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Re: OT: FidoNet [Was Community hostility [Was Recent spam increase]]



Chris Walters wrote:
>>> Anyone remember FidoNET? 

> Yes, I definitely remember FidoNet - I even ran a BBS there for a while.

    Better still, anyone find themselves nostalgic over FidoNET and wondering
if there might be a growing need for it?  Not in terms of spam but in terms of
privacy?  Since it wasn't going through commercial entities and was an
informal net there seems to be a smaller chance of something like the FBIs
attempt to drop sniffer boxes into the larger ISPs.

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         Steve C. Lamb         | But who decides what they dream?
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