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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 1 (01-Jan-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 WildCat! Sysops - WCEdit Registration Ain't Worth The Troubl 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 4

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 2 (08-Jan-1996)

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1. Articles...................................................... 2 In response to Timothy Trace................................ 2 New Area Codes.............................................. 3 Bad Keys Make Grunged Mail.................................. 3 Shareware or Freeware....................................... 4 2. Fidonews Information.......................................... 5

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 3 (15-Jan-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 2

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 4 (22-Jan-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 ANIMAL_RIGHTS RULES & GENERAL GUIDELINES (Rev. 11-26-95).... 2 BONERYAN.ART................................................ 2 ** The Free Ride is Over! ***............................... 3 I Am A Blind User Of Fidonet................................ 5 FileFind Blues :-(.......................................... 7 Just Want Something New..................................... 7 Phil Zimmermann Cleared!.................................... 8 Getting a life!............................................. 11 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 12

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 5 (29-Jan-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 QFBBS09.ZIP................................................. 2 Internet Killed The Fidonet Star............................ 3 The Modem Problem........................................... 4 ** The Free Ride is Over! ***............................... 5 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 5

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 6 (05-Feb-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Greetings Editor!........................................... 2 Greetings Editor!........................................... 3 FidoNet.... Commentary...................................... 3 Dirt Cheap Software Available............................... 4 CaveNet -- for Cave-Related Conferences..................... 7 Gateways, Fido and Life..................................... 8 Backbone Echo Changes [Nov-Dec]............................. 9 Free Listings in the Telecommunications Directory........... 10 Mr Juda..................................................... 10 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 11

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 7 (12-Feb-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 2

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 8 (19-Feb-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Letter to the editor........................................ 2 FidoNews 1305 & 1306........................................ 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 9 (26-Feb-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Problem User--Please Help!.................................. 2 FIDOTIPS.................................................... 11 Fidonet and Politics........................................ 18 FIDONEWS SUBMISSION......................................... 20 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 22

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.10 (04-Mar-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Fido & Politics............................................. 2 Prime Directive............................................. 4 Subject: Bwahahahahhahahaha!!!!!!!!!........................ 5 Nodelist Size For a Different Reason........................ 5 HTML pages in FidoNet....................................... 6 Free Listings in the Encyclopedia of Associations........... 7 Chicken Little Was Right.................................... 8 alt.bighub.org FidoNet/Inet gateway......................... 9 DEATH KNOLL FOR FIDONET?.................................... 10 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 12

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.11 (11-Mar-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Free Listings in the Encyclopedia of Associations........... 2 Use It or Lose It........................................... 3 Prime Directive............................................. 4 The Death Of Fidonet, Revisited............................. 5 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 7

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.12 (18-Mar-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 2 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Da SNooZe................................................... 2 C I A (1:2623/71)........................................... 3 Technology Freeze........................................... 4 TFSN........................................................ 4 Internet killing Fido? A view from Germany.................. 6 Modernizing FIDONet......................................... 8 InterNews Editor?........................................... 9 The Future of Fidonet as we know it......................... 10 The future of Fidonet....................................... 11 Social Constipation Part XXVII.............................. 13 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 16

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.13 (25-Mar-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Open Up..................................................... 2 Death of Fido?.............................................. 3 Does FIDONET Need a Tune-Up? - Proposed Policy Change....... 4 Fido & Politics............................................. 6 Another damn article! :-).................................. 8 FidoCon revisited?.......................................... 8 Upgrading FIDONet........................................... 9 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 10

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.14 (01-Apr-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 SHAREWRE Echo Moderator Changes............................. 2 FidoNet on the Internet..................................... 3 Monthly Gateway Info posting (UPDATED!)..................... 5 Backbone Echo Changes [Jan-Feb]............................. 7 That Gateway Thingie?....................................... 9 Yet more suggestions to enhance Fido........................ 12 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 12

