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Table Of Contents
Editorial .............................. 2
Back to the Forest ..................... 3
Yes, You Should Delete Facebook ........ 4
Reports:
This week's Echomail Statistics ....... 5
This week's FileGate File Report ....... 6
Fidonet SoftWare List ................. 7
FidoGazette BBS List .................. 8
More Information ....................... 9
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Moreso:
"Just when you thought it was SAFE to go back in the water..."
Another chilling article about Facebook membership..
yowch..
Please read the article.
Also, some eh.. news from the Z1C echo.
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Back to the Forest
by Janis Kracht, 1:261/38
In case you've been sleeping and missed some news in the Z1C
echo, Zone 1 Coordinator, Janis Kracht, is preparing to go back
to being a "simple" node in Fidonet, without all the work that
the position of Z1C entails (grin) Actually, I may decide at
some point soon to leave Fidonet altogether, I'm just not sure
right now if I will.
I announced this Monday that the RCs should start an election in
Zone 1 for my replacement. They are working on this as I type,
thanks guys!
Hopefully, they will see it the same way I do... that all sysops
in Zone1 should be given the opportunity to be nominated if they
care to be... and nominations and votes should be collected
from every sysop in Zone 1, not just the RCs. My RCs are an
exceptional bunch and I am so very grateful that they've been my
right hand the entire time I've been Zone1 Coordinator, but for
something like the position of Z1C, I feel it's better to
involve everyone in Zone 1.
You may not have been around when I was elected Z1C so many
years ago... it's been that many years (2001). At the
time, it was the way things were done... if one is concerned
about the number of people voting in this, just think for a
moment about the number of sysops that were involved in that
election in 2001 :) One site I checked today said that in
mid-2001 Fidonet had approximately 15K nodes - granted that was
all zones, but given that other zones were somewhat smaller than
Zone 1 way back then, it is at least clear that our numbers in
Zone 1 were much larger than today's numbers listed in the
current nodelist.
There are a few reasons I'd like to see this election involve
"everyone" in the nomination/election process:
1) What better way is there to wake people up? (grin)
2) When people are directly involved, they participate.
3) When the selection process if open to all members, who knows
what gem may be discovered? When I was elected, I was a
general "nobody" in the great scheme of all things "Fido"..
sure I could route Netmail, and had taken over the PDN from
Erik van Riper, but as far as other jobs I'd held, I believe
I'd been an NC for a short time, and then an REC (Regional
Echomail Coordinator) when we lived in Louisville.. that's
it. You don't really know everyone in Fidonet or their
capabilities unless you give them the chance to show those
capabilities. Ok, JMHO (grin)
So, right now among other things, I'm looking forward to not
having to make nodelists, update web pages, etc. etc. etc.
While most of what I do is automated, one still has to check the
results now and again to make sure the beast is under control..
that freedom from the overall baby-sitting of my system will be
a welcome relief... so much so that I can even start thinking
about getting some programming done
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Yes, You Should Delete Facebook
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Yes, You Should Delete Facebook
How we respond to Facebook today will inform the startups of
tomorrow
by Nat Eliason
I deleted my Facebook a few weeks ago, but it started scaring me
last March.
A friend and I ran into one of his investors in a cafe in San
Francisco, and the investor asked if we'd heard of a Soylent
competitor, Ample. He was curious what we thought of it, and of
meal replacement companies in general.
I hadn't heard of Ample, but I shared my concerns with Soylent,
and why I personally would never put my money into one of those
companies. My friend, for the most part, agreed.
The conversation ended and we left. I didn't think about Ample
again, look it up, or talk about it online with anyone. But
less than 24 hours later, there were ads for it in my Instagram
feed.
It was spooky, to say the least. I was used to getting ads for
products whose sites I'd visited, and for products I'd mentioned
on Facebook, but products that I'd only talked about? That was
weird.
After a bit of digging, I discovered I wasn't alone. There were
dozens of stories online about people getting freaked out by ads
that seem like they only could have come from Facebook
eavesdropping on their conversations.
