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Contents...................................................(i)
Notes from the Z1C - Reminder..............................(1)
New and Returning Members..................................(2)
Region 13 Election.........................................(2)
Old School Toolbox: Be your own boss!......................(3)
Food.......................................................(4)
Slightly Crusty SysOp......................................(5)
While You're At It, Check Your Settings....................(5)
Electronic Publishing FDN..................................(6)
FidoGazette BBS List.......................................(7)
Info (Where to Send Articles)..............................(8)
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Reminder
********
From the Z1C
============
Region 14 nodes who are not connected to an echomail feed should
contact myself at 1:261/38 ( janis @ filegate . net) or Ross Cassell
at 1:123/500, or Bob Seaborn at 1:140/1. You should connect to the
following regional echos:
R14_CHAT
R14_RC
R14_REC
R14_POST
Once you are connected either netmail me at 1:261/38, or say HELLO in
the R14_CHAT echo. Hopefully we'll get an election for a new RC going
there soon - If that doesn't work out, I'll be appointing the new RC.
** All R14 nodes should take a look at the suggested R14 election
policy draft recent posted in R14_CHAT. We're looking for
modifications, and whether to use it or not. Your input is requested.
**
Thanks to all who are helping "lost" members get reconnected.. our
usual suspects that I know are helping out are Ross Cassell, Bob
Seaborn and Richard Webb. Thanks again for providing links to these
echos.
Additionally, these are the results of polling various R14 members from
my system:
**Present 1:282/1055 Robert LaPrise
**Present 1:282/1045 Richard Vonzel
**Present 1:298/5 Jon Justvig
**Present 1:300/2 Bob Ackley
Connected, message sent - no reply 1:282/1050 Nicholas Boie
**Present 1:288/34 Gaylen Hintz
1:300/5 Brad Hansen Information received from Rob Starr about Brad.
Waiting to hear from Brad.
Note: My mailer reports No Carrier on a Binkp Connection that is down.
Most of these are Internet nodes, not telephone nodes. My mailer knows to
switch to the correct type of connection.
Status *To Be Deleted*
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No Carrier 1:282/1040 Steve McGrath
Down 1:289/49 Kim Palmer
Connected once earlier, but now it's dead 1:289/51 Christopher S Wilson
No Carrier 1:298/2 Todd Wilson
No Carrier 1:298/3 Keven Coots
Domain not found/ 1:298/4 Charles E Pratt
No answer 1:298/6 Gordon Jones
Domain not listed/host not found 1:299/14 Aleksander V Galiyev Pvt
Domain not listed/host not found 1:2800/18 Todd Boyd
No contact info 1:2800/22 R Sharp (PVT)
No contact info 1:2800/24 Tom Davidson (PVT)
550 - Invalid mailbox: ViperUSA@kc.rr.com 1:2800/5750 Viper
Still Busy constantly 1:2809/0 Mark D Winton
No info available 1:2809/5 Brett Miller (PVT)
Domain not listed/host not found 1:2905/2 Jay Hodges
Domain not listed/host not found 1:2905/10 Barry Davis
Domain not listed/host not found 1:298/6 Gordon Jones
*The above nodes will be removed unless we hear from you.
Election for a new R14C will take place either when we have some more
members present, however I may decide to appoint an RC without an
election.
Janis
Z1C
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New and Returning Members
=========================
From http://www.filegate.net/zone1/ and other mirror sites such as
http://www.filegate.ca/zone1/
New SysOps:
Robert Ridigns Auckland, New Zealand Zone 3
Welcome!
Returning SysOps:
================
Dmitri Afanassiev Richmond Hill, Ontario R12
Shawn Rapp Coquille, Oregon R17
Welcome Back!
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Region 13 Election
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by Michael Luko, R13C
A proposal to change the references of "50%+1" to "greater than 50%" in
the election policy has been made. The reasoning is mathematical.
