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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 1 (4 January 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: Oops ............................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 3 3rd Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy -- CFP'93 .... 3 Zone 1 ZEC Election Rules ..................................... 15 Rich Wood for ZC - The Sequel ................................. 16 The Events in the ZEC Echo .................................... 19 A Perfect Fidonet ............................................. 21 Horse Back Computing or (Home on the Range) ................... 22 All this political crap in Fidonet ............................ 23 FidoNet Lite? ................................................. 24 The Swedenborgian Ideas Echo (correction) ..................... 26 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 2 (11 January 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: Cut down these trees; where's that blasted forest .. 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 3 Nodelist comments from NODELIST.008 ........................... 3 Playing the Phool ............................................. 3 The great Z1C election debate ................................. 5 Points should vote, too! ...................................... 6 Users Voting for NC's? ........................................ 7 Absurdity? In FidoNews? ....................................... 8 More Democracy In FidoNet ..................................... 8 Caller-Id Product - Special Sysop Offer ....................... 9 ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ............................................. 12 A Plea for a Common Sense Solution ............................ 15 Regarding Those Flames ........................................ 15 I vote for Rich Wood, well, I would if I could! ............... 18 Big Mouth gets his butt kicked ................................ 20 ZEC Dispute Shows Flaws in Echo System ........................ 21 Why Not Just RCs Are Eligible for the Z1C Position ............ 22 AMATEUR_RADIO conference available ............................ 24 An Invitation to Visit The In_Country Echo .................... 24 Mail Manager +Plus+ v3.0 for RBBS-PC released! ................ 25 Midwest Genealogy Echo ........................................ 26 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 3 (18 January 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Retry, Ignore, Abort, Fail, Quit, Give-up? .................... 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 6 This week's nodelist .......................................... 6 Policy 4.1 now available for file request ..................... 6 Replacement needed for George Peace, Z1C ...................... 11 Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Be Phoolish .............. 11 The HYDRA Bidirectional File Transfer Protocol ................ 13 Lionnet ....................................................... 14 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 16

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 4 (25 January 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: none of the above .................................. 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2 BBS in India .................................................. 2 Sample bulletin explaining Netmail & Fidonet/Internet ......... 4 The Third Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy ........ 9 Announcing CONNECT -- a new telecommunications magazine ....... 11 Z1C applicants ................................................ 12 The truth about ZEC ........................................... 12 Response to "FidoNet, Elections, and Agreements" .............. 18 Z1C Wanted: Sysops can apply, but they can't vote ............. 21 The Policy 4.1 debate ......................................... 22 The AIRGUN Echo Is Backboned! ................................. 23 Doing it full-duplex .......................................... 25 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 5 (1 February 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: Something always change ............................ 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 5 Statistics for: NODELIST.029 .................................. 5 Policy 4.1c Considered ........................................ 6 The Phool Eats His Words ...................................... 8 Let the voter beware .......................................... 9 Z1C applicants/supplicants/victims/dictators-in-waiting ....... 11 ZEC - What REALLY REALLY happened ............................. 11 "It's only a hobby!" .......................................... 12 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Echomail conference now on .. 15 Jobs*Online! Database for Health Professionals ................ 15 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 17

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 6 (8 February 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: FORMAT C: .......................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 3 Brief update on Suchit Nanda's article ........................ 3 Nodelist.036's Error Impacts on Golded Users .................. 3 Policy 4.1 - It won't hurt you ................................ 5 FSC-XXXX Encrypted message Kludge Proposal .................... 6 Z1C candidates -- ............................................. 8 -- oops -- too late! .......................................... 8 A Wake Up Call! ............................................... 9 Australian Gay Pride Mardi Gras Broadcast ..................... 9 COMPUSALE ECHO BACKBONED ...................................... 11 MageNet, Introducing a pagan network .......................... 11 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 13

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 7 (15 February 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 And the winner is ............................................. 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 4 Fidonet: Choice of a New Generation(?) ........................ 4 Review of the Zyxel U-1496E modem ............................. 5 Time to Bring Policy 4 into the 1990's ........................ 18 More Insantiy In Fidonet! ..................................... 19 A_THEIST Echo now on Backbone! ................................ 21 The GlobalNet Network (92) .................................... 22 The INTERNET echo is now available! ........................... 23 Online Magazine Standard Proposal ............................. 24 MENSANS_ONLY Echo Notice ...................................... 25 NEW ECHO FOR ANTIQUE RADIO COLLECTORS ......................... 27 SKEPTIC Echo now on the Zone 1 Backbone! ...................... 27 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 29

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 8 (22 February 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: Almost time to be going ............................ 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 3 Z1C election results .......................................... 3 A complete nodelist from 1985 ................................. 3 A Response To "The Youth of FidoNet" .......................... 9 Caller ID: Should it be outlawed? ............................ 9 Points in FidoNet ............................................. 11 Japanese Language Echo ........................................ 12 The Lighter Side of BBSing .................................... 12 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 15

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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 10 No. 9 (1 March 1993)

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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: Bye bye! (boo hoo!) ................................ 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 3 Steve Jackson Games case -- recent news ....................... 11 Caller ID ..................................................... 15 The Youth of FidoNet, Part II ................................. 17 I get the point! .............................................. 18 H-Net (Handle-Net) Opening March 6,1993! ...................... 19 Head-to-Head Air Combat Simulators Echo ....................... 21 This New Echo, KLINGON - What Is It? .......................... 22 TWO NEW BLINDNESS-RELATED ECHOS NOW AVAILABLE ................. 23 3. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 25

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.10 (07-Mar-1992)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Vervans Gaming Network...................................... 2 Performance Test: Zyxel 1496E vs. USR Courier............... 4 RE: The Caller-ID Question.................................. 8 Interfacing FidoNet with the Internet....................... 9 Another reply to "The Youth of FidoNet"..................... 11 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 12

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.11 (14-Mar-1992)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Re: Young Fido Sysops....................................... 3 Comment from Tom Chapman.................................... 3 Yet Another Message on Caller ID............................ 4 My Reply to "The Youth of FidoNet".......................... 5 Reaching Out for Long Distance Savings...................... 6 More on caller id........................................... 10 Netmail to The White House.................................. 13 FILE_ECHO MESSAGE ECHO...................................... 14 ENCRYPTED MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION FOR FIDONET................ 14 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 16

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.12 (22-Mar-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 === downLoad! === neurozine................................. 3 Policy 5 - Nice Try; but No Democracy Here.................. 4 NEW FidoNet Policy 5 DRAFT report!.......................... 8 Another view of Caller ID and BBS access.................... 39 Yet another Fidonet packet format proposal.................. 43 Caller ID and "The Right to Privacy"........................ 51 Original to: Zone 1 Sysops at 1:141/730.(Election results).. 52 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 53

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.13 (29-Mar-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Memory Still Warm........................................... 3 Interested in CB Radio? Why not hook into the echo!......... 4 Magazine reviews: MONDO 2000, bOING bOING, WIRED............ 5 White House press releases direct to FidoNet!............... 8 Genetic Algorithm echo being started........................ 9 The Comics For Sale conference.............................. 9 Caller id again............................................. 10 Caller Id....Curse or Help?................................. 11 $50 or $100 reward offered.................................. 11 Nodelist Troubles........................................... 12 CorelDRAW! ECHO............................................. 13 An open letter to the people who waste bandwidth............ 14 More on the point nodelist.................................. 14 Rebuttal to an Anonymous Critic............................. 15 The TRULY democratic policy proposal revealed............... 18 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 46

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.14 (05-Apr-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2.0ReallyWideAlphaForAnyOne........... 2 Why Policy 4.1C deserves our serious attention.............. 4 Commodore Geos Echo Available............................... 6 Responce to Stanton McCandlish.............................. 6 OS2 echos................................................... 9 Policy Proposals: The Cart Before the Horse?................ 10 Rebuttal to an Anonymous Critic............................. 14 FidoNet Policy Document Version 5........................... 17 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 48

