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The F I D O N E W S Volume 41, Number 44 28 Oct 2024 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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Table of Contents
1. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 1
Janis Kracht - June 14 1991 - October 21st 2024 .......... 1
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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GENERAL ARTICLES =================================================================

Janis Kracht - June 14 1991 - October 21st 2024
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

I got the message of Janis' passing from Lauren, her daughter, and
that is one of these moments when the world stops ... for a few
seconds anyway and you become innundated with sentiment.

Janis, assisted by hubby Ron, was actively present in the Fidonet
nodelist from June 14th 1991 till the day of her passing October
21st 2024 .. 30 years to the day when I entered the nodelist as
2:2/0 ... They say that lightning does not strike twice ... At
least I hope it doesn't. She was the 2nd longest ever serving ZC.

Janis had been a guiding light for years to many people, super
friendly and helpful as described by some, the ultimate bitch as
described by others.

I had the good fortune of meeting her. There was a trip from
Belgium to Connecticut for a wedding and it took me virtually past
her front door. So we decided to meet ... at a pizza place on the
way to the wedding. She came down with hubby Ron doing the driving.

It was immediately obvious how well Ron took care of her, lifting
her out of the car, assisting her getting on stairs ... Janis
suffered from multiple sclerosis but she never let that detract her
from doing things.

Actually, I was a bit cautious for this meeting but seeing how
these two interacted made it easy. She immediately wanted to delve
into Fido-business, these were the days still of PSTN-only and
there was ample opportunity for massive fights ... Probably the
notion of "Keyboard Warrior" was invented in Fidonet.

We talked about a lot of things, mostly non-Fido, that got her a bit
nervous because she was all into the politics at that time. The
proprietor of the pizza-plaza obviously needed our seats for other
customers ... so we concluded that meeting (after all, I still
needed to get to a wedding) and said our good-bye's. Photos were
taken and distributed, I probably lost them in a crash ... Don't
know if anyone kept copies somewhere.

Later we got a couple of times head to head as no action was ever
taken about the verbal abuse of the one whose name we're not
supposed to mention. Invoking the ZCC to overrule rulings (something
which was never done before and never happened afterwards). There
was the period of suspicious undertakings where she was the
"ZC whisperer"; the so-called conversations with the illustrious
and evasive ZC6 Bin Li filled multiple screens full of doubt. The
man obviously did not understand English, was incompetent at running
a node and just did as he was told. And Janis called-in her markers.

Let it be understood that the atmosphere with Janis in general was
good, nomatter how you interpret the above paragraph. When her
system backfired and messed-up her ZONE1-segment I could just call
her voice as she had 6 hours, because of the time-difference to fix
whatever needed fixing. And when my own system suffered a major
crash, she was instrumental for it to surface again. There was
no animosity, just help.

We never discussed it but you could notice that over the years
her agility for maintaining her system was lagging. There was
"something" but she did not volunteer any information and I had
no right to query her for it.

When she decided to call it quits for her ZC-status in 2018, it
did not come as a surprise. She and I remained in touch; love her
or hate her but she was a monument in Fidonet.

Lately we talked about a possible renewal visit as I always wanted
to see the Woodstock site at least once, and it isn't all that far
from Slaterville. Janis could go on about that how she and her
sister had secured tickets to the festival, her sister could go
but she couldn't as she was deemed too young at that time by her
father... Ahhh, those memories.

Despite our differences 20 years ago or so, the years have softened
our views of each other and the end product was a special
friendship that few would have thought possible.

I will miss Janis, maybe no one believes it, but the relationships
between Fido people are of a unique character that you don't find
in other computer realms. It's truly a community. We have fought
so often that you know the other. And then suddenly she is gone.

Eventually it happens to all of us, and yet it remains sad.

I felt like the last chapter in Janis' life story had not yet
been written.

Let me conclude the way she concluded her last email to me ...
"Love Yah".