Example 9 votes are received. 5 are in favor, 4 against. Even though
a majority are in favor, the 50%+1 (4.5+1) or 5.5 votes would be
required. But only 5 have been received. The "greater than 50%" would
take care of the event of an odd number of votes, since 5 would be
greater than 4.5.
Discussion and debate regarding the above proposal has been taking
place in the R13_ELECTION echo and will continue through 5-7-10.
Voting on the proposal will take place from 5-8-10 through 5-14-10
23:59 DST.
Send the info (sample ballot) below to Robert Wolfe@1:13/2.
Name: Node number:
Password: [to remain anoymous in the public confirmation and results]
Vote:
[Yes, if in favor of the "greater than 50%" change"]
[No, to keep the existing "50%+1" wording]
In addition the proposal above were are about to being the process of
the Regional Echomail Coordinator Election. The REC would be in charge
of maintaining a list of the regions nodes and keeping track of
echomail and netmail flow. Linking nodes that may need feeds to
echomail especially the region 13 echos to an uplink. Also the REC
gets to vote in the FTSC election. Also from what I have been told in
the past the REC would fill in as Temp RC should there be a extended or
permanent absence of the RC. Here is the time table for the REC
election:
1. Announcement of the election: April 22nd through April 28th
2. Declarations of Candidacy: April 29th through May 12th
3. Questions to the Candidates: May 13th through June 2nd
4. Vote: June 3rd through June 9th
5. Announcement of the results: within three days of the end of
the vote, or by June 12th
If you need access to the regional echos please let me know and I
will setup you up with a feed.
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The Old School Toolbox
By Richard Webb, 1:116/901
Be your own boss!
Points can be more than just super users that automate the retrieval
of netmail and their favorite echoes. POint systems can be used as
system management tools. Old school fidonet connection methods provide
you some ready made backup options, depending on what you want, at no
additional expense to you, especially when that point system and its
boss can both operate using a standard modem and the public switched
telephone network, as well as over the internet.
Oops! don't have a regular landline connection in your house because you've
gone to all cellular technology? Get one! The life you save, as they
say, might be your own, or somebody very close to you. Want to know
why? See Mike Luther's statements in last month's issue. When you
need it, you *need* it!
I've already talked in this column about a backup mail feed for your
net using old school modem connections. But you can benefit quite a
bit by setting yourself up as a point from your own system.
Start with what you know. You're familiar with binkd or email
tunneling to move your mail. Easy enough to meld that with your
portable computing device of choice. As I understand it at least one
fidonet mailer is set up to run on such devices, maybe others can be as
well. Our colleagues in Zone 2 have been pointing the way quite
literally as I understand it, with a lot of points and even nodes that
are cellular connected. As your own point you can have your boss send
you updates of files you need while on the go, as well as have an easy
painless interface for moving data between systems, and some peace of
mind knowing that you can have access without the higher security risk.
After all, you're system's sitting there waiting for the next binkd
connection, telnet user looking to play a door game, etc.
So the above is probably a no brainer, something you might already
even do. But, even then you might like to have that key piece of
information that you've got on the home machine, and you're away on
business for a few days. All you need to do is dust off that old
regular pots modem.
No, we're not talking about dedicating a separate phone line with its
expense, or even distinctive ring, etc. I'm talking here about setting
up your favorite mailer to only answer the phone at a specified time of
day, maybe the small hours of the morning. Just to be clear, I'm not
even thinking that you might post this information in the nodelist.
Your point system on your on-the-go computer can know about it though,
and any other systems you choose to pass it along to.
So, play a little game of "what if" with me for a moment or two.
You're out of town on a business trip. MEanwhile, for one reason or
another you learn that you seem to have an internet outage and your
system isn't accessible. But, you'd sure like to have some information
that's sitting on one of your systems at home.