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.15 (08-Apr-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 MUSICIAN RETURNS!........................................... 2 An ugly DRAGON (Business Services, Inc.).................... 3 A Few Observations On Hobby Group Dynamics.................. 5 THE Fidonet homepage........................................ 8 Hello,...................................................... 9 Routed netmail: a German point of view...................... 9 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 10

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.16 (15-Apr-1996)

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1. Articles...................................................... 2 THE INTERNET IS SEXY By Pete Snidal,........................ 2 The Game Development Echo (GAMEDEV) is now backboned!....... 4 New Cellular Phone Echo..................................... 5 The Shareware Ethic......................................... 5 2. Fidonews Information.......................................... 7

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.17 (22-Apr-1996)

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1. Articles...................................................... 1 The demise of Fidonet....................................... 2 SHARING-the FidoNet World Class, Global Communication Echo.. 3 2. Fidonews Information.......................................... 6

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.18 (29-Apr-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 No Article.................................................. 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 2

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.19 (06-May-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 A_THEIST Echo on Zone 1 Backbone!........................... 2 HOLYSMOKE Echo is available on the Zone 1 Backbone!......... 3 Once again, there are no articles in the inbound............ 3 Fidonet will not die unless we let it!...................... 5 End of FidoNet or zone 1 problems?.......................... 6 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 9

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.20 (13-May-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 MENSANS_ONLY Echo Notice.................................... 2 A FidoNet historical compilation on CD-ROM in the works..... 3 SKEPTIC Echo on the Zone 1 Backbone!........................ 4 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 4

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.21 (20-May-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Does your BBS offer user netmail?........................... 2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....................................... 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.22 (27-May-1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 Space Coast FLorida Mensa Regional Gathering!............... 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.23-27 (3 Jun - 1 Jul 1996)

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 How to get published in FidoNews: ARTSPEC updated........... 2 3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3

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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.28 8 Jul 1996

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1. Editorial..................................................... 1 2. Articles...................................................... 2 FidoNews - the Return of a newsletter....................... 2 SHARING-the FidoNet World Class, Global Communication Echo.. 2 FIDONEWS Echo - Direct link to FidoNews..................... 5 3. Notices....................................................... 7 Open Question of the Week................................... 7 4. Fidonews Information.......................................... 8

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 29 15 July 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Where are we NOW and where are we going? ................. 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 John Souvestre, 1:396/1 .................................. 2 3. CORRECTIONS .............................................. 4 ARTSPEC updated! ......................................... 4 Region 13 Nodelist error correction available ............ 6 4. LAND OF THE LOST NODES ................................... 8 Region 13 Nodes get lost ................................. 8 5. RETRACTIONS .............................................. 9 If this had been an actual Retraction .................... 9 6. ARTICLES ................................................. 10 Backbone Echo Changes [May-Jun] .......................... 10 Still Being Discussed .................................... 11 The InfoMail Document Server ............................. 13 Region 18 Missing Person Search Echo - R18SEARCH ......... 14 Old Standards, New Machines .............................. 16 7. COLUMNS .................................................. 17 Waste of Space in FidoNews? .............................. 17 8. REVIEWS .................................................. 19 Reviewing ftp.fidonet.org ................................ 19 9. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 20 Zone & Region Coordinators Speak here .................... 20 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 194 ...... 20

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 30 22 July 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Who is this upstart anyway? .............................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Dropping like flies? (Part 1 of ?) ....................... 2 Grand Prix Pages on Fidonet .............................. 9 Please welcome the Middle East ........................... 10 3. FIDONET BIOGRAPHIES ...................................... 11 Christopher Baker - more info than you wanted? ........... 11 4. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 15 FidoNet History and Operation - 8 Feb 85 ................. 15 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 23 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 201 ...... 23 ZEC-Election in Zone-2 ................................... 23 6. ECHOING .................................................. 26 Backbone Echo Changes [Mar-Apr] .......................... 26 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 28 This ain't the Psychic Friends version ................... 28 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 30 Fido's got Cats, too? .................................... 30 9. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 31 How do the Backbones outside Zone 1 work? ................ 31 10. NOTICES ................................................. 32 Calendar of Events ....................................... 32 11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 33

