Subj : Re: DISTINCTIVE RING BOX NEEDED
To   : William McBrine
From : Darren Gibbs
Date : Sat Aug 19 2000 10:15 am

 DG>> Erm, I beg to differ.
 DG>> I've seen telnettable fidonet BBS's, as well as the odd one or
 DG>> two which gives access via some form of web interface.

 WM> Let me adopt a middle position... Apart from those BBSes with an
 WM> actual web (http) interface, telnettable BBSes aren't part of the
 WM> _web_. But they _do_ have URLS; e.g., "telnet:juge.com". :-) What's
 WM> more, URLs of this form used to work for all Fido boards (I don't
 WM> remember the exact form, but it was something like this):
 WM> "mailto:darren.gibbs@f888.n712.z3.fidonet.org". So, one has to be
 WM> careful about confusing "URL" with "web address", because URLs
 WM> actually encompass a lot more than just the web.

I'm familiar wit hthe difference, thank you.

And I stand by what I say. I've seen BBS systems - _fidonet_ BBS systems - 
accessable via http - in other words, accessable via the web.

DaZZa

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