Your home network can communicate among its systems, but no internet
connection. Let us say that while planning for your extended trip you
got that old USR modem or Hayes from the drawer, dusted it off, and got
it connected, and working. You've put up your favorite pots mailer and
configured it to only answer the phone during the small hours of the
morning. So, late that night while you're snug in your hotel room bed
your laptop with cellular modem, or from your hotel room's phone dials
home, you get what mail you could from the fidonet, and generated a
good old fashioned wazoo file request for the file you want, which of
course you made available to you and you only. Thanks to password
protected sessions this is easy enough to do.
If your binkd or telnet mailer's still up, even better, use that
broadband connection from your hotel room and your familiar fido
software to retrieve files from yourself as well as manage your email
while on the go. But, when that nasty brown stuff hits the fan, you've
got a backup plan. OFfload those important files from your laptop,
even if your internet connection crumps.
But what about the binkd mailbox system and regular outbounds?
Aren't they considered a bit incompatible? Not so fast. There are
ways to let your pots connection see your point's outgoing mail in its
binkd mailbox.
Again, let's say that you usually connect with your point to your node
back home using binkd. But, there's no internet connection possible
right now. HOw to get that mail.
Various sysops have thought about this, and have their own homegrown
solutions. Ask around. Or, if you really feel adventurous, remember
that pots mailers have some interesting capabilities that few explore.
In binkleyterm it's called a function request, Frontdoor calls its
similar capability fd server.
How they work: These functions, no matter what they're called,
enable the requesting system to invoke a process on the host if
password and other data points match. For binkleyterm systems you
define these along with parameters for file requests in your okfile.
If at the end of the process there are files to be sent, they are.
It's very simple to have a batch file look at your binkd mailbox and
build a flo file indicating that these should be sent. If you're a
binkleyterm user there are some good examples you could use to build
this in the binkley docs.
Using these functions you can let your pots mailer see various
binkd mailboxes. Just write a batch file which will be invoked by the
function which generates either a netmail file attach if using a
dynamic mailer such as fd, or a .flo file listing the files to be sent
in the appropriate outbound for a binkleyterm system.
There are other good uses for points, whether it be you yourself,
or another party. Usually when we talk about points in fidonet over
the years it seems they're discussed as more of a "super user" concept,
i.e. a user that doesn't want to have to go through all the log on
stuff, but wants to automate the transfer of his mail and files. But,
a point can add additional utility and capability you maybe haven't
thought of.
There's a point off my system you've never heard of, nothing unusual,
points aren't listed in your nodelist. But, even if you're a total
echomail junkie you've never carried on a conversation with this point
op in echomail. He's never participated in a geekfest argument about
whether slack is better than Debian, discussed the merits of xp versus
Vista, or Mac vs. windows. He's honestly not interested in echomail.
He has an ancient 386 that another radio friend donated him. It's got
a 9600 baud internal modem in it. I found out from a mutual friend who
paid him a visit one day what comm port his modem is on. He's got a
binkleyterm, professional point, and an old Panasonic dot matrix
printer hooked up to this box. It's also got pkzip just in case he
wants it (grin). I wrote a cute little batch file which runs it all
for him. Plug it into the phone line and turn it on, that's all he has
to do. Autoexec brings it up for him, automagically. No muss, no
fuss, no pain.
What's he use it for? If we've got a lot of important
information that needs to be transferred, and radio conditions are
poor, I can use a relay station on the air to tell him to plug that old
box into the phone line and let it answer the phone in the next few
minutes. Then, I send him a text file with the important info. His
binkleyterm happily answers, I dump the text file, his batch file finds
the text file, and prints it out for him. OF course, I must give the
text file I send a name the batch file is going to look for, but that's
done easily enough. Should I find my old friend is going to be
covering some on air duties I'll get word to him to turn it on and plug
it into his phone line.
