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Table of Contents
1. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 1
Not working IPv4 ......................................... 1
2. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 2
The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 2
3. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 3
List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 3
4. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 6
5. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 14
Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 14
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15
6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17
How to Submit an Article ................................. 17
Credits, Legal Information, Availability ................. 19

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Not Working IPv4
By Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)

As some of you may have noticed a new category of nodes was added to
the list of IPv6 nodes as published weekly here in the Snooze. The new
category is NWI4. It stands for "Not Working IPv4".

Until about a month ago I did not even know they existed but thanks to
Dmitry Protasoff I became aware that there are nodes that advertise
dual stack capability but that are only reachable via IPv6. *1) They
are not reachable via IPv4 despite the fact that the hostname in the
nodelist resolves to both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address.

What is remarkable is not really the fact that these nodes exist, an
error can easily occur, but that they apparently can exist for quite
some time before the sysops concerned become aware of it and take
steps to correct it by fixing the problem with IPv4 or by removing the
A record from the DNS and adding the INO4 flag to the nodelist. But
nothing like that has happened yet. 3:770/1 for example has been
unreachable via IPv4 for almost two months now. That is not just an
obscure end node, it is a busy hub with many links in Fidonet and some othernets. Nevertheless nobody noticed or so it seems.

What does that tell us other than that many systems seem to run on (semi)autopilot? Well, I say that it also shows that the era of IPv4
dominance is coming to an end. IPv6 is the future but IPv4 is still indispensable and will be with us for decades to come has been the
word since the turn of the millennium. But if dual stack systems can
continue to run for months with broken IPv4 and nobody noticing, by
now IPv4 would seem to not be all that indispensable anymore I'd say.
Earlier this week Google's statistics on global IPv6 adoption peaked
above 50% for the first time in IPv6 history. *2) So maybe we are
finally getting somewhere and the era of IPv6 dominance and the phase
out of IPv4 has begun.

This article was written without the use of AI.

References:

1) https://nodelist.fidonet.cc/analytics/ipv6-only
2) https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.htm


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JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST =================================================================

The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project

This is a list of known JamNNTPd servers working. They are essentially
the modern version of Bulletin Board Systems.

You connect to them using the newsreader of your choice and you don't
need any other software installed on your computer -- regardless of
operating system -- but that favourite mail client of yours.

Even smart phones can handle this, giving you the opportunity to get
your daily doses of fidonet on the bus, tram or train on the way to
your job, school or whatever.


Updated 2023-09-06


URL news://eljaco.se:4119
Join http://fidonews.eu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:203/2

URL nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi
Join https://news.fidonet.fi
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/360

URL nntp://fidonews.mine.nu
URL nntps://fidonews.mine.nu
Join http://fidonews.mine.nu
NETMAIL Yes, 2:221/6

URL nntp://news.bytemuseum.org
nntps://news.bytemuseum.org (secure)
Join Info in group +ACCCESS&SUPPORT+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:19/10

URL nntp://news.pharcyde.org
Join Info in group, +GETACCESS+
NETMAIL Yes, 1:154/10


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

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

Updated 3 May 2026


Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Freedom f
2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native KPN/Ziggo f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo/Delta f
5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
6 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
7 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula Native OVH
8 1:154/10 Nicholas Boel Native Spectrum f
9 2:203/0 Bjorn Felten Native Bahnhof
10 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f INO4
11 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
12 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
13 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 IP4Market NWI4
14 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
15 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
16 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
17 3:770/1 Paul Hayton Native VETTA NWI4
18 3:770/100 Paul Hayton Native VETTA NWI4
19 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
20 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
21 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
22 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
23 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
24 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
25 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
26 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Layer7 Networks
27 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net f
28 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
29 2:240/5413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
30 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
31 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
32 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native TIG Dronten f
33 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DigitalOcean 6
34 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev Native First Server f
35 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native KPN
36 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
37 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
38 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
39 2:5020/1042 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
40 2:5101/1 Andrey Ignatov Native HETZNER
41 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f 6DWN
42 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
43 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native SAGE-SU-V6
44 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
45 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
46 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
47 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
48 2:240/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
49 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native HOSTUP f
50 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
51 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
52 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
53 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
54 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
55 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
56 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL 6UNS
57 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
58 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
59 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
60 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native Hostodo
61 2:301/113 Alisha Stutz T-6in4 he.net
62 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
63 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
64 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native HURRICANE-IPV6-24
65 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
66 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
67 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
68 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
69 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
70 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
71 2:5030/49 Sergey Myasoedov Native FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
72 1:103/705 Rob Swindell Native Spectrum f
73 1:134/303 Travis Mehrer Native Shaw Comms NWI4
74 2:5057/19 Max Vasilyev Native ER-Telecom f 6DWN
75 2:5075/35 Eugene Subbotin Native EuroByte LLC f
76 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC
77 2:550/278 Vladislav Muschinskikh Native FirstByte 6UNS
78 2:5010/278 Vladislav Muschinskikh T-6in4 he.net f 6UNS
79 2:5020/715 Alex Barinov T-6in4 he.net f
80 1:16/201 Sergey Myasoedov Native Amazon
81 1:104/117 Vitaliy Aksyonov Native LLC
82 2:5030/1340 Dmitry Afanasiev T-6in4 TUNNEL-BROKER-NET
83 2:221/360 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
84 2:5031/25 Alex Kazankov Native VDSINA
85 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo t-6in4 he.net
86 2:280/2050 Floris van Unen Native Azure
87 2:280/2060 Dennis Slagers Native Ziggo f
88 2:5020/5452 Alex Barinov T-6in4 he.net
89 2:5030/723 Alexey Khromov Native RU-AI-20240222 NWI4
90 4:930/1 David Gonzalez Native EPMNET
91 3:633/267 Andrew Clarke Native widebandnetv6 OO
92 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native UA-WEBBER f
93 2:5030/1520 Ekaterina Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
94 2:2448/400 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG
95 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
96 2:5080/172 Stas Vlasov Native Internet Pro LLC
97 2:343/107 Enric Lleal Native Hetzner
98 1:128/10 Jordan McGilvray Native DigitalOcean
99 2:5020/1313 Sergey Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
100 1:16/201 Sergey Myasoedov Native Amazon
101 1:229/112 Scott Tompkins T-6in4 he.net
102 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov T-6in4 he.net f
103 1:267/160 Jeremy Brown Native Networks, LLC
104 2:5030/74 Michael Skolsky Native Skynet LLC
105 2:240/8010 Siggi Schoenicke Native DTAG
106 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6in4 he.net
107 3:712/730 Yoshito Uchiyama Native InfoSphere
108 4:801/205 Mauro Paes Correa Native Ateky Internet
109 1:105/45 Sarah Proctor Native Tier.Net
110 2:280/1043 Michel van Osenbruggen Native BIT