Now to be clear, this probably isn't happening. It would be a
massive amount of work and data processing for marginally better
ad targeting. Like the Wired article says, Facebook doesn't
need to listen to your conversations.
They can target you well enough without it.
Cause for Concern
That's meant to be reassuring: they're not listening to you
because they don't have to. But if anything, that should be
even scarier. Facebook knows so much about you they can make
you believe they're listening to your personal conversations.
They have so much data about you they can send you ads that have
an uncanny relevance to what is going on in the real world.
Imagine, for a moment, that you had a friend with this level of
knowledge about you. Someone who knows everywhere you go, what
you like, what you fear, what you want, who you hang out with,
how happy you are at any given moment.
They could be an amazing boon to your life. Or they could be a
nightmare. It all depends on what they do with the information,
and how well you can trust them with it.
Now imagine the friend can use their information about you to
make money, say by manipulating your decisions to benefit them.
And imagine they're the kind of morally bankrupt person who
would take advantage of their friend this way.
What would their incentives look like?
Since they can make money by manipulating your decisions,
they'll try to manipulate your decisions. And since they can
better manipulate your decisions by learning more about you, the
more they'll want to learn. If they want the greatest success
for themselves, they will necessarily have to manipulate you as
much as possible and collect as much data on you as possible.
This seems to be the situation Facebook has gotten itself into:
They make money on ads.
Which means they need you to click on ads.
Which means they need to know more about you to send you
better ads.
And they need you to spend more time on the site so you
click on more ads.
So they're motivated to get you addicted to spending time on
the platform while collecting as much information about
you as possible.
Facebook's product is not the platform, it's us. If the product
is what a business sells to make money, then Facebook's product
is our attention and data. We are the product. And Facebook's
customers are the companies buying ads based on that attention
and data.
If our time and our attention are Facebook's true product, then
their long-term goal becomes clear: to influence (and tax) how
we communicate in the 21st century. Every product they've
launched and company they've acquired is related to this goal in
some way:
Facebook (app) is the asynchronous, community-focused
communication platform
Messenger / Whatsapp are the more instant, smaller group
communication platforms
Instagram is the visual communication platform
Oculus can be the future immersive version of all of these
platforms
Facebook wants to own how we communicate because it means more
data and more attention, which means more ads revenue. Simple
enough.
But that idea should be a little frightening: a company wants to
control how you interact with other humans so that they can make
money off of you. This isn't some secret, evil motivation
driving the company behind closed doors. It's a necessary
consequence of the incentives that shape it.
Compare this model to Netflix. You pay Netflix a flat monthly
fee, and in return, you get unlimited streaming movies and TV
shows from their platform. Netflix doesn't make more money the
more time you spend on it (they make less, actually), so they
have no incentive to addict you to the platform (beyond keeping
you from switching to a competitor). With Netflix, we're the
customers.
This isn't to say that all free, ad-financed apps are bad and
all pay-to-play apps are good. I've used Foursquare and Swarm
consistently for 7+ years. These are apps where I volunteer my
location, travel, eating, and shopping habits, and I've never
had the slightest sense that Foursquare was using this data in a
way that made my life worse.
The ads in Foursquare tend to be useful. Their goal for the
product is to be the place consumers go to find the next
restaurant or café to try. They don't need you to spend tons of
time in the app, and they don't need you to buy products from
vendors unrelated to your in-app goals. They just want you to
stay in the habit of checking in places and finding places
through them, so they serve you ads related to the kinds of
foods and stores you tend to like.
If Foursquare started using that data in a way that made me
uncomfortable, I'd stop using it. If every time I checked into
a restaurant I started getting emails from them afterwards, I'd
know Foursquare was selling my email address to places I checked
in and I wouldn't be cool with that. I'd delete it, and switch
to an app I had more trust in.
The problem with Facebook is that its managed to gain such a
monopoly on our digital presence that we worry about quitting
it. Switching from Foursquare to Yelp doesn't give anyone
anxiety, but deleting Facebook does. The Fear of Quitting
How did Facebook get so ingrained in our lives that people who
lived without it for thirty years are suddenly concerned about
losing it?