Ward Dossche
IC - Fidonet

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

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

Updated 23 Oct 2024

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 f
3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f
4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo/Caiway 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 2:203/2 Bjorn Felten T-6in4 he.net
10 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native KPN f INO4
11 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6in4 he.net f
12 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov T-6in4 he.net f
13 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
14 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6in4 IP4Market
15 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek Native CZ-IJC-20071015
16 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
17 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
18 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
19 3:770/1 Paul Hayton Native VETTA
20 3:770/100 Paul Hayton Native VETTA
21 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native ER-Telecom f
22 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
23 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
24 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
25 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
26 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
27 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
28 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
29 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Layer7 Networks
30 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
31 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
32 2:240/5413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
33 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
34 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
35 2:5020/1042 Stas Mishchenkov T-6-in4 he.net f
36 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
37 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
38 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 IP4Market f
39 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native KPN
40 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
41 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
42 2:5101/1 Andrey Ignatov Native HETZNER
43 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net f
44 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
45 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko Native ER-Telecom f
46 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native SAGE-SU-V6
47 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Proximus
48 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny T-6in4 he.net f
49 2:5053/400 Alexander Kruglikov Native FirstVDS f
50 2:5030/1997 Alexey Fayans T-6in4 he.net
51 2:5061/15 Eugene Gladchenko Native ARUBAUK-NET
52 2:240/502 Ludwig Bernhartzeder Native DTAG
53 2:423/39 Karel Kral Native WEDOS
54 2:280/1049 Simon Voortman Native Solcon
55 2:335/364 Fabio Bizzi Native OVH
56 1:124/5016 Nigel Reed Native DAL1-US f
57 2:5030/1520 Andrey Geyko T-6in4 he.net f
58 1:229/664 Jay Harris Native Rogers f
59 2:280/2030 Martien Korenblom Native Transip
60 3:633/509 Deon George Native Telstra
61 2:5020/4441 Yuri Myakotin Native SOVINTEL
62 1:320/319 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
63 2:240/5824 Anna Christina Nass Native DTAG f
64 2:460/5858 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f INO4
65 2:5030/3165 Serg Podtynnyi Native DIGITALOCEAN
66 2:301/812 Benoit Panizon Native WOODYV6
67 1:229/616 Vasily Losev Native GIGEPORT
68 2:301/113 Alisha Stutz T-6in4 he.ne
69 1:153/7715 Dallas Hinton Native Shaw Comms
70 1:218/840 Morgan Collins Native Linode
71 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native HURRICANE-IPV6-24
72 2:240/1634 Hugo Andriessen Native Vodafone
73 2:280/2040 Leo Barnhoorn Native KPN f
74 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native RUWEB f
75 2:221/10 Tommi Koivula Native Hetzner f INO4
76 1:218/850 John Nicpon Native LINODE-US
77 2:301/1 Alisha Stutz Native CH-DATAWIRE
78 2:5035/63 Vladimir Goncharov Native RFEIV6NET
79 2:5020/290 Andrew Kolchoogin T-6in4 he.net
80 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6in4 he.net
81 2:5030/49 Sergey Myasoedov Native FR-VIRTUA-SYSTEMS
82 1:218/820 Ryan Fantus Native DIGITALOCEAN
83 1:103/705 Rob Swindell Native Spectrum f
84 1:135/395 Charles Blackburn Native Charter Comms
85 1:134/303 Travis Mehrer Native Shaw Comms
86 2:5057/19 Max Vasilyev Native ER-Telecom f
87 2:5075/35 Eugene Subbotin Native RUWEB f
88 2:5075/37 Andrew Komardin Native IHC
89 2:5075/128 Eugene Subbotin T-6in4 IP4Market f
90 2:550/278 Vladislav Muschinskikh Native FirstByte
91 2:5010/278 Vladislav Muschinskikh T-6in4 he.net f
92 2:240/5411 Stephan Gebbers Native DTAG
93 2:5020/715 Alex Barinov T-6in4 he.net f
94 1:16/201 Sergey Myasoedov Native Amazon
95 1:104/117 Vitaliy Aksyonov Native LLC
96 1:218/880 Lloyd Fellon Native Charter Comms 6DWN
97 2:5030/1340 Dmitry Afanasiev T-6in4 TUNNEL-BROKER-NET
98 2:221/360 Tommi Koivula Native Elisa f
99 2:5031/25 Alex Kazankov Native VDSINA
100 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo Native Claro
101 2:280/2050 Floris van Unen Native Azure
102 2:280/2060 Dennis Slagers Native Ziggo f
103 2:467/4 Ruslan Suleimanov T-6in4 he.net
104 2:467/888 Ruslan Suleimanov T-6in4 he.net f
105 1:266/625 Scott Street Native Verizon
106 2:5020/5452 Alex Barinov T-6in4 he.net
107 2:5030/723 Alexey Khromov Native RU-AI-20240222
108 3:633/2744 Deon George Native EXETEL-AU

