future ............................. 8 5. COLUMNS .................................................. 11 FidoNet in Europe ........................................ 11 6. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 12 Subject: Nodelist flags .................................. 12 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 15 If Klingons Wrote Code ................................... 15 8. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 16 Hurry, before you're banned! Use FIDOTEST ................ 16 9. NOTICES .................................................. 17 Future History ........................................... 17 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 18 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 18 11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 22 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 22 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 30 28 July 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 News, news, everywhere news? ............................. 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109 ................................ 2 3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 3 A passing of note in Zone 2 .............................. 3 Some good news ........................................... 4 4. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 Zone 3 Coordinator Election info ......................... 5 5. COLUMNS .................................................. 18 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 18 6. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 19 A response to Steve Woodmore's InetTM flags .............. 19 7. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 22 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 206 ...... 22 8. NET HUMOR ................................................ 23 Come and listen to my tale? .............................. 23 9. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 25 Is there FidoNet on Mars? ................................ 25 10. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ....................... 26 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 26 11. NOTICES ................................................. 27 Future History ........................................... 27 12. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 28 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 31 4 August 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Welcome to KvetchNet? .................................... 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Fido decline not merely technical ........................ 2 3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4 Problems in R25 .......................................... 4 FLAME mailing list ....................................... 5 FidoNet Via Internet Hubs ................................ 7 Zone 6 Name Servers needed ............................... 7 4. ARTICLES ................................................. 9 FidoNet need just one more piece of software ............. 9 Say goodbye to equal access? ............................. 10 5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 17 Another response about InetTM flags ...................... 17 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 19 Geek Theology? ........................................... 19 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 20 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 20 8. NOTICES .................................................. 21 Future History ........................................... 21 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 22 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 22 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 26 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 26 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 32 11 August 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 What's wrong with this picture? .......................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Zone 3 Election results and notes ........................ 2 Zone 6 server response ................................... 4 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 6 FTSC - NOTICE OF VOTE FOR STANDING MEMBERS ............... 6 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 9 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 9 5. NOTICES .................................................. 10 Future History ........................................... 10 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 11 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 11 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 15 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 15 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 16 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 33 18 August 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 New links, new info ...................................... 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109 ................................ 2 3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4 Council for Online Community Alternatives (COCA) ......... 4 4. ARTICLES ................................................. 7 It's the Human way ....................................... 7 WWW Fidonet Resource Updated ............................. 7 5. TRUE STORIES OF FIDONET .................................. 9 From out of the past? .................................... 9 Sysop's passing .......................................... 9 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 11 Zone 3 Nodelist info from new ZC3 ........................ 11 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 12 Should software be named geographically? ................. 12 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 14 The cure for Echomail headaches? ......................... 14 9. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 15 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 15 10. NOTICES ................................................. 16 Future History ........................................... 16 11. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 17 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 17 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 34 25 August 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 This Issue for news dieters .............................. 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Fidonet is all of us! .................................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 Astrowar Fidonet PBM Game Released ....................... 4 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 6 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 6 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 Why do computer geeks make better husbands? .............. 8 6. NOTICES .................................................. 9 Future History ........................................... 9 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 10 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 10 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 14 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 14 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 15 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 17 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 35 1 September 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Got a new Area Code? ..................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Internet email response to 1431 .......................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 About files lists: tracking program? ..................... 4 4. TRUE STORIES OF FIDONET .................................. 5 BBSes are NOT DEAD! ...................................... 5 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 You have reached the help desk? .......................... 8 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 13 Use the Force? ........................................... 13 7. NOTICES .................................................. 14 Future History ........................................... 14 New addresses for Lockwood III ........................... 14 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 16 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 16 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 20 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 20 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 21 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 23 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 36 8 September 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Thanks to ALL contributors! .............................. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 BWExplorer 1.0 released .................................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Upcoming areacode changes ................................ 3 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 5 FIDONET IN EUROPE ........................................ 5 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 6 Tech support in the real world? .......................... 6 6. NOTICES .................................................. 7 Future History ........................................... 7 FidoNet via Internet Hubs ................................ 7 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 9 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 9 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 13 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 13 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 14 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 16 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 37 15 September 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 When they go why don't they say so? ...................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Russian language "Planet FidoNet" ezine .................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 IP-Nodes ................................................. 3 FTSC - Election Results, FTSC Standing Members ........... 3 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 6 Telephone Info ........................................... 6 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 13 North American Backbone Echo Changes [Jul-Aug] ........... 13 6. NOTICES .................................................. 15 Future History ........................................... 15 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 16 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 16 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 20 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 20 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 21 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 23 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 38 22 September 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 NEW: fidonews.org! ....................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 FidoNews goes Internet full blast! ....................... 2 Big Brother Alert!! Protect YOUR Privacy NOW!!! .......... 3 Free keys for Silver Xpress Mail Doors ................... 7 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 8 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 8 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9 Some initial impressions? ................................ 9 5. NOTICES .................................................. 10 Future History ........................................... 10 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 11 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 11 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 15 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 15 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 16 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 39 29 September 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Ah, brevity - the soul of discretion? .................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 AOP Legislative Alert .................................... 2 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 3 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 3 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 4 Deep Thoughts? ........................................... 4 5. NOTICES .................................................. 7 Future History ........................................... 7 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 8 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 8 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 12 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 12 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 13 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 15 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 40 6 October 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Hey, Zone 2 is BACK! Now, for consistency? ............... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 FREE2000 Echo from UK .................................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 FidoNet Via Internet Hubs ................................ 3 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 4 Telephone Info ........................................... 4 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 18 Homer sings? ............................................. 18 6. NOTICES .................................................. 19 Future History ........................................... 