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 31 29 July 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 How does FidoNews get around? ............................ 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 DESCENT on the Z1 Backbone - your help is needed ......... 2 Making Fidonet Perform ................................... 2 The Start of Something Good? ............................. 8 Alt.Religions.Scientology - cult spams the network ....... 9 ECROC: Good, Bad, or Ugly ............................... 13 Zone 7 Flame will get international now ? ................ 15 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 17 FidoNet History 20 Aug 85 [Part 2 of 3] ................. 17 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 22 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 208 ...... 22 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 23 FidoNews of the Past with Olympic fever? ................. 23 A different kind of "Dear John [Mary]" letter? ........... 25 6. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 27 Who's got the News? ...................................... 27 7. NOTICES .................................................. 28 Future History ........................................... 28 Notice to UK Contributors ................................ 28 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 30 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 31

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 32 5 August 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 So far, so good? ......................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Creating Network Wide Bulletins [I] ...................... 2 A GNU Fido? .............................................. 6 Is He In A Godda Da Vida? ................................ 8 ANIMANIACS Echo! ......................................... 13 There might be some point in this ........................ 14 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 17 FidoNet History 30 Jul 93 [Part 3 of 3] ................. 17 The VERY FIRST FidoNews ever published! .................. 19 4. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 24 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 26 Fido is a dog, yes? ...................................... 26 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 29 Mapping your FidoNet Node? ............................... 29 7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 30 Sorcery v0.72 Wide Beta RELEASED! ........................ 30 8. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 31 How many of you have regular FidoNet gatherings? ......... 31 9. NOTICES .................................................. 32 Future History ........................................... 32 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 33 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 33

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 33 12 August 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 FidoNews on the Internet and other stuff ................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Creating Network Wide Bulletins [II] ..................... 2 FidoNews Available in HTML Format ........................ 4 FidoNews Internet -Text- Format Archive .................. 4 Addicted to Fidonet, but not the Internet ................ 5 Fido - Advancing the Technology and moving to the Futur .. 8 A view from Russia: Fidonet is alive and not competing ... 10 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 12 FidoNet History - Before Echomail ........................ 12 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 19 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 222 ...... 19 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 20 Answer this and qualify for Sysop? ....................... 20 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 23 Does this mean FidoNet is dead? .......................... 23 7. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 24 Are there other versions of FidoNews out there? .......... 24 8. NOTICES .................................................. 25 Future History ........................................... 25 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 27 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 27 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 34

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 34 19 August 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 A light Issue is not a trend again? ...................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 IC-selection .. a candidate .............................. 2 So what if the Nodelist is shrinking? .................... 4 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 6 Whatever happened to Fido? FidoNet History from 1985 ..... 6 4. REVIEWS .................................................. 8 Six Mail Processors Reviewed [I] ......................... 8 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 12 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 229 ...... 12 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 13 Secrets of Life? ......................................... 13 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 15 Do you know what it's like to be Kabongged? .............. 15 8. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 17 Why don't we have an up-to-date Nodelist? ................ 17 9. NOTICES .................................................. 18 AT&Ters Save big money 24 HOURS a day U.S. to overseas ... 18 Future History ........................................... 18 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 20 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 20 11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 27 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 27

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 35 26 August 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 FidoNews is more accessible than ever, et al ............. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Does Fido have an Echomail problem? ...................... 3 The Internet as an extension of Fido ..................... 4 What's new in FidoNet Panama ............................. 4 Two Choices: UPGRADE or DIE .............................. 6 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 9 FidoNet's first formal Policy document ................... 9 4. REVIEWS .................................................. 23 Six Mail Processors Reviewed [II] ........................ 23 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 26 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 236 ...... 26 6. ECHOING .................................................. 27 Candidates for the REC 17 election ....................... 27 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 29 Ask Dr. Internet? ........................................ 29 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 32 Comic relief for FN_SYSOP? ............................... 32 9. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 33 Old Nodelist sources? .................................... 33 10. NOTICES ................................................. 34 Future History ........................................... 34 11. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 36