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).
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.
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 301

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

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

BBS Software List

Updated 2024-07-13

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 2024-07-13

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.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)

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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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/* 1.4m 0.3m 3 0.0h 0.0h 3
221/* 0.7m 0.5m 517 5.1h 5.1h 517
280/* 0.7m 0.4m 785 4.8h 6.8h 785
292/* 2.4m 2.0m 5 0.0h 0.0h 4
320/* 2.5m 1.1m 199 2.0h 4.1h 199

Sigma 0.9m 0.9m 1509 4.5h 6.0h 1508

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Nodelist Stats

Input nodelist nodelist.299
size 156.4kb
date 2024-10-25

The nodelist has 823 nodes in it
and a total of 1216 non-comment entries

including 4 zones
30 regions
157 hosts
61 hubs
admin overhead 252 ( 30.62 %)

and 94 private nodes
23 nodes down
24 nodes on hold
off line overhead 141 ( 17.13 %)

Speed summary:

>9600 = 19 ( 2.31 %)
9600 = 88 ( 10.69 %)
(HST = 2 or 2.27 %)
(CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V32 = 53 or 60.23 %)
(V32B = 0 or 0.00 %)
(V34 = 51 or 57.95 %)
(V42 = 47 or 53.41 %)
(V42B = 0 or 0.00 %)
2400 = 1 ( 0.12 %)
1200 = 1 ( 0.12 %)
300 = 714 ( 86.76 %)

ISDN = 19 ( 2.31 %)

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IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
IBN Binkp 711 ( 86.39 %) ----------------------------------
IFC Raw ifcico 62 ( 7.53 %) ----------------------------------
IFT FTP 37 ( 4.50 %) ----------------------------------
ITN Telnet 101 ( 12.27 %) ----------------------------------
IVM Vmodem 12 ( 1.46 %) ----------------------------------
IP Other 1 ( 0.12 %) ----------------------------------
INO4 IPv6 only 5 ( 0.61 %) ----------------------------------

CrashMail capable = 757 ( 91.98 %)
MailOnly nodes = 244 ( 29.65 %)
Listed-only nodes = 18 ( 2.19 %)

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

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FIDONEWS INFORMATION =================================================================

How to Submit an Article

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From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to FidoNews Robot on Monday, October 28, 2024 12:35:20

Amazing ...

Janis Kracht - June 14 1991 - October 21st 2024
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

... I'm the only one having written something about Janis ??

\%/@rd

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From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Monday, October 28, 2024 14:16:08

Ward Dossche -> FidoNews Robot skrev 2024-10-28 11:35:

.. I'm the only one having written something about Janis ??

One would think that her own "constituency" should know her best and at least write a short piece to commemorate her, but obviously not.

Saddening to witness.

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From Dan Clough@1:135/115 to Björn Felten on Monday, October 28, 2024 08:33:21

Bj�rn Felten wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

.. I'm the only one having written something about Janis ??

One would think that her own "constituency" should know her best and
at least write a short piece to commemorate her, but obviously not.

Assuming your snide remark is referring to Z1 people...

I was in FidoNet in the early/mid 90's for a few years, and am again now
for the last 6 years or so. I didn't know Janis, then or now. So how
could I make any comments to "commemorate" her?

How many people currently in FidoNet, were also here (continuously)
since the 90's? Yes, there are some, but I bet you can count them on
your fingers only, without needing to use your toes. Even of those
people, unless they have served as a *C of some kind, how many would be
likely to actually know her? That's right....

