Subj : Newsgroups?
To   : Gary Gilmore
From : Michael Grant
Date : Tue Jul 24 2001 05:30 am

Hello Gary.

22 Jul 01 23:15, you wrote to all:

 GG> Do we -really- need to keep importing newsgroups as echoes?

Depends. If it something like a support echo, sometimes it helps to reach as 
broad an audience as possible. IMO, though, any newsgroup gated to Fidonet 
ought to be moderated, and it should be by the same person that moderates the 
Fido side.

 GG> Useless...  if someone wants to read a newsgroup, I think
 GG> they'll be more likely to read it via the net, not after it's
 GG> been through the wringer to FTN format.  ('Course, this is just
 GG> my opinion, and tough if it gets your knickers in a twist.)

Actually, you might be suprised how much interest there is in something like 
that. I've gotten involved in a new FTN that's distributing Newsgroups in an 
FTN format, and it's been growing /very/ rapidly. There definately is a demand 
for this sort of thing.


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