He doesn't have one of these nice calling plans like we have where he
lives, so I don't make him place the call. He doesn't have an internet
connection out there in the country, and doesn't really have a desire
to tackle the computer world's learning curves. I think we've used the
system three times in the last two years, but, we've used it. He
doesn't want any echomail, he doesn't want to use the email even. But,
when there's a lot of information he's going to need he sure
appreciates having it printed off legibly without having to wonder if
it got to him accurately through two or three relay stations, combined
with any errors he may have introduced while copying rapidly with a
pencil. He's even semi retired from his radio duties, but when he
finds he's going to fill a couple afternoon hours in the chair he sure
likes having that point system and that old Panasonic dot matrix
printer. The automation I built for him works, it prints his text file
he gets, and he's a happy camper. WHen the printout finishes printing,
he throws the switch and the box goes back to sleep, until needed
again. when it reboots it nukes that text file we sent last time, then
waits for that incoming call. Then suddenly, he's got mail.
Next time, keeping that email flowing in and out, even when your local
internet is kaput.
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F O O D Even sysops have to eat!
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By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38
Want to contribute something here? Send your submission to fidogazette
'at' filegate.net or email janis at filegate.net, or janis kracht at
1:261/38 (binkp: filegate.net) and it will get published here in the
next issue :)
Barbecue Pulled Beef
By Janis Kracht
Pulled beef (or Shredded Beef) is so easy to make. It's a favorite
over here, served with fries or potato salad, green beans or your
favorite salad. For a quick lunch, we have Pulled Beef on rolls.
Ingredients:
4-5 lb. chuck steak
1 tablespoon barbecue rub (see below)
3 tablespoons oil
2 onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup spicy chili sauce
1 cup beef broth or vegetarian beef broth
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons lemon juice or juice from one lemon
lemon zest from one lemon
2 tablespoons dijon mustard or other spicy prepared mustard
Preheat the oven to 325F.
Rub the barbecue rub on the meat on all sides (see below). On the
stove top, brown the chuck steak in 1 tablespoon of the oil in a dutch
oven. Set aside. In a separate sauce pan, saute the chopped onions
with the rest of the oil. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients except
for the meat, and simmer for 20 minutes. When the sauce is done, pour
it over the meat in the dutch oven. Cover the dutch oven tightly and
place in the oven for 4 hours. After the first two hours, turn the
roast over. When done the meat should be very tender and separate
easily. Remove the meat to a large platter. Shred the meat with two
knifes or a meat fork and a knife. Pour some of the sauce over the
shreded meat to keep it moist. Reserve the rest of the sauce, and
serve with sauce. For a quick lunch server on rolls with additional
sauce.
Barbecue Rub:
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon garlic powder
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The Slightly Crusty Sysop
By Sean Dennis 1:18/200
First of all, I'm sorry that my columns have been spotty at best
showing up in the FG. It's not that I've not wanted to write but more
that I've been busy dealing with my personal life and its various
problems. Thankfully, I now have a job and things should ease up soon.
This will give me more time to concentrate on working on my BBS and
other BBS-related projects.
Spring has sprung here but it's starting to want to become summer
already. We've already had summer-like temperatures in late March and
early April; this generally means that the summer is going to be quite
hot and miserable in my part of the world. At least I know what to
expect later on this year.
Speaking of new things, I've found that Facebook is a good tool to use
when it comes to working with BBSes. I know, sounds strange coming
from me, Mr. Stick-In-The-Mud when it comes to any sort of new-fangled
BBS technology, but social networking does have its advantages. I've
found it's a fast way to get out the word if there's a problem with
your board or if you're taking it down to work on it. I've also
discovered several BBS friends from the past who have shown up in
Facebook and I've had a chance to reconnect with some good friends from
the "good old days".
Facebook has become a way of quick communication amongst many people,
even my own family. I recently discovered several members of my
extended family on Facebook, quickly adding them in, even though we'd
not seen each other for twenty years or more. There's a lot of BBS
sysops on Facebook running around and we tend to stick together (for
better or for worse). A lot of us discuss BBS-related stuff amongst
ourselves as well as just everyday happenings.
