Subj : Happy birthday, Micronet
To   : Sean Dennis
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Sep 11 2021 23:10:00

Hello Sean Dennis!

** On Tuesday 07.09.21 - 13:39, Sean Dennis wrote to Arelor:

 SD> I don't mind Micronet being ported to NNTP or QWK for
 SD> distribution on BBSes. I'd love to have a NNTP gateway
 SD> here as I love using Pan for NNTP and it would be great to
 SD> use but sadly I am too lazy to set anything up.
 SD> <G>

Just point your Pan to endofthelinebbs.com:119 to get started.


 SD> I have found though when a FTN network is gated outside of
 SD> FTN, the trash flows freely and it's not something I want
 SD> to deal with and I know the rest of Micronet doesn't
 SD> either.

As you may know, some Fidonet echos are represented via  
Telegram.  There is zero-possibility of trash as you call it.

First, the echos are established as PRIVATE groups which means  
that the general Telegram public or bot system won't find them  
- and therefore, no chance for spam.

Second, once a user establishes a link to an echo, then it is  
impossible for that same person (should they prove to be a  
problem) to arbirarily change IDs and rejoin the echo and  
pretend to be someone else.  This is because every Telegram ID  
is tied to one phone number for the initial install. When a  
user is blocked, there is no way that same person/ID can rejoin  
the echo unless they change numbers.  And Telegram has guard  
against virtual (throw-away) phone numbers.


 SD> As for IRC, there is an official Micronet channel,
 SD> #micronet, on irc.bbses.info:6667 (SSL: 6669).

I'll have to give it a shot.  But I'll have to find a good  
client that can work with XP (my preferred machine).

 SD> I do agree that BBSes and IRC are starting to come back a
 SD> bit as a backlash to Big Tech like Facebook and what-not.

Everyone I know is still charmed and enamoured by "the ease" of  
FB. But FB is a terrible platform for a serious discussion  
group IMHO.

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