19 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 20 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 20 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 24 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 24 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 25 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 27 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 41 13 October 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Do they watch American baseball outside of Zone 1? ....... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 MSGID bug ................................................ 2 Expiring in the EList .................................... 2 More probs ............................................... 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 FTSC Administrator - NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS ............... 5 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 7 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 7 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 8 Does Spam exist in FidoNet? .............................. 8 6. NOTICES .................................................. 9 Future History ........................................... 9 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 10 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 10 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 14 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 14 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 15 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 17 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 42 20 October 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Is shortness in the air? ................................. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 3 MSGID redux - PCBoard .................................... 3 3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 4 MSN Tatooine ............................................. 4 4. NOTICES .................................................. 6 Future History ........................................... 6 5. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 7 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 7 6. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 11 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 11 7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 12 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 14 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 43 27 October 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Halloween, All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead? ............. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 AOL Hoax letter .......................................... 2 Region 11 has Halloween on their website! ................ 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 IP Fido Nodes Request .................................... 4 A BBS Story .............................................. 5 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 A joke set in a Saloon ................................... 8 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 10 Happy Halloween! ......................................... 10 6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 11 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT & PRO_WRESTLING Echoes ..... 11 7. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 18 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 20 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 44 3 November 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Those pesky formatting instructions ...................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Needs FidoNews in Net 332 in Zone 2 ...................... 2 I messed up! ............................................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 FTSC Administrator - NOTICE OF VOTE ...................... 4 CYBERNAUTS SING THE PRAISES OF BULLETIN BOARDS ........... 6 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 9 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 9 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 15 North American Backbone Echo Changes [Sep-Oct] ........... 15 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 16 Diary of an AOL user ..................................... 16 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 19 Wrestling Echos .......................................... 19 8. NOTICES .................................................. 20 Future History ........................................... 20 FidoNet via Internet Hubs ................................ 20 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 22 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 22 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 26 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 26 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 27 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 45 10 November 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Chugging along ........................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Ah, hindsight ............................................ 2 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 4 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 4 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 10 IE for Linux? ............................................ 10 5. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 18 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 20 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 46 17 November 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 ZEC2 resigns again for the last time ..................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Join the CHURCH&STATE Echo ............................... 2 ZEC2 resigns ............................................. 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 Echomail weenie warriors - THIS is for you! .............. 5 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 7 FidoNet in Europe ........................................ 7 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 Overheard from the IE 4.0 launch team .................... 8 6. NOTICES .................................................. 9 Future History ........................................... 9 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 10 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 10 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 14 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 14 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 15 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 17 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 47 24 November 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Gobble, gobble! .......................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 FTSC Administrator Vote results .......................... 2 How far from Ontario to Malaysia? ........................ 3 Needs an email link at Fordham ........................... 4 Echomail defamation? ..................................... 4 Ex-ZEC2 confirms leaving FidoNet ......................... 5 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 7 Newly-available Echoes ................................... 7 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 Goofing with Excel? ...................................... 8 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 9 Happy Thanksgiving! ...................................... 9 6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 11 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 11 7. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 18 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 20 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 48 1 December 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Talk is cheap? ........................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 FidoNet on the Internet project starting ................. 2 FidoNet dies a slow death! ............................... 3 Nodelist flags ........................................... 3 Responses to articles in 14-47 ........................... 11 New Echos ................................................ 12 3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 13 Are programmers that hard to understand? ................. 13 4. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 14 5. NOTICES .................................................. 15 Future History ........................................... 15 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 16 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 16 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 20 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 20 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 21 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 23 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 49 8 December 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Announcements galore! .................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 My .02 worth ............................................. 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Zone 1 Echomail Coordinator Election Official Announcem .. 3 4. COLUMNS .................................................. 10 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 10 5. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 12 6. NOTICES .................................................. 13 Future History ........................................... 13 FidoNet via Internet Hubs ................................ 13 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 15 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 15 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 19 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 19 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 20 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 22 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 50 15 December 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Ah, the holiday poetry begins ............................ 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Bah Humbug - another slant on Christmas poems ............ 2 Sobering Santa stuff? .................................... 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5 Open letter from 1:395/8 ................................. 5 A MicroSoft Christmas .................................... 6 Sysop's Night Before Christmas ........................... 8 News from a fellow cyberjournalist ....................... 9 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 11 Top 12 Reasons We Like Hanukkah .......................... 11 5. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 17 6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 19 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 19 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 23 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 23 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 24 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 26 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 51 22 December 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 A disturbance in the force? .............................. 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 Good Stuff Magazine ...................................... 2 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 Net 323 election? ........................................ 4 Rhode Island gets its promised election, in public ....... 6 Election for NC 1:323 .................................... 7 Merry Christmas FidoNet from VIP BBS! .................... 7 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9 25 ways to annoy your roomate during Christmas ........... 9 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11 Happy Hanukkah! .......................................... 11 Merry Christmas! ......................................... 13 6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 25 Introducing the IREX Echo ................................ 25 7. NOTICES .................................................. 27 Future History ........................................... 27 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 28 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 28 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 32 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 32 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 33 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 35 ======================================================================== F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 52 29 December 1997 Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Last Issue for 1997 ...................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 New ZC in Zone 4 ......................................... 2 Looking for pointers on points? .......................... 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 A simple question razed .................................. 4 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 6 An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !! ....... 6 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7 What happens after Christmas? ............................ 7 The Night After Christmas ................................ 8 6. NOTICES .................................................. 11 Future History ........................................... 11 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 12 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 12 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 16 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 16 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 17 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 19 ========================================================================