Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??
"Carlos E.R." <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Feb 2026 04:12:49 +0100
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On 2026-02-04 03:59, Steve Hayes wrote: > 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. Bluewave for users. Golded for points, combined with Frontdoor. And something else, a processor or something to put messages in their places. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;