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.15 (12-Apr-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2.1BetaTestDoNotDistribute............ 2 The SIP_SURVIVOR Echo....................................... 3 LuxCon/EuroCon '93 announcement............................. 4 Ethical approaches to Postmastering"........................ 8 Alert!...................................................... 19 Caller ID Still Isn't Reliable.............................. 19 New VW echo starting!!!..................................... 21 School Music Echo........................................... 22 FREQ PRIME.ZIP from 1:18/98, 1:18/99, or 6:700/26 for networ 22 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 23

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.16 (19-Apr-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2.2.0.7.0.999a.6...................... 2 New Echo!................................................... 3 The SAHARA echo is available!............................... 3 RBBS-PC Development Heats Up................................ 4 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 5

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.17 (26-Apr-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2.3- [Unregistered.].................. 3 Response to LuxCon '93 Article in FNEWSA15.................. 4 Tabulation of FidoNet Nodes by Country...................... 7 SPEED READ v1.30 RELEASED *................................. 8 Re: policy (as always)...................................... 10 New Echo: MINI-PAINT........................................ 11 Fido to internet............................................ 11 NET 106 COMPASSION SHINES................................... 13 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 14

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.18 (03-May-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Lighten Up! "Abort, Retry, Ignore" poem.................... 3 Catholic Information Network Announcement................... 4 Dear madam,................................................. 5 MARANATHA! NET INTERNATIONAL................................ 6 Online Access to Legislation / MORE PUSH NEEDED............. 7 SUNDAY MORNING TELEVISION................................... 12 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 14

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.19 (10-May-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 OBTasteless joke............................................ 2 Deleted and ignored and annoyed............................. 3 Whirlybirds echo............................................ 6 Area ESPERANTO.............................................. 7 Trade Wars Echo Net Available!.............................. 8 Visual Player 2.0 : Good Vibrations......................... 9 Texas Employment Commission................................. 9 I like Eurocon, by Pablito.................................. 10 SUNDAY MORNING TELEVISION REVISITED......................... 12 VENDINFO Concept Paper...................................... 17 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 18

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.20 (17-May-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2 1/2................................. 2 Thoughts from the Fido Express.............................. 3 Bananas in wonderland....................................... 6 LasVegas Net................................................ 7 VoteFix v0.04b.............................................. 10 Deleted and ignored and annoyed............................. 10 NUDE_NET is now available!.................................. 12 Dark Fibre, Dumb Network.................................... 13 LuxCon/EuroCon '93 - UPDATE................................. 22 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 28

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.21 (24-May-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Subject: The lies of Derek Balling.......................... 3 Requesting a Fidonet Number?................................ 4 Sensible BBS names in the Nodelist.......................... 6 Cost Sharing Ripoffs & Other Assorted Tidbits............... 6 Texas Employment Commission (update)........................ 8 What Is StormNet?........................................... 9 Dark Fibre, Dumb Network.................................... 11 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 20

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.22 (31-May-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2.666................................. 2 "The Free BBS".............................................. 4 FIDONEWS? WHAT'S IT?........................................ 5 Solving the Modem Init Problem.............................. 5 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 7

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.23 (07-Jun-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Not *THIS* BBS!............................................. 2 A Programmer's Nightlife.................................... 4 Connecting 9600 and beyond.................................. 5 New Echo: The Complaint Department.......................... 12 Time to do away with Zone Mail Hour......................... 13 New Echo: Bartering: North and Central New Jersey........... 14 A Star Trek computer network................................ 14 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 15

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.24 (14-Jun-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Cynic's Sandbox, v2.777................................. 2 WAY TO GO, JOAO !!!......................................... 3 No Privacy Or Safety For Sysops............................. 4 Start Writing!.............................................. 7 Announcing yet two more echos............................... 8 Dear Editors,............................................... 9 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 9

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.25 (21-Jun-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 "Former-Yugoslavian Relief Effort".......................... 2 HAM Packet<==>Internet Gateway.............................. 3 CD_BST *.................................................... 4 An Open Letter to Joe Sysop................................. 4 Perot Echo Grows, New Conferences Added..................... 5 The H-Net RAP!.............................................. 6 The Global Community........................................ 7 note from Tom Jennings...................................... 8 Law and Order Echo.......................................... 8 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 9

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.26 (28-Jun-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Subject: BBS Rape........................................... 3 Communication? Co-Operation? -- Not in R24!................. 4 Oy Vey... que pasa en FidoNet!? Problemas!.................. 8 A Chain is as Strong as...etc............................... 10 European region 24 frauded by demented coords?.............. 11 Nothing in Particular....................................... 13 Online Conferences for Medical Laboratory Professionals..... 13 The Joys of Moderating, Or Beating Around the Bush.......... 14 Letter to the editor........................................ 22 Subject: An Open Letter..................................... 22 Zone Mail Hour - Still a good idea!......................... 23 Subject: Region 24.......................................... 24 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.27 (05-Jul-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Georgia State Wide Echo..................................... 2 An Open Letter to Joe Sysop / David Stark................... 3 NC's repeal United Nations Charter.......................... 4 Teen Net.................................................... 4 Region 24, continued........................................ 5 Farewell to FIDO?........................................... 5 An open letter to David Stark............................... 7 Comments about Jeff Murphy at 1:105/222.3 and VANPORT....... 8 "Madness in FidoLand... Part I?"........................... 9 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 10

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.28 (12-Jul-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Hello Again!................................................ 3 Regarding the FidoNet nodelist preamble..................... 3 The R24 Blues............................................... 4 MAD DOG RC!................................................. 8 Policy and Privacy.......................................... 10 Confidential User Records................................... 12 A LISTING OF MACINTOSH ECHOMAIL CONFERENCES................. 13 Teen Net Should Grow Up..................................... 16 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 16

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.29 (19-Jul-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 AEGIS....................................................... 3 "Madness in FidoLand... Part I?"............................ 3 region25 ZC2 does it again.................................. 4 ARJ vs ZIP, The Faceoff..................................... 5 Fido ENFORCES ShareWARE Registrations!!!.................... 7 R24 Update & Some More Thoughts............................. 8 ZC Is Out of Order.......................................... 9 To: Billy Cash (1:226/70.0)................................ 11 Change nodelist achiver..................................... 11 Policy4's 4th birthday!..................................... 13 Free Expression in FidoNet (Open letter to Tom Jennings).... 15 New and Eclectic Environmental and Science Echoes........... 16 Why do we want geonets??.................................... 18 MegaLoMania................................................. 20 UK FidoNet Policy (UKPOL) Document Draft 003................ 23 New Echos Announcement...................................... 28 What's actually happening in Region 18?..................... 29

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.30 (26-Jul-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Further FidoNet madness in Zone 2........................... 2 RE: Fido ENFORCES ShareWARE Registrations!!!................ 5 A Response to a response to "Madness in FidoLand... Part I?" 6 Thoughts on Compression Routines............................ 7 What *IS* happening in Region 18, Chris?.................... 10 What's Wrong with Fidonet:.................................. 11 Join us in SYSOP............................................ 14 Seen it all?................................................ 14 The Use of FidoNet Excommunication as a Bill Collection Devi 15 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 18

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.31 (02-Aug-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Subject: volume 10 issue 19................................. 2 UK Geonetting............................................... 4 Moderator Guides Recommended................................ 5 How NOT to incorporate a Fidonet Network.................... 6 Observations on Moderator Behavior.......................... 9 Strike One! Whaddya mean I'm OUT?.......................... 10 Nodelist Updater 2.00 released!............................. 11 ARJ vs ZIP, the Real Story?................................. 13 Is FidoNet Really This Bad?................................. 14 Seen It all?................................................ 15 The Geographical Joke....................................... 15 Correction Of Previous Article.............................. 17 The Region 25 IGate......................................... 19 Regionalization - why we need it............................ 19 Why the Confusion in Region 18 and Elsewhere?............... 20 Free Spirit Network......................................... 24 The definative archiver test, Part 1........................ 26 MARANATHA! NET INTERNATIONAL................................ 28 SEE, I TOLD YOU SO!......................................... 29 Re: ARJ vs ZIP, The Faceoff................................. 33 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 35

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.32 (09-Aug-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 How to use the Internet Through FidoNet..................... 2 Professional Volunteers..................................... 3 PRIME and HOLY_BIBLE, The Wholly Bible Echo................. 4 Announcing the Horror Fiction Echo.......................... 6 A Better Moderator Bureau?.................................. 6 Just a user................................................. 7 Holy Policy................................................. 9 Announcing IndraNet......................................... 10 Original Subj : XAB Complaint threatened.................... 11 ARJ vs ZIP, the Real Story?................................. 11 FIDONET CARES............................................... 12 AND ON A SLIGHTLY MYSTICAL NOTE............................. 13 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 13

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.33 (16-Aug-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Wholly Bible Echo........................................... 2 Collecting "FREQ" lists..................................... 4 ARJ vs ZIP -- are we missing the point?..................... 4 ARJ vs ZIP, The Faceoff, PART II........................... 5 Compression Doubletake...................................... 7 TIMES HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH.................................. 8 Public-Safety Bulletin Board Systems: Filling a need........ 10 An Update from Joe Sysop.................................... 11 A Response to David Stark................................... 13 Subject: WAKE UP FIDO....................................... 15 STATUS REPORT ON THE VENDINFO PROJECT....................... 15 Subject: Moderators(?)...................................... 17 Subject: Lap Times (tm)..................................... 18 Subject: Standards.......................................... 19 FREE ONLINE ACCESS TO STATE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION......... 20 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 22

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.34 (23-Aug-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 H-Net adds H-Land........................................... 2 GUUCP Addresses............................................. 4 Zone 1/Region 18: Coordinated or Controlled................. 4 Fidonet/BBS meeting in Estonia.............................. 9 Non-BackBone (NoBone) Echomail Distribution Proposal........ 11 RegionCon '93 in Region 17.................................. 12 THE VENDINFO COMMERCIAL PLAN................................ 13 Introducing RockNet!........................................ 19 The ANSi Phallicy........................................... 19 Compression again........................................... 20 Take it to Iran, boys....................................... 22 TIMES HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH.................................. 23 The rest of the story (re "WHOLLY_BIBLE")................... 25 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.35 (30-Aug-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Zone 1 Echopol - Introduction to the new draft.............. 2 Zone 1 Backbone Echomail Policy - proposed Draft............ 3 The Church of Elvis......................................... 19 The Simulation & Gaming Echo, filling a gap................. 24 Standards? We don't need no steekin' Standard!............. 25 SEX -- HOW TO GET IT ON THE NET!............................ 26 "ZIP as FidoNet Standard Archiver".......................... 28 "Tired of People Misusing Policy? Use It Yourself!"........ 30 HST and ZYX Nodelist Flags.................................. 32 *** The RC 24 @FidoClassic is elected ***................... 32 This is Matt Giwer speaking................................. 49 CONTROLLING ECHO ACTIVITY................................... 51 ARJ, ZIP, et al stupidity................................... 53 NEWSLETTERS AND THE FIDONET................................. 53 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 54

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.36 (06-Sep-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Change Nodelist Archiver Rebuttal........................... 2 Announcing a new echomail conference........................ 4 Title: The Quest To Punish!................................ 6 "Oops."..................................................... 10 "New Backbone Policy Needs Work"............................ 11 "More on ZIP as the new standard - ZIP for Atari"........... 12 JUDGES IN THE FIDONET....................................... 13 Letter...................................................... 14 WILD WILLY AND THE FIDOZENS................................. 14 Open letter to ZCs and the IC............................... 18 Whatza EDoorSys Do?......................................... 20 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 21

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.37 (13-Sep-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Out of bounds............................................... 3 National Online Media Association........................... 5 CONTROLLING ECHO ACTIVITY, cont'd........................... 7 Updating Nodelist Flags..................................... 8 A short revisit to the archiver question.................... 8 Re: WORD OF WARNING!!!!!!!!!................................ 10 IMUS in the Morning ECHO.................................... 11 1:170 XAB. My views........................................ 12 RAH Celebrates Its "Paper" Anniversary...................... 12 The Hypothetical Hypocritical Hypochondriac ZC.............. 15 Mail from Tom Jennings...................................... 16 "ZIP: Correction; BIGBRO: Addition; INDRANET: Bigger"....... 17 Some Responses to Last Issue................................ 18 "TITLE of Article, POLICY 4"............................... 19 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 20

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.38 (20-Sep-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Clarification of Maximus Y)ell Problem...................... 2 The Hypothetical Hypocritical Hypochondriac SysOp........... 5 Shawn McMahon............................................... 6 MAIL FROM TOM JENNINGS...................................... 7 Splitting Area Codes........................................ 8 Info-ZIP utility - a .ZIP alternative....................... 12 EPubNet - Electronic Publishing Pioneers.................... 14 "The Fight for Privacy: The Govt. Raises the Stakes"........ 15 "ZIP Archivers Update"...................................... 20 The Joy of FidoNet!......................................... 20 Replies to FidoNews 10-36................................... 20 (The Innocents)............................................. 22 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 22

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.39 (27-Sep-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Content Cops: Opening the Door to Censorship................ 3 The Importance of Echomail Security......................... 5 *** Comment: Elections in GCC Region 24 ***................. 8 ** statistic in region 24 **................................ 11 Electronic Magazines -- An Overview......................... 12 Background Performance with MsgTrack/Enhanced............... 14 Apologies to Bruce Bodger and JB Graham..................... 16 Thoughts on Advertising for Echos........................... 17 Report from Vecta 9......................................... 17 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 18

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.40 (03-Oct-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 IT'S A FUNNY OLD WORLD...................................... 2 The issue of Privacy, thoughts of a US Citizen.............. 3 OUR HUMBLE ROOTS............................................ 5 Rebuttal to "Content Cops" in FNEWS 39...................... 6 A Reply to "Content Cops: Opening the door to censorship"... 10 Windows (and DV) background tossing......................... 11 FIDOnet encryption (or lack thereof)........................ 13 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 16

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.41 (10-Oct-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Censorship in Fido (zzzzzzz)................................ 2 Electronic Magazines - Even More Information!............... 5 Privacy in FidoNet? [Yes, SecureMail!]...................... 6 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 8

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.42 (17-Oct-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Electronic Gay Community Magazine....................... 2 FNEWS editorial............................................. 4 RUSH_FAN.................................................... 6 Applications of Public Key Cryptography..................... 6 A Proposal for Echo Pol to Include Clear-Signed Messages.... 11 Child Porn and Cryptography News............................ 13 New AREA CODES for the UK................................... 16 V25bis MODEMS............................................... 20 YAAC (Yet Another Article About Censorship)................. 21 FNews No.41................................................. 22 Re: Article in FidoNews 1040.NWS............................ 23 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.43 (24-Oct-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Area Codes are a Changin'!.................................. 2 The PRIME HOME_SCHOOLING Echo,.............................. 3 Separation of Church & State Echo Now Available............. 4 "Save Us From Ourselves Mr. Echomail Coordinator"........... 5 FlameNet - A must for all FidoNet SysOps!................... 7 Subj : Why I'm here......................................... 8 A call for votes............................................ 9 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 10

