Re: bbs and usenet

On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:14:00 +1300
[email protected] (Dumas Walker) wrote:

> > When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
> > usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was
> > fidonet like email?
> 
> Yes, back in the mid-1990s (about 30 years ago), I carried several
> usenet newsgroups.  It became increasingly difficult to do so,
> though, as ISPs eventually did away with news servers as a part of
> their services.  I still currently carry a few, like this one, via
> fidonet hubs that still have a gate set up.
> 
> 
>  * SLMR 2.1a * A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
> -J.Springfield

is there still traffic on fidonet?