As I said above, I did not know her, but have heard/read some about her
in recent times (even before her passing). Certainly she was a
prominent figure in the world of FidoNet, and I'm sorry she's gone, but
that's about all I can say.

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From Greg Nesbitt@1:229/200 to Ward Dossche on Monday, October 28, 2024 10:47:32

Re: FidoNews 41:44 [01/07]: General Articles
By: FidoNews Robot to All on Mon Oct 28 2024 00:04:58

I will miss Janis, maybe no one believes it, but the relationships
between Fido people are of a unique character that you don't find
in other computer realms. It's truly a community. We have fought
so often that you know the other. And then suddenly she is gone.

That really says it all.

Great article Ward.

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From Kurt Weiske@1:218/1 to Bj÷rn Felten on Monday, October 28, 2024 07:48:00

Bj�rn Felten wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

One would think that her own "constituency" should know her best and
at least write a short piece to commemorate her, but obviously not.

Saddening to witness.

We've been doing that - on Facebook, where her family can read the kind
words people have for her. and here, on FN_SYSOP.

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From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Dan Clough on Monday, October 28, 2024 21:41:04

Dan Clough -> Bj�rn Felten skrev 2024-10-28 14:33:

Assuming your snide remark is referring to Z1 people...

No, Mr. Xenophobic Troll, Janis' constituency was the entire Fidonet.

The only person who paid the respect in our constituency publication that she had earned was not of the "Z1 people". Not even her successor as Z1C. Go figure.

--

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From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Greg Nesbitt on Monday, October 28, 2024 22:09:43

Greg,

Great article Ward.

Thank you sir. When all is said and done, then all is said and done.

Let's just keep an honest memory of someone who at some moment played an important role in this hobby of ours. I hope she would have liked her own obituary.

\%/@rd

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From Dan Clough@1:135/115 to Björn Felten on Monday, October 28, 2024 20:46:14

Bj�rn Felten wrote to Dan Clough <=-

The only person who paid the respect in our constituency publication that she had earned was not of the "Z1 people". Not even her successor
as Z1C. Go figure.

Didn't see anything of that nature from *YOU*, either, you fuckin
hypocrite dipshit.

Quit being a whiny little bitch, and start to realize that the Snooze
has no actual respect anymore, because of the way *YOU* have let it
degenerate into a cesspool. Maybe it did in Janis' day, but you've
ruined it.

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From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Kurt Weiske on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 13:51:02

Kurt Weiske -> Bj�rn Felten skrev 2024-10-28 15:48:

Saddening to witness.

We've been doing that - on Facebook, where her family can read the kind words people have for her. and here, on FN_SYSOP.

Some two-liner comments do not qualify as obituaries.

In Fidonet, we have a long tradition of respecting our fallen heroes. They are not "losers and suckers" here. From the top of my head, I remember:

Roy Witt (FNEWSW12)
Joe Delahay (FNEWSY40)
Bob Seaborn (FNEWSZ03)
Robert Bashe (FNEWSZ50)
Robert Nelson ((FNEWTA37)

And finally, two and a half years ago:

Holger Granholm http://eljaco.se/files/fnews/FNEWTD07.ZIP

... where we contacted the family and even got a great article from his son. The ZC, the RC, the NC, and other sysops that had contacts with him contributed.

His family asked for a copy of the Fidonews issue.

This deteriorating respect is what saddens me. YMMV

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From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Björn Felten on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 14:37:28

Bjorn,

Roy Witt (FNEWSW12)
Joe Delahay (FNEWSY40)
Bob Seaborn (FNEWSZ03)
Robert Bashe (FNEWSZ50)
Robert Nelson ((FNEWTA37)

* Clay Tanacore
* Fr. Lee McColloster
* Helmut Hullen
* Doug Meyers
* Goran Eriksson

... there are more ...

There was a special article about the people we lost during the 2004 Christmas tsunami in South-East Asia and who vanished into the nothingness of the Indian Ocean without a trace ...

This deteriorating respect is what saddens me. YMMV

Yes, I'm kinda proud of the nice things I could write about some of the people that without a serious reason at all opposed me.