Partially for the same reason people joined in the first place:
information. We want to know what's going on in the lives of
our friends and acquaintances, and Facebook has become the go-to
source for doing that.
But in the process, Facebook has changed friendship from an
active to a passive process. You can sit back and wait for some
update to appear from a friend or acquaintance and then respond
to it. You don't have to put in any effort to reach out and ask
what's going on, you get it fed to your by the magical friend
algorithms.
How often do you reach out to your friends to ask them how it's
going? Or to see if there are any big updates in their lives?
There's hardly any need anymore, since Facebook has automated
the process. We don't have to put in the work, the information
comes to us, and so we've lost the muscles we used to use for
staying updated on our social circle.
It's similar to the problem I outlined in my article on the
switch from search to social. As we moved away from actively
looking for things on the Internet, having them fed to us
instead, we became more passive informational consumers. And as
we move more towards passive Facebook-style friendships, we lose
our old abilities to stay in touch with people.
This would be fine if Facebook relationships were as meaningful
as in-person ones, but they aren't. Conversations through chat
apps and getting up to date on your friends through the newsfeed
is the relationship equivalent of Soylent. A technological
pseudo-improvement over an ancient human process, and one that
falls dramatically short of the value it's trying to recreate.
And since we've been sipping the Facebook friend juice for so
long, it's legitimately scary to quit. How will you know what
events are going on? How will you know if something big happens
in your friend's life? How will you stay in touch with people?
The simple answer is… all the ways we did for the last 100,000
years. Talking to people. Being an active consumer of
information and knowledge about your friends' lives instead of
letting it passively wash over you.
But it would still be fair to ask: why bother. Yes, quitting
Facebook does make it more likely that you'll miss events,
updates, and messages, since other people are on it. And yes,
it can be a little inconvenient to not have it at times,
depending on your friend group.
So why is it worth it to delete the social network instead of
begrudgingly continuing to use it? Why Bother Deleting Facebook
Someone observing the digital landscape a couple years from now
could see Facebook continuing its dominance and deduce that it's
fine to play fast and loose with customer data in the name of
growth, to optimize your product around addictiveness, and to
sell information on your users.
Or, in a couple years, they could see the massive consequences
Facebook faced for behaving that way. They could see people
chose to give their attention to products they trust, and left
Facebook in droves.
Which is why quitting Facebook matters: it sends the message
that companies can't, and shouldn't, try to have that much power
over our lives. That if other companies try in the future,
they'll get punished for it.
If someone in our social circle deceives us or lies to us, we
tell our friends. We use gossip to spread information about who
is and isn't trustworthy, partially so there are consequences
for not being trustworthy. If businesses aren't subject to the
same consequences for not being trustworthy, they'll have no
motivation to think before they do something that could break
their users' trust.
If Facebook thinks they can keep focusing on addiction, ad
revenue, and data collection with no consequences, they'll keep
doing it.
Reflecting on how Facebook has become such a dominant force in
our lives the last five to ten years, and the consequences of
that dominance, I think there are a few key lessons from it that
we can apply to other technologies: Don't rely on a product for
a natural human process
Facebook can't replace socialization and face-to-face
communication. Soylent can't replace food. Porn can't replace
sex. Tinder can't replace dating. It's tempting to try to
technologize everything in our lives, but it won't work for
these more old-school processes, and we should stop believing
that four guys in their Harvard dorm room can really make a
better social network than the one we have IRL. Be the
customer, not the product
Opt for services you pay for instead of services that sell your
information. Pay to remove ads whenever possible. When you're
using a product for free, you're still paying for it in some
way, typically through the data and attention you're giving it.
Watch out for the incentives of companies and products you use,
and don't expect that they'll all be benevolent masters of your
information. Most importantly: treat companies like people
If a company can't be trusted, ditch them, and let them feel the
consequences. If a product can get away with mistreating its
users to make money, it will keep doing it until they feel the
consequences.