While I'm not saying Facebook would ever replace BBSing for me, it is a
good way to keep up with BBS friends who are no longer involved with
BBSing. Heck, I've managed to con^H^H^Htalk some BBS friends of mine
into restarting their BBSes! Can't hurt to have some of the old-school
crew around, eh?
If you're not a member of Facebook, check it out. As always, be
careful what you share online about yourself, but I have never had any
problems with my Facebook account. You can look for me on there (I'm
not hard to find).
As always, your comments about my column are welcome, but flames are
not. You can contact me via netmail (preferred) at 1:18/200 or via
email at sean@nsbbs.info as well as in the FIDOGAZETTE echo.
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While You're At It, Check Your Settings...
By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38
It's not news that all information you enter in Facebook's site is
shared amongst a LOT of people... given the settings that Facebook
has recently added, at least you can and probably should take a look at
what the default is set for on your account. Some of these changes
have really just been made in the last week or two.
You can be as selective as you like, or as open as you like - it's up
to you.
Once you are logged in, look at the right hand corner of the screen.
There are options shown:
[ Home Profile Account ]
Click on Account, then Privacy. Go through each option and decide if
you'd like that particular option visible or shareable to only
yourself, friends, or "anyone", etc. If you select Custum from the
drop down menu, you can specify only certain people that can have
access by specific name.
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THE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING FILE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WELCOMES YOUR
SUBMISSIONS!
By Richard Webb
These file echoes serve as an outlet for the publication of electronic
books and periodicals which are not forbidden distribution via such
channels. COpyrighted works are welcome so long as the author and/or
publisher state that electronic distribution is permissible. See
epsubmit.zip available in the ep-adm file area for further information.
The echo ep-2hq is the officially recognized channel to the fdn
coordinator for the submission of files germane to these file echoes.
At this time we are only accepting machine readable formats for
distribution in the EP-FDN. Yes, we know this excludes adobe acrobat
format, as there is no possible way that the coordinator can verify the
suitability and legality of distributing such files. However, we can
accept ascii as well as some other word processor formats.
The FDN coordinator suggests that someone who can verify legality and
suitability of pdf books and periodicals might wish to coordinate a
file distribution network dedicated to this and other proprietary
formats that are not readily machine readable. Since the ep-fdn
coordinator has already engaged in a few discussions with folks via
email and netmail questioning this policy and doesn't wish to take the
time with the back and forth on the issue of the Adobe format and its
limitations a brief explanation is in order.
As one who must use text to speech and access technology due to
blindness oftentimes adobe format files are only readable by the blind
when they are printed out, then scanned with high quality optical
character recognition software then being deployed on the resulting
file created by said scan. This wastes a lot of paper, and a lot of
time.
For those in this position running unix linux or other operating
systems than windows there is no accessibility plug-in for the acrobat
reader, and the so-called accessibility plug-in for windows does not
consistently give the desired results on all acrobat files. This being
the case, it is suggested that someone else maintain a pdf publishing
fdn.
We distribute files worldwide which are considered intellectual
property. Many different laws and rules govern the disposition and
handling of intellectual property. Therefore we must ensure that all
materials submitted will not violate copyright laws. Since the
coordinator resides in the United STates, and is one who makes his
living thanks to intellectual property he has some familiarity with
U.S. intellectual property and copyright laws. Staying within the
bounds of these requirements can reasonably assure sysops distributing
ep-fdn files that they will not run afoul of copyright rules and
regulations in their homelands.
The ep-fdn consists of the following file echoes:
ep/ep-ascii electronic publishing ascii files such as faq files, etc.
which don't fit other categories.
ep/ep-mag electronic periodicals in ascii or machine readable format
ep/ep-adm ep administration area
ep/ep-book Electronic books
ep/ep-2hq Back channel area for submissions to fdn coordinator
For more information contact the ep-fdn coordinator, Richard Webb at
fidonet 1:116/901 via routed netmail.