\%/@rd

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From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Dan Clough on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 09:46:38

Dan Clough -> Bj�rn Felten skrev 2024-10-29 02:46:

because of the way *YOU* have let it
degenerate into a cesspool.

Coming from an empathyless gimme-gimme-type of person from a society where tens of millions claim that Kamala Harris has let the USA degenerate into a cesspool, I take that as a compliment.

Thank you.

--

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..

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From Gerrit Kuehn@2:240/12 to Bj÷rn Felten & Dan Clough on Thursday, October 31, 2024 09:56:17

Hello Bj�rn & Dan!

30 Oct 24 09:46, Bj�rn Felten wrote to Dan Clough:

[...]

So where are you actually heading for? It is pretty clear for years now that "conversation" between both of you does not work. I don't know why you are still trying to find out who might have the last word (or rather insult). A long time ago in the schoolyard this stuff was usually ended by the school bell, do you remember? Sorry to see you have nothing better in mind to spend your time on.

Regards,
Gerrit

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From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Gerrit Kuehn on Thursday, October 31, 2024 23:53:06

Gerrit Kuehn -> Bj�rn Felten & Dan Clough skrev 2024-10-31 09:56:

I don't know why you are still trying to find out who might have the
last word

I'm sorry, but I can't allow someone to call the ezine, that just published the nicest obituary about one of our most prominent Fidonet officers, a cesspool, being that last word.

Sorry to see you have nothing better in mind to spend your time on.

You mean like spending hours each week for almost 24 years now, making sure that the Fidonews comes out like clockwork?

--

Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions.

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From Dan Clough@1:135/115 to Björn Felten on Thursday, October 31, 2024 20:13:21

Bj�rn Felten wrote to Gerrit Kuehn <=-

Gerrit Kuehn -> Bj�rn Felten & Dan Clough skrev 2024-10-31 09:56:

Sorry to see you have nothing better in mind to spend your time on.

You mean like spending hours each week for almost 24 years now,
making sure that the Fidonews comes out like clockwork?

LOL, hours each week? Hahahaha. You must be forgetting that 90+% of
the "issues" are the same old tired boilerplate text with absolutely
ZERO change from the previous issue. Even the YEARS-obsolete info and
the numerous dead links don't get changed.

If you don't have the assembly of that boilerplate text and the posting
to the echo scripted/automated by now, you're even dumber than I
thought; which almost doesn't seem possible.

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From Gerrit Kuehn@2:240/12 to Bj÷rn Felten on Friday, November 01, 2024 09:31:42

Hello Bj�rn!

31 Oct 24 23:53, Bj�rn Felten wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:

I'm sorry, but I can't

You don't want to.

You mean like spending hours each week for almost 24 years now,
making sure that the Fidonews comes out like clockwork?

I'm pretty sure you know what I mean.

Regards,
Gerrit

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From Gerrit Kuehn@2:240/12 to Dan Clough on Friday, November 01, 2024 09:34:08

Hello Dan!

31 Oct 24 20:13, Dan Clough wrote to Bj�rn Felten:

to the echo scripted/automated by now, you're even dumber than I
thought; which almost doesn't seem possible.

Having trouble to hear the bell?

Regards,
Gerrit

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From David Gonzalez@3:633/2744.188 to Björn Felten on Friday, November 01, 2024 10:17:32

Hello Bj�rn!

28 Oct 24 21:41, you wrote to Dan Clough:

Wow, someone told me about *the new fidonet*, man seeing it with my own eyes.

Dan Clough -> Bj�rn Felten skrev 2024-10-28 14:33:

Assuming your snide remark is referring to Z1 people...

No, Mr. Xenophobic Troll, Janis' constituency was the entire
Fidonet.

The only person who paid the respect in our constituency
publication that she had earned was not of the "Z1 people". Not even
her successor as Z1C. Go figure.

--

Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you're stupid
and make bad decisions.

..

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From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Ward Dossche on Friday, November 01, 2024 21:58:41

Hello Ward,

28 Oct 24 12:35, you wrote to FidoNews Robot:

Janis Kracht - June 14 1991 - October 21st 2024
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

... I'm the only one having written something about Janis ??

i didn't knew her, but thanks for this small snapshot Ward.

Regards,
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