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Table of Contents
1. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 1
The numbers .............................................. 1
A new RC45 ............................................... 2
2. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 3
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 3
3. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 6
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 6
4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 7
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 14
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 14
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19

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The numbers
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

Maybe time for some realism. The nodelist may be what it is but
numbers don’t lie.

There were days when Fidonet eclipsed around 36.000 nodes in the
mid-1990-ies but that is like 25 years ago.

These are today’s numbers, 915 individual sysop-names. There may
be some variation depending on how one looks at the nodelist but
all administrative overhead, Down, Hold and vanity-numbers were
removed and then that is the meager result.

ZONE-1 302 33,01%
ZONE-2 571 62,40%
ZONE-3 24 2,26%
ZONE-4 18 1,97%

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A new RC45
By Ward Dossche @ 2:292/854


An election was held in R45 (Belarus) to find a new RC.

The election was run by Avshalom Donskoi of 2:400/2992, the
RC40 (Israel).

The new RC45 is Alexey Korotkov of 2:455/19.

Congratulations Alexey, you have a job to do as some will be
quick to point out to you.

And thank you Avshalom for running this.

\%/@rd Dossche
ZC2

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LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

List of IPv6 nodes
By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

Updated 29 Apr 2019


Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f PO4
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
8 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
9 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky Native PCextreme
10 1:154/10 Nicholas Bo‰l Native Spectrum f
11 2:203/0 Bj”rn Felten T-6in4 he.net
12 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
13 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet f IO
14 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
15 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
16 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 Westlan
17 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native IMPNET
18 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
19 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
20 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
21 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
22 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
23 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
24 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native Aruba S.p.a f
25 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
26 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
27 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
28 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
29 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov Native RUCITYCONNECT f 6DWN
30 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
31 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
32 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
33 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
34 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6to4 AT&T f 6DWN
35 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
36 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
37 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH 6DWN
38 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner 6DWN
39 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
40 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
41 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
42 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
43 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
44 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6 6DWN
45 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 Novator 6DWN
46 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Choopa
47 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Comm Down
48 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
49 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
50 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
51 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
52 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net 6DWN
53 2:400/2992 Avshalom Donskoi Native OVH f PM*1
54 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
55 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov T-6in4 he.net f
56 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
57 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
58 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native VPSVILLE f
59 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
60 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
61 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
62 1 135/367 Antonio Rivera Native RRSW-V6
63 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
64 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
65 1:340/201 Michael Pierce Native ComCast 6DWN
66 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net
67 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
68 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
69 1:153/757 Alan Ianson Native TELUS
70 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko T-6in4 he.net f
71 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native Starlink
72 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
73 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Belgacom OO
74 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny Native ARUBA-NET f
75 2:5053/400 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
76 1:14/5 Jeff Smith Native Qwest

T-6in4 Static 6in4
T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
T-6to4 6to4
T-6RD 6RD

Remarks:

f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address
IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
but is configured to try IPv4 first)
6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
*1 IPv6 address: 2001:41d0:303:69c6:f1d0:2:400:2992


Notes:

To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
and up). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
(2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.

Submitted on day 132

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



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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List

Updated 2019-05-09

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-99 (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 | | v3.99 SR 42 on 2019-04-20

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

FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:20/4609
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15

InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28

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

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

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

AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@mail.ch 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19

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

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

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MAIL TOSSERS

Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html

FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author

Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |

FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21

InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28

JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01

Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net


WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23

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BBS SOFTWARE

BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28

EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09

Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT

Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16

GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00

Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3

Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/

MBSE BBS |BMTFI|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs
|PO | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7.12 on 2019-03-15

Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26

Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A43 on 2019-02-01

NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01

RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW

Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 2009-10-03

Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01

Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.17b on 2019-01-01

Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19

WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23

WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14

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TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF

Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 2011-01-26

NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05

TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544

VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544

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BBS DOORS/UTILITIES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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POINT SOFTWARE

CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22

FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27

FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12

OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10

WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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SYSOP MAIL EDITORS

GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often

SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English

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INTERNET UTILITIES

Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org

Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21

JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544

Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua

MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.4.6 on 2016-12-01

RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29

TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13

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INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS

Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.

Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.

The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.

BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.

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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

154/* 5.1m 4.6m 247 1.0h 2.7h 246
201/* 1.1m 0.5m 6 16.0h 8.2h 6
221/* 0.7m 0.3m 280 5.6h 9.2h 280
240/* 0.2m 0.2m 5 35.6h 47.6h 5
280/* 1.0m 4.9m 431 6.5h 8.5h 431
292/* 3.7m 1.7m 15 0.2h 0.5h 14
320/* 2.0m 1.0m 294 2.2h 6.5h 293
502/* 0.8m 0.2m 5 5.7h 7.2h 5

Sigma 2.0m 3.9m 1283 4.3h 8.4h 1280

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Nodelist Stats

Input nodelist nodelist.130
size 182.7kb
date 2019-05-10

The nodelist has 976 nodes in it
and a total of 1445 non-comment entries

including 4 zones
31 regions
170 hosts
73 hubs
admin overhead 278 ( 28.48 %)

and 109 private nodes
32 nodes down
50 nodes on hold
off line overhead 191 ( 19.57 %)


Speed summary:

>9600 = 58 ( 5.94 %)
9600 = 212 ( 21.72 %)
(HST = 8 or 3.77 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 83 or 39.15 %)
(V32B = 27 or 12.74 %)
(V34 = 107 or 50.47 %)
(V42 = 83 or 39.15 %)
(V42B = 29 or 13.68 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 705 ( 72.23 %)

ISDN = 25 ( 2.56 %)

-----------------------------------------------------
IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
IBN Binkp 743 ( 76.13 %) ----------------------------------
IFC Raw ifcico 84 ( 8.61 %) ----------------------------------
IFT FTP 63 ( 6.45 %) ----------------------------------
ITN Telnet 154 ( 15.78 %) ----------------------------------
IVM Vmodem 10 ( 1.02 %) ----------------------------------
IP Other 5 ( 0.51 %) ----------------------------------
INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.10 %) ----------------------------------

CrashMail capable = 826 ( 84.63 %)
MailOnly nodes = 308 ( 31.56 %)
Listed-only nodes = 25 ( 2.56 %)



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

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The numbers
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

Maybe time for some realism. The nodelist may be what it is but
numbers don't lie.

