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What FTN software is used in Z2 R50?
by Aleksej R. Serdyukov
2:5020/1973.20

Now I want to tell you what software Russians (and ex-USSR) use for their FidoNet and BBS purposes.

At first I'll tell what software I use... It is:

Tosser

FastEcho v1.46.1 by Software Technik Burchhardt

Fileechos

AllFix v5.13 build 4 by Harms Software Eng.

Editor

GoldED+/386 1.1.5-20011017
(c) Odinn Sorensen->Alexander S. Aganichev
(my first was the same but 1.0.0)

Mailer

KittenMail v0.11.1f2 W32 by Andrew Lopatin
(at start of my Fido-life I used T-Mail 2606.DOS and then T-Mail 2607.DOS)

BBS

MushroomBBS v1.0.0.3 by virtual booster //ScF,
based on Tornado BBS v1.71alpha23
by Konstantin Klyagin->Alexey Kljatow

FOSSIL driver

ADF v1.50

Operating system

MS Windows 98SE (4.10.2222), sometimes I use DOS v7.10 from it but my modem doesn't work then.

I also use Bink-style outbound and JAM message base.

So, that's what I use.

And, about others ;)

FastEcho and ParToss (Parma Tosser) are the most used tossers in XSU (ex-USSR).
Then JustTosser and HPT go. Some people also use GEcho and CrashMail, Echomail, XMail, QEcho... The previous sentence is made of editors I have never seen on BBSs etc.

Fileecho soft:

AllFix is standard. Some people say it is hard work to set it up, so they are using KingFix, DM Tic, T-Fix, maybe, FileFix and Filin. Some people use none :)

Mailers:

Oh, isn't it much interesting thing about software? ;) Maybe, but I will try to tell it.
The most popular mailer is T-Mail by Andy Elkin. The last version is 2607, but it is rumoured that AE is going to release a 2608 or even 2700.

There is a new mailer called KittenMail or "Kitten" for short. It has some good features and does not support AMA (and this is good!).

But unlike the T-Mail, Kitten can not work with IP (afaik).

AMA is attach outbound fully supported by T-Mail. I didn't like many attaches in my netmail and I set up the BSO. All who moves from AMA to BSO says "Why others use the AMA? :-\".

Some people use Argus, Radius and other mailers but I have not seen them.

Message editors:

The most popular FTN-editor not only in Russia is GoldED.
Its original author was Odinn Sorensen and then its sources was edited by Jacobo Tario, Alexander S. Aganichev and many others.
I use it with dark color settings - "white"(7) color on black and I like this as I hate Norton Commander's colors :)

But there are also used:

Taimyr

(It is GUI. I don't like GUI. How can FTN editor be GUI?)

Fregate

(TurboVision.. TV is good but it looks like a parody to the DOS Navigator and it could be a file manager, not editor.. And the W32 version <I didn't hear about DOS ver> is slow)

There are also QDED, MADMED...

Alternate complement systems:

Many people use TerMail from Terminate ("The Final Terminal"), and may be it is not bad, for points.

But some people use F.I.P.S. point system, and it is GUI and for W32 only!!! Recently someone asked how to make work the Tornado BBS under FIPS! :-( )

BBS software:

Used BBS soft are Tornado BBS, Maximus CBCS and RemoteAccess BBS. There is a new one - Mystic BBS.

But I don't remember other BBS software used here because it is not so needed. :)

So, thanks for your attention, and good bye :)

==> Deleter //ScF, 2:5020/1973.20@FidoNet 10.11.2001 13:00 (MSW) <===