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.
Example: ::f1d0:2:280:5555 (for node 2:280/5555)
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).
NWI4 Node advertises Dual Stack but has no working IPv4
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.
6UNS IPv6 unstable. Failed more than twice during the last 30 days.
NO6 The node no longer presents an IPv6 address in the nodelist
and will soon be removed from this list.
HOLD The node is temporarely off-line. Mail may be routed.
DOWN This node is Down for both IPv4 and IPv6 and will be
removed from this list if the condition pertains.
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.


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 when compiled with AF_FORCE=1). 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 123


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



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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
=================================================================

BBS Software List

Updated 2025-12-20

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

Binkleyforce |MI |https://prj.zxalexis.ru/gitea
| | /zx/bforce 2:5030/723
Alexey Khromov | | zx@zxalexis.ru
| | v0.25.3 on 2024-07-05


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 2025-12-19

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

FrontDoor |MITPC|https://defsol.com 2:201/4609
Definite Solutions |E | defsol@defsol.se
Joaquim Homrighausen| | FrontDoor v24.01 on 2024-12-20
| | FrontDoor/2 v24.01 on 2024-12-22

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

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/
| | v2.3.1.0 on 2024-03-30 2:280/464

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 2:222/2
| | 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
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT

Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com
| | 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|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.1.6 on 2025-11-30

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

Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|I | v1.12 A48 on 2023-01-15

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 on 2000-10-25

Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.33/DOS on 2023-05-05

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

Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|https://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
Rob Swindell | |https://wiki.synchro.net
| | v3.20d on 2025-03-03

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. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14

WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.8.1 on 2023-12-24

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TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF

Allfix |FIUT |http://allfix.app/ 1:218/720
Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02

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

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

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

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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

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/
| | v5.0.64 on 2025-02-17
| | (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

GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2025-04-09
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often

gossipEd |EO |https://github.com/askovpen/gossiped
| | v2.1.0 on 2025-02-05

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

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

MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06

PLMake |UOP |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /plmake 2:280/464
| | v2.1 beta on 2024-11-01

ErrFlags |UO |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /errflags 2:280/464
| | v3.0.0 on 2023-02-21

RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v2.1.10 on 2020-04-30

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
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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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File Archives:

https://hobbesarchive.com (New home of the Hobbes OS/2 Archive)

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

The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.

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above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
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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

221/* 3.5m 12.3m 21 0.0h 0.0h 21
280/* 2.1m 7.7m 950 5.2h 4.3h 948
292/* 2.8m 1.6m 12 6.2h 4.1h 11
320/* 2.1m 1.8m 626 1.1h 7.4h 626

Sigma 2.1m 6.2m 1609 3.5h 6.1h 1606

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Nodelist Stats

Input nodelist nodelist.121
size 155.9kb
date 2026-05-01

The nodelist has 838 nodes in it
and a total of 1215 non-comment entries

including 4 zones
30 regions
158 hosts
56 hubs
admin overhead 248 ( 29.59 %)

and 78 private nodes
16 nodes down
35 nodes on hold
off line overhead 129 ( 15.39 %)


Speed summary:

>9600 = 16 ( 1.91 %)
9600 = 74 ( 8.83 %)
(HST = 2 or 2.70 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 45 or 60.81 %)
(V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V34 = 48 or 64.86 %)
(V42 = 42 or 56.76 %)
(V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.12 %)
1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
300 = 747 ( 89.14 %)

ISDN = 15 ( 1.79 %)

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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
IBN Binkp 722 ( 86.16 %) ----------------------------------
IFC Raw ifcico 55 ( 6.56 %) ----------------------------------
IFT FTP 31 ( 3.70 %) ----------------------------------
ITN Telnet 89 ( 10.62 %) ----------------------------------
IVM Vmodem 11 ( 1.31 %) ----------------------------------
IP Other 1 ( 0.12 %) ----------------------------------
INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.60 %) ----------------------------------

CrashMail capable = 765 ( 91.29 %)
MailOnly nodes = 244 ( 29.12 %)
Listed-only nodes = 19 ( 2.27 %)



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

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