Facebook has become the abusive partner in many people's lives.
They've carved out such a seemingly important role in your life
that even though you want to leave, you're scared of the
consequences.
But I can't stress enough how little impact quitting has on your
life. I was almost entirely off it for a year before deleting
it, and in that time I've never missed it. Have I missed an
event or two? Probably, but that's a small price to pay.
And as for staying up to date on my friends lives… well I just
do it the old fashioned way. Talking to them. Which is
wonderful since we actually have something to talk about when we
meet in person, instead of sitting on our phones looking at
Facebook to get up to date on all our other friends' lives.
Imagine going back 10 years and being told that if you signed up
for Facebook, they were going to collect a disturbing amount of
information on you, manipulate your emotions, store your
conversations, and try to control how you communicate with
people online. Would you sign up? Would you let your kid sign
up?
I wouldn't, and I don't think you would either.
Here's how to quit when you're ready.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/how-to-delete-your-
facebook-account/ [wraps]
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fgv12n16.zip 180418 17k 0 The FidoGazette V12 N16
Directory: /fidonews/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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FNEWSZ17.ZIP 180422 11k 0 FIDONEWS 23 Apr 2018 V35 N17
Directory: /dailylist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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nodelist.z10 180420 53k 0 Daily nodelist April 20 2018
nodelist.z11 180420 53k 0 Daily nodelist April 21 2018
nodelist.z12 180421 53k 0 Daily nodelist April 22 2018
nodelist.z13 180422 53k 0 Daily nodelist April 23 2018
nodelist.z14 180423 53k 0 Daily nodelist April 24 2018
nodelist.z15 180424 53k 0 Daily nodelist April 25 2018
Directory: /info/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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files.zip 180421 2198k 7 Current AllFILES at <<Prism
nfiles.zip 180420 5k 0 New Files at Prism BBS
Directory: /ipfn/i-argus/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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i-argus.z10 180419 13k 0 Argus TCP/IP nodelist.110
Directory: /nasafdn/nasa/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
AP180418.ZIP 180418 2315k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180419.ZIP 180419 1369k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180420.ZIP 180420 91k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180421.ZIP 180421 1360k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180422.ZIP 180422 2677k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180423.ZIP 180423 2153k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180424.ZIP 180424 7k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
AP180425.ZIP 180425 943k 0 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Directory: /nasafdn/weather/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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DAILYWET.ZIP 180425 740k 0 Daily Weather Forecasts
Directory: /nodediff/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
nodediff.a10 180419 2k 0 Fidonet Nodelist Diff a10
Directory: /nodelist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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nodelist.z10 180419 53k 0 FidoNet nodelist.110
Directory: /oddball/infopack/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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SPORTNET.ZIP 180420 1785k 0 SportNet
AGORANET.ZIP 180423 24k 0 AgoraNet
Directory: /pascal-net/pasndiff/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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PASNDIFF.Z10 180420 1k 0 weekly PascalNt Nodediff
Directory: /pascal-net/paspoint/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
ppoint.z10 180420 8k 0 Pascal-Net Zone 115
PASPOINT.Z10 180420 8k 0 Weekly Pascal-Net PointList
pzpoint.z10 180420 0k 0 Weekly Pascal-Net PointList
Directory: /pascal-net/pasnlist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
PASNLIST.Z10 180420 9k 0 Weekly PascalNt Nodelist
Directory: /pascal-net/pasnet/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
pasndlst.108 180418 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z08 180418 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasnlist.z10 180420 0k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.z11 180421 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.111 180421 31k 0 Daily PasNet Nodelist
pasndlst.112 180422 31k 0 Daily PasNet Nodelist
pasndlst.z12 180422 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
Directory: /r50/xofcfelst/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
N5020FEC.ZIP 180420 1k 0 N5020FEC information
Directory: /r50/xofchubslst/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
ech01042.zip 180424 12k 0 Echos available at 2:5020/1042
ECH00830.ZIP 180424 44k 0 Echos from 2:5020/830
ECH00400.ZIP 180424 63k 0 echoareas from 2:5020/400
Directory: /stn/stn_list/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