There were days when Fidonet eclipsed around 36.000 nodes in the
mid-1990-ies but that is like 25 years ago.

These are today's numbers, 915 individual sysop-names. There may
be some variation depending on how one looks at the nodelist but
all administrative overhead, Down, Hold and vanity-numbers were
removed and then that is the meager result.

ZONE-1 302 33,01%
ZONE-2 571 62,40%
ZONE-3 24 2,26%
ZONE-4 18 1,97%

Thanks for those numbers, Ward. Very interesting how much things
have changed.

Not sure what the comment on "realism" means... I think we all
know that Fidonet is not what it was 25 years ago.

At least it's still around, right?



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Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

Thanks for those numbers, Ward. Very interesting how much things
have changed.

Thank you sir.

The interesting thing is ... there is growth. Mot much but I have
noticed it in the entries running BBS\Fidonet-systems.

Excellent news.

My intention is to run this again in a few months and see where
we get. There still is dead wood ...

Great idea, and please post your results. No doubt about the dead
wood, there is quite a bit of it. I'm assuming that is the job of
the RCs to trim that, but if they don't do it, can a ZC step in
and clean it up?

Not sure what the comment on "realism" means... I think we all
know that Fidonet is not what it was 25 years ago.

"realism" .... good point ... I would say, but I'm going to use
the wrong words, the relative unimportance of what we're doing,
the relative unimportance of the Elflords (including myself) and
let's not be too serious about ourselves.

Ahhh, OK. I get what you meant there, and agree completely.

On the other hand, I still learn every week by following some of
the technical platforms hence Fidonet has been a tremendous
learning experience that could not have been offered by the
internet.

Agreed again!

There was a lot of good in Fidonet ... still is.

At least it's still around, right?

Absolutely ... I love some of the stuff that is being handed
around here ...

Me too. Thanks for the civilized reply.



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On 14/05/2019 15:36, Fabio Bizzi -> Ward Dossche wrote:

This is a real snapshot of Ward:

https://media.titanbooks.com/catalog/products/4202/hagar1974.jpg

I thought Ward's beard was white, and I don't think those from Belgium are known for the horned hats. The beer tankard strikes some truth though.

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with smoked salmonm

Speaking of salmon, you often comment on the disgusting habit the northernmost Swedes have with fermenting their herring. The procedure actually is quite similar to the making of Asian fish sauce, BTW, but that's another story...

But have you tried one of our real fish delicatessens -- that even sells at enormous prices on The Posh Street of many cities around the world. I'm of course talking about Swedish Gravlax.

Recipes posted and reposted here in FidoNews.

http://eljaco.se/FILES/FNEWS/FNEWSY10.ZIP



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Hello Gerrit,

Actually, not even Vikings had these, it's more like a modern myth
(maybe introduced by Wagner's Ring opera stage design).

Excavations from early Viking settlements confirm that too.

Well, it's kind of a negative confirmation in that case: no such helment has
even been found.

Someone told me the horned hat was a Hollywood invention.

Wagner's "Ring" premiered in 1876 and featured nordic warriors wearing such
helmets, certainly predating any Hollywood activities. As the operas became
quite popular, it is probably safe to assume that it spread from there.

Fake news! Wagner did not include "wings on helmets" as any part
of his opera. And he did write four parts, not just one.

https://www.vikings.com/news/the-truth-behind-the-horned-helmet-17914366


"The costume designer Carol Emil Doepler designed winged helmets
for Wagner's opera series [1876], adding horns in an 1882 book on
Germanic gods and heroes."

From there, folks in Minnesota USA decided to call their
football team the Minnesota Vikings, sporting horns on helmets
as their logo.

Made it to the Super Bowl four times.
Lost in the Super Bowl four times.

A nightmare for Minnesotans and Scandinavians alike.

--Lee

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On 14/05/2019 19:56, Gerrit Kuehn -> David Drummond wrote:

https://media.titanbooks.com/catalog/products/4202/hagar1974.jpg

I thought Ward's beard was white, and I don't think those from
Belgium are known for the horned hats.

Actually, not even Vikings had these, it's more like a modern myth
(maybe introduced by Wagner's Ring opera stage design).

Yes - I think I knew that already....

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Hello David,

https://media.titanbooks.com/catalog/products/4202/hagar1974.jpg

I thought Ward's beard was white, and I don't think those from

Belgium are known for the horned hats.

Actually, not even Vikings had these, it's more like a modern myth
(maybe introduced by Wagner's Ring opera stage design).

Yes - I think I knew that already....

Carl Emil Doepler designed winged helmets for Richard Wagner's opera.
In 1882 he added horns in a book on Germanic gods and heroes.

That is what confuses people. Wagner was the composer who wrote
the opera series. Doepler was a costume designer who created the
vision people saw. Hitler was a politician who gave the world
his own warped interpretation.

--Lee

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