Subj : Re: Newsgroups?
To   : Mark Lewis
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Thu Jul 26 2001 12:10 pm

 -=> On 07-25-01  15:58, Mark Lewis <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Newsgroups? <=-

 DS>    It is my belief that one prime difference in Fido
 DS> Echos and Internet newsgroups is the presence of the
 DS> TO: field.

 ML> errrmmm... could it be because newsgroups don't contain messages??

  I called them messages because that is what I am used to thinking
  about, but ...
 
 DS> For the most part, we have people talking with people
 DS> instead of posting messages to the anonymous masses.

 ML> errrmmm... could it be because one posts articles in 
 ML> newsgroups and not messages??

   ... your term of calling them articles reinforces my statement.  What
   ever you call them, the difference is that in Fidonet, the messages
   are personal and posted to someone -- whereas in Usenet, the articles
   are impersonal and flung out to the world.

 ML> BTW: please take a look at your code that handles i'net replies to
 ML> fido  originated messages... i'm not aware of anyone named 
 ML> mark.lewis in fidonet... just need to strip that dot out 

   I don't have any code that handles i'net replies to fido originated
   messages.   Must be someone else along the way from me to you.

                        dale (at) min (dot) net
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