Subj : Newsgroups as "echos" To : gary gilmore From : Ross Cassell Date : Sat Jul 28 2001 02:22 am Hello gary! 28 Jul 01 00:19, you wrote to All: GG> I do not feel newsgroups can ever ever ever match the more GG> "neighborhood" feeling of an echo. Right and differentiate Fidonet from the Internet.. Setting ourselves apart is not accomplished by being assimiliated by the Internet. GG> Of course, there's the other bonus of people on the Fidonet side, who GG> don't understand that ANY email address posted in a newsgroup (which GG> it will be once the Fidonet-side message hits the Internet-side) will GG> be added to the already massive lists of email addresses that the GG> spammers sell to each other. Yippie! Ask Marc Lewis (1:396/45) the amount of SPAM that he receives in from his email gateway alone. GG> THAT'S my opinion. The rest of this political horseshit was NOT a GG> part of MY opinion, lest anyone think otherwise by the comments that GG> were made after it on the same topic in this echo. I dont think much political horseshit was made from your opinions, you had people supporting the concept and others against it. == Ross http://www.the-estar.com ross@the-estar.com or rcassell@home.com ICQ = 5305939 --- GoldED/W32 3.0.1 * Origin: The Eastern Star [Mail Hub] - 864.573.7069 (1:18/500) .