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.44 (31-Oct-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Intolerance and FIDOnet..................................... 2 For the Record.............................................. 3 Servants or tyrants?........................................ 5 The Spirit of Fidonet is crying............................. 7 Portrait of an RC........................................... 7 AURORA...................................................... 10 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 11

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.45 (07-Nov-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 Sysop Liability for Enroute (and/or Encrypted) Mail......... 3 Online Home Educator's Support Network...................... 8 TVNet is public/ALLFIX_REQ echo............................. 9 Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory.......... 12 Hi!......................................................... 12 Reply to "The Spirit of Fidonet is Crying, Part 1".......... 13 The I95 (Interstate 95) and WHIRLYBIRDS Echoes.............. 14 Free Listings in the Encyclopedia of Associations........... 15 Glad to be of service....................................... 16 Just Say Yes to ",UUCP,".................................... 17 The Growth of Modern Trends in Organisational Control....... 17 A [for once brief] Response................................. 19 Articles of Faith........................................... 22 Reorganisation of UK Fido................................... 23 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 25

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.46 (14-Nov-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 BEWARE!..................................................... 2 CXL International Echo to Change name to TCXL............... 3 Hayes 28,800bps Modems - $288 SysOp Price!.................. 4 An Open Letter to Steve Winter.............................. 6 Minors and the sort......................................... 8 I Second That Motion........................................ 10 Chasing Technology: FidoNet 9600, Modems 21600.............. 10 A Reflection Upon "Hi!" by Andrzej Bacinski (2:480/33.17)... 12 FidoNet for Sale?........................................... 12 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 14

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.47 (21-Nov-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 About Liberty, Democracy and those little smart things...... 2 Dead person needs to be identified!......................... 5 Region25 Cabal.............................................. 5 REORGANISATION - WHO IS FOOLING WHO......................... 6 My reply to David Cupp's article............................ 10 New Network in Town......................................... 11 TAPE Echomail conference now online......................... 13 MooseChat: Canada's Noblest Chat Echo!...................... 13 ADVERTISEMENT............................................... 14 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 15

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.48 (28-Nov-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 3 JOIN THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER!............................... 3 LDS SYSOPs Net (LDSS-Net)................................... 5 Return of the Phool......................................... 7 CYBERSPACE REGISTRY OF FIRST CAUSE KNOWLEDGE................ 7 Fido Tablature Echo -- New Echo Launch...................... 8 New Policy Proposal Announced!.............................. 8 Yet another Zone 25 article................................. 12 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 14

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.49 (05-Dec-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 An open response to "Joe"................................... 2 They had a Choice and Took It............................... 4 Question regarding Chachi-Piruli Policy Proposal............ 5 Dear Joe: An Open Reply..................................... 7 New Scam from an Old Idea................................... 8 Reply to an editorial in FNEWSA46........................... 11 Conflicts with echo moderators.............................. 12 Yet another article......................................... 13 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 13

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.50 (12-Dec-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Reply to "Conflicts With Moderators"........................ 3 Dear Editor:................................................ 4 Region 25 - Who is pulling RC25's strings?.................. 5 Spanish Translation......................................... 8 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 9

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.51 (19-Dec-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 No UUCP in Sysop Name Field, Please......................... 2 Usenet Newsgroups for Fidonet Systems....................... 3 Censorship? Just say NO!................................... 4 My Viewpoint on the Editor's duties......................... 6 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 6

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.10 No.52 (26-Dec-1993)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 The Bible is clear regarding the sin of homosexuality....... 3 An open response to Brendan Keyport......................... 3 To Censor or not to Censor, that is the reply............... 5 A Nasty case of selective amnesia !......................... 6 Merry Christmas, Editors!................................... 13 On-line porn article in Sydney Morning Herald............... 13 Responding to the arcticle by Bryan Price................... 14 New AREA CODES for the UK................................... 15 Original to Jeff Cochran of 1:371/26@fidonet.org............ 19 Greetings, Editor........................................... 19 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 20

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