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Table of Contents
1. FTSC INFORMATION ......................................... 1
2024 FTSC Standing Member Election - Preliminary Result .. 1
2. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 2
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 2
3. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 5
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 5
4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 6
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 13
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 13
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 14
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16
How to Submit an Article ................................. 16
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 18

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From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 00:32:16 2024

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FTSC INFORMATION =================================================================

2024 FTSC Standing Member Election - Preliminary Results
Andrew Leary, 1:1/19@fidonet

The polls have closed for the 2024 FTSC Standing Member Election.

14 ballots were received from 14 RCs in 3 Zones.

The results are as follows:

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| Name | Node nr | Yes| No |
|----------------------|-------------|----|----|
| Rob Swindell | 1:103/705 | 13 | |
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Ballots Received
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RC18
RC34
RC19
RC25
RC33
RC29
RC50
RC40
RC24
RC12
RC54
RC17
RC13
RC10

Candidate Rob Swindell received more Yes than No votes, and therefore
will be accepted as a Standing Member of the FTSC for a 2 year term,
barring any challenges to the results.

Challenges to the results must be filed by 20:00 UTC on 7 April 2024.
No challenges will be considered if received late. If there are no
challenges that affect the results, the new term will be effective on
8 April 2024.

Regards,

Andrew
FTSC Election Coordinator

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From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 00:32:16 2024

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FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING =================================================================

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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List

Updated 2024-04-05

Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis

M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor

*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.

@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.

?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.

O=Software is open source.

This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.

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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS

Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29

BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22

BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-115 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/

D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2023-05-18

FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26

FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15

InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28

Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20

Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |

T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12

AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmermans@mailfence.com
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.7.1 on 2022-11-30 2:292/140

HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

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MAIL TOSSERS

BBS SOFTWARE

TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF

BBS DOORS/UTILITIES

Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE

DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |

Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates

John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com

Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website

Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518

T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE

The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases

Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002

Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11

WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27

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==> POINT SOFTWARE

APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
| | v1.25 on 2001-12-12 (Win32)
| | Needs the binkD Toolkit for Fido-over-IP
| | which is available from the above URL.

CrossPoint |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22 (DOS, Shareware)

FreeXP |PO |http://www.freexp.de
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS)

OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
| |https://openxp.uk/
| | dev@openxp.uk
| | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26
| | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit})

WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/
| | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29
| | v415.0 on 2023-02-17 (Win32)

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SYSOP MAIL EDITORS

INTERNET UTILITIES

INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS

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File Archives:

http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/

Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)

The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.

If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.

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From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 00:32:16 2024

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SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
By EchoTime @ 2:203/0

(Some nets may have lost their last
digit for technical reasons)

pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
nodes mean dev no mean dev no

201/* 1.6m 0.4m 2 0.0h 0.0h 2
221/* 0.9m 0.4m 748 4.0h 4.9h 748
280/* 1.0m 3.0m 962 3.4h 4.4h 960
292/* 2.8m 1.5m 6 2.2h 5.0h 5
320/* 2.4m 1.2m 247 2.1h 3.3h 246

Sigma 1.1m 2.2m 1965 3.4h 4.5h 1961

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Nodelist Stats

Input nodelist nodelist.096
size 160.1kb
date 2024-04-05

The nodelist has 846 nodes in it
and a total of 1251 non-comment entries

including 4 zones
31 regions
156 hosts
62 hubs
admin overhead 253 ( 29.91 %)

and 92 private nodes
39 nodes down
21 nodes on hold
off line overhead 152 ( 17.97 %)

Speed summary:

>9600 = 23 ( 2.72 %)
9600 = 123 ( 14.54 %)
(HST = 2 or 1.63 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 60 or 48.78 %)
(V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V34 = 57 or 46.34 %)
(V42 = 51 or 41.46 %)
(V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.12 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 699 ( 82.62 %)

ISDN = 18 ( 2.13 %)

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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
IBN Binkp 724 ( 85.58 %) ----------------------------------
IFC Raw ifcico 65 ( 7.68 %) ----------------------------------
IFT FTP 47 ( 5.56 %) ----------------------------------
ITN Telnet 116 ( 13.71 %) ----------------------------------
IVM Vmodem 14 ( 1.65 %) ----------------------------------
IP Other 1 ( 0.12 %) ----------------------------------
INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.59 %) ----------------------------------

CrashMail capable = 777 ( 91.84 %)
MailOnly nodes = 240 ( 28.37 %)
Listed-only nodes = 18 ( 2.13 %)

[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
[ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]

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Location:	Anoka, MN
Users:	2
Nodes:	4 (0 / 4)
Uptime:	28:46:39
Calls:	100
Files:	4,661
Messages:	216,883

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