Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??
Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:59:10 +0200
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux |
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| Organization | Khanya Publications |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 12:50:28 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 2/2/2026 11:49 PM, Anssi Saari wrote: >> "Carlos E.R." <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> For some strange reason, Fidonet continued working in Rusia after it >>> stopped in Europe. They took over the development of software, too. >> >> I still see people post to Usenet from Fidonet on occasion. > >There was a bridging program that could sync a Usenet newsgroup to an >Echomail group back then. :) > >And Echomail has offline readers, allowing you to post as well. I first encountered Usenet when some newsgroups were gated to Fidonet, this one among them. Most popular offline readers were BlueWave and Silver Xpress. I still have them on my computer, with some saved messages from 30-35 years ago. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk