Re: Briding Usenet to other social networks?

"Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Feb 2026 21:08:27 +0100

Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.software.thunderbird
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On 2026-02-08 06:14, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 2/4/2026 10:59 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 12:50:28 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
> 
> If someone (maybe a student from IT) could write bridges or gateways to 
> sync Usenet with modern social networks like Facebook, Threads, Reddit, 
> etc!! It isn't difficult, right? Because Echomail of Fidonet did it!! :)

Please don't.

Besides, they would have to inject html with media files attached

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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.