Subj : Re: DISTINCTIVE RING BOX NEEDED
To   : Darren Gibbs
From : William McBrine
Date : Tue Aug 15 2000 05:51 am

-=> Darren Gibbs wrote to Leonard Erickson <=-

 LE> It is *not* part of the world-wide-web, as no URL will get you to a
 LE> fidonet node, nor can you use a URL from a Fidonet node.

 DG> Erm, I bet to differ.

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

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

.... Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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