Subj : Re: bbs and usenet
To   : All
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Apr 11 2025 16:20:00

From: Dumas.Walker@f10.n1.z281.fidonet.org (Dumas Walker)

> > 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.

> is there still traffic on fidonet?

Yes, some echoes more than others.  COOKING has several messages a day.  A
couple of the political echoes have lots of traffic.  Others have at least
a message or two a day.  Several probably need to be pruned.


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