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 36 2 September 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Our 600th Issue! Going to ZIP and other things ........... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 It's a sad world we live in .............................. 3 Borlan Turbo C Large/Huge model difftime() bug ........... 4 What is a PUBLIC KEY? .................................... 4 A Public-key primer in answer to the previous ............ 5 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 7 Editorials Past - a reflection ........................... 7 4. REVIEWS .................................................. 22 Six Mail Processors Reviewed [III] ....................... 22 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 25 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 243 ...... 25 6. ECHOING .................................................. 26 Zone 2 Echomail proposal from ZEC2 ....................... 26 7. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 38 Old Nodelists at 2:240/5815 .............................. 38 Old Nodelists at 2:2448/610 .............................. 38 8. PROOFREADERS REPORT ...................................... 40 Somebody finally caught one! ............................. 40 9. NET HUMOR ................................................ 41 They don't mean Fido, do they? ........................... 41 10. COMIX IN ASCII .......................................... 42 Flushed with success? .................................... 42

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 37 9 September 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Don't forget to get ready for changes .................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 comp.org.fidonet - It's Full of Life! .................... 2 In Defense of Bink and Max ............................... 2 Re: EchoPol2, 'ep1eu' .................................... 4 A Californian point of view: Comment to Fredrik Bennis .. 4 The World-Wide-Web Fidonet Resource Updated .............. 5 EchoMail...Now What? ..................................... 6 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 8 Doc Logger Returns! ...................................... 8 4. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 10 Here are some FidoNet primer examples from the old days .. 10 5. REVIEWS .................................................. 17 Six Mail Processors Reviewed [IV] ........................ 17 6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 20 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 250 ...... 20 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 21 Can computers sing? ...................................... 21 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 22 A matter of perspective? ................................. 22 9. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 23 Who has FidoNet primers they use locally for newbies? .... 23 10. NOTICES ................................................. 24

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 38 16 September 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 How long should FidoNews be? and other musing ............ 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Response to Mr. Rice and Mr. Frezberg .................... 2 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 4 The IFNA Primer had some good info ....................... 4 4. REVIEWS .................................................. 23 Six Mail Processors Reviewed [V] ......................... 23 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 26 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 257 ...... 26 6. ECHOING .................................................. 27 Backbone Echo Changes [Jul-Aug] .......................... 27 7. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 29 ZCs rated by Nodelist performance ........................ 29 8. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31 Let it C? ................................................ 31 9. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 33 Cownt on George for ASCII Art ............................ 33 10. QUESTION OF THE WEEK .................................... 35 Pictures in FidoNews? .................................... 35 11. NOTICES ................................................. 36 Future History ........................................... 36 12. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 38 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 38

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 39 23 September 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Changing the Archiver and Moving north ................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Fidonews Back Issues ..................................... 2 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 3 When Coordinators were invented .......................... 3 4. REVIEWS .................................................. 6 Six Mail Processors Reviewed [VI] ........................ 6 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 10 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 264 ...... 10 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 11 Take good care of those diskettes ........................ 11 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 13 More Cows? Where are all the Dogs? ....................... 13 8. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 22 Do you have an ABOUT file available for file-request? .... 22 9. NOTICES .................................................. 23 Future History ........................................... 23 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 24 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 24 11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 31 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 31 12. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 32

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 40 30 September 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 FidoNews moves and changes ............................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 I hate it when that happens: a moving saga ............... 2 Music in Fidonet ......................................... 3 InterMail v2.50 Gamma Released! .......................... 5 3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 7 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 271 ...... 7 4. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 8 Z2 echopol is a joke ..................................... 8 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 10 Gilbert & Sullivan redux? ................................ 10 6. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 21 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 21 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 41 7 October 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Moving still in progress - no news ....................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Echomail nonsense ........................................ 2 Fidonet echomail is discovered by Internet providers ..... 2 Looking for Seimens information .......................... 4 Progress Report on EP2 in Zone 2 ......................... 4 3. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 6 GIF info for Question of the Week ........................ 6 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 Long ago and Far Far away? DEC Wars! ..................... 8 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 18 The death of fidonet. . .? ............................... 18 6. NOTICES .................................................. 19 Future History ........................................... 19 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 20 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 20 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 28 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 28 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 29

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 42 14 October 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 An editorial license ..................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07 ......................... 2 CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit? ............... 3 Response to Woodmore and Kindness ........................ 5 3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 8 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285 ...... 8 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9 Another Computer Virus alert? ............................ 9 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11 Something seasonal? ...................................... 11 6. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 21 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 21 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 43 21 October 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 FidoNet dead ends? ....................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Response to Bob Moravsik ................................. 3 A Short *.MSG Programming Tutorial [I] ................... 4 3. REVIEWS .................................................. 11 Digital Engineering's K-384 ISDN Network Simulator ....... 11 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 292 ...... 16 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 17 Region 13 fun and games .................................. 17 Nodelist problem revisited ............................... 17 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 20 Some New Telephone Options ............................... 20 May the Geeks be with you? ............................... 21 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 24 What price glory? ........................................ 24 8. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 25 Who uses speech synthesizers in FidoNet? ................. 25 9. NOTICES .................................................. 26 Future History ........................................... 26 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 27 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 27 11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 34

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 44 28 October 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Submissions are picking up ............................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 ARTSPEC has been updated! ................................ 2 A Short *.MSG Programming Tutorial [II] .................. 7 Speaking of music echoes ................................. 14 Rules, rules, rules ...................................... 15 3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 18 When TBBS became Echomail capable ........................ 18 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 19 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 299 ...... 19 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 20 Cybersaga song ........................................... 20 FTSC Jokes ............................................... 20 Do Geeks rule the Net? ................................... 23 Are you an Internet addict? .............................. 26 Are you addicted to the Net? ............................. 29 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 31 Hail hail the gangs all here? ............................ 31 Comix from Chattanooga ................................... 31 Come out come out wherever you are? ...................... 33 Just in time for goblins? ................................ 34 7. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 36 Would you send in a headline given the chance? ........... 36

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 45 4 November 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 A long Issue but a good start ............................ 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 A Short *.MSG Programming Tutorial [III] ................. 2 Read Read Read ........................................... 8 The FTSC Charter? ........................................ 11 FTSC Comments ............................................ 13 Trias Politica and FidoNet ............................... 14 Are we talking about the same net? ....................... 16 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 18 Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 18 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 19 FTS/FSC Master List ...................................... 19 FTS-0001 - The Basic FidoNet Standard for Operation ...... 21 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 48 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 306 ...... 48 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 49 Who are Computer people? ................................. 49 7. NOTICES .................................................. 51 Future History ........................................... 51 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 52 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 52 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 59 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 59

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 46 11 November 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Moving right along ....................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Boom, boom Bob! .......................................... 2 Everything in Moderation ................................. 2 What FTS-0004 should be like ............................. 6 The Future of FidoNet...and a correction ................. 14 Speaking of Atari-related echoes ......................... 15 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 18 FTS-0004, The Echomail Specs ............................. 18 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 26 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 313 ...... 26 5. ECHOING .................................................. 27 Backbone Echo Changes [Sep-Oct] .......................... 27 6. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 29 _Policy Complaint_ ....................................... 29 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 35 Hacker Purity Test ....................................... 35 Opus v51.1 ............................................... 50 8. NOTICES .................................................. 52 Future History ........................................... 52 PKZIP has a new version that is REAL! .................... 52 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 56 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 56

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 47 18 November 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Standards and proposals .................................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Destroy the Bastard, says I! ............................. 2 Proposed update to fts-0005 .............................. 2 Action is a meausurement of convictions: ................. 14 Region 13 has no RC ...................................... 15 Credibility? ............................................. 16 Fidonet on Win95 ......................................... 16 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 17 Fidonet In Europe ........................................ 17 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 18 FTS-0005 - The Nodelist Standard ......................... 18 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 29 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 320 ...... 29 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 30 More C humor? ............................................ 30 Deep thoughts? ........................................... 32 7. NOTICES .................................................. 35 Future History ........................................... 35 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 36 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 36 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 37