Email ep.coord@116-901.ftn.wpusa.dynip.com
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!!! G A Z E T T E B B S L I S T !!!
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By bbslist @ filegate.net
Send updates, changes to address above or to janis @ filegate.net.
System.......Prism BBS
FidoAddress..1:261/38
Phone........607-655-5652
Software.....BBBS LiI v4.01 Flag #
OS...........Linux (Gentoo)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases,
and file areas.
Telnet.......filegate.net
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, BWmail,Files, etc.
www:.........http:/www.filegate.net:8090/bbbs
[web interface is limited really
to reading messages and replying
online, or downloading messages
in qwk packets, but not uploading
them], and file download access.
FTP: ftp.filegate.net, port 60721
public access to file areas (please
note change of port for public access).
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System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS
FidoAddress..1:14/400
Phone........none
Software.....sbbs 3.15a (very beta)
OS...........win. (xp pro. sp3)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.org:24
or timewarpfuture.dyndns.org:24
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
messages or file area etc.
www:.........http://time.synchro.net:81
Web interface is limited really to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages in qwk
packets, but not uploading them, and file download access.
SBBS files available.
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System.......Lionsden BBS
FidoAddress..1:224/303
Phone........613-392-8896
Software.....Sunchronet
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......lionsden.darktech.org
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, Files, etc.
www:.........http:/www.lionsden.darktech.org
You will redirected to a menu where you can
choose one of three sites. The first one is
private and requires PW to get into.
FTP..........FTP://lionsden.darktech.org Files only
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System.......Christian Fellowship
FidoAddress..1:266/512
Phone........1-856-933-7096
Software.....PCBoard 15.3
OS...........Windows XP pro
C/B Verify...Manually via email or voice
usually within 24 hours.
Access.......Read only until verified. Once
verified write access to Msg bases, file
areas, chat and doors/games.
Telnet.......cfbbs.dtdns.net or cfbbs.no-ip.com
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System.......Lightning BBS
FidoAddress..1:311/2
Software.....Virtual Advanced
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......lightningbbs.com
www:.........http:/www.lightningbbs.com/index.php
Thanks to VADV-PHP you can access almost
everything the BBS has to offer from the
web, with the exception of door games.
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System.......Roach Guts BBS
FidoAddress..1:396/60
Phone:.......337-433-4135
Software.....Maximus on Port 23 (primary)
Synchronet on Port 24 (temporary)
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......roachguts.com
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INFO:
Where to Send Your Articles
Unlike most editors, I surely do not mind running my mouth when there
is a sparcity of articles for the 'zine. I'd MUCH rather you sent in
material but I think until someone starts a discussion you feel like
commenting about, you evil dullards (just kidding!!!) will no doubt
complain about "no issues" (grin) So I will fill these issues with my
meanderings and thoughts and hopefully we will grow into something of
consequence here :) Don't be offended.. write an article!
If you WOULD like to submit an article and prove me wrong about the
dullard aspect of you guys and gals , feel free to drop your
article off at:
By email attach to address: janis @ filegate.net
Fidonet attach: Janis Kracht at 1:261/38
Modem: 607-655-5652
BinkP or Telnet: 1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555 via binkp
Don't send articles as routed attaches, send them direct to filegate.net.
Standard binkp port only supports BinkP (24554).
Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have one and
send it along!
Don't worry about the format, I can take anything you send me and
mutilate it further as you can see above. Linux is nice that way (g).
Spell checking your own work will help though (something I'm typically
guilty of (g)).
To send reviews or recipes to the Food section, email or netmail Janis
as above.
To send a question to Dr. Debug, email a question to dr.debug @
filegate.net or post in the fidogazette echo!
To send a listing to the fidogazette internet bbs list, send your bbs
listing to bbslist @ filegate.net or post it in the fidogazette echo!
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