stnlist.z10 180420 13k 0 Weekly Sysop TechNet Nodelist
stndiff.z10 180420 1k 0 Weekly Sysop's TechNet Nodediff
Directory: /stn/stn_olist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
stndlist.z08 180418 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stnlist.z10 180420 0k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stnpnt.z10 180420 0k 0 Weekly new STN Pointlist
stndlist.z11 180421 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z12 180422 12k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r6k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
stn6000.110 180419 8k 0 STN Region 6000 Nodelist Seg
stn6000.z10 180419 3k 0 STN Region 6000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r9k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
========= ==== == ==== ================
stn9000.110 180419 5k 0 STN Region 9000 Nodelist Seg
stn9000.z10 180419 2k 0 STN Region 9000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r8k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stn8000.110 180419 1k 0 STN Region 8000 Nodelist Seg
stn8000.z10 180419 1k 0 STN Region 8000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r7k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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stn7000.110 180419 3k 0 STN Region 7000 Nodelist Seg
stn7000.z10 180419 1k 0 STN Region 7000 Nodelist
Directory: /win_fdn/avwinxp/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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USC18113.ZIP 180424 76k 0 US-CERT SB18-113 Vulnerability
STINGER.ZIP 180425 31M 0 32-bit and 64-bit Stinger Util
Total 76 files, 49 MB, 7 downloads, 4 hours.
New file list: http://www.filegate.net/info/nfiles.zip
All file list: http://www.filegate.net/info/files.zip
Files available via freq at 607-200-4076 modem
or freq at filegate.net via binkp standard port.
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F I D O N E T S O F T W A R E L I S T
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2018-04-17
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-96 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.net229.org/dbridge.htm
|I | 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v3.99 SR 24 on 2018-04-16
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:20/4609
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@gmx.us 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.6 on 2017-11-05
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs
|PO | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7 on 2017-03-23
Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A32 on 2017-05-04
NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 2009-10-03
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.16c on 2015-08-15
Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 2011-01-26
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27
FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10
WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.4.6 on 2016-12-01
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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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.
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System.......BlackICE BBS
FidoAddress..2:240/8001
Software.....Mystic
OS...........Win 7 Ultimate 32Bit
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading. Also access to the Newscenter with
News, Weatherupdates, Twitter-access and many more.
Message posting and downloads requires sysop
validation.
Fido write-access only with realname.
Telnet.......blackice.bbsindex.com
Telnet/SSH...blackice.bbsindex.com:22
FTP..........Available for all BBS-Members
NNTP.........Available for all BBS-Members (Fido readonly)
WWW..........www.blackicebbs.de.vu
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System.......Capitol City Online
FidoAddress..1:2320/105
Phone........502-875-8938
Software.....GT Power
OS...........OS/2
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon finishing
new user questionnaire
Telnet.......capcity2.synchro.net
telnet access to GT Power BBS - same as dial-up
www:.........http://capcity2.synchro.net
Notes:.......This site runs Synchronet under linux. Requires
separate user registration. Has same message
areas as dial-up/telnet bbs.
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System.......Castle Rock BBS
FidoAddress..1:317/3
Software.....Mystic BBS
OS...........Linux
Access.......Access granted with use of Auto-Verifier. Users must
supply REAL name in order to access Fido message group.
Telnet.......bbs.castlerockbbs.com
Notes........Almost 2500 message areas, with over 1 million messages
online. Multiple file networks, with many new files coming
in daily. Large assortment of classic software available.
Many door games, both local and InterBBS available. Testing
site for Galactic Dynasty and Legion RPG door games.
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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
Available on port 23 or port 26
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System.......Doc's Place BBS Online
FidoAddress..1:123/140
Software.....Wildcat 5.42
OS...........Windows 7 pro
Access.......Read only until sysop verified.