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 48 25 November 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 A slow week in FidoNews .................................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 An open letter to the developers of fido message reader .. 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FTS-0006, The YooHoo Standard ............................ 4 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 23 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 327 ...... 23 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 24 Know your Unix admin ..................................... 24 Guide to Power Posting ................................... 33 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 37 Happy Thanksgiving America! .............................. 37 7. NOTICES .................................................. 40 Future History ........................................... 40 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 41 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 41 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 48 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 48 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 49

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 49 2 December 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Another LARGE Standard Issue, etc ........................ 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 InfoMail/386 1.20 Released (and other news) .............. 2 FidoNews as an echomail area? ............................ 3 FTSC Spell Checking Corner ............................... 4 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6 FidoNet Standard FTS-0007 - SEAlink extension ............ 6 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 46 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 334 ...... 46 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 47 A message from Sylvia Maxwell? ........................... 47 Message Reader response from Santronics .................. 47 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 49 Christmas Technology? .................................... 49 7. NOTICES .................................................. 53 Future History ........................................... 53 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 54 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 54 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 61 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 61 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 62

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 50 9 December 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Don't you hate it when that happens? ..................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 released! ........................... 2 A call for Windows Programmers! .......................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FidoNet Standard FTS-0008 - Bark extension ............... 4 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 341 ...... 16 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 17 RUSH JOB Calendar ........................................ 17 TechnoVocabulary ......................................... 17 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 22 Happy Hanukkah! .......................................... 22 7. NOTICES .................................................. 24 Animaniacs echo on the Z1 Backbone! ...................... 24 Future History ........................................... 24 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 26 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 26 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 33 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 33 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 34

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 51 16 December 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritatus!"?? ....................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Program To Assist New Nodes Available For Beta Testing ... 2 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 3 FIDONET IN EUROPE ........................................ 3 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FidoNet Standard FTS-0009, MSGID/REPLY identifiers ....... 4 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 6 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 348 ...... 6 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7 The Modern Days of Christmas? ............................ 7 The Ghost of Christmas Future? ........................... 9 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 13 Something Seasonal in ASCII .............................. 13 8. NOTICES .................................................. 15 Future History ........................................... 15 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 16 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 16 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 23 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 23 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 24

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 52 23 December 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Happy Holidays to All! ................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Privacy for Routed NetMail ............................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FidoNet Technical Proposals - FSC-0003 - Route Files ..... 4 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 355 ...... 16 5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 17 Where is FidoNet going? .................................. 17 Goodbye Carl Sagan ....................................... 18 Merry Christmas fellow Sysops [hic]? ..................... 20 6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 22 Who put the X in Xmas? ................................... 22 7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 25 The 12 Days of Christmas in ASCII ........................ 25 This Christmas tree sez it all? .......................... 28 A master collection of Christmas ASCII? .................. 29 8. NOTICES .................................................. 37 Future History ........................................... 37 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 38 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 38 10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 45 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 45

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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 53 30 December 1996

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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 End of the Volume 13 year ................................ 1 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 2 FIDONET IN EUROPE ........................................ 2 3. FIDONET BIOGRAPHIES ...................................... 3 Joe Klemmer, 1:109/370, a .BIO finally! .................. 3 4. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 5 FSC-0004 - Zones & ZoneGates explained ................... 5 FSC-0005 - Opus passwording explained .................... 6 FSC-0007 - Message Format Specification .................. 10 5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 17 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 362 ...... 17 6. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 18 FCC information .......................................... 18 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 22 End of the year laugh? ................................... 22 8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 24 Keep watching the skies! ................................. 24 9. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 27 Announcing the CRICKET_ECHO .............................. 27 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 27 10. NOTICES ................................................. 28 Future History ........................................... 28 11. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 29

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