Telnet/Web:..http://www.docsplace.org/
http: .......bbs.docsplace.org
telnet: .....bbs.docsplace.org:26
ftp: ........bbs.docsplace.org:21
Notes .......Instant access
QWK via web browser**
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System.......Cyberia BBS
FidoAddress..1:106/324
Software.....Mystic v1.10
OS...........Debian Wheezy
C/B Verify...N/A
Access.......Full Access on First Call.
Aliases allowed, Real Name required for Fidonet
Access
Telnet.......cyberia.darktech.org
FTP..........cyberia.darktech.org
Notes........HQ and support for Gryphon's Mystic MPL Mods.
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System.......Laser BBS
FidoAddress..2:250/5
Software.....MBSE v1.0.x
OS...........Debian 8 Jessie
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading
Telnet.......mbse.laserbbs.co.uk:2323
SSH..........no
WWW..........mbse.laserbbs.co.uk
FTP..........no
FREQ.........BinkP or ifcico
Notes........FidoNet, FSXNet, LinuxNet, SportNet, FMLYNet,
VKRADIO
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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.......LiveWire BBS
FidoAddress..1:2320/100
Software.....Winserver 7 (Wildcat)
OS...........Windows 7 Ultimate
C/B Verify...WS Verify / Telnet verification via E-Mail
Access.......Strict verification through WS Verify will give
limited access. Extended access granted after
sysop reveiw of New User Informaiton
Telnet.......livewirebbs.com
SSH..........none
WWW..........livewirebbs.com
FTP..........livewirebbs.com
NNTP.........livewirebbs.com
MS Exchange..livewirebbs.com (testing Echos as folders)
FREQ.........BinkP or telnet mailer
Notes........Filegate distribution point. Offer internet to
other sysops via nntp or fts transport. Have mean
live scrabble game. Play in real time multiplayer
or in tournament mode.
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System.......Omicron Theta
FIDOAddress..1:116/18
Software.....Wildcat! 7.0
OS...........Windows Server 2008 Standard
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Full access first call.
Telnet.......winserver.us
WWW..........winserver.us
Notes........Fido host for WILDCAT!_SUPPORT and JAZZ echomail
areas.
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System.......Orbit BBS
FidoAddress..1:123/400
Software.....Mystic
OS...........Linux/Ubuntu
Access:..... First call LOCAL access only. Request upgrade
for all nets. Real name required for Fido.
Telnet.......orbitbbs.ddns.net:7210
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System.......The Positronium Repository
FidoAddress..1:393/68
Phone........337-984-4794
Software.....POTS: WildCat + Telnet: Synchronet
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon
finishing new user questionnaire
Telnet.......cmech.dynip.com
www:.........http://cmech.dynip.com
Notes........Access to live File Areas only, over 37,000 files
at 13GB in library ;-) Home for BFDS, APOD (BBS
is Filebase.BBS)
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System.......<<Prism BBS
FidoAddress..1:261/38
Phone........607-200-4076
Software.....BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3
OS...........Linux (Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases,
file areas, all features of the BBS.
Telnet.......filegate.net:2030
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, BWmail,Files, chat, group chat,
upload/download messages, download URLs,
ftp access to other sites by request.
www:.........http://www.filegate.net:8080/bbbs
or
http://www.filegate.net/ for files only.
FREQ: filegate.net:24554 (binkD server)
or from 1:261/38 (BBBS server)
Notes .......web interface is limited to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages
in qwk packets, file download access.
Home of IFDC FileGate Project, PDN, Util*Net,
Win_FDN
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System.......Roach Guts BBS
FidoAddress..1:396/60
Software.....Mystic BBS 1.10 A38
OS...........Debian 6.0 32-bit
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......kingcoder.net
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System.......Shenk's Express
FidoAddress..1:275/100
Phone........757-233-9860
Software.....SBBS
OS...........WIN XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access
Telnet.......shenks.synchro.net
Notes........This site is the coordinator for Battlenet, a
large BRE league with 7 BRE games. Also
hosting 2 FE league games.
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System.......Stepping Stone BBS
FidoAddress..1:298/25
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Linux/Ubuntu
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading. HQ of Whisper-Echo-Net and Legion!
Telnet.......vintagebbsing.com:23
FTP..........vintagebbsing.com:21
WWW..........vintagebbsing.com:81
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System.......TequilaMockingbird Online
FidoAddress..1:266/404
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Windows Server 2008
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon
finishing new user questionnaire
Telnet.......tequilamockingbirdonline.net
www:.........bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net
Radio........radio.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:8010/live
IRC..........irc.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Port: 6661-6670
SSL: 6697
NNTP.........news.tequilamockingbirdonline.net (Guest: Read Only)
(Send netmail with username & PW for full access)
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System.......The Thunderbolt BBS
FidoAddress..1:19/33
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Windows 7 Professional
C/B Verify...New User Feedback on where users heard about the
bbs, and what users are looking for, plus enter
a code that will be emailed to the user.
what they're looking for in it.
Access.......Limited Downloads, Message Areas and Doorgames
until after New User Data is reviewed. Once
upgraded, full privileges. Ham Radio Operators
and Visiting Sysops are eligible for additional
access level upgrades, with proof of an amateur
radio license, or of data for their BBS.
Telnet.......wx1der.dyndns.org
WWW..........wx1der.dyndns.org
Notes:.......The BBS is offline whenever thunderstorms threaten,
or are in the central Arkansas area.
Contact The Sysop via the FEEBACK link at the
Matrix Logon. Leave full name and email, if a reply
is desired.
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System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS
FidoAddress..1:340/400
Phone........none
Software.....sbbs 3.17a (very beta)
OS...........win. 7 sp1
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.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
Notes........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.......Top's Diamond Mine
FidoAddress..1:120/323
Software.....ProBoard 2.17
OS...........Windows 7
C/B Verufy...None
Telnet.......bbs.tdmonline.org
www access...www.tdmonline.org/bbs
www:.........www.tdmonline.org
ftp..........ftp.tdmonline.org
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System.......War Ensemble BBS
FidoAddress..1:154/30
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Linux (CentOS 7 and Gentoo)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Full access on your first call. Doors, Messages,
Files, everything. Please don't abuse it!
Telnet.......warensemble.com
SSH..........warensemble.com
Dial-up......920.840.6311
FTP..........Full anonymous download access! No limits!
NNTP.........Full access for all members
Gopher.......Full access for all members (not that anyone
has a gopher client now days)
WWW..........http://www.warensemble.com
message reading/posting available via the web!
About........War Ensemble has been around in one form or another
since 1993. There are loads of door games online,
hundreds of thousands of files, and hundreds of
message areas. The sysop is more than happy to
answer any questions, or add anything you would
like to see! Come check us out!
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More Information about the FidoGazette:
Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor.
If you have an idea for a column or a series of articles, please
contact me :)
Subscriptions: Mailing-List subscriptions via
http://www.filegate.net/sub.html
Or you can always link into your uplink and use Tick or a tick
compatible program.
Where to Send Your Articles
Unlike most editors, I surely do not mind running my mouth when
there is a sparsity of articles for the 'zine. I'd MUCH rather
you sent in material... lacking that, I will fill these issues
with my meanderings and thoughts and hopefully we will grow into
something of consequence here :) Write an article!
If you WOULD like to submit an article, feel free to drop your
article off at:
Email attach to address: janis @ filegate.net
Fidonet attach:
Janis Kracht at 1:261/38
Modem: 607-200-4076
Binkp: 1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555
telnet mailer: filegate.net
If you are using routed Fidonet mail, don't send articles as
routed attaches. They may fail somewhere along the path before
getting here. Send them instead in the body of your routed
netmail to janis@filegate.net
Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have
one or your email address 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)).
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Location of Earlier Issues on the Web:
You can read single past issues here:
http://www.filegate.net/fidogaz/fidogaz.htm This link
includes all issues from Volume 1 Number 1, Sept. 30th 2007,
through the present.
You can download archived earlier issues here:
http://www.filegate.net/fidogazette/
Again, all issues from Volume 1 Number